Routine: Bring salted water to a boil. Cook beans. Make salad.

Arrange salad and cold meat on a platter. Wash, cut cantaloupes in half, scoop out seeds and place in refrigerator.

Assorted Cold Meats

Purchase an assortment of meats such as cold boiled ham, liverwurst, pressed meats and pickled tongue. Arrange on a large platter with the potato salad.

String Beans

1 1/2 pounds string beans

Heat just enough salted water to cover the beans. When water is boiling vigorously, add cleaned, stringed and cut up beans. Cook until tender. Do not overcook as they will lose their bright green color. Drain, and pour melted butter over them.

Hot Potato Salad

8 to 12 small new potatoes, boiled

2 heaping tablespoons minced parsley 1 small onion, minced 1/2 cup chopped celery

3 slices of bacon

1/2 cup sugar

2 tablespoons flour

1/2 cup weak vinegar

1/4 cup water

1/2 teaspoon salt

Cut bacon into pieces, crisp and remove from frying pan. Mix sugar, salt and flour together. Add liquids and stir. Then add to the bacon fat in the frying pan. Cook until thick, stirring continuously. Pour hot over peeled, thinly sliced boiled potatoes. Add parsley, onion and celery, and salt to taste. Be careful not to crush potatoes while mixing. Serve this salad while still slightly warm, garnished with crisp bacon. Do not chill as this makes the salad taste greasy due to the hardening of the bacon fat.

Cantaloupe With Ice Cream

2 cantaloupes 1 pint vanilla ice cream

Use one half cantaloupe for each serving, remove seeds and fill the center with vanilla ice cream.