Potato Patties
INGREDIENTS for dish for 6 persons. lb. of mealy potatoes, 2 oz. of butter, pint of milk, 4 eggs, breadcrumbs. AVERAGE COST, 8d. Boil the potatoes, run them through a sieve, adding a little milk and the butter, melted and beaten to a cream. Boil the rest of the milk and pour it boiling over the potatoes, add seasoning of pepper and salt to taste, then stir over the fire into a smooth firm paste. Next add to it 2 wellbeaten eggs, and, when the mixture becomes cold, beat up with the yolks of the other 2 eggs, adding the whites of the eggs wellbeaten. Butter small patty-pans, sprinkle them with crumbs, fill them with the mixture, and bake a nice bright brown in a hot oven.
TIME.-Altogether, hour.
SEASONABLE at any time.