6. Beat with a wire fork imtil creamy. 7. Pile lightly on a hot dish. Serve uncovered. Measuring ^poons A Potato Lunch 49 Note. — Remember that all measurements are level or even with the top. To divide a spoonful, cut it through the middle lengthwise, for a half; and across that, for one-quarter of a spoonful. No. 8. — Potato Soup Place on the table: 3 freshly boiled potatoes 1 onion butter parsley flour dredger pepper salt 1 pint milk (2 cups) 1. Put the milk in the upper part of a double boiler, half filling the under part with boiling water, 2. Throw in 2 slices of onion, and put double boiler on the stove for 10 minutes. 3. Mash potatoes and add to the hot milk. 4. Add 1 teaspoon salt and a dash of pepper. 5. Put through a wire strainer, rubbing the potatoes through with a spoon, 6. Put into double boiler and place on stove. 7. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a little pan. 8. Throw into it | tablespoon flour. Stir well. 9. Dip a little of the hot milk on this, stirring well, then pour into the soup. 10. Let boil 10 minutes, 11. Add 1 tablespoon chopped parsley✪ Potato Soup. If too thick, add hot water or milk. 12. Serve very hot. Two cups of milk Jo divide a spoonful 50 The Mary Frances Cook Book 1 just huny them alond" ^'Oh, I know how to cook boiled potatoes! They're just like jacket-boiled, only they have their jackets off/' she cried. "Why, certainly," exclaimed Boiler Pan, which she had put on the stove half full of water, ''I know my part — I just hurry them right along in a jiffy." He looked so interested that Mary Frances laughed as she dropped the potatoes in. ''Are they all to be boi — boiled?" stuttered the bubbhng Boiler Pan. ''Yes," said Mary Frances, "all except those I put in the oven. Listen! I'll tell you the menu for Billy's Potato Lunch. We'll begin, of course, with soup — Potato Soup." "'Puree' is the word for thick soups," suggested Boiler Pan. "It seems more styhsh, don't you think?" "Yes, indeed!" said Mary Frances. "I do beheve I'll write a card for each of us to have at our places at the table!" and she quickly brought her school pad from her desk. ^he broudhl her school pad. A Potato Lunch 51 Then she wrote: Cold Meat Menu Billy's Potato Lunch Pur^e of Potato Potatoes-in-the-Shell Mashed Potatoes Sliced Bananas with Cream Milk "That Totato-in-the-Sheir sounds 'sweU,'" said Coffee Pot, "but it seems to me you ought to have something to drink, like coffee, or something of that kind." "Oh, that's true," Mary Frances repHed, "but I don't know how to make coffee, and Mother said I must make everything in the order it came in my book " "Won't you look to see if my turn doesn't come soon?" interrupted Coffee Pot. "Not to-day," Mary Frances shook her head. "To-day we have milk. "Why, to-morrow!" as she looked in her book. See if mj turn doesrii come soon?" ^^o-daj we nave mi ilk." 52 The Mary Frances Cook Book ''Isn't that fine! But — those potatoes must be done. I should think so! A minute more, and they'd have been burned!" she said as she drained off the water. ''Now, ready for the masher!" "Quite ready," said a httle voice, and Mary Frances was not surprised to see Potato Masher tumble over the edge of Boiler Pan as she put him on the table.

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6. Beat with a wire fork until creamy. 7. Pile lightly on a hot dish. Serve uncovered. Measuring Spoons A Potato Lunch Note. — Remember that all measurements are level or even with the top. To divide a spoonful, cut it through the middle lengthwise, for a half; and across that, for one-quarter of a spoonful. No. 8. — Potato Soup Place on the table: 3 freshly boiled potatoes 1 onion butter parsley flour dredger pepper salt 1 pint milk (2 cups) 1. Put the milk in the upper part of a double boiler, half filling the under part with boiling water, 2. Throw in 2 slices of onion, and put double boiler on the stove for 10 minutes. 3. Mash potatoes and add to the hot milk. 4. Add 1 teaspoon salt and a dash of pepper. 5. Put through a wire strainer, rubbing the potatoes through with a spoon, 6. Put into double boiler and place on stove. 7. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a little pan. 8. Throw into it 1 tablespoon flour. Stir well. 9. Dip a little of the hot milk on this, stirring well, then pour into the soup. 10. Let boil 10 minutes, 11. Add 1 tablespoon chopped parsley. If too thick, add hot water or milk. 12. Serve very hot. Two cups of milk Jo divide a spoonful The Mary Frances Cook Book 1 just huny them alond" ^"Oh, I know how to cook boiled potatoes! They're just like jacket-boiled, only they have their jackets off!" she cried. "Why, certainly," exclaimed Boiler Pan, which she had put on the stove half full of water, ''I know my part — I just hurry them right along in a jiffy." He looked so interested that Mary Frances laughed as she dropped the potatoes in. "Are they all to be boiled?" stuttered the bubbling Boiler Pan. "Yes," said Mary Frances, "all except those I put in the oven. Listen! I'll tell you the menu for Billy's Potato Lunch. We'll begin, of course, with soup — Potato Soup." "Puree' is the word for thick soups," suggested Boiler Pan. "It seems more stylish, don't you think?" ""Yes, indeed!" said Mary Frances. "I do believe I'll write a card for each of us to have at our places at the table!" and she quickly brought her school pad from her desk.^he broudhl her school pad. A Potato Lunch Then she wrote: Cold Meat Menu Billy's Potato Lunch Puree of Potato Potatoes-in-the-Shell Mashed Potatoes Sliced Bananas with Cream Milk "That Potato-in-the-Shell sounds 'swell,'" said Coffee Pot, "but it seems to me you ought to have something to drink, like coffee, or something of that kind." "Oh, that's true," Mary Frances replied, "but I don't know how to make coffee, and Mother said I must make everything in the order it came in my book." "Won't you look to see if my turn doesn't come soon?" interrupted Coffee Pot. "Not to-day," Mary Frances shook her head. "To-day we have milk." "Why, to-morrow!" she said as she looked in her book. See if mj turn doesrii come soon?" ^^o-daj we nave mi ilk." 52 The Mary Frances Cook Book ''Isn't that fine! But — those potatoes must be done. I should think so! A minute more, and they'd have been burned!" she said as she drained off the water. ''Now, ready for the masher!" "Quite ready," said a little voice, and Mary Frances was not surprised to see Potato Masher tumble over the edge of Boiler Pan as she put him on the table.

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