4 T-beef drippings
2 T-flour
1 C-water
¼ t-salt
Place four tablespoons of beef drippings in a pan, add the flour and allow to brown. Add the rest of the drippings, the water and the salt. Cook two minutes. Serve hot.
Baked Squash (Six portions)
1 squash
2 T-butter
1½ t-salt
¾ t-paprika
Wash and wipe the squash, and cut into halves, then quarters. Remove the seeds. Place the pieces of squash, skin down, in a baking-dish and bake in a moderate oven until tender (about one hour). Remove from the oven, mash up with a fork, and add to each portion one-half a teaspoon of butter, one-fourth a teaspoon of salt, and one-eighth a teaspoon of paprika. Reheat in the oven and serve hot.
Devil's Food Cake (Sixteen pieces)
1/3 C-butter
1 C-sugar
1 egg
2/3 C-sour milk
1 t-vanilla
2/3 t-soda
2 C-flour
2 squares of melted chocolate
Cream the butter, add the sugar and continue to cream the mixture. Add the egg, well beaten, and the chocolate. Mix well. Add the soda and flour sifted together, and the sour milk and vanilla. Beat three minutes. Bake in two layer cake pans prepared with waxed piper for twenty-five minutes in a moderate oven.
Icing (Sixteen portions)
2 C-"C" sugar
½ C-water
2 egg-whites beaten stiffly
1 t-vanilla