This section is from the book "How To Cook In Casserole Dishes", by Marion Harris Neil. Also available from Amazon: How to Cook in Casserole Dishes.
12 potatoes.
4 ozs. (1/2 cup) melted butter.
1 onion.
1/2 teaspoonful black pepper.
Peel the potatoes and boil them in boiling salted water until they are nearly, though not quite, done.
Take up, drain, and cut each potato in halves lengthways; put flat side down on a hot buttered earthenware pan, set into the oven, baste with the melted butter having the onion juice and black pepper in it, till the potatoes are brown and quite tender.
2 lbs. potatoes.
Salt, pepper, and grated nutmeg to taste 1 egg.
1 1/2 pints (3 cups) boiling milk.
1 garlic clove.
1/2 lb. grated cheese.
2 tablespoonfuls butter.
Peel and finely slice the potatoes. Put them into a basin, add half of the cheese, milk, seasonings, and the egg well beaten.
Rub some au gratin dishes with the clove of garlic and then well butter them; divide the mixture into them; sprinkle the rest of the cheese on the top; dot with the butter, and cook in a moderate oven for forty minutes.
8 large potatoes 2 ozs. (2 heaping tablespoonfuls) butter.
3 tablespoonfuls cream.
A few buttered bread crumbs.
Salt, pepper, and paprika.
Wash and dry the potatoes and bake them in a hot oven. When done, cut off the tops, scoop out the potato, and put it in a bowl, with the butter, cream, and seasonings.
Beat together until smooth, then return the mixture to the shells, sprinkle over with the bread crumbs, put a tiny piece of butter on the top of each, and cover with the tops.
Put into a casserole and bake till hot.
1 lb. boiled potatoes.
2 heaping tablespoonfuls (2 ozs.) butter 2 heaping tablespoonfuls (1 oz.) grated cheese.
2 egg yolks.
Salt and paprika to taste 1 tablespoonful chopped parsley.
Rub the potatoes through a sieve, add the butter, cheese, yolks of eggs well beaten, salt and pepper.
Make into neat balls, lay them on a buttered fireproof dish, brush over with a little beaten egg, mark with a fork, and bake a nice brown color in the oven; pour over them a little melted butter, and sprinkle with the chopped parsley and paprika.
Serve hot.
4 sweet potatoes.
1 tablespoonful butter.
1/2 pint (1 cup) molasses Salt and pepper.
Select yellow sweet potatoes, peel them, and slice them lengthways. Steam with the butter, salt and pepper, and a little water.
When tender drain off the water, Put the potatoes into an earthenware baking dish, pour over the molasses, and bake in a hot oven until the molasses candies over the potatoes.
 
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