Scalloped Potatoes.
Slice potatoes thin, put in layer salt and pepper add piece of butter, dredge lightly with flour, fill the dish with three layers within an inch of the top, cover with rich milk. Grate cheese over the top is very good.
Potato Chips.
Pare and slice potatoes very thin with potato slicer or sharp knife, let them remain in ice water about 2 hours, drain and wipe dry and fry in hot lard, salt while hot.
Potato Balls.
Take cold mashed potatoes, make into flat balls and dip them in flour and fry in hot butter a light brown.
Boston Baked Beans.
Soak beans over night, in the morning pour off the water and parboil with ¹⁄₂ teaspoon of soda until half tender then pour off the water and cover again with hot water and small piece of salt pork, cook until tender then remove from the kettle and put them in a bean pot or earthen dish, add a little mustard, salt 1 tablespoonful of molasses, bake 8 hours, keeping them covered with hot water until the last hour when they will brown.
Asparagus.
Cook the asparagus whole in salt water, when tender serve on toast with a cream sauce made of milk, butter, salt and thicken with flour or pour over melted butter.