The Butterick Book of Recipes and Household Helps

The pattern people's household book, 1927 — five hundred recipes, then how to lay a table, take out a stain and stock a first-aid cabinet.

Casserole Cookery

7 recipes in this part of The Butterick Book of Recipes and Household Helps.

Chicken En Casserole

Olive oil, drippings or chicken I small carrot fat Wash and separate the chicken, and sauté in a little olive oil, drippings, or chicken…

Sirloin Steak En Casserole

3 tablespoons butter or other Pepper fat Make a brown sauce of the fat, flour, stock and seasoning. Add balls of turnip, carrot, potato and…

Hungarian Goulash

Slice the onion and cut the raw veal in cubes. Cook together in a little bacon fat, until brown. Transfer to casserole, pour over it the…

Calf's Liver En Casserole

Wash a calf's liver thoroughly and wipe dry. Fry some bacon in a pan, remove, place the liver in the bacon fat, and sear each side…

Spanish Rice

Fry the rice in the fat until brown, then add water and boil until soft. Drain. Sauté the onions in a little fat; mix with tomatoes and…

Scalloped Ham and Potatoes

1 pound raw smoked ham omitted) Cover the bottom of an oiled baking-dish with sliced, raw potatoes. Sprinkle with flour and inch-square…

Summer Casserole

3 tablespoons butter or other ½ cup grated cheese fat Cut hard-cooked eggs in half and arrange around the edge of a greased casserole or…

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