Potato Croquettes

6 potatoes

2 tablespoons cream butter size of an egg beaten yolks of 2 eggs - whites of 2 eggs finely chopped parsley

1 onion chopped fine

Method :

Boil and mash potatoes, add cream, butter, eggs, parsley, and onion. Dust with nutmeg, salt and pepper. Roll in cracker crumbs, and egg whites and again in cracker crumbs. Fry in deep fat.

Frances Pitkin Allen, Nu.

French Fried Onions Use onions that are about one inch in diameter. Peel off the outer skin, French fry as you would potatoes. Serve with meat

Harriet Wilson Davy, Xi.

Baked Lima Beans

1 pound dried lima beans 1/2 teaspoon mustard 2 tablespoons molasses

1 onion

10 cents salt pork salt

Method :

Soak beans over night. Boil until almost tender (pouring off liquid and boil again). Add salt, mustard, molasses, onion chopped fine, brown sugar if desired and a little water if dry, add pork and bake an hour.

Frances Pitkin Allen, Nu.

Brussels Sprouts

1 box sprouts butter salt and pepper

Method :

Pick the yellow outside leaves off and let stand in cold water, to crisp up and freshen before using, for an hour. Cook in boiling salted water for twenty minutes, drain and serve with melted butter, salt and pepper. Can also be served with a white sauce.

Ruth Rose Smith, Xi.

Sweet-Sour Cucumbers (Vegetable)

1 medium sized cucumber 1 medium sized onion 1 cup sour cream

1 tablespoon vinegar 1 tablespoon sugar

Method :

Slice cucumbers, let stand in salt an hour. Slice onion with cucumber. Mix cream, vinegar and sugar and pour over cucumbers. Chill and serve.

Bernice Waite, Xi.

Escalloped Okra And Tomatoes

4 cups okra pods steamed and tipped and sliced crosswise 21/2 cups tomatoes

1 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup butter grated onion to flavor slightly 1/8 teaspoon pepper and cayenne

Method :

Put vegetables into stewpan in alternate layers. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and cayenne. Heat to the boiling point and let simmer. Turn into buttered baking dish cover with buttered bread crumbs and bake twenty-five minues in a hot oven. Serve with fried chicken or roast veal.

Dorothea L. Rapp, Xi.

Southern Corn Pudding

2 eggs slightly beaten 1 can of corn

11/2 cups milk

1 tablespoon melted butter

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1 tablespoon sugar

1/2 teaspoon pepper

Method :

Mix and put in buttered pan. Bake slowly until set.

Bobby Shurtleff Cole, Nu.

Corn Oysters

1 pint corn

1 egg well beaten

1 cup of flour

1/4 cup cream 1 teaspoon salt

Method :

Mix all well together and drop into hot fat.

Helen Shurtleff, Xi.

Baked Sweet Potato Squash

Cut small squashes in half. Clean out the seeds, tie the halves together and bake for an hour. Take from the oven, untie the strings and serve in the shells with plenty of butter.

Lois Goltra Heren, XL