Part 3 (1/2)

DUCK UN KRAUT

Prepare a young duck for roasting. Place in a roasting pan and add 2 quarts of sauerkraut, 1 cup of water and 3 tablespoons granulated sugar.

Cover and bake until duck is tender and golden brown. Serve with creamy mashed potatoes.

PORK POT PIE _with_ DUMPLINGS

8 loin pork chops 2 qts. water 1 dumpling recipe 4 medium potatoes 1 lb. sausage in casing

Boil the pork chops in water for hour. Then add the potatoes cut in half and the sausage cut in 1 inch pieces. Cook until potatoes are almost done. Drop well-beaten dumpling dough into the boiling meat mixture, cover and cook 10 minutes.

SAUERBRATEN

2 inch thick piece of chuck, pot roast or tender boiling beef. Place in dish or bowl and cover with solution of half vinegar and half water, put in two large onions sliced. Do this two or three days before the meat is wanted. On the day before it is to be cooked cut 3 or 4 slices of bacon into 1” pieces and chop fine 1 tablespoon of the onion which has been soaking in the vinegar. Cut holes in the meat 1 or 2 inches apart and stuff bits of the bacon and chopped onion into the holes. Put the meat back into the solution, add 1 tablespoon whole cloves and 1 teaspoon whole allspice. Bake the meat as a pot roast in part of the solution, until tender. Use more of the solution, adding sugar to taste, in making the gravy which will be almost black.

HORSERADISH SAUCE

For Boiled beef or Corned beef

2 tblsp. b.u.t.ter 2 tblsp. flour 1 cup milk cup grated horseradish tsp. dry mustard salt and pepper

Melt b.u.t.ter, remove from heat and stir in flour. Add the milk gradually, stirring constantly, until mixture boils and thickens. Add salt and pepper and cook for 3 minutes more. Add the grated horseradish and dry mustard and blend well. Keep hot in double boiler. Serve on slices of boiled beef or corned beef.

SCHNITZEL MEAT

1 lbs. veal steak cut in cubes 2 tblsp. shortening 2 tblsp. flour 1 cup tomato juice 2 carrots, diced 1 small onion, chopped fine.

Salt and pepper Flour

Dredge meat with flour and season. Melt shortening (preferably bacon fat) and brown the meat in it. Remove meat from the pan, stir in the flour and blend. Add the tomato juice and stir well until mixture thickens. Add meat, carrots and onion. Cover closely and simmer for 45 minutes.

CHICKEN POT PIE

1 cup flour 1 egg 2 tsp. baking powder egg sh.e.l.l of water small teaspoon salt

Mix the above ingredients, roll out and cut in two inch squares. Flour chicken and fry in b.u.t.ter. Put layers of chicken, potato slices, sliced onion and squares of pot-pie dough. Barely cover with boiling water and cook for two hours.

HAM _and_ NOODLES IN Ca.s.sEROLE

lb. noodles 1 cups cooked ham, diced 2 eggs, beaten 1 cups milk

Cook noodles in salted boiling water until soft. Pour into colander, drain and wash. Into a well greased ca.s.serole put alternate layers of noodles and ham. Beat eggs with the milk and pour over noodles and ham.

Set ca.s.serole in pan of hot water and bake in moderate oven (350-f) for 30 minutes.

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