VEGETABLES
SWEET POTATOES—Southern Style
- 4 boiled sweet potatoes,
- ¼ pound butter,
- 1 tablespoonful water,
- Lemon juice,
- ¼ cup brown sugar.
Skin boiled potatoes and quarter. Place in baking dish, with butter on top; sprinkle with the brown sugar; add the water and a little lemon juice. Brown in oven and serve hot.
GLAZED SWEET POTATOES
- 6 medium sized potatoes,
- ½ cup sugar,
- ¼ cup water,
- 3 tablespoonfuls butter.
Wash and pare potatoes. Cook ten minutes in boiling, salted water. Drain, cut in halves lengthwise, and put in a buttered pan. Make a syrup by boiling three minutes the sugar and water; add butter. Brush potatoes with syrup and bake 15 minutes, beating twice with remaining syrup.
SPINACH WITHOUT WATER
The following method is very little known and has the advantages of preserving all the nutriment in the spinach and avoiding the use of boiling water.