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POTATO CAKES

  • MATERIALS
  • 1 cup cold mashed potato
  • 2 tablespoons butter

  • UTENSILS
  • Frying-pan
  • Pancake-turner

DIRECTIONS

  1. Mould the mashed potato into four flat cakes, about an inch thick, and sprinkle with flour.
  2. Melt the butter in the frying-pan, put the cakes in the pan, and brown them on both sides, turning them with the pancake-turner.

POTATO SOUFFLÉ

  • MATERIALS
  • 3 medium-sized potatoes
  • ¼ cup cream or milk
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • Pepper

  • UTENSILS
  • Tablespoon
  • Bowl
  • Dover beater
  • Baking-dish

DIRECTIONS

  1. Prepare, boil, and mash the potatoes in accordance with the recipe on page 68.
  2. Measure out 1 cup of the mashed potato, and mix the seasonings and the cream or milk with it.
  3. Beat the egg very light, mix it thoroughly with the other materials, and then beat the whole mixture well.
  4. Put into a buttered baking-dish, and bake in a hot oven for fifteen minutes or until delicately browned.

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