10 EDITH ADAMS’ l2ta ANNUAL PRIZE COOK BOOK MADE FROM GROUND MEAT APPLESAUCE MEAT BALLS % pound ground pork 34 pound ground round steak 4 cup thick unsweetened applesauce 4 cup soft bread crumbs, well packed 1 egg, well beaten 1% cup minced onion 1% teaspoons salt lg teaspoon pepper Mix these ingredients together and form into 12 balls. Roll lightly in flour and brown in a little hot fat. Place in a baking dish and pour over them a mixture of 4 cup catsup and % cup water. Cover and bake in a moderate oven, 350 degrees F. for 1% hours. “Best meat balls I ever tasted.” Mrs. Adolph Peterson, Box 459, Chilli- wack, B. C. BETTER-THAN-STEAK MEAT LOAF 1 pound minced beef (hamburger) 2 eggs, beaten 34 cup bread crumbs 34 cup corn flakes (rolled fine) 14 teaspoon poultry dressing Salt and pepper 2 teaspoons tomato catsup %4 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce 1% cup cream Slice of onion (optional) Mix and bake 45 minutes at 375 de- grees F. “T often use this easy recipe for meat loaf. My children like it better than steak!” Mrs. M. J. Kenny, 675 Dunedin Street, Victoria, B. C. MERE MAN’S HAMBURGER CASSEROLE 1% pounds hamburg steak Same quantity of bread crumbs Small onion (chopped fine) Salt and pepper to taste 1 tablespoon chopped parsley 14 teaspoon poultry seasoning 2 tablespoons fat Put a layer of hamburg steak in a cas- serole. Mix the other ingredients into a dressing, and add a layer to the hamburg. Then another layer of hamburg and a layer on dressing on the very top. Cover and bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees F.) for 30 minutes. Serve hot. “Do you ever give your prize to a mere man? I am enclosing one of my recipes which I hope will win. I am a ‘paraplegic’ —my legs are paralyzed as the result of a school accident at the age of 14—and I do all my own housework in a wheel chair!” Alfred Craig, 2117 Argyle Avenue, Hollyburn, West Vancouver, B. C FRENCH MEAT-BALL STEW 1 small cabbage 1 tin tomato juice large onions pound hamburger pound sausage meat teaspoon salt 2 teaspoon pepper y teaspoon garlic powder Chop the onions small and mix _ half with the meat and half with the spices. Roll meat into balls and place in a large stew pot. Arrange quartered cabbage and remaining onions on top. Pour over tomato juice and rinse tin, using an extra ™ cup water. Add rest of spices and stew slowly without stirring. The longer this is cooked the better the flavor. ay Jules Herbin, Union Bay, V. I., ae tik ein tin ROYAL RICE CASSEROLE 2 cups cooked rice 2 medium carrots, grated 2 medium onions, chopped finely 1 pound minced steak 2 tablespoons salad oil Line casserole dish with 34 cup cooked rice. Season each layer to taste. Then a layer of % the grated carrots, followed by % of the chopped onions. Put all of the minced steak in, to be covered by re- maining carrots, then onions and topped with the rest of the rice which has been mixed with the salad oil. Place cover on casserole dish and put in medium oven for 45 minutes or until Gone. Remove cover last 10 minutes for browning purposes. As a sauce to serve with this dish for variations, use a can of asparagus or mush- room soup or creamed corn diluted with milk to the desired consistency. “As most women are looking for new ways of presenting the same foodstuffs, they may like this suggestion for variety.” Mrs. Victor Shaw, 214 Eighth Avenue South, Port Alberni, V. I., B. C. SIX-IN-ONE CASSEROLE Cover bottom of casserole with thin sliced oven potatoes. Next, a layer of diced celery, then a layer next of minced beef or hamburger, next a layer of sliced green pepper (optional), then a layer of thinly sliced onions. Repeat this until the casserole is three-quarters full. Finsh off with a tin of tomatoes or tomato soup. Cover and bake very slowly for 2 hours. “This is a very tasty dinner—and cheap.” Mrs. L. Hibberd, 1136 Jefferson Avenue, Hollyburn, B. C.