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Brussels Sprouts
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Brussels Sprouts

Trim, wash and clean 2 lbs.
Boil ¼ of hour in salt and water: drain it quite dry. Fry in butter mixed with 1 teaspoonful of finely minced onion, a dessertspoonfull of chopped parsley, pepper, as liked. When a nice brown pour over the following sauce - sauce teaspoon flour smoothly mixed cold water, a [?] good stock, add [?] the fire 4 oz butter, salt. Keep stirring all the time with wooden spoon last of all a squeeze of lemon.

Cauliflower au gratin
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Cheese Potatoes
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Cheese Potatoes

Slice potatoes very thin. Put a piece of fat in frying pan on a clear fire. When fat is boiling put the slices in and fry them shaking constantly for fear of burning. When nearly done throw over them their own weight in grated cheese. Shake them so that the cheese covers them. Take off when crisp and a golden colour.