Escalloped Asparagus

Ingredients

• 3 cupfuls asparagus
• 1% teaspoonfuls salt
• 1% cupfuls milk
• % teaspoonful pepper
• 2 tablespoonfuls flour
• % cupful grated cheese
• 2 tablespoonfuls butter
• 1 cupful bread crumbs

Method

1. 1

   Cut the asparagus in small pieces and stew until tender in a little water.

2. 2

   Thicken the milk with the flour and season with salt, pepper, and butter.

3. 3

   Add the grated cheese and cooked asparagus to the milk mixture and arrange alternate layers of this mixture and the bread crumbs in an oiled baking dish.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The farm cook & rule book (1923) by Nell Beaubien Nichols, page 90. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Escalloped Asparagus 3 cupfuls asparagus 1% teaspoonfuls salt iy2 cupfuls milk % teaspoonful pepper 2 tablespoonfuls flour % cupful grated cheese 2 tablespoonfuls butter 1 cupful bread crumbs Cut the asparagus in small pieces and stew until tender in a little water. Thicken the milk with the flour and season with the salt, pepper and butter. Add the grated cheese and cooked asparagus to the milk mixture and arrange alternate layers of this mixture and the bread crumbs in an oiled baking dish. Spinach en Casserole Season 2 cupfuls of hominy grits with butter, salt and pepper and spread 1 cupful of it in the bottom of a greased baking dish. Add a layer of cooked spinach seasoned to taste. Cover with the other cupful of hominy and sprinkle with 14 cupful of grated cheese. Bake in a slow oven until the top is browned. Garden Greens Select leaves of mustard, horseradish^ beet tops, radish tops or lambs quarter and place in a kettle partly filled with hot water. VEGETABLES 189 Add a piece of fat smoked meat and boil until tender. Serve hot on a platter with slices of lemon and hard cooked eggs. Creamed Spinach 1% cupfuls cooked spinach 1 tablespoonful butter 1% cupfuls milk

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