What to Have for Dinner

Cut boiled sweet potatoes into slices one-fourth inch thick, arrange in a shallow baking pan, spread with 14 What to Have for Dinner. softened butter, sprinkle lightly with salt and paprika and bake in a hot oven until well browned. STEWED CELERY. Wash, scrape and cut celery in one-inch pieces ; there should be two cups. Cook in boiling salted water until tender, drain and add one cup White Sauce. 2 tablespoons butter 1 cup scalded milk 24 tablespoons flour 4 teaspoon pepper 4 teaspoon salt Put butter in sauce pan and stir until melted and - bubbling, add the flour and seasonings and cook one minute. Pour on gradually, while stirring constantly, the hot milk. Beat until smooth and glossy, using a wire whisk. BAKED SQUASH. Cut squash in pieces, remove seeds and stringy portions, put in dripping pan and bake until soft. Five minutes before squash is done, sprinkle with salt, and grated soft, mild cheese. Serve in the shells. Remove leaves from stalks, discarding outeide wilted ones. Wash in very cold water, drain, and dry on a towel. Arrange in as nearly the original shape as possible and serve with Family Dinners. 15 4 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons vinegar 4 teaspoon pepper 4 tablespoons olive oil Few drops onion juice Mix ingredients and stir or shake until well blended. CHEESE SANDWICHES. Cut stale bread in very thin slices and spread onehalf with the following mixture: Grate mild cheese, and rub to a paste with soft but- ' ter, using one-fourth as much butter as cheese. Season highly with salt and cayenne. Cover with remaining slices of bread, and cut in fancy shapes. BOSTON PUDDING. 5 slices entire wheat bread, cut 2 inch thick 3 cups milk | : + cup molasses Butter Remove the crust from bread, and butter slices generously. Arrange in shallow buttered pudding dish and pour over three-fourths of the milk mixed with molasses. Bake three hours in a very slow oven, stirring occasionally and adding remaining milk after first hour of cooking. Serve with thin cream. 16 What to Have for Dinner. “To be equal, physically and mentally to our day's work, depends upon the food we eat.” Onton Sovp. Frrep Smetts, Sauce Tartare. FrENcH ROLLs. BROILED PoRTERHOUSE BEEF STEAK, Maitre d'Hôtel Butter. Potato Strips. | CREAMED TURNIPS. StEaMED CHOCOLATE Puppine, STERLING SAUCE. Lemons cut in fancy shapes. To be used for garnishing. ~——_—_—_—_—~ Family Dinners. 17 ONION SOUP. 12 onions (small) 1 teaspoonful salt 4 cup butter Few grains pepper 24 tablespoons flour 2 egg yolks 1 quart milk 1 cup cream Remove skin from onions and cut in thin slices; add butter and cook two minutes. Set on back of range, cover tightly, and let simmer until soft, but not brown. Sprinkle with flour, stir until well mixed, then cook over fire three minutes, stirring constantly. Add to milk and cook in double boiler one-half hour. Rub through a sieve and add seasonings. Beat egg yolks slightly and add cream gradually, then add to soup just before serving. FRIED SMELTS. Clean smelts, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and skewer into fancy shapes. Dip in crumbs, egg, and crumbs, and fry in deep fat. Drain and arrange on a folded napkin, garnish with parsley and lemon and serve with Sauce Tartare. SAUCE TARTARE. 1 teaspoon mustard Yolks 3 eggs 1 teaspoon salt. 1 cup olive oil Few grains cayenne 1 tablespoon vinegar } tablespoon, each, olives, 4 teaspoonful onion juice pickles and parsley, finely 1 tablespoon capers, finely chopped chopped | Oo 4 tablespoon lemon juice Mix mustard, salt and cayenne, add yolks of eggs unbeaten and stir until well mixed. Add oil gradually 18 What to Have for Dinner.