Take the bananas. Peel, cut them in two length wise, put them in a baking dish or pie plate, take the juice of lemon, 3 tablespoons of water, 1 tablespoonful sugar, mix together, pour over the bananas and bake until a light brown. These are good served with meats.
Chicken Chop Suey.
Take a pint bowl of chopped chicken and 2 cups of cold boiled rice, then fry 3 or 4 slices of bacon to a light brown, remove the bacon, chop it fine and put all together in the pan with ¹⁄₂ teacup of boiling water, heat it all together for 15 minutes and serve with peas over the top. This is a good dish for luncheon. Chicken gravy added to this improves it.
Stuffed Egg Plant.
This is an excellent dish. Cut a fine egg plant in half, lengthwise. Do not peel it but scoop out the interior to within about ³⁄₄ of the edge. Use a large silver spoon for the purpose and hold the vegetable under water as much as possible while doing this prevents discoloration. As the interior is removed, put it also under water and when the whole is finished cover with new cold water, adding to every qt. of water a tablespoonful of salt. Let the egg plant, both shell and scooped out portion, rest in this salted water 2 or 3 hours or until the water turns dark. After soaking put the vegetable into fresh cold water and let it come to the boiling stage. Boil until tender, salting the water slightly. It will take about ¹⁄₂ hour. It is well to cook the scooped out pulp longer then the shells, so as to have it very soft. The shells should be tender but not so tender that they will lose their shape. Set the shell aside on an earthen plate. It is well not to let them come into contact with tin. Now mash the pieces of scooped out egg plant to a pulp with a wooden potato masher and to every cupful add 2 or 3 cupfuls of soft bread crumbs. Mix the two together and if they seem too stiff add a little milk. Season with a tiny minced onion, a scant teaspoonful of salt and white pepper. Mix the seasoning thoroughly with stuffing and fill the prepared shell with it, spread soft butter all over the tops and set the shells with their contents in a buttered dish. Bake in a brisk oven for about ¹⁄₂ hr. until done.
Stuffed Beefsteak.
Take a thick and tender slice of rump of about 2 lbs, make a dressing of cup of bread crumbs, 1 egg, 1 tablespoon melted butter, 1 tablespoon poultry seasoning, mix all together with hot milk with pepper and salt to taste. Roll the dressing up in the steak, wind a piece of twine around it, taking care to secure the ends. Have ready a fry pan or deep stew pan with slice or two of bacon fried crisp. Take out the bacon and lay in the steak, turn it on all sides until it is done. Then put in 2 cups of water or meat stock with 1 teaspoonful salt and pepper, cover close and let it cook slowly for 1¹⁄₂ hrs. A small onion may be added to the gravy, when done thicken the gravy and pour around the steak, remove the string carefully before serving.
Scalloped Salmon.
Take 1 can of salmon after it has been shredded, place in a baking dish in layers. First a layer of bread crumbs or rolled cracker crumb, then one of salmon. Butter, salt, pepper, repeat this process until the dish is nearly filled. Moisten well with milk, then take a tablespoonful each of butter and flour, beaten well together and stir into 1 cup of boiling milk when cooked sufficiently stir in a well beaten egg. Pour this over the dish and bake ¹⁄₂ hour or until nicely browned. Serve hot.