Split Pea Soup

Soak 2 cups of split peas over-
night in 2 quarts of cold water.
In the morning add an onion,
sliced. Cover and cook slowly for
1% hours or until the peas are
soft, then mash. Mix thoroughly
2 tablespoons of flour with % cup
of dry skim milk and stir in 2
cups of cold water. Stir into the
hot peas with 2 tablespoons of
fat and salt and pepper to taste.
Cook the soup a few minutes
longer.

Veal and Pork Pie

YZ pound veal shoulder or rump
Y% pound left-over pork
2 tablespoons fat
cups boiling water
1% teaspoon salt

Few grains pepper
bay leaf

Flour

cup cooked carrots
cup cooked potatoes
cup cooked onions

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Cut veal and pork in 2-inch
cubes; brown in fat. Add boiling
water, salt, pepper and bay leaf
and cover. Simmer 1 hour or
until meat is tender. Remove
bay leaf. Mix a little flour to a
smooth paste with cold water and
blend into meat mixture. Cook,
stirring constantly, until thick.
Add carrots, potatoes and onions.
Pour into shallow baking dish.
Roll out pastry % inch thick on
a lightly floured board and cut in
strips % inch wide. Place on
baking dish in open woven pat-
tern. Trim edges. Press with
tines of fork. Bake in a very hot
oven, 450 deg. F. for 15 minutes.
Serves 4.

Note: For company, make po-
tato balls and carrot balls and
use small whole onions.

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Jellied Tomato Aspic

1 bay leaf
Tabasco sauce

2 onion slices

1% teaspoon salt

134 cups tomato juice
1 envelope gelatine
% cup cold water

1 tablespoon vinegar
Lettuce

Add bay leaf, a few drops
tabasco, onion and salt to strained
tomato juice, and simmer for 10
minutes. Soften gelatine in cold
water and dissolve in hot tomato
mixture. Add vinegar and strain.
Pour into mold which has been
rinsed in cold water. Chill until
firm. Unmold on lettuce leaf.

Vegetable Soup

1 quart milk made of 1 cup dry

skim milk and 1 quart water

tablespoons fat

tablespoon flour

cups grated raw vegetables

(potatoes, turnips or carrots)
1 tablespoon finely chopped

onion
134 teaspoons salt
1% teaspoon celery salt

Melt the fat, mix well with the
flour, and add the milk, stirring
constantly until the mixture
comes to the boil. Then add the
vegetables and cook 10 minutes.
Add seasonings and serve.

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