This section is from the book "The Bride's Cook Book", by Ralph P. Merritt. Also available from Amazon: Larousse Gastronomique.
Half fill greased ramekins with DEL MONTE Canned Tomatoes which have been seasoned. Put an egg in each, sprinkle with grated cheese and crumbs, and bake until eggs are set and crumbs brown. Allow 1 tablespoon each of grated cheese and crumbs to a ramekin.
Add a can of DEL MONTE Tomato Sauce to the roast beef about 15 minutes before it is done and improve the flavor of the gravy.
Add a can of tomato sauce to the left over breakfast cereal, re-heat and serve instead of a vegetable for dinner.
Moisten boiled rice with tomato sauce, add some grated cheese, form into croquettes, and you have a delicious meat and potato substitute.
Pour hot tomato sauce over hot hard cooked eggs sliced lengthwise for an appetizing luncheon dish.
Baste the baked onions with tomato sauce and you will never want to serve them in any other way.
Pour a can of hot tomato sauce over the boiled new potatoes and impart to them a delicious flavor as well as conserve butter.
Before spreading the hash in the pan to brown add a little tomato sauce.
Serve the boiled onions in tomato sauce instead of the overworked cream sauce.
Scalloped cabbage in which tomato sauce is used in place of white sauce adds delicious variation to the menu.
To quickly make a cheese sauce for fish, heat a can of tomato sauce, add 1/2 cup of grated cheese, beat it until it melts, and serve.
Serve corn fritters with hot tomato sauce and conserve sugar.
Add any left over tomato sauce to mayonnaise or cooked salad dressing to give it an unusually delightful flavor.
Serve hot tomato sauce on hot asparagus and add to its flavor as well as conserve butter.
To make an especially well flavored aspic for garnishing and serving with cold meats dissolve an envelope of softened gelatin in a can of hot tomato sauce, pour into a loaf pan and when cold and firm cut in squares.
Add crab meat, chopped onions and green chile to tomato sauce and serve very cold for a most appetizing cocktail.
Serve fried oysters with tomato sauce.
Moisten grated cheese with a little tomato sauce for an unusual and delicious sandwich filling.
Make 2 cups of thin white sauce. Add 1/16 teaspoon of soda to 1 can of hot DEL MONTE Canned Tomato Sauce and pour into the hot white sauce, stirring constantly. Serve at once.
Mix 1 can of DEL MONTE Canned Tomato Sauce with 3/4 cup of water, 1/2 cup of cornstarch, 2 teaspoons of corn sirup, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1/8 teaspoon of pepper, and 1 tablespoon of chopped onion. Bring to the boiling point, stirring, and cook in the double boiler 35 minutes. Add 1 well beaten egg, cook 3 minutes and pour into a greased loaf pan. When cold and firm cut in slices, roll in crumbs, and brown in fat in a frying pan.
Boil 1/2 package of noodles until tender and drain, saving the stock. Mix noodles with 1 can of DEL MONTE Canned Tomato Sauce, 1/2 cup of noodle stock, 1 teaspoon of salt, and 1 tablespoon each of chopped onion and celery. Pour into a greased baking dish, sprinkle with 1/2 cup of crumbs, and bake for 40 minutes.
Cook 1/2 cup of rice in boiling, salted water. Drain, and add 1 can of DEL MONTE Canned Tomato Sauce, re-heat if necessary, and serve.
 
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