Melt the butter, add the flour, cheese and salt. Mix well, and add the milk gradually. Cook until thick and creamy. Add the pimento and potatoes. Serve hot. (Bob considers this dish superfine.)

Date Nut Bread (Twelve pieces)

1 C-graham flour
1 C-white flour
½ C-"C" sugar
1 t-salt
4 T-nut meats
3 T-chopped dates
3 t-baking powder
1 C-milk

Mix the ingredients in the order given. Place in a well-buttered bread pan, and bake in a moderate oven for thirty-five minutes.

Chocolate Sponge Cake (Fourteen cakes)

5 T-butter
4 T-cocoa
1 egg
1/8 C-sugar
1 t-cinnamon
¼ t-cloves
1 C-flour
3 t-baking powder
½ C-cold water
½ t-vanilla

Cream the butter, add the sugar. Stir in the egg and beat well. Add the cinnamon, cloves, baking powder, cocoa, flour, vanilla and water. Beat vigorously for two minutes. Bake in well-buttered gem pans for eighteen minutes. Serve warm if desired.


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