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TOMATO AND MACARONI.

  • 1/4 ℔. macaroni
  • Tomatoes, onion, butter
  • Pepper and salt

Break up macaroni and boil in plenty of water slightly salted, boil one onion in the same water, strain and put a layer in a buttered pie dish, put next a layer of sliced tomato and the boiled onion, another layer of macaroni, and so on with pepper and salt on each layer till dish is full; have tomato on top layer, sprinkle bread crumbs over, and some little pieces of butter. Bake till tomatoes are cooked about one hour,


TOMATO SOUP.

  • 2 ℔s. tomatoes
  • 1 oz. butter
  • 2 ozs. sago
  • 1 large onion
  • 1 quart stock
  • Pepper and salt

Slice the tomatoes and onion, and boil in stock until tender, strain through a colander, and return to the saucepan, then add butter, sago, and seasoning; boil till sago is cooked.


WHITE SAUCE.

Boil 1 pint of rich milk. Stir into it 1 tablespoonful of flour, previously made smooth in a little milk. To this add salt (and, if preferred, 1 teaspoonful of olive oil). Serve hot. For parsley sauce, just add before serving half teaspoonful of finely-chopped parsley.

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