ADVENTURES IN COOKING 10]

“SCALLOPED POTATOES

Peel six good sized potatoes. Slice thinly. Place in buttered baking dish.
Cover each layer with flour, dot with butter, season with salt and pepper.
Fill dish with hot milk to top layer of potatoes. Sprinkle with grated
cheese. Bake slowly until tender 144 hours in a moderate oven—350°F.

POTATO PUFFS
Y% cup flour 1 cup mashed potatoes
114 tsp baking powder 14 tsp each salt and pepper
2 eggs, beaten
Mix together and drop by spoonfuls into hot fat. Salmon may be added
if preferred. |

POTATO SOUFFLE

Take 2 cups cold mashed potatoes. Stir. into it 2 tablespoons melted butter.
Beat to a white cream, before adding anything else. ‘Then put with this
2 eges whipped very light and a cup of cream or milk.

Beat all well, pour into a deep dish. Bake in a quick oven until it is nicely
browned. If properly mixed, it will come out of the oven puffy and
delectable.

SOUFFLE SWEET POTATOES

Into 2 cups of boiled and mashed sweet potatoes, beat 3 whipped eggs,
1 cup milk, 2 tablespoons of melted butter, seasoning to taste. Beat hard
and bake in a greased pudding dish.

HARVARD BEETS
14 cup sugar — VY tsp salt |
2 tbsp flour 2 tbsp butter
14 cup water 3 cups cooked diced beets
Y4 cup vinegar .

Mix sugar, flour, add water and vinegar. Cook over medium heat until
thick, about 10 minutes. Add salt, butter, then diced beets. Continue cook-
ing 10 minutes. Serves 4 to 5.

FRENCH FRIED ONION RINGS

large onions Y% cup milk
undiluted canned milk or fresh milk flour
1 egg, beaten breadcrumbs

Peel onions and slice 44” thick. Separate into rings and soak about 15
minutes in canned or fresh milk. Drain slightly. Beat egg and add ¥% cup
milk. Roll rings in flour, then egg mixture, then in crumbs. Shake gently
to remove surplus crumbs. Fry in deep fat at 365° for 3 minutes. Drain
on absorbent paper.

ONIONS DE LUXE

Prepare about a dozen small onions (golf ball size), place in pan with
2 tsp. melted butter, 1 tsp. brown sugar. Shake around to brown, add about
Y% cup water and cook slowly about | hour. ‘Thicken liquor slightly.