Evening star., 1948-04-16
ONE-DISH MEALS.
(Fron, Mrs. r. H. E, Upper
MdrlbOro,)

De nelp 10 you.
Hamburger Potato Pie: One onion
chopped; tablespoons fat, pound
ground beef, " teaspoon salt, v
teaspoon pepper, / cup peas, cup
tomatoes or tomato soup, 3 cups
mashed potatoes (hot and seasoneO
/ beaten egg. Cook onion in fat un-
til tender and golden. Add meat
and seasoning. Cook until meat Is
Drowned. Add peas or beans, to-
matoes or soup. Mix well. Pour
into creased casserole, combine
mashed potatoes and egg. Spoon to
form mounds over mixture. Bake
in oven $50 degrees 20 to 30 minutes
Fish and Corn: One-fourth cur
chopped onion, u cup chopped
green pepper, 11s tablespoon butter
or substitute, l tablespoon -four, y
teaspoon pepper, cup milk, 2 beat
en- eggs, can q ounces) tuna fish
or salmon (boned), l cup drained
whole kernel corn. Cook onion and
pepper in butter until tender. Add
flour and seasonings. Gradually
add milk. Cook over low heat until
smooth and thick, stirring con-
stantly. Remove from heat; stir
mixture slowly into eggs. Add fish
and corn. Bake in casserole in mod
crate oven 325 degrees 80 minutes.
Serves 4.
Lima Casserole: Two cups dried
limas, 1 pound cubed beef, veal or
pork; 2 tablespoons flour, ~ tea
spoons salt, u teaspoon paprika,
12s cups chopped onions, / No.
can tomatoes. Soak limas over
night. Drain. Add water to cover
Simmer tender. Dip meat into -four
mixed with seasonings. Brown in
hot fat. Add onions. Cook until
golden. Alternate limas and meat
in casserole. Add tomatoes. Bake
In oven $50 degrees / u hours. Add
bean liquid If needed.
Quick Mexican dinner: One
fourth cup chopped onion, table
spoon fat, l can tamales, l can
chilli, II cup grated sharp cheese.
Cook onion in fat until brown. Re-
move shucks from tamales. Add
tamales and chilli to onion. Cover.
Heat thoroughly. Arrange In serv-
ing dish. Top with additional ia
males If desired. Sprinkle with
cheese.
Chill Con Carne: Two pounds
beef, 2 tablespoons chilli powder, 2
cloves Of garlic minced), 3 table
spoons flour, 4 tablespoons fat.
tablespoons chopped suet, / large
onion, chopped, 2 teaspoons salt, ~
quarts hot water, No. can kidney
beans, can tomatoes. Use cheaper
cuts of beef, chop or cut in chunks
(do not grind. Mix with chill
powder, garlic and flour. Melt fat
and suet in large. deep pot and fry
onion till tender before adding meat
mixture. Cook IS minutes. Ado
salt and gradually pour on hot wa.
ter. Simmer As minutes or till meat
is tender. Add beans and tomatoes
Heat through before serving.
Spanish Rice: One-half cup dry
rice, u to "a pound beef Cheaper
cuts), 2 tablespoons butter or sub.
stitute, u green pepper Gf desired)
cup water. can tomatoes, q
teaspoon salt. Sort rice, do no,
wash. Melt butter in frying pan
add dry rice. onion, pepper ano
meat. Let brown until rice is light
ly Drowned and meat golden. Ado
water, salt and tomatoes and cover
Simmer 80 minutes or until rice is
tender and liquid absorbed by rice.
Lamb Breast Stew: One and q
half pounds breast lamb cut in
pieces, small potatoes, 4 carrots,
l onion, u cup peas, silver garlic,
l bay leaf, ~ teaspoons salt, u
teaspoon pepper. Flour lamb pieces
and brown with drippings for is
minutes. Add 3 cups water, onion,
garlic and seasonings. Cover tight
and simmer 11a hours. Add pota-
toes, carrots. peas and cook until
vegetables are tender. Gravy may
be thickened by stirring in one ia
blespoon flour mixed with 3 or 4
tablespoons water. Serve 4.
Tongue Casserole: One tongue, |
cup diced carrots, / cup diced tur-
nips, cup peas, 1 cup celery or
tablespoon celery seed, tablespoons
flour, l teaspoon minced onion,
teaspoon salt, u teaspoon pepper,
tablespoons cooking fat. Wash
tongue. Cook until tender. Re-
move skin and drain. Place in cas-
serole. Combine flour, fat and 2
cups broth from tongue. Add sea-
sonings. Arrange vegetables around
tongue. Add sauce, made with
broth. Bake in oven 400 degrees
until vegetables are tender. Eight
servings.
QUERY?
| from Mrs. v. B.. WashingtoH.)
I am thinking of buying a small
washing machine. I read the pros
and cons of them before, but I
would like to know If some one had
experience with them in washing
very dirty work clothes. My hus-
band is an apprentice plumber.
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