CORN CAKES
One pt. bread crumbs, 1 cup canned corn, or green corn left from a meal, 4 eggs, 1/2 teaspoon salt. Dash boiling water over crumbs to moisten slightly, stir in the eggs and add corn. Fry in hot lard; drop in by small spoonfuls. Do not turn over until set so they will turn easily when they will be a nice golden brown. Sour milk may be used instead of water by adding enough soda to sweeten the milk.
CORN FRITTERS
One dozen ears of sweet corn grated
3 eggs
2 tablespoonfuls of milk
2 tablespoonfuls of flour
1 tablespoonful of sugar
1 teaspoonful of salt and a little pepper
Bake in small cakes on griddle with plenty of butter. Serve hot.
CORN PUDDING
To 1 pt. of corn (if canned press it through a colander, if fresh, cut very fine from the ear) add 2 eggs, 1 tablespoonful of flour, butter (melted) the size of an egg, 1 pt. of milk, salt and sugar so as to be neither salt nor sweet in excess, and a little pepper. Bake in a greased dish until the custard is set or the handle of a silver spoon will come out clean.
ESCALLOPED CORN
Butter a baking dish and put in a layer of cracker crumbs, then a layer of canned corn, with salt and bits of butter; alternate the crackers and corn to the top of the dish, finishing with crackers. Pour in enough milk to come to the top; bake 3/4 of an hour.
ESCALLOPED CORN
Put 1 qt. of canned corn into a pudding dish and season with butter, salt and pepper. Add 1 cup of milk, cover the top with cracker or bread crumbs well moistened with milk, and seasoned with bits of butter on top, and bake in hot oven 3/4 of an hour.
Stuffed Egg-Plant
Cut the eggplant in two; scrape out all the inside and put it in a saucepan with a little minced ham; cover with water and boil until soft; drain off the water; add two tablespoonfuls grated crumbs, tablespoonful butter, half a minced onion, salt and pepper; stuff each half of the hull with the mixture; add a small lump of butter to each and bake fifteen minutes.
Stewed Celery
Is an excellent winter dish, and is very easily cooked. Wash the stalks thoroughly, and boil in well-salted water till tender, which will be in about twenty minutes. After it is made ready as above, drain it thoroughly, place it on toasted bread, and pour over it a quantity of sauce. A sauce of cream, seasoned with a little mace, may be served over the celery. It may also be served with melted butter.
Fried Squashes
Cut the squash into thin slices, and sprinkle it with salt; let it stand a few moments; then beat two eggs, and dip the squash into the egg; then fry it brown in butter.
Baked Squash
Cut in pieces, scrape well, bake from one to one and a half hours, according to the thickness of the squash; to be eaten with salt and butter as sweet potatoes.
Mashed Squash
Peel, seed, and slice fresh summer squashes. Lay in cold water ten minutes; put into boiling water, a little salt, and cook tender. Twenty minutes will suffice if the squash be young. Mash in a colander, pressing out all the water; heap in a deep dish, seasoning with pepper, salt and butter. Serve hot.