Sweet Potatoes (Baked)

Select medium-sized potatoes, and wash well; boil 5 or 10 minutes, then bake in a hot oven until soft. - Mrs. R. W. Walsh, 3656 Michigan Ave., Chicago. 111.

Boiled Sweet Potatoes

Wash, pare, cook 20 minutes in boiling water, salted. They may also be boiled with skins on. - Mrs. R. W. Walsh, 3656 Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111.

Candied Sweet Potatoes

Make a syrup of 1 cup sugar, 1/4 cup water, and a lump of butter, put sliced, cold sweet potatoes into the syrup and let cook down until there is only a little of the rich syrup left. Pour this over the potatoes, and serve. - Mrs. J. H. Wichmann, 5069 Lincoln Ave., Chicago, 111.

Creamed Sweet Potatoes

Slice cold boiled sweet potatoes about 1/4 inch thick, and make a rich cream or drawn butter sauce, seasoned to taste, and heat the sweet potatoes in it. Garnish with parsley or sliced hard-boiled eggs, and serve hot. - Mabel Sturtevant, 105 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111.

Southern Sweet Potato Pie

Bake 4 large sweet potatoes, then scrape the inside from them, and beat into it lightly with a fork, 2 tablespoons of butter, 2 tablespoons of sugar, 3 well-beaten eggs, 1 cup of warm milk, a saltspoon of salt, and a pinch of mixed spice. Line a baking-dish with pastry, fill with the potato, and bake for 20 minutes. - Mrs. L. Gordon, 1206 S. Homan Ave., Chicago, 111.

Sweet Potato Pone

Grate 4 large sweet potatoes, then mix with 3 well-beaten eggs, 1 cup brown sugar, 2 cups molasses, 1 spoon butter, powdered ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg to taste. Bake in a moderate oven, and serve hot for dinner with hard sauce, and slice cold for tea. - Mrs. Harry Gorman, 1121 S. Albany Ave., Chicago, 111.

Scallop Of Sweet Potatoes And Bacon

This is a good "left-over" when you have a little cold corned ham, and cold boiled or baked sweet potatoes. Mince the meat, fat preferred, and put a layer in the bottom of a bake-dish. Cover with sweet potato dice, pepper, and put in a layer of bacon. When all the materials are used up, cover with crumbs; add enough milk to wet the crumbs, cover, and bake 1/2 an hr. Uncover, and brown. - Mrs. H. W. Phelps, 1733 Kenilworth Ave, Chicago, 111.

A Southern Dish

Cut cold, baked sweet potatoes into 1/4-inch slices, and put them in an earthen dish. Spread each layer with butter, and sprinkle lightly with sugar, and bake until hot, and slightly browned. Sweet potatoes are much richer when twice cooked. - Mrs. Grace Lambert, 2728 Wabash Ave., Chicago, 111.