Lessons in cooking through preparation of meals

Mix 4 tablespoons cornstarch and 2 tablespoons sugar with y2 cup cold milk; when smooth add lyz cups hot milk, to which y2 teaspoon salt has been added ; cook directly over the fire, stirring constantly, until the mixture boils ; then put in double boiler and cook about ^ hour; add i teaspoon vanilla, pour the pudding into moulds moistened with cold water and set aside to cool. When ready to serve unmould and serve plain or with cream, washed and sweetened strawberries, or fruit juice. Preparing the Meal One hour before dinner time wash and scrub 6 medium sized potatoes and put them in the oven to bake. While they are baking shred the cabbage and chop the nuts for the salad. The salad dressing as well as the cornstarch blanc mange should have been made in the morning after breakfast. Finish the salad and set in the refrigerator to keep cool until ready to use. Now prepare the halibut for broiling and about ^ hour before serving time place in the broiling oven. After the fish is browned lower the flame that it may be thoroughly cooked without burning. When the potatoes are baked, scoop out the centers and mash. Refill the shells and return to the oven to brown. It is best to put them directly under a flame so that they will brown quickly without drying out. When they are browned remove to a hot plate garnished with parsley. Put the fish on a hot platter and serve at once. While the potatoes are browning the bread and butter may be cut and the blanc mange transferred to serving plates. Fill all the cooking utensils with hot water so that they may be soaking while the family are at dinner. Saturday Lesson 16 SHREDDED WHEAT WITH SLICED BANANAS POACHED EGGS ON TOAST COFFEE Shredded Wheat with Sliced Bananas Put the shredded wheat biscuits in the oven for a few minutes to make them very crisp, slice ^ banana over each and serve with cream and sugar. Poached Eggs Brush over the bottom of an iron frying pan with butter or oil, then partly fill with boiling water, adding salt or a little lemon juice or vinegar; break the eggs, one at a time, into a cup and very gently slip into the boiling water. The eggs will lower the temperature of the water so that it will not boil ; now keep it below the boiling point and let the eggs remain in the water five or six minutes until cooked to the consistency desired. Remove from the water with a skimmer and arrange on slices of toast. Preparing the Meal The first thing in the morning put on a kettle of water to heat. Then grind the coffee and when the water is hot make it; now cut the bread for the toast, fill the cream pitchers and attend to setting the table Put the shredded wheat biscuits in the oven to heat ; when crisp serve, slicing bananas over them just before sending to the table. Start the eggs to poaching and while they are cooking make the toast, watching the eggs in the meanwhile. When the eggs are done remove from the water to slices of toast and send at once to the table. Serve the coffee and buttered toast at the same time. Saturday Lesson 17 BOSTON BAKED BEANS — CATSUP BROWN BREAD TEA Boston Baked Beans