ut it over to cook in the double boiler in the
water; add the salt; when it has cooked twenty minutes without
stirring, taste it and see if it is soft, and notice if the water
has boiled away so it is dry; if it is done, take off the cover
and stand the boiler in the oven or on the back of the stove till
each grain of rice is full and there is not a drop of water left.
Then mix with the egg after you have beaten it and divided it, and
put a spoonful into each muffin pan after it has been buttered;
press this on the sides and bottom like a thick pie crust; warm
the butter and put a little on the edges of each and put them in
the oven till brown. Make the white sauce, heat the chicken in it
and fill the patties at the last moment; put a bit of parsley on
top of each one.

"We used to have these patties often for lunch and Norah would put in
creamed fish or left-over vegetables, or eggs. We have not had them for
ever so long, and we must remember and have them again, they are so
good. And Brownie, remind me to have chicken for dinner the night before
the party, so there will be some to warm up the next day."

"Wait one minute, Mother, please. I want to ask Norah if these are what
she had thought of for us."

Strangely enough they were, only she had intended to have the rice
shells filled with scrambled eggs. "But the chicken's better," she said.
"Trust your mother for thinkin' of it."

Brownie ran back again. "I just wanted to be sure she hadn't thought of
anything nicer," she said. "And she hadn't. These are going to be
perfectly lovely."

"Now for the potatoes; what kind do you think you would like?"

"I can make nice ones, chopped and fried," said Brownie proudly.

"I don't believe we had better give those small children anything fried,
dear; I'm pretty sure their mothers would not like that. What would you
think of the potato puff Norah makes out of left-over mashed potato?"

"Just the thing. I wouldn't have to boil the potatoes and peel them and
mash them. Left-overs are always _so_ convenient!"

"Then we must be sure to have mashed potato for dinner the night before
the party, or there won't be any left over," said Mrs. Blair, laughing.
"Now, write down this receipt; only remember I am making it small for
you; for the family you must take two cups or more of potato, and one
egg."

POTATO PUFF

1 cup of mashed potato.
1/4 teaspoonful salt.