Low Cost Recipes

Feeding a family well on little, 1914 - soups to cakes, with every left-over accounted for.

Cheese Dishes

17 recipes in this part of Low Cost Recipes.

Italian Polenta

The Italians appreciate the value of cheese as an every-day article of food and have a number of delightful ways of preparing it. This is…

Genoa Ramekins

Use either individual baking dishes or one large shallow dish; earthenware is in this case preferable to agate or tin. Cut stale bread in…

Cheese Toast

Allow as many thin slices of stale bread as will be used at the meal. For 6 slices allow 1/2 cupful of grated stale cheese. In a saucepan…

Cheese Timbales

Butter some timbale molds; roll out some pastry and line the molds. Put into a saucepan I tablespoonful of butter with I tablespoonful of…

Cheese Fondue

Sift sufficient stale bread crumbs to make I cupful. Grate 1/4 of a pound of dry cheese. Soak the crumbs in I pint of fresh milk. Add 3…

Cheese Puff

Make a smooth batter by stirring I cupful of milk into an equal measure of sifted flour; season with salt and pepper and the least dash of…

Cheese Pudding

Mix together in a basin 1/2 pound of grated cheese, I teaspoonful of flour, salt and pepper to taste, I tablespoonful of bread crumbs; then…

Cheese Batter Pudding

Beat 2 eggs well together, add I cupful of milk, ½ teaspoonful of salt, I teaspoonful of baking-powder and I cupful of flour. Beat hard for…

Cheese and Cracker Pudding

Fill a shallow pudding dish with alternate layers of broken crackers, grated cheese and a sprinkling of salt and pepper. Over the top layer…

Baked Cheese Omelet

Soak I scant cupful of fine stale bread crumbs in I pint of milk to which has been added I saltspoonful of baking-soda dissolved in I…

Cheese Balls

Beat the whites of 2 eggs to a stiff froth, add a pinch of salt and a few grains of cayenne pepper, then add 2 tablespoonfuls of grated…

Cheese Straws

Cheese straws are particularly nice, and look very dainty. To make them have 3 ounces of grated cheese, 2 ounces of flour, 2 tablespoonfuls…

Deviled Crackers

Mix together 3 tablespoonfuls of grated cheese, 1/4 of a teaspoonful of dry mustard, I teaspoonful of anchovy paste, a dash of cayenne and…

Corn Bread

Those who like corn-meal will find this a simple recipe. Put I pint of fine corn-meal, I teaspoonful of salt and I heaping tablespoonful of…

Corn Bread with Sour Milk

One cupful of sour milk, I cupful of sweet milk, 2 cupfuls of corn-meal, I cupful of flour, 1/2 cupful of sugar, 1/2 tablespoonfuls of…

Index (II)

Quick Potato Biscuits, 125 Rhode Island Johnny Cake, 116 Rye Muffins, 126 Slappers, 120 Sour Cream Crullers, 124 Sour Cream Gingerbread…

Macaroni Loaf Filled with

Meat, 139 Macaroni Rarebit, 138 Macaroni with White Sauce, 139 Molded Farina, 136 Noodles, 140 Rice and Cheese Fritters, 133 Rice and…

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