The new Annie Dennis cook book

Canned peas should be opened as soon as possible, an hour of exposure to the air being none too long to restore them to their natural flavor. Place a tablespoonful of butter in a saucepan, with pepper and salt to taste; turn in the peas and cook for five minutes, when, if good quality, they will be thoroughly done. Some cooks prefer to add three tablespoonfuls of sweet cream to one of butter and put in a level teaspoonful of granulated sugar. SQUASH Baked Squash Boil, mash and let get cold, then beat up very light; add two tablespoonfuls of melted butter, two eggs, thoroughly beaten, three tablespoonfuls of sweet milk, with a pinch of soda; season well with pepper and .salt, put into a buttered dish, sift dry bread crumbs over the top and bake in a quick oven. Stewed Squash Pare and cut in small pieces four medium sized squashes. Slew in water half an hour, then pour in a teacupful of sweet milk or cream; cook until tender, add a teaspoonful of butter. Season to taste, and serve. Fried Squash Pare and slice, throw into cold water slightly salted. Make a thick batter of flour and sweet milk, or flour and eggs. Dip the slices in the batter, and fry a rich brown in boiling lard. The proportion for the milk batter is a half teacupf ul of sweet milk or cream to one tablespoonful of flour (beaten to a smooth paste). That for the egg batter, one egg to one tablespoonful of flour. Boiled Okra Take young tender pods of okra and boil in salt water. Drain, pour over a teacupful of cream, add a teaspoonful of butter, season with pepper and let simmer five minutes. Serve hot. Okra with Tomatoes Wash pods of okra and cut in thin slices sufficient to fill a quart measure. Peel tomatoes to fill a pint cup when sliced. Put together in a sauce pan, add a little salt, cover and let simmer gently for half an hour; add a tablespoonful of butter, with pepper and serve. Okra and Onions Slice a quart of okra and slice thin two onions. Slice a quarter of a pound of fat bacon, fry it brown, take up, put the okra and onion in the fat and fry brown. Arrange the bacon on a dish and lay the okra and onions over. Okra Cut off the stems, put in water, in a bright, clean vessel and boil till tender (a dark vessel darkens the okra). Add salt, pepper and butter; serve. Eat with vinegar, if liked. RICE Mince fine some beef or chicken (some cold hash will do), stew until done. To a teacupful of this add the same of hot boiled rice, mix well, seasoning with butter, salt and pepper. Spread thick on slices of toast, put in oven five minutes and serve immediately. A raw egg may be added to the rice, etc., if liked. To Cook Rice To each cupful of rice allow three cupfuls of water. Have water well salted and boihng briskly ; add washed rice and boil steadily for twenty minutes. Wash thoroughly and allow to stand for several hours before it is to be used. Return to oven for only time enough to heat thoroughly. This insures thoroughly cooked, perfectly white and dry rice. South Carolina Rice