"And so will I," said Mother Blair. "But you'll have to hurry up and learn lots more, Mildred; there are just hundreds of things you can learn to cook, and all of them are ever so good."
"I'm going to learn every single one," said Mildred solemnly.
As the week went by, the children found they were really learning ever so many of the "hundreds" of good things their mother spoke of. Among them were these, the rules for which they put right in their books with the rest:
EGGS IN RAMEKINS
| 4 | eggs. |
| 4 | rounds of buttered toast. |
| Sprinkle of salt and pepper. |
Butter any small dishes; put in the toast rounds, break an egg carefully on each, sprinkle with salt and pepper and bake in the oven till the eggs are done.
EASY MEAT PIE
| 1 | cup chopped cooked meat |
| 1 | cup boiling water. |
| 1 | teaspoonful chopped parsley. |
| 1 | teaspoonful chopped onion. |
| ½ | teaspoonful salt. |
| 1 | teaspoonful butter. |
| 2 | cups mashed potato. |
(If the potato is left-over, and so is cold, add ½ a cup of hot milk to it and beat it up till it is smooth and hot.)