Routine: Put meat loaf together and place in oven to bake. Scrub potatoes. Place around loaf tin of meat. Prepare salad, marinate and place in refrigerator. Wash grapes and pears; chill.

Small Meat Loaf

1/2 pound round steak ground 1/4 pound lean pork ground 1/2 cup cracker crumbs 1 egg

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon chopped onion

3/4 cup milk

Pepper

3 strips bacon

Mix ground meat, cracker crumbs, beaten egg, salt, onion, pepper and milk using large mixing spoon. Grease a loaf casserole and press strips of bacon to sides and bottom of it. Pour in the meat mixture and bake in a hot oven (425º) for forty minutes.

Baked Potatoes

Select smooth, unblemished potatoes of uniform medium size, so that they will all bake in the same length of time. Scrub well and dry. If a crisp skin is desired rub them with an unsalted fat or cooking oil before baking. Bake in a hot oven (425º). Be sure to have oven hot before potatoes are put in. Bake for forty to sixty minutes. To test potatoes, squeeze them. When soft cut each potato open and serve with a lump of butter in the opening. Potatoes may be partly boiled, then put into oven to bake. This will greatly shorten baking time.

Combination Salad

4 flowerettes of raw cauliflower sliced crosswise 1 shredded carrot chicory leaves

1/2 medium onion, minced

4 sliced radishes

1/2 green pepper, chopped fine

French dressing

Mayonnaise

Blend all together, marinate with French dressing and season. Place on chicory or lettuce leaves. Top with a teaspoon of mayonnaise.