Southern Sweet Potatoes
Cut cold boiled sweet potatoes in lengthwise slices. Arrange in layers in buttered baking dish. Cover each layer with brown sugar, dot with butter, sprinkle with salt and pepper, add one cup boiling water, and bake in hot oven.
Stewed Tomatoes
Wipe one quart tomatoes, plunge into boiling water, let stand two minutes, remove skins. Cut in pieces. Cook slowly twenty to thirty minutes. Season with butter, salt and pepper and cook five minutes longer. A few drops of onion juice and one half cup crackers, added when the seasonings are put in, give a variety.
CHAPTER VI
CEREALS
Suggestions for Cooking Cereals
Mix the cereal very gradually with the amount of boiling salted water, and cook in double boiler until done. To hasten the cooking, cook in single boiler or saucepan for the first part of the time, stirring constantly to keep grain from sticking.
As a rule, cook steam-cooked cereals twice the time given on the package.