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through a ricer; season with salt, pepper, butter and hot cream. Add one
teaspoon finely chopped parsley (to five potatoes), whip mixture until
fluffy, refill shells with mixture, using pastry bag and rose tube.
Place in oven until heated through. Dispose around Finnan Haddie,
interspersed with sprays of parsley.
PEGGY'S SOUR CABBAGE
Select a small, firm head of white cabbage; cut in quarters, remove the
tough stalk and shave crosswise as fine as possible. Put cabbage in a
large frying pan, cover with water, cover closely and cook until cabbage
is tender (from forty to eighty minutes). Season with salt the last
fifteen minutes of cooking. Drain and add one-third to one-half cup of
butter, toss cabbage until well buttered, saute until some of the
cabbage is delicately browned. Season with pepper, and add vinegar to
taste. Serve hot.
CHEESE SOUFFLE
2 tablespoons butter.
3 tablespoons flour.
1/2 teaspoon salt.
1/8 teaspoon ground mustard.
1/4 teaspoon paprika.
1/2 cup scalded milk.
1/4 cup grated American cheese.
Yolks 3 eggs beaten thick and light.
Whites 3 eggs beaten stiff.
PROCESS: Melt butter in a saucepan; add flour mixed with seasonings,
stir to a smooth paste and add gradually scalded milk, stirring
constantly. Add grated cheese and when cheese is melted remove from
range; add yolks of eggs and continue beating, then cut and fold in the
whites of eggs. Turn mixture into a well-greased, one-quart baking dish
and bake in a moderate oven twenty minutes. Serve at once.
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE
2 cups flour.
3/4 teaspoon salt.
4 teaspoons baking powder.
2 tablespoons Cottolene.
1 cup thin cream.
Process: Sift together flour, salt and baking powder. Rub shortening in
with tips of fingers. Add cream, mix with a knife to a soft dough. Turn
on a floured board, knead slightly and divide the dough into two equal
parts. Pat and roll each piece to one-half inch thickness; lay one piece
in a buttered jelly cake pan, brush over with soft butter and place
remaining piece on top. Bake in a hot oven fifteen minutes. Remove from
oven; invert cake on a hot serving platter. Remove bottom layer (which
is now the top). Spread with soft butter and add a layer of berries
prepared as directed hereafter. Sift generously with bar sugar, replace
remaining cake, cover with ber
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