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The Swedish, French, American cook book

1918

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Presented as published in 1918. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Boil the potatoes [see recipe: Boiled Sweet Potatoes with Butter], and mash; add one tablespoon butter, pepper, and saltSweet Potato Croquettes (Croquettes de Patates); roll in little croquettes, then in flour, then egg; leave on the table ten minutes to dry, roll in egg again and fresh bread crumbs; fry in hot fat. Serve on a paper doily in a vegetable dish, for luncheon or dinner. Baked Stuffed Sweet Potatoes on Half Shell Patates farcies, en robe, cuites au four Select even-sized potatoes, put in oven and bake very soft [see recipe: Baked Sweet Potatoes]. Cut in halves and remove the inside, leaving the skin. Mash; flavor with onion juice, one table¬ spoon butter, half tablespoon chopped parsley, pepper and salt; fill the skin, press down, sprinkle bread crumbs and a piece of butter on top. Put in oven, bake until golden brown. Souffle of Sweet Potatoes ( Patates soufflees) Cook the sweet potatoes and mash with a little butter, white pepper, and salt; beat until creamy; to two cups sweet pota¬ toes add the yolks of two eggs; beat again for a few minutes; last, add the whites (well beaten); put in a buttered souffle dish, put in hot water, bake in oven — uncovered — from eighteen to twenty-five minutes. Serve very hot with any kind of meat, ducks, chickens, or poultry of any kind. Creamed Sweet Potatoes ( Patates a la Creme ) Select nice sweet potatoes, and boil [see recipe: Boiled Sweet Potatoes with Butter]. Cut in small dices — take two cups of the dices for the sauce. Put one tablespoon butterBaked Stuffed Sweet Potatoes on Half Shell (Patates farcies, en robe, cuites au four) in a pan, add one heaping tablespoon flour and one and a half cups hot milk; season with pepper and salt; this will make a rich cream sauce. Put the potatoes in the sauce, simmer on a slow fire a few minutes. In the meantime, grate some onion, add the onion juice to the potatoes, season with pepper and salt. When ready, dish up in a vegetable dish. Serve with any kind of meat. Sweet Potatoes a la Southern ( Patates a la Meridionale ) Cook sweet potatoes [see recipe: Boiled Sweet Potatoes with Butter]. When cooked, cut in halves lengthwise. Put one table¬ spoon butter in a frying pan; add two tablespoons dripping and 278 THE SWEDISH, FRENCH, four tablespoons granulated sugarSweet Potatoes a la Southern (Patates a la Meridionale); fry the potatoes until golden brown. Serve with any kind of meat for luncheon or dinner. SPINACH ( Epinards ) How to Cook Spinach Wash it in six to eight different waters — till free from sand; put in hot water (sufficient to cover it) with salt and a little speck of baking soda; let come to a boil and cook four to five minutes; take the spinach out with the skimmer, put in a strainer, let some cold water pour on the spinach, squeeze all the water out with your hands, pass through the machine once, put in a saucepan, add to the quart of spinach three tablespoons cream sauceHow to Cook Spinach, pepper and salt to taste. Stir until it becomes very hot, dish up in a vegetable dish, garnish with slices of hard-boiled egg and cooked beets. Can also be garnished with yolks and whites (chopped separately) in strips — white and yellow alternately — on a bias. Serve as a vege¬ table with any kind of meat for luncheon, dinner, or supper. 4 Spinach with Butter ( Epinards au Beurre) Spinach with Butter (Epinards au Beurre)