Cream the butter, add sugar; when creamy add remaining ingredients, beat well, pour into a buttered pan, and bake one hour in a moderate oven.

Maryland Artichokes

Melt butter, add remaining ingredients, cook ten minutes, and serve on hot buttered toast.

Crabs, Creole Style

Boil the crabs, remove the meat. Melt butter, add onion and cook until yellow; add flour; when smooth add tomatoes. Cook ten minutes; add seasonings and crab meat. Serve on slices of hot buttered toast and garnish with strips of red pepper.

Alabama Salad

Chop onions very fine. Pare and slice cucumbers, sprinkle with salt, cover with ice water and let stand one hour. Drain, add onions, sprinkle with cayenne, and dress with cream and vinegar mixed together. Serve on lettuce leaves.