Mix one cup cornmeal, one-fourth cup of flour, one tea-
spoon salt, one cup cold milk or water. When smooth
blend with one pint boiling water✪ Corn Meal Mush, stir for about five min-
utes. When thick place over water or in steamers and
cook one hour or more. Serve hot or pack in pan to fry,
or dip in fat and toast under the gas.
Rice.
Pick over and wash thoroughly or parboil five minutes
and drain. Then put in a buttered dish with twice its bulk
of boiling water and set in a steam cooker. In three-
quarters of an hour it should be tender and every kernel
distinct, and it may be cooked longer without becoming
mushy.
Rice Croquettes.
With one pint of cooked rice (if cold, reheated) blend
one tablespoon butter and one or two beaten egg yolks.
Season with salt✪ Rice Croquettes, pepper and parslev, or with sugar and
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spice. Divide in ten or twelve portions, press in firm
shape, roll in egg and crumbs, and fry in deep fat.
Boston Baked Beans.
Soak one pint beans over night. Parboil in the morning
until the skins crack readily with a slight pressure. A
very little soda may be put into the water to help this
process. Score the rind of one-fourth pound fat salt pork
and rinse it. Drain the beans and put part in the bean pot,
then the pork and cover with the beans, leaving only a
little of the pork rind exposed. Mix one teaspoon of salt,
one-fourth teaspoon of mustard and a tablespoon or more
of molasses as desired, add water✪ Boston Baked Beans and pour over the beans.
Cover and bake twelve hours or more, keeping the beans
filled up with water until the last hour, when the cover
should be removed and the pork rind and the top layer of
beans should brown.
Potatoes.
Baked.
Choose those of equal size and scrub with brush. Cook in
hot oven 30 to 40 minutes, or until soft. Then crack the
skin to let out steam. The potato should be plump (not
shriveled), and the inside white and mealy.
Boiled.
Wash, pare if imperfect or old. If not of uniform size,
divide the larger ones. Put in boiling salted water and
cook for 20 to 30 minutes, till tender. Drain off the water
and shake the uncovered kettle to let the steam escape.
Riced.
Put boiled potatoes through strainer or ricer into a hot
dish from which thev are to be served.
Mashed.
In a hot pan mash boiled potatoes. For each half pint,
add two tablespoons milk, one teaspoon butter, season with'
salt and pepper.
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Croquettes.
Prepare mashed potato with less milk and one egg yolk
for each half pint and season with celery salt, paprika and
parslev. Roll in crumbs, egg and crumbs, and fry in deep
fat.
Stuffed Potatoes.
Cut a slice from end of baked potatoes, scrape out inside,
mash and season. Add chopped meat, cheese or parsley for
variety. Refill skins and reheat in oven.
Canoes, or Potatoes on the Half Shell.
Cut the potatoes in two lengthwise, refill each part and
brown.
Creamed.
Cut boiled potatoes in cubes or slices and reheat in thin
white sauce, one-half cup to each cup of potato.
Hash.
Use two parts potato to one part meat, or equal amounts
of each. Chop meat, chop or mash potato. Season with
salt, pepper, onion, etc., moisten with gravy or water. For
one cup hash, put one tablespoon fat in a frying pan. When
hot, put in the hash and cook slowly, without stirring, until
a brown crust forms on the bottom. Fold like an omelet.
French Hash.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Mix one cup cornmeal, one-fourth cup of flour, one teaspoon salt, one cup cold milk or water. When smooth blend with one pint boiling water, stir for about five minutes. When thick place over water or in steamers and cook one hour or more. Serve hot or pack in pan to fry, or dip in fat and toast under the gas.
Rice.
Pick over and wash thoroughly or parboil five minutes and drain. Then put in a buttered dish with twice its bulk of boiling water and set in a steam cooker. In three-quarters of an hour it should be tender and every kernel distinct, and it may be cooked longer without becoming mushy.
Rice Croquettes.
With one pint of cooked rice (if cold, reheated) blend one tablespoon butter and one or two beaten egg yolks. Season with salt, pepper and parslev, or with sugar and
spice. Divide in ten or twelve portions, press in firm shape, roll in egg and crumbs, and fry in deep fat.
Boston Baked Beans.
Soak one pint beans over night. Parboil in the morning until the skins crack readily with a slight pressure. A very little soda may be put into the water to help this process. Score the rind of one-fourth pound fat salt pork and rinse it. Drain the beans and put part in the bean pot, then the pork and cover with the beans, leaving only a little of the pork rind exposed. Mix one teaspoon of salt, one-fourth teaspoon of mustard and a tablespoon or more of molasses as desired, add water and pour over the beans. Cover and bake twelve hours or more, keeping the beans filled up with water until the last hour, when the cover should be removed and the pork rind and the top layer of beans should brown.
Potatoes. Baked.
Choose those of equal size and scrub with brush. Cook in hot oven 30 to 40 minutes, or until soft. Then crack the skin to let out steam. The potato should be plump (not shriveled), and the inside white and mealy.
Boiled.
Wash, pare if imperfect or old. If not of uniform size, divide the larger ones. Put in boiling salted water and cook for 20 to 30 minutes, till tender. Drain off the water and shake the uncovered kettle to let the steam escape.
Riced.
Put boiled potatoes through strainer or ricer into a hot dish from which they are to be served.
Mashed.
In a hot pan mash boiled potatoes. For each half pint, add two tablespoons milk, one teaspoon butter, season with' salt and pepper.
Croquettes.
Prepare mashed potato with less milk and one egg yolk for each half pint and season with celery salt, paprika and parsley. Roll in crumbs, egg and crumbs, and fry in deep fat.
Stuffed Potatoes.
Cut a slice from end of baked potatoes, scrape out inside, mash and season. Add chopped meat, cheese or parsley for variety. Refill skins and reheat in oven. Canoes, or Potatoes on the Half Shell.
Cut the potatoes in two lengthwise, refill each part and brown.
Creamed.
Cut boiled potatoes in cubes or slices and reheat in thin white sauce, one-half cup to each cup of potato. Hash.
Use two parts potato to one part meat, or equal amounts of each. Chop meat, chop or mash potato. Season with salt, pepper, onion, etc., moisten with gravy or water. For one cup hash, put one tablespoon fat in a frying pan. When hot, put in the hash and cook slowly, without stirring, until a brown crust forms on the bottom. Fold like an omelet. French Hash.
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