One pair of chickens or 2 pounds of veal (the rack is best), I sweetbread, 2 onions, 4 Irish potatoes, 2 tablespoons of curry. Cut the meat as for stewing, dredge it lightly with flour✪ Curry, and VARIOUS DISHES. 129 brown just a triffle. Slice and brown the onions, pare and quarter the potatoes, boil the sweetbread. Place all the ingre- dients in a deep sauce-pan, covering well with water. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Let it cook slowly until the meat is thoroughly done. Remove meat and potatoes and thicken the gravy with browned flour. Pour over the meat and serve. Arrange a rim of boiled rice around the curry, or serve it as a separate dish. Scrapie. Take 4 pounds of pork and boil it well ; a pig's head is the best, and it should not be too fat. Boil in a separate pan i pound of calf's liver, and throw away the water in which it has been boiled. The water in which the pork has been boiled can be used in the scrapie. Remove all bones from the pork and chop liver and pork very line. Mix well and put in an iron pot with the water in which the pork was boiled. Add 2 quarts of hot water. Season well with salt and pepper, sage and sweet mar- joram✪ Scrapie. Thicken as you would mush, using buckwheat and cornmeal in equal quantities. Boil for i hour, stirring con- stantly to prevent burning. When thoroughly cooked pour into tin pans or dishes about 2 or 3 inches deep. Allow it to cool and slice in strips. Fry for breakfast or supper. . Celery Sandwiches. SHce Graham bread as thin as possible, cutting ofif the crusts. Spread with a rich mayonnaise, and place on one side a mixture of chopped olives and celery, using twice as much celery as olives✪ Celery Sandwiches. Cover another slice of bread with dressing, and put them together. Serve very cold. White bread can be used in place of the Graham bread, and the sandwich cut in any shape desired. 130 TESTED VIRGINIA RECIPES. Ham Sandwich. Beat 2 eggs well with 5 tablespoons of vinegar, i tablespoon 01 sugar, j/2 teaspoon of made mustard, i teaspoon of butter, i"ut m a bowl and allow it to thicken over hot water. Mash I can of potted ham ✪ Ham Sandwich and cream the dressing with it. Spread on thin slices of white bread and told together. Lettuce Sandwich. Cut the bread with a sandwich cutter, and spread each slice with Royal cheese that has been creamed to a soft paste with melted butter. Put a crisp lettuce leaf between each piece, i tablespoon of mayonnaise✪ Lettuce Sandwich on it, and fold another slice over it. Peanut Sandwich. One quart fresh roasted peanuts, chopped fine, not pounded. Mix with a thick mayonnaise, and butter thin bread✪ Peanut Sandwich with it. Place two slices together, and cut out in round pieces with a sharp cake cutter. Cheese Straws. Grate 3 tablespoons of dairy cheese ; add 3 tablespoons flour, a dash of red pepper and a pinch of salt. Add to dry ingre- dients I tablespoon of melted butter, i of milk and the yelk of I egg✪ Cheese Straws. Roll as thin as possible, and cut in strips 4 inches long and y2 wide. Bake in a quick oven. Kidney Stew. Boil 2 kidneys until tender, adding a little salt to the water. Change water twice. Chop fine when tender. Make a sauce of' I cup of milk, I cup of water kidneys were boiled in. Thicken with I tablespoon of butter and i tablespoon of flour, creamed to a paste. I*ut all on fire and stir in kidneys. Season with red pepper✪ Kidney Stew. For 6 people. CANDIES.

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One pair of chickens or 2 pounds of veal (the rack is best), I sweetbread, 2 onions, 4 Irish potatoes, 2 tablespoons of curry. Cut the meat as for stewing, dredge it lightly with flour, and VARIOUS DISHES. 129 brown just a triffle. Slice and brown the onions, pare and quarter the potatoes, boil the sweetbread. Place all the ingre- dients in a deep sauce-pan, covering well with water. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Let it cook slowly until the meat is thoroughly done. Remove meat and potatoes and thicken the gravy with browned flour. Pour over the meat and serve. Arrange a rim of boiled rice around the curry, or serve it as a separate dish. Scrapie. Take 4 pounds of pork and boil it well ; a pig's head is the best, and it should not be too fat. Boil in a separate pan i pound of calf's liver, and throw away the water in which it has been boiled. The water in which the pork has been boiled can be used in the scrapie. Remove all bones from the pork and chop liver and pork very line. Mix well and put in an iron pot with the water in which the pork was boiled. Add 2 quarts of hot water. Season well with salt and pepper, sage and sweet mar- joram. Thicken as you would mush, using buckwheat and cornmeal in equal quantities. Boil for i hour, stirring con- stantly to prevent burning. When thoroughly cooked pour into tin pans or dishes about 2 or 3 inches deep. Allow it to cool and slice in strips. Fry for breakfast or supper. . Celery Sandwiches. SHce Graham bread as thin as possible, cutting ofif the crusts. Spread with a rich mayonnaise, and place on one side a mixture of chopped olives and celery, using twice as much celery as olives. Cover another slice of bread with dressing, and put them together. Serve very cold. White bread can be used in place of the Graham bread, and the sandwich cut in any shape desired. 130 TESTED VIRGINIA RECIPES. Ham Sandwich. Beat 2 eggs well with 5 tablespoons of vinegar, i tablespoon 01 sugar, j/2 teaspoon of made mustard, i teaspoon of butter, i"ut m a bowl and allow it to thicken over hot water. Mash I can of potted ham and cream the dressing with it. Spread on thin slices of white bread and told together. Lettuce Sandwich. Cut the bread with a sandwich cutter, and spread each slice with Royal cheese that has been creamed to a soft paste with melted butter. Put a crisp lettuce leaf between each piece, i tablespoon of mayonnaise on it, and fold another slice over it. Peanut Sandwich. One quart fresh roasted peanuts, chopped fine, not pounded. Mix with a thick mayonnaise, and butter thin bread with it. Place two slices together, and cut out in round pieces with a sharp cake cutter. Cheese Straws. Grate 3 tablespoons of dairy cheese ; add 3 tablespoons flour, a dash of red pepper and a pinch of salt. Add to dry ingre- dients I tablespoon of melted butter, i of milk and the yelk of I egg. Roll as thin as possible, and cut in strips 4 inches long and y2 wide. Bake in a quick oven. Kidney Stew. Boil 2 kidneys until tender, adding a little salt to the water. Change water twice. Chop fine when tender. Make a sauce of' I cup of milk, I cup of water kidneys were boiled in. Thicken with I tablespoon of butter and i tablespoon of flour, creamed to a paste. I*ut all on fire and stir in kidneys. Season with red pepper. For 6 people. CANDIES.

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