Tomatoes Fried

Ingredients

• a cup of milk is sometimes thickened
• a piece of ice
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• salt
• pepper

Directions

1. Peel tomatoes and cut crosswise in large slices, salt and pep- per, dip each slice into wheat flour, then into beaten egg, and fry at once in hot lard; serve hot. A cup of milk is sometimes thickened with a little flour and butter, boiled and poured over them.

2. TOMATOES — MOTHER'S SLICED.

3. Prepare half an hour before dinner, scald a few at a time in boiliug water, peel, slice, and sprinkle with salt and pepper, set away in a cool place, or lay a piece of ice on them. Serve as a relish for dinner in their own liquor, when vinegar and sugar may be added if desired.

4. SQUASH— WINTER.

5. Cut up, take out inside, pare the pieces and stew in as little water as possible, cook an hour, mash in kettle, and if watery let stand on the fire a few moments, stirring until dry; season with butter, cream, salt and pepper; be careful that it does not burn. Winter squashes are also cooked by cutting in pieces without paring, baking, and serving like potatoes; or they may be cooked in a steamer, and served either in the shell or scraped out, put in a pan, mashed, and seasoned with butter, cream, salt and pepper, and then made hot and served. 10

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