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poonfuls of vinegar on to boil, beat 2 eggs light, add to them 1/2 a cup of sour cream or milk, a tablespoonful of butter. Pour the boiling vinegar on to these. Stir over the fire until boiling hot, add salt and pepper and pour over the cabbage. Serve cold. 8.--Cucumber Salad. Peal and slice 3 cucumbers; leave them in ice water until wanted, then cover with French dressing. 9.--Corn Pudding. One pint of uncooked green corn either grated or cut from the cob, 2 tablespoonfuls of flour, pint of milk, three eggs, three tablespoonfuls of melted butter, 1 teaspoonful of salt and 1/4 of a teaspoonful of pepper. Bake in a moderate oven until firm in the centre. 10.--Savory Trifles. Mince fine 2 ozs. of cold game or chicken with 12 pickled mushrooms and a gill of cream; season with salt and pepper. Serve on slices of fried bread. 11.--Corn Chowder. Pare and slice 4 potatoes and 2 onions. Cut 1/2 a pound of bacon into small pieces. Fry the bacon and onion until a light brown. Into a saucepan put the potatoes, 1 qt. of grated corn, the bacon and seasoning. Put these in, in layers, potatoes, bacon, corn, and continue in that way until all is used. Now add 1/2 a pint of boiling water and let simmer for 1/2 an hour. Add 1 pint of hot milk. Thicken with 1 tablespoonful of butter and 2 of flour rubbed smooth. Add 6 broken water crackers. The last thing add the beaten yolk of an egg and serve at once. 12.--Cauliflower Salad. Save part of a boiled cauliflower and cover with mayonnaise, arrange on lettuce leaves and serve. 13.--Corn Omelet. Grate 12 ears of green corn, add 1 cup sweet milk, a tablespoonful of sugar, salt and pepper to taste, and the yolks of 4 well-beaten eggs. Beat the whites and stir in the last thing, put bits of butter on top and bake a rich brown. 14.--Pea-pod Soup. Wash the peas before shelling, and save the pods. Cover the pods with as little water as will cover them, let boil until tender, strain all and press through a colander. Add to this (water and pods) a pint of milk and a thickening of 2 tablespoonfuls of flour and 2 of butter, a teaspoonful of sugar, salt and pepper to taste. Stir and cook until thickened. Serve with croutons. 15.--Salade a la Russe. A boiled carrot, a boiled turnip, two boiled potatoes, a head of celery, a boiled beet, four olives, four anchovies, yolks of two eggs, a tablespoonful of vinegar, a teaspoonful of tarragon vinegar, one
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