Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1917 — Mother’s Cook Book [ARTICLE]

Mother’s Cook Book

Thinking and saying kindly things Bring sunshine and bring smiles. But doing them makes the joy that clings To hearts the longest while. Dishes Without Meat. There are large numbers of people who are limited as to the use of meat, some by their physicians’ orders and others because of economy. Savory Sausages. Take a pint of bread crumbs, a pint of mashed potatoes, two hardcooked eggs, one onion, one teaspoonful of parsley, one-half a salt spoon of thyme, one teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls of malted butter, a few dashes of pepper and one well-beaten egg. Mix all the ingredients, cutting the cooked egg, chopping the onion, roll and dip in milk and flour, then fry ip deep fat., Serve with JjKUML gravy or tomato sauce. , Lentil Fritters. Take a pound of lentils, one onion, a tablespoonful of parsley, a half cupful of bread crumbs, three eggs and pepper and salt. Cook the lentils until soft, using all the water (one quart). Chop the onion and parsley very fine, add the lentils and bread crumbs, egg and seasoning. Drop by spoonfuls into smoking hot fat; fry brown. Italian Cutlets. Take two Spanish onions, two turnips, four carrots, one-half a pound of bread crumbs, one-half a pound of cooked lentils, one tablespoonful of chopped parsley, one teaspoonful of salt, a dash of white and red pepper and three well-beaten eggs. Cook the lentils in three cupfuls of boiling water. Cook the onions, carrots, turnips and mince tine, mix with the other ingredients. Season, mold in cutlet shape, dip in egg and crumbs and fry in fat. Arrange around a mound of spinach. Mock Beefsteaks. Take eight slices of brown bread, tomato and mushroom catsup, salt, eight tomatoes and four onions. Cut the bread three-quarters of an inch thick, remove the crust, dip in tomato sauce and mushroom catsup, sprinkle with salt and fry in a little butter. Fry the tomatoes and put on the steaks. Have ready the onions, sliced and fried. Arrange around the dish. Serve all very hot.