This section is from the "The National Cook Book" book, by Marion Harland And Christine Terhune Herrick. Also available from Amazon: National Cook Book
Mash eight or ten potatoes smooth with butter; salt, and work in the beaten whites of two eggs. Then fill a greased jelly-mould with the mixture, pressing it in firmly. Set aside to harden. When cold, scrape about a teacupful, or less, from the middle, leaving firm, thick walls. Fill the cavity with minced mutton, highly seasoned, mixed with crumbs moistened with gravy, and not too soft. Fit a piece of fried bread in the mouth of the filled cavity; turn out the casserole carefully upon a stone-china or block-tin dish ; wash all over with beaten egg and set in a hot oven ten minutes to heat and glaze. The mince should be very hot when it goes in and stiff enough to keep its shape.
 
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