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POTATO PIE (another way.)

Take half a dozen boiled potatoes, dry and floury, mash them smoothly with three ounces of butter, the beaten yolk of an egg, and a little pepper and salt. Cut a pound of cold roast beef into neat slices free from skin and gristle. If the meat is rather underdone, so much the better. Spread a layer of the potato at the bottom of a pie-dish, put the slices of meat upon it, season with pepper and salt, and pour over the meat a tea-cupful of gravy made by stewing the bones and trimmings, and a table-spoonful of mushroom ketchup. Cover with potato, and ornament the top of the pie with a fork. Bake in a moderate oven and serve very hot. Time to bake the pie, half an hour. Probable cost, about 1s. 6d. Sufficient for three persons.