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Potatoes, Scalloped

Mash some potatoes in the usual way with butter and a little hot milk. Butter some scallop-shells or patty-pans, fill them with the mashed potatoes, make these smooth on the top, and then draw the back of the fork over them. Sprinkle finely-grated bread-crumbs on the top, and lay small pieces of butter here and there upon them. Put the potatoes in a Dutch oven before the fire till they are brightly browned, and serve on a neatly-folded napkin in the scallop-shells. Time, about a quarter of an hour to brown the potatoes. Probable cost, 1d. or 1 1/2d. per pound. Sufficient, one scallop-shell for each person.