The home cook book

Chop fine pieces of roast of beef, or steak, or veal, left over. To one tablespoon of boiling dripping add as much flour. When this is browned put in two minced onions. To this add the minced meat, adding also a good tablespoon of minced boiled ham. Then put in half a pint of cold mashed potato. Stir constantly. Moisten with canned tomato- juice to keep from burning. Season with salt, pepper, thyme, or summer savory. When it commences to brown on the bottom, stir in one egg. Serve on thin slices of toast. DEVILED SOUP MEAT A LOUISIANA RECEIPT Slice hot soup meat and lay it in a deep dish. To one pint of boiling milk add one minced onion, one minced garlic clove, one teaspoon of minced parsley, and cayenne pepper and salt to taste. Thicken with flour, and add one even tablespoon of French mustard. Pour this hot sauce over the soup meat. Sprinkle over all two minced cucumber pickles. MEAT FRITTERS Take one pint of cold meat minced or ground fine and two eggs. Mix together, add half a pint of water and one pint of flour into which a teaspoon of baking powder lias been sifted. Salt and pepper to taste, drop in deep fat, and fry to a golden brown. HAMBURG STEAK Qioose a pound of round beef, remove all gristle, etc., and chop very fine, or run through your meat chopper. Or have your butcher run it through his meat chopper when you buy. Mix in a little salt, a bit of minced onion or onion juice if your taste so directs, and also a dash of pepper. Dip your hands in cold water, and then shape the meat cakes with your fingers. Lay the cakes in a hot iron saucepan and broil, searing them first, to keep the juice in, and later turning from side to side. Do not have a fire hot enough to burn. Serve hot with a tomato sauce. HAMBURG STEAK BALLS Mix into one pound of raw meat chopped very fine, red pepper and salt to taste, half a teaspoon of onion-juice, two teaspoons of Worcestershire sauce, one tablespoon of tomato catsup, chopped parsley, and one teaspoon of melted butter. Make in round cakes, and fry in butter, lard, and a tablespoon of water, turning the balls over and over, cooking slowly until done and nicely browned. Pour the gravy over them and serve. HAMBURG STEAK BEEF LOAF Mix red pepper and salt to taste into two pounds of uncooked round steak which has been chopped fine. Add one A Meat Chopper beaten egg, four rolled crackers, one tablespoon of melted butter, one tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce, two tablespoons of tomato catsup, one teaspoon of onion juice, half a green pepper chopped fine (if the green ones are out of season take a small red chilli pepper), two small carrots chopped fine and boiled tender, several sprigs of chopped parsley. After mixing these in with the hands, make into an oblong loaf, lay in a baking-pan, and pour round some of the carrot water. Lay in several sprigs of parsley, a piece of green or red pepper, and several pieces of butter. After the meat begins to brown baste with the water every ten minutes until done. Bake three-quarters of an hour in a moderately hot oven. When cold take it out of the pan. To be eaten with tomato catsup,