Lessons in cooking through preparation of meals

Make i c Medium White Sauce (2 T flour), seasonmg with I T chopped parsley, i t chopped onion; cover the bottom of a small buttered baking dish with % c flaked fish, left from the preceding evening, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and add >4 the sauce; repeat using the same quantity of fish. Cover the top with buttered crumbs and bake in a hot oven until the crumbs are browned. Preparing the Meal About 20 m before lunch time prepare the fish a la creme and place in the oven; 5 m before it is done cut the brown bread made in the morning, and place with the butter on the table. Make the tea and serve the lunch. Saturday Lesson 192 NUT CROQUETTES MASHED POTATOES ONION SOUFFLE WILTED LETTUCE STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE Nut Croquettes Make i c Thick Sauce (3 T butter, 4 T flour), add to it I T chopped parsley, 2 T lemon juice, i t salt, ^ t pepper, i c ground or chopped nutmeats, 3 T breadcrumbs, and the yolks of 2 eggs, left from the morning's baking. Mix thoroughly, shape, when cold, egg and crumb and fry in deep hot fat to a golden brown in color. Drain on paper. Serve either plain or with White or Tomato Sauce. Onion Souffle Cook 6 medium sized onions until tender, about i h and pass through a vegetable press. Add the pulp to i c Thick White Sauce (4 T flour). Separate the yolks and whites of 3 eggs (in this case use 2 whole eggs and 2 yolks left from the baking), add the beaten yolks to the sauce, with i T chopped parsley, then cut and fold in the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs. Turn into a buttered baking dish, set in a pan of water and bake in a moderate oven 20 m or until firm. Wilted Lettuce Wash thoroughly and chop slightly i head of lettuce. Cut 4 thin slices of bacon into tiny cubes and broil slowly until brown and crisp. To the cubes and fat in the pan add ys t paprika, and ^ c weak vinegar. Mix thoroughly, heat to the boiling point and pour over the lettuce. Serve at once. Strawberry Shortcake Use 2 c flour, 4 1 baking-powder, i/^ t salt, I T shortening, about }i c milk or water (p. 47). Bake in 2 sheets, buttered, and placed together. Pick over and wash i qt. of strawberries. Mash slightly adding i c sugar. Cover the lower layer of the shortcake with the strawberries, replace the top layer, cover with berries and serve, with or without cream as desired. Preparing the Meal About I h before dinner time put the onions on to cook in boiling salted water. Since they are to be mashed, and it is not desired to have a very strong flavor, they may be cut into small pieces for cooking, thus lessening the time for cooking by about half. Wash, pare and cook 4 medium sized potatoes. Now make the shortcake and place in the oven. Wash and chop the lettuce, pick over, wash and mash the strawberries with the sugar. Cut the bacon into small cubes for broiling. Make the White Sauce for the souffle.