1/2 package macaroni.

2 tablespoonfuls chopped cooked ham 1 tablespoonful chopped cooked meat or tongue 1 oz. (4 tablespoonfuls) grated cheese Salt, pepper, and dust of red pepper.

2 tablespoonfuls cornstarch.

1/2 pint (1 cup) milk.

1 oz. (1 heaping tablespoonful) butter.

1/2 teaspoonful meat extract.

1 tablespoonful chopped parsley.

Break the macaroni into inch lengths, then boil it in plenty of boiling salted water until tender; drain and keep hot.

Mix the cornstarch with a little cold milk till smooth; boil the remaining milk, stir in the cornstarch, meat extract, seasonings, chopped parsley, cheese, chopped ham, chopped meat or tongue; allow to cook for ten minutes, stirring occasionally.

Pile the macaroni mixture in a buttered casserole and pour over it the cornstarch mixture.

Put in the oven to brown over and serve hot.

Creamed Dried Beef With Macaroni

1/2 lb. sliced dried beef.

1/4 lb. macaroni.

4 hard cooked eggs cut in rings 1 pint (2 cups) milk.

4 ozs. (4 tablespoonfuls) butter 4 ozs. (4 tablespoonfuls) flour Salt and paprika to taste.

Break the macaroni into inch lengths, then throw it into boiling salted water, allow to cook for forty minutes, then drain and keep hot.

Melt the butter in a casserole, then fry the beef until slightly browned, then remove the beef, stir in the flour, and cook for eight minutes; add the seasonings and the beef.

Arrange the macaroni on a hot casserole, pour over the beef, and garnish with the eggs.