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Mash and season boiled parsnips. Remove from the fire, and before it cools add one well-beaten egg. When cold Make into balls about one-half the size of an egg. Dip into beaten egg, then into bread-crumbs. Fry a pale brown in boiling lard or coconut. L. Brooks. BAKED CUCUMBERS (DELICIOUS). Peel five good-sized cucumbers, cut lengthwise and remove the seeds and soft part. Rub one cupful of soft bread-crumbs into butter the size of an egg and add one teaspoonfull of finely-chopped onion; season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle salt over the cucumbers, fill with the seasoned bread-crumbs and bake until cucumbers are very soft and the filling a nice brown. Adine. STEWED CUCUMBERS. Peel six large cucumbers and cut into slices one-half inch thick; cover with hot water and boil till tender, then drain. Put two cupfuls of cream into a saucepan, season with salt and pepper and one-half tablespoonful of butter. When it comes to a boil drop in the cucumbers and heat through, shaking the pan to prevent burning. Greta M. T. CUCUMBER WITH DRESSING. Peel the cucumbers and let them stand in ice water for one hour. Then slice and place in a bowl. Pour over a mixture of one tablespoonful of lemon or vinegar, two tablespoonfuls of olive oil, one-half teaspoonful of salt and a dash of cayenne pepper. Nellie R. STEWED OKRA WITH TOMATOES. Wash twelve pods of okra and slice thin. Peel four tomatoes and cut into slices; put in a granite saucepan, add salt and set over the fire to simmer slowly for one-half hour. Add a tablespoonful of butter with a dash of cayenne and serve. Mrs. L. P. M. BAKED MACARONI AND CHEESE. Break it into one-inch pieces, put it on the stove in cold water to which a little salt has been added and boil twenty minutes, stirring lest it adhere to the bottom of the pan. Then take a deep dish, butter it well, and place a layer of macaroni, then a layer of grated cheese, adding salt, pepper and butter to each layer. Continue these layers until the dish is full, then cover with sweet milk. Beat two eggs in milk, and pour over Bake three-quarters of an hour. If you shave the cheese very thin it will answer as well as to grate it. Use old strong cheese. Mrs. Annie R. Gregory. SPAGHETTI. Break a package of spaghetti into a saucepan. Cover it with boiling water and add a teaspoonful of salt. Cook ten minutes; then immerse in cold water; drain from a colander and place for a few moments in an oven with door open. Then put a layer of spaghetti into a dish and pour over it a little milk, add a dash of salt and a few bits of butter. Over this sprinkle a layer of grated cheese (Parmesan is the best); add another layer of spaghetti and then cheese, repeating the process until the dish is full, leaving the cheese on top. Place in an oven five minutes, then serve with an extra dish of grated cheese. E. T. VERMICELLI. Boil a quart of milk and drop lightly into it six ounces of vermicelli which has been blanched in boiling water to free it from all impurities. Simmer gently, and stir frequently to keep it from getting into lumps. When tender, sweeten it and send it to table. It takes from fifteen to twenty-five minutes to boil it. Mrs. G. Atwood. VEGETABLE CURRY.