This section is from the book "Cooking For Profit", by Jessup Whitehead. Also available from Amazon: Cooking for Profit.
Usually served with fish, on the same plate. They are little cakes of mashed potatoes, in fancy shapes or plain. Take four steamed potatoes and mash them with an ounce of butter, the yolk of an egg and salt. Spread on a pie plate, brush over with the yolk of an egg mixed with a spoonful of milk, cut in pieces of any shape, take up the pieces with a knife point, place them on a greased baking pan and bake a nice color on top.
Cost of fish with sauce etc. - 2 pounds fish 40, seasoning 1, shrimps 15, butter eggs and seasonings 3, potatoes 8 portions 2 - 61 cents for 8 to 12 portions, or about 7c an order.
 
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