Baked Macaroni Boil quarter of a pound of macaroni until tender. When done, put it in a colander and drain. Have ready a shallow pudding dish buttered. Put a layer of macaroni in the bottom of the dish. Sprinkle over it salt, a little red pepper carefully, one tablespoon of melted butter, one iron spoon of tomatoes stewed and seasoned, one iron spoon of cream, and one tablespoon of grated cheese. Prepare the second layer in the same way.

When done, turn this over lightly with a fork to mix well. In a separate dish season some of the boiled macaroni with salt, white pepper, one teaspoon of melted butter, and one teaspoon of grated cheese. Mix. Spread this over the top of the first dish of macaroni. Brown lightly in an upper oven.

Boiled Macaroni

Select the best macaroni, in which there is great choice, some being very tough. Have ready a large tin saucepan, as it requires a great deal of water and a very hard boiling, which granite will not give. Fill the pot threequarters full of water. Break the macaroni into pieces two inches long. It will require twentytwo sticks of the macaroni for a large vegetable dish. Have the water boiling hard, and drop it in, a little at a time, and add a teaspoon of salt. With a large meat fork, move it now and then so it will not stick to the bottom.

Add hot water as the water boils away, and keep plenty over the macaroni until done. It is not done until perfectly tender, which will be one hour or one hour and a quarter. When done, pour it into a colander and drain off the water. Have ready in a tin cup two or three tablespoons of melted butter. Put half the macaroni into a hot vegetable dish, sprinkle a good deal of salt, a very little red pepper, a quarter of a teaspoon of dry mustard, a heaping tablespoon of grated cheese, and part of the melted butter. Now, add the rest of the macaroni the same as before. Put over the seasoning, and when done turn it over twice with a silver fork, so that the butter is well through it. Serve very hot.

Macaroni With Ham

Mince fine a slice of raw ham, add a minced onion, and brown all together in a saucepan. Moisten the ham with tomato sauce, lay it over half a pound of macaroni which you have cooked in boiling water. Sprinkle with four or five teaspoons of grated cheese and serve.

How To Cook Rice. East India Receipt

Wash thoroughly a cup and a half of the best rice. Set over the fire a pot holding four quarts of cold water. Put in the rice and bring to boil and keep boiling until you can mash the rice kernels between thumb and finger. Salt five minutes before this point is reached. Take off the pot, throw in it a quart of cold water, tip the rice on a sieve or colander to drain thoroughly, set in the oven to dry out, and serve hot. Each kernel will be separate and flaky when cooked in this way.

Rice Croquettes

Wash one teacup of rice in cold water. Pour it in a doubleboiler, and pour over it a little more than one quart of hot water. Add one heaping teaspoon of salt. Boil until very soft. When done, which will be one hour or more, take out the rice, put it in a pudding dish, and cover while hot to prevent its becoming hard on top. It is better to cook this the