Potato Pie.
- 1 lb. mashed potato, rubbed through a colander.
- ¼ lb. of butter, creamed with the sugar.
- 6 eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately.
- 1 lemon, squeezed into the potato while hot.
- 1 teaspoonful of nutmeg and the same of mace.
- 2 cups of white sugar.
Cream the butter and sugar; add the yolks, the spice, and beat in the potato gradually until it is very light. At last, whip in the whites. Bake in open shells of paste. Eat cold.
When making these pies on Saturday—forecasting Monday’s needs and superabundance of cares—prepare more pastry than you need for the two large pies which the above quantity of potato mixture will fill, and set aside a trim roll of raw crust to be rolled out in due time—we shall see to what end. I take it for granted (once more) that all of Sunday’s receipts will be diligently conned on the day when the old distich tells us, even “lazy people work the best.”
This potato pie will be pronounced delicious.
Oranges and Bananas.
These will make a pretty finish to what I flatter myself with the hope that you will find a good, and not inelegant repast.
First Week. Monday.