Scalloped Ham Potatoes

Baked Green Peas

Cream Of Fruits Sponge Cake

Scalloped Ham

Cut 4 potatoes into thin slices. Chop finely I onion, 2 carrots, and I bunch parsley. Cover the bottom of a buttered baking dish with a layer of potatoes, over this a layer of the mixed chopped vegetables. Season with salt and pepper, then add a 1/2-pound slice of ham cut into 3 or 4 pieces. Proceed as before, using another slice of ham for the top. Add 2 c milk, and bake in a slow oven for 1 1/2 h.

Baked Green Peas

Shell 2 qts green peas, place in a small baking dish, cover with water, and bake slowly 30 m, letting the water cook down; then add 2 t flour mixed in 1/2 c cream or milk, 1/2 t salt and a little pepper. Bake 10 m more. Serve in the baking dish.

Preparing The Meal

About 1 3/4 h before dinner time, prepare the scalloped ham and place in the oven. Prepare the baked peas and put in the oven 3/4 h before dinner. Fifteen m before dinner season the peas, first reserving 1/2 c for the Salamagundi Salad. Cut the cake made in the morning, also serve the Cream of Fruits, keeping in a cool place until ready to use. Fill the water glasses, and serve the dinner.

Saturday Dinner -

Cost

Food Units

Scalloped Ham (1 lb.)

$

1,903

Potatoes .........................................................

600

Baked Green Pear .........................................

450

Cream of Fruits ...............................................

1,710

Cake ( 1/4 Recipe) ..........................................

696

Bread and Butter .............................................

600

Total Dinner ..........................................

$

5,959

Total for Day .......................................

10,925

Per Day per Person ...........................

2,756