Wipe the veal and cut off any rind. Mix the flour, salt and paprika. Roll the steak thoroughly in this mixture. Place the bacon fat in the frying-pan and when hot add the meat and brown thoroughly on both sides. Place the drippings and the meat in a small baking pan. Add the water, cover, and place in the oven. Cook one hour. More water may be added if necessary.
Baked Tomato, Cheese and Rice (Three portions)
1 C-cooked rice
1/3 C-tomatoes
4 T-cheese, cut fine
1 T-pimento
1 t-salt
¼ t-paprika
1 T-flour
½ C-milk
1 T-melted butter
¼ C-cracker or bread crumbs
Mix the rice and flour, and add the tomatoes, cheese, salt and paprika. Add the milk. Pour into a well-buttered baking dish. Melt the butter and add the crumbs. Spread the buttered crumbs on the rice mixture. Bake in a moderate oven for twenty-five minutes.
Tapioca and Date Pudding (Three portions)
4 T-tapioca
¼ t-salt
2 T-cold water
1 C-boiling water
2 T-sugar
8 dates, cut fine
1 T-lemon juice
1 egg-yolk
1 egg-white
1 t-vanilla
Soak the tapioca in cold water for ten minutes. Add the salt and boiling water and cook in a double boiler until transparent. (About twenty minutes.) Add the sugar and the dates cut fine, the lemon juice, egg-yolk and vanilla. Remove from the fire and add the stiffly beaten egg-white. Pile the mixture lightly in glass dishes and serve cold.