This section is from the book "The Cook's Guide", by Semper Fidelis Circle. Also available from Amazon: The Cook's Guide.
Take as many onions of an even size as desired. Wipe the dirt off with a cloth but do not wash or remove any skin. Bake about 1 hour and remove outer skin and serve. They can be seasoned all together, or individually, with butter and salt and pepper.
Take large onions, boil until partly done; drain and carefully remove the hearts. Chop these with bits of cold meat; add bread crumbs, 1 beaten egg, 1 spoonful cream, salt and pepper. Fill the onions with this; place them in a stewpan with a little water and simmer 1/2 hour. Add to the juice a little flour mixed smooth with milk and a little lemon juice.
Boil small onions until tender; drain and place in a buttered baking dish in alternate layers with bread crumbs; season with salt, pepper and butter, and partly cover with milk or cream. Bake 1/2 hour.
 
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