This section is from the book "The American Woman's Cook Book", by Ruth Berolzheimer. Also available from Amazon: The Domestic Arts Edition of the American Woman's Cook Book.
1 1/2 cups dry kidney beans
3 tablespoons salt
1 to 2 cups grated cheese
2 tablespoons chopped onion 1 cup bread-crumbs 1/2 cup milk
Soak beans twenty-four hours. Cook until soft in water in which the salt has been dissolved. Drain; chop; add onion.
cheese, crumbs, more salt if needed, and enough milk to moisten. Form into a loaf. Bake in a moderate oven (350°-400° F.) for forty minutes. Baste occasionally with hot water and fat.
2 tablespoons minced peppers 2 tablespoons minced onion 4 tablespoons fat 4 cups mashed baked beans 2 eggs, slightly beaten
2 cups crumbs 1 cup tomatoes Salt and pepper 1/2 teaspoon paprika
Cook pepper and onion in fat. Add other ingredients in the order given. Bake (350° F.) in greased baking-dish for thirty minutes. Serve with brown sauce or tomato sauce.
A cheese or milk dish should be added to this meal.
2 cups Lima beans 1 cup dry bread-crumbs 4 tablespoons peanut butter 1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon poultry seasoning
2 tablespoons grated onion 1 tablespoon bacon fat
1 cup milk (more, if needed)
Wash and soak the beans overnight, then cook in boiling water until soft (about forty-five minutes). Drain, cool, then chop coarsely. Add crumbs mixed with peanut butter and seasoning, then fat, and milk to moisten. Put into a greased bread-pan and bake in a moderate oven (350°-400° F.) thirty minutes. Serve with brown sauce, cream sauce or tomato sauce.
1/2 cup peanuts
1 cup cottage cheese
1 cup cold, cooked rolled oats
1 cup milk
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 tablespoon fat
1/2 teaspoon salt
Dash of pepper
1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
Few drops Worcestershire sauce 1 tablespoon chopped onion
Chop peanuts and add other ingredients in order given. When thoroughly combined, place in a greased bread-tin. Bake in a moderate oven (350°-400° F.) until brown. Serve hot with tomato sauce.
1 tablespoon chopped onion
1 tablespoon fat
1 cup grated cheese
1 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup milk
1 cup cooked cereal
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1 1/2 tablespoons lemon-juice
1/2 teaspoon "Worcestershire sauce Buttered crumbs
Cook onion in fat until delicately brown. Mix with all the other ingredients and moisten with milk. Cover with buttered crumbs and brown in oven (400° F.). Serve hot with tomato sauce.
Serve with some crispy food such as celery.
3/4 cup macaroni
1 teaspoon parsley
2 teaspoons chopped onion
1 tablespoon green pepper
2 tablespoons fat
1/2 cup grated cheese 1 1/2 cups milk
1 egg
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup buttered crumbs
Cook macaroni in boiling salted water until tender. Saute the parsley, onion and pepper in the fat until tender. Drain water from macaroni. Place a layer of this in a buttered baking-dish, then a layer of peppers, onions and cheese. Repeat until dish is full. Pour over it the milk mixed with the egg. Cover with buttered crumbs, and brown in oven (400° F.). Serve with tomato sauce.
 
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