Freda R. Lavine

“ RICE CROQUETTES
1 pint cold cooked rice, 3 tablespoons milk, 2 tablespoons butter, Cayenne, 1 egg, 1⁄2 teaspoon salt, White pepper, 2 tablespoons chopped parsley, Cracker dust or bread crumbs. Warm rice in double boiler with milk. Add butter, egg, salt, pepper, parsley, and cook until it thickens. Spread on plate to cool, shape into rolls. Roll in crumbs; dip in eggs and roll in crumbs again. Cook in deep hot fat until brown.
MACARONI IN TOMATO CASES
8 tomatoes, 1 cup boiled macaroni, 1 cup white sauce, Salt, pepper, Grated cheese, Cracker crumbs, Flakes of butter. ”

“ We may live without conscience and live without heart;
We may live without friends, we may live without books;
But civilized men cannot live without cooks."
ENTREES
BATTER FOR ALL FRITTERS
11⁄3 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1⁄4 teaspoon salt, 2⁄3 cup milk, 1 egg. ”

“ Add enough milk to make them pour easily on a hot griddle. Fry in plenty of butter or fat.
CRABS A LA NEWBURG
3 hard boiled eggs, Salt, pepper, 1⁄2 pint sweet cream, 3 cups crab meat, 4 tablespoons melted butter, 2 tablespoons sherry wine, Juice of one lemon. Cream yolks of eggs with salt, pepper, add cream and butter. Cook slowly, stirring till thick. Take from fire, add wine, lemon juice and crab meat.
FRICASSEE CRAB FLAKES
4 large hard shelled crabs, Pepper, salt, 1 small lump butter, 1⁄4 cup milk, 1⁄2 pint cream, 1 green pepper cut up, 3 eggs. ”