1906 A Bachelor's Cupboard

A BACHELOR'S CUPBOARD Variations with Vegetables

HASHED BROWN

Shall these accompany the grilled steak? Put then in the blazer two tablespoonfuls

POTATOES

Q^ butter and one of flour, salt and pepper. Mix well and turn in sufficient cold boiled potatoes chopped fine for the meal. Stir the potato until it is thoroughly heated through, then allow it to cook with- out stirring until it is a golden brown. Turn out in a hot dish, brown side up. Oil may be used instead of butter, and gives it a delicate flavor. said Ben Franklin; but what a glorious way to dig them ! If eating and drinking were taken from us, life wouldn't be worth the living, and there are more who die from insufficient food than from good living. Good livers who take the proper amount of exercise are rarely troubled w^ith gout and the kindred ills the flesh of the gourmet is heir to. Then ho! for the next delicacy, which shall be a hitherto-unnamed dish of my own invention. I call it MACE- Into the blazer put two generous table- DOINE spoonfuls of butter or oil, and then a can of CHAUD |.j^g delicious French vegetables that come in such tempting form — or a glass of them, if this be pre- ferred. There will be succulent French beans, petits poisj and tiny cubes of carrots, turnips, mayhap a bit of parsnip or salsify, and with all this you may like a suspicion of onion, which may be had by gently stir- ring in the melted butter for a moment tw^o or three 128 '' Many dig their graves with their teeth"