"Then we must be sure to have mashed po- tato for dinner the night before the party, or there won't be any left over," said Mrs. Blair, laughing. "Now, write down this re- 198 THE FUN OF COOKENa ceipt ; only remember I am making it small for you ; for the family you must take two cups or more of potato, and one egg. ' ' POTATO PUFF 1 cup of mashed potato. ^ teaspoonf 111 salt. y^ cup of milk. % of a beaten eg'g, 1 teaspoonful of butter✪ Potato Puff. Mix the potato with the milk and salt and heat it, beating it well. Then stir in the butter after warming it till sof t, and last the ^'g. Put in a small dish and bake in a hot oven tiU brown. **I think it would be nice to bake this in one of the small brown earthenware dishes, Brownie ; they always look well on the table, and a tin or agate pan would n't do at all ; you know you must serve it right in the pan you bake it in.'' **Isn't it funny, you have one-half an egg in the potato and one-half in the rice patties. Mother. Do you do that on purpose!" **No, it just happened to be so, but it 's an economical thing, Brownie, because eggs are so high now-a-days that one has to remember to use them carefully. The sandwiches come next. What kind do you think would be best ? ' ' **Not cheese. Mother; dolls and children don't DOLL-AND-UTTLE-GIRL PARTY 199 eat cheese; I know that! And not nut; nor ham ; nor hard-boiled egg. I can't think of any kind that would do. ' ' ** White bread and brown bread put together, just with plain butter, you know; I think those would be lovely for children.*' * * So they would ; I can make those. And we can cut them out in little, little circles. ' ' **I think you could use an egg cup and press it down hard ; that would make little cir- cles. ' ' **Just the thing. Now comes the cocoa, and I can make that all alone ; may we use the little after dinner coffee cups to drink it out off We '11 be very careful. ' ' **Well, if you '11 be very careful indeed," Mother Blair said, hesitating. * * Oh, yes, we '11 be just awfully careful. And what about jelly!" **You can have a glass of jelly out of the closet made over for you in this way : MADE-OVER JELLY A glass of currant jelly warmed in a sauce- pan till it melts. 1 teaspoonful of granulated gelatine. % cup of cold water. 2 tablespoonfuls of boiling water✪ Made-Over Jelly. 200 THE FUN OF COOKING Put the gelatine into the cold water, stir it well and let it stand for ten minutes; then stir again and add the boil- ing water and the hot jelly; stir till it is smooth and strain through a coarse bag into two or more small glasses. Put on ice till firm. *' While the jelly is melting you get the rest of the things ready and then it takes only a mo- ment to pnt them all together. Norah always has a bag because she washes out and puts away those that the table salt comes in. When you have used it don't forget to wash it out for her, will you, dear ? ' ' *'No, Mother. Mildred and I never forget to wash up and put things away ever since she said we couldn't come into the kitchen at all unless we always did that. Do you remember how cross she was 1 ' ' **I don't wonder, Brownie. Some day when you have a kitchen of your own you will be cross, too, if little girls come in and use your pots and pans and leave them all sticky and messy." *'0f course I will. It makes me feel real cross now just to think of it. I guess we 'd bet- ter plan the dessert before I get worse." '* Perhaps we had," laughed Mother Blair. * ' Those children must have something very sim- DOLL-AND-UTTLE-GIEL PAETT 201 pie, indeed, and I really can't think of anything better for them than cornstarch pudding. ' ' **Well," said Brownie doubtfully, **that cer- tainly won't hurt them."

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"Then we must be sure to have mashed po- tato for dinner the night before the party, or there won't be any left over," said Mrs. Blair, laughing. "Now, write down this re- 198 THE FUN OF COOKENa ceipt ; only remember I am making it small for you ; for the family you must take two cups or more of potato, and one egg. ' ' POTATO PUFF 1 cup of mashed potato. ^ teaspoonf 111 salt. y^ cup of milk. % of a beaten eg'g, 1 teaspoonful of butter. Mix the potato with the milk and salt and heat it, beating it well. Then stir in the butter after warming it till sof t, and last the ^'g. Put in a small dish and bake in a hot oven tiU brown. **I think it would be nice to bake this in one of the small brown earthenware dishes, Brownie ; they always look well on the table, and a tin or agate pan would n't do at all ; you know you must serve it right in the pan you bake it in.'' **Isn't it funny, you have one-half an egg in the potato and one-half in the rice patties. Mother. Do you do that on purpose!" **No, it just happened to be so, but it 's an economical thing, Brownie, because eggs are so high now-a-days that one has to remember to use them carefully. The sandwiches come next. What kind do you think would be best ? ' ' **Not cheese. Mother; dolls and children don't DOLL-AND-UTTLE-GIRL PARTY 199 eat cheese; I know that! And not nut; nor ham ; nor hard-boiled egg. I can't think of any kind that would do. ' ' ** White bread and brown bread put together, just with plain butter, you know; I think those would be lovely for children.*' * * So they would ; I can make those. And we can cut them out in little, little circles. ' ' **I think you could use an egg cup and press it down hard ; that would make little cir- cles. ' ' **Just the thing. Now comes the cocoa, and I can make that all alone ; may we use the little after dinner coffee cups to drink it out off We '11 be very careful. ' ' **Well, if you '11 be very careful indeed," Mother Blair said, hesitating. * * Oh, yes, we '11 be just awfully careful. And what about jelly!" **You can have a glass of jelly out of the closet made over for you in this way : MADE-OVER JELLY A glass of currant jelly warmed in a sauce- pan till it melts. 1 teaspoonful of granulated gelatine. % cup of cold water. 2 tablespoonfuls of boiling water. 200 THE FUN OF COOKING Put the gelatine into the cold water, stir it well and let it stand for ten minutes; then stir again and add the boil- ing water and the hot jelly; stir till it is smooth and strain through a coarse bag into two or more small glasses. Put on ice till firm. *' While the jelly is melting you get the rest of the things ready and then it takes only a mo- ment to pnt them all together. Norah always has a bag because she washes out and puts away those that the table salt comes in. When you have used it don't forget to wash it out for her, will you, dear ? ' ' *'No, Mother. Mildred and I never forget to wash up and put things away ever since she said we couldn't come into the kitchen at all unless we always did that. Do you remember how cross she was 1 ' ' **I don't wonder, Brownie. Some day when you have a kitchen of your own you will be cross, too, if little girls come in and use your pots and pans and leave them all sticky and messy." *'0f course I will. It makes me feel real cross now just to think of it. I guess we 'd bet- ter plan the dessert before I get worse." '* Perhaps we had," laughed Mother Blair. * ' Those children must have something very sim- DOLL-AND-UTTLE-GIEL PAETT 201 pie, indeed, and I really can't think of anything better for them than cornstarch pudding. ' ' **Well," said Brownie doubtfully, **that cer- tainly won't hurt them."

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