42 THE BLUE BIRD CooK BOOK

AUNTY’S NOODLE RING

5 eggs 1 cup milk
1% cups cream 2 pkgs. medium width noodles
Cook noodles about 20 minutes in salt water. Butter the ring mould well.
Beat eggs until frothy, add Y%2 teaspoon of salt, cream and milk. Blend well. Pour
some of this mixture into mould or casserole then put in noodles and cover with
remaining mixture. Grated onion and a dash of cayenne pepper adds zest. Bake 30
to 40 minutes in pan of hot water at 350 degrees. Serves 8.

STUFFED MUSHROOMS

12 large mushrooms 2 tablespoons butter

2 cups cold water 1 tablespoon fine bread crumbs
1/3 cup vinegar or lemon juice Y% teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon chopped parsley Ye teaspoon mace

Pinch caraway seeds 2 egg yolks, slightly beaten

Wash mushrooms, remove stems and soak caps 10 minutes in the vinegar and
watef™mixture. Drain. Chop stems and mix with parsley and caraway seeds and
saute lightly in butter. Stir in crumbs, salt, mace and remove from heat. Add egg
yolks and stuff lightly into caps. Place in shallow buttered pan and bake in hot oven
(400 degrees) 15 minutes or until brown. Makes 6 portions.

HAM SOUFFLE

Make a white sauce of:
1 cup milk 2 tablespoons butter
1 cup cream 2 tablespoons flour

Add:
2 cups chopped ham (home- 3 eggs, beat yolks and whites
cooked) separately
1% tablespoons chopped parsley Salt to taste
1% tablespoons chopped celery
leaves

Bake in greased ring mould in pan of water 30 to 45 minutes or until brown.
Oven 350. Serves 6. May add 1 cup cooked mushrooms and 12 teaspoons grated
onion and 14% tablespoons of pimento if desired. Sprinkle cheese over top.

BEEF CASSEROLE (Chinese)

1 Ib. ground beef 2 tablespoons cream
1 pkg. (10 oz.) frozen peas 1% teaspoons salt
(thawed) Y2 teaspoon pepper
2 cups sliced celery 1 small onion finely chopped
1 can mushroom soup 1 cup crushed potato chips

In this recipe the slices of celery taste surprisingly like water chestnuts there-
fore Chinese.

Cook beef in frying pan until brown and crumbly, add fat if necessary, turn into
a 2¥2-quart casserole, arrange thawed peas over meat, then cover with sliced celery.
Sprinkle potato chips over top. Bake in moderate oven (375 degrees) for 30 minutes
or until soft and bubbling. Serves 6. Mix together soup, cream, salt, pepper and
Onions, pour over celery.

NOODLE SURPRISE

2 pkgs. fine noodles 1 large onion chopped and
1 small can olives, chopped slightly browned

1 can (2) cream style corn 1 can chipped beef cut fine
1 can hot sauce (Spanish) Y% Ib. cheese cut in pieces

1 can mushrooms Salt, pepper and a little

Y2 can tomato puree dry mustard

Cook in moderate oven 30 to 40 minutes. Serves about 10. Can add another
can of corn and one of tomatoes.