This section is from the book "A Book OF Practical Recipes For The Housewife", by Chicago Evening American. Also available from Amazon: A Book Of Practical Recipes For The Housewife.
1 pound dry lima beans
3 tablespoons brown sugar
3 tablespoons butter
4 strips bacon
Salt and pepper
1 dozen marshmallows
Soak the limas in cold water for five or six hours. Drain off this water and add boiling water to cover. Cook on a low flame for half an hour or until tender.
Melt the butter and add the sugar, then the seasoning. Turn the tender beans into a greased casserole, pour over the butter and seasoning. Lay the strips of bacon on the top. Bake with the cover on for about one hour in a warm oven (350 degrees F.), add water if necessary. Remove the cover and put the marshmallows on top of the bacon. Brown under the broiler flame. Serve in the casserole.
Heat the butter or shortening. Add finely chopped onions and let simmer until brown. Add meat and finely chopped peppers. Stir until the meat becomes juicy. Take from fire and add seasoning to taste. Place in greased baking dish. Pour a can of tomato soup and a can of kidney beans over it. Dot with butter. Place in hot oven about a half an hour, or, until done.
Remove the husks and silk from the corn. Cover with boiling water and cook for ten to twenty minutes. More cobs require longer time. Drain the water and serve with butter and salt.
Sprinkle one tablespoon flour over a can of corn, add one tablespoon of butter and one-half cup milk. Stir and cook until thoroughly heated through. Season and serve hot.
1 can corn
2 eggs Pepper and salt
2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons sugar 1 pint milk
Beat the eggs slightly and mix all the other ingredients with it. Pour into a baking dish and bake in a moderate oven until a firm pudding is formed.
Cut the tops of the kernels of twelve ears of corn. Cut along the center of the line of kernels. With the back of the knife, scrape out the pulp and avoid taking the kernel or the husk. Add salt and pepper and cook in a pan with two tablespoons butter or bacon fat. Simmer under cover for five minutes and cook uncovered for five more minutes until the corn is tender. A little chopped green pepper may be added.
2 cans corn 1 large cup of cracker crumbs
1 cup of milk
1/4 pound American cheese
Butter, salt, pepper
Put layer of corn in bottom of baking dish. Then a generous sprinkling of grated cheese, dot with butter, season with pep-per and 6alt. Last a layer of cracker crumbs, repeat over again and last pour over milk. Bake about forty minutes.
1/2 pound spaghetti
1 teaspoon salt Grated cheese
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons chopped green peppers
Cabbage, Spaghetti and Cheese
4 cups shredded cabbage
2 cups cooked spaghetti
2 cups milk
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons butter
1/2 pound American cheese
1 teaspoon salt
Cook the spaghetti in boiling salted water until tender. Make a sauce of the flour, butter, milk, and salt. Shave up the cheese and add it to the hot sauce. Put the cabbage, spaghetti and sauce in a buttered baking dish in layers and cover the top with buttered bread crumbs. Cook for 20 to 30 minutes in a moderate oven.
 
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