vegetables should be put in
boiling water.

MOCK ASPARAGUS.

Cut the tops from several bunches of young, green onions, leaving the
stalks about the length of asparagus; trim the roots, wash and tie in
bundles like asparagus. Cook until tender, drain off water, sprinkle
with cheese and pour over ends a little melted butter. Onions are very
delicate prepared in this way.

MUSHROOM SPAGHETTI.

Boil spaghetti in salt water one-half hour, drain, cover with soup
stock, add one can of tomatoes, salt, pepper to taste. One can
mushrooms. Boil all these ingredients well together, turn into a hot
dish. Pass grated Parmesan cheese, to sprinkle over each portion. Fresh
mushrooms turned in butter may be used instead of canned ones.

NEW ENGLAND SWEET POTATOES.

Put a layer of boiled, peeled and sliced sweet potatoes in a greased
baking dish, sprinkle with brown sugar and dot with butter. Cover with
another layer of potatoes and another of sugar, and so on until the dish
is full. The last thing, pour over a cup of boiling water. Bake in a
medium oven for one-half hour.

OKRA.

This vegetable grows in almost every state in the Union and is used
extensively in soups. When young it is good boiled in salted water until
tender, drained, and heated for five minutes with cream, butter, salt
and pepper.

BAKED ONIONS.

Cover a number of large onions with boiling water and boil twenty
minutes. Drain off water and make small hole in center of each onion.
Fill hole with well-seasoned mashed potatoes. Add salt, pepper and
butter, and milk to cover. Bake about one-half hour.

PARSNIPS.

Wash and scrape until clean, and cook until tender. When cooked, put
into hot dish, sprinkle with salt and add bits of butter. Serve at
once.

PEAS AND CARROTS.

One cup of carrots cut in dice and cooked, two cups green peas (or
canned), four tablespoonfuls cream, one tablespoonful butter, salt and
pepper. Put carrots and peas in stew pan, add cream, butter, and serve
hot.

POTATOES AU GRATIN.

First prepare your white sauce of one-half pint milk, one tablespoonful
butter, two tablespoonfuls flour. Cream butter and flour and add to
boiling milk. Cook about ten minutes in double boiler. Slice or chop
cold boiled potatoes, put in baking dish. One layer of potatoes. Cover
thickly with layer of white sauce and grated cheese. Season with salt,
pepper, mustard and cayenne pepper to suit taste. Put in other layers in
same manner a