18.—Baked Bananas
Prepare the desired number by washing and cutting off stalk, but do not peel. Bake in oven 20 minutes, then serve.
19.—Barley Stew
4 ozs. pot-barley, 2 onions, parsley.
Chop onions and parsley finely; cook ingredients together in very small quantity of water in double boiler until quite soft. Serve with hot beetroot, or fried tomatoes or potatoes.
Corn, Rice, Frumenty, Pea-Vermicelli Stews
These are prepared in the same way as Recipe No. 19, substituting one of the above cereals or pulses for barley.
20.—Mexican Stew
1 cupful brown beans, 2 onions, 2 potatoes, 4 tomatoes, 1 oz. sugar, 1 cupful red grape-juice, rind of 1 lemon, water.
Soak beans overnight; chop vegetables in chunks; boil all ingredients together 1 hour.