Melt butter in chafing dish, mix in flour, add cream and milk and stir until smooth and creamy. Hard boil the eggs and rub the yolks to a paste. Add 1 tablespoon of the sauce to the yolks, then add to the rest of sauce. Add flakes and seasoning and stir till very hot. Serve on buttered toast. POACHED EGGS IN WHITE SAUCE. Butter, 2 tablespoons. Milk, 11/2 pints. Flour, 2 tablespoons. Salt and pepper. Eggs, 6. Melt butter in chafing dish, mix in flour thoroughly, add milk and stir until thick and smooth, then add seasoning. Into this break the eggs, cook until firm and serve at once. BARBECUED HAM. Butter, 2 teaspoons. French mustard, 1 tablespoon. Tomato catsup, 5 tablespoons. Sherry, 3 tablespoons. Boiled ham. Make a sauce by stirring together in the chafing dish the butter, catsup, mustard and wine. When this is hot lay in thin slices of boiled ham and let them heat well before serving. HOT PINEAPPLE CANAPES. Butter, 1 teaspoon. Pineapple, 1 can. Sponge cake. Arrowroot, 1 teaspoon. Put the butter in chafing dish pan. When it is hot put in slices of sponge cake and brown slightly on both sides. Lay the slices on a plate and spread each with drained canned pineapple chopped fine. Heat one cup of pineapple juice in the pan. Moisten the arrow- root with cold water, stir it slowly into the hot juice and stir till it thickens and becomes clear. Pour over cake. If there is more juice increase amount of arrowroot in proportion. CHAFING DISH RECEIPTS. 85 FISH HOLLANDAISE. Flaked cooked fish, 1 pint. Flour, 2 tablespoons. Chopped parsley. 1 tablespoon. Water, y2 pint. Onion juice, 1 teaspoon. Salt, y2 teaspoon✪ Crab Flakes. Lemon juice, 1 teaspoon. Pepper, a shake. Butter, 2 tablespoons. Egg yolks, 2. Sprinkle fish with parsley, onion juice and lemon juice. When ready to use put butter and flour in chafing dish, mix well, add water and stir until boiling, then add seasoning and fish. Cover till fish is well heated then stir in carefully the beaten egg yolks. Serve at once. COOKIES AND CRACKERS. 87 DROPPED NUT COOKIES. Butter, 1/2 cup. Flour, 2 cups. Sugar, 1 cup. Salt, a pinch. Egg, 1. Walnuts, % cup. Baking powder, 1 teaspoon. Milk, 1-3 cup. Cream butter and sugar, add well beaten egg, dry ingredients mixed and sifted together, milk, and nuts chopped coarsely. Drop by spoonfuls on a greased tin and bake in a quick oven. Miss A. E. B., Jamaica Plain. LADY FINGERS. Eggs, 4. Salt, 1/2 saltspoon. Powdered sugar, l/2 cup. Flavoring, 1 teaspoon. Pastry flour, % cup. Mix as for sponge cake, drop into lady finger tins or press through a pastry tube into right shape, sprinkle over with powdered sugar and bake 12 to 15 minutes in a very slow oven. English Cook, Newtonville. HERMITS. Sugar, 11/2 cups. Spices of all kinds, l/2 teaspoon each. Molasses, y± cup. Soda, 1 teaspoon. Shortening, y2 cup. Water, 1 tablespoon. Eggs, 3. Chopped raisins, 1 cup. Flour. Mix with flour as soft as can be handled, roll out or spread out thin in a large pan. Bake in a moderate oven. F'llet Crank. BOILED MOLASSES CHIPS. Molasses, 1 pint. Soda, 1 teaspoon. Butter, y2 cup. Flour. Ginger, 1 teaspoon. ✪ Dropped Nut Cookies

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Melt butter in chafing dish, mix in flour, add cream and milk and stir until smooth and creamy. Hard boil the eggs and rub the yolks to a paste. Add 1 tablespoon of the sauce to the yolks, then add to the rest of sauce. Add flakes and seasoning and stir till very hot. Serve on buttered toast. POACHED EGGS IN WHITE SAUCE. Butter, 2 tablespoons. Milk, 11/2 pints. Flour, 2 tablespoons. Salt and pepper. Eggs, 6. Melt butter in chafing dish, mix in flour thoroughly, add milk and stir until thick and smooth, then add seasoning. Into this break the eggs, cook until firm and serve at once. BARBECUED HAM. Butter, 2 teaspoons. French mustard, 1 tablespoon. Tomato catsup, 5 tablespoons. Sherry, 3 tablespoons. Boiled ham. Make a sauce by stirring together in the chafing dish the butter, catsup, mustard and wine. When this is hot lay in thin slices of boiled ham and let them heat well before serving. HOT PINEAPPLE CANAPES. Butter, 1 teaspoon. Pineapple, 1 can. Sponge cake. Arrowroot, 1 teaspoon. Put the butter in chafing dish pan. When it is hot put in slices of sponge cake and brown slightly on both sides. Lay the slices on a plate and spread each with drained canned pineapple chopped fine. Heat one cup of pineapple juice in the pan. Moisten the arrow- root with cold water, stir it slowly into the hot juice and stir till it thickens and becomes clear. Pour over cake. If there is more juice increase amount of arrowroot in proportion. CHAFING DISH RECEIPTS. 85 FISH HOLLANDAISE. Flaked cooked fish, 1 pint. Flour, 2 tablespoons. Chopped parsley. 1 tablespoon. Water, y2 pint. Onion juice, 1 teaspoon. Salt, y2 teaspoon. Lemon juice, 1 teaspoon. Pepper, a shake. Butter, 2 tablespoons. Egg yolks, 2. Sprinkle fish with parsley, onion juice and lemon juice. When ready to use put butter and flour in chafing dish, mix well, add water and stir until boiling, then add seasoning and fish. Cover till fish is well heated then stir in carefully the beaten egg yolks. Serve at once. COOKIES AND CRACKERS. 87 DROPPED NUT COOKIES. Butter, 1/2 cup. Flour, 2 cups. Sugar, 1 cup. Salt, a pinch. Egg, 1. Walnuts, % cup. Baking powder, 1 teaspoon. Milk, 1-3 cup. Cream butter and sugar, add well beaten egg, dry ingredients mixed and sifted together, milk, and nuts chopped coarsely. Drop by spoonfuls on a greased tin and bake in a quick oven. Miss A. E. B., Jamaica Plain. LADY FINGERS. Eggs, 4. Salt, 1/2 saltspoon. Powdered sugar, l/2 cup. Flavoring, 1 teaspoon. Pastry flour, % cup. Mix as for sponge cake, drop into lady finger tins or press through a pastry tube into right shape, sprinkle over with powdered sugar and bake 12 to 15 minutes in a very slow oven. English Cook, Newtonville. HERMITS. Sugar, 11/2 cups. Spices of all kinds, l/2 teaspoon each. Molasses, y± cup. Soda, 1 teaspoon. Shortening, y2 cup. Water, 1 tablespoon. Eggs, 3. Chopped raisins, 1 cup. Flour. Mix with flour as soft as can be handled, roll out or spread out thin in a large pan. Bake in a moderate oven. F'llet Crank. BOILED MOLASSES CHIPS. Molasses, 1 pint. Soda, 1 teaspoon. Butter, y2 cup. Flour. Ginger, 1 teaspoon.

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