The Cook Book of Left-Overs

What to do with left-over everything, 1911 — beef to cake, four hundred ways to use what the last meal left behind.

Left-Over Cereals

32 recipes in this part of The Cook Book of Left-Overs.

What to Do with Left-Over Cereals

Most cereals are improved by long, slow cooking. This is emphatically true of hominy, cornmeal, and oatmeal, any one of which may be…

Cornmeal Circles

Do not allow left-over cornmeal mush to get perfectly cold before molding it. Beat it well, so that it will be perfectly smooth, and pour…

Cereal Molded with Fruit

Take cream of wheat or wheatena left from breakfast. If very stiff add a little milk or water and stir into it a few scalded cut-up dates…

Farina Sponge

Stir into two cups of cooked farina the stiffly beaten white of one egg and one teaspoonful vanilla. Mold and serve with cream and sugar or…

Farina with Baked Apples

Wash four or five good baking apples, and with a corer remove all seeds and cores. Place them on an agate baking-pan with a tablespoonful…

Farina Pancakes

I cup sweet milk I cup flour I cup cooked farina I egg 2 teaspoonfuls baking-1 teaspoonful salt powder Beat the egg and farina together…

Hominy Balls

I cup cooked hominy I egg yolk Slight grating nutmeg Salt as needed Mix all well together and form into smooth balls the size of large…

Hominy with Bacon

Mold two cups of cooked hominy in a low dish of suitable size, first rinsing the dish with cold water. When ready to use turn it out on a…

Hominy Pudding

cup boiled hominy I tablespoonful melt- I cup milk 2 teaspoonfuls sugar 1/2 teaspoonful salt 2 eggs ed butter Break the hominy apart with a…

Southern Corn Cakes

I tablespoonful but- I cup boiled hominy 1/2 cup milk, warm, but ter 2 eggs not hot teaspoonful salt cup cornmeal Add the warm milk to the…

Oatmeal Molded with Raisins

Cover three tablespoonfuls of good raisins with rapidly boiling water and let stand just long enough to swell out and soften. Remove the…

Oatmeal Gruel

Boil two-thirds of a cup of well-cooked oatmeal in one cup of boiling water fifteen minutes, or until the grains are very soft. Add an…

Browned Oatmeal

Cut cold oatmeal into slices. Beat up one egg with four tablespoonfuls of milk, and dip the oatmeal in this. Heat a little bacon fat to…

Oatmeal Bread

I cup cooked oat-½ cup lukewarm milk meal Scant cup luke- I tablespoonful sugar warm water 1 tablespoonful butter yeast-cake I teaspoonful…

Rice with Apples

Pare, quarter, and core three or four mediumsized, tart apples. Cook them carefully in a syrup made of one cup of sugar and one cup of…

Rice with Bananas

Peel and scrape three well-ripened bananas and mash them with a fork to a smooth, creamy pulp, adding a very few drops of lemon-juice. Stir…

Rice in Cheese Shells

See Creamed Cabbage in Cheese Shells, page 169. Rice with Tomatoes No. 1 Add one tablespoonful of bacon fat to each cup of cold cooked rice…

Rice Omelet

I small cup cold rice 3 eggs 2 tablespoonfuls milk 4 tablespoonfuls cur- I tablespoonful butter rant jelly I scant teaspoonful salt Beat…

Rice Muffins

cup cooked rice cup sweet milk 4 tablespoonfuls melted butter 4 teaspoonfuls bakingpowder 2 cups flour 3 tablespoonfuls sugar I egg I scant…

Rice Soup with Vegetables

When boiling rice in a quantity of water, as many people prefer to do, do not throw the water away. Drain it into a saucepan, and add a few…

German Rice Pudding

2 cups cold boiled rice 1 teaspoonful vanilla cup cream I cup apple sauce Sweeten the cream as liked, add the vanilla and a very little…

Rice Pudding with Stewed Fruit

Take two cups of rice pudding that has become very stiff when cold, and mix with it a cup of stewed and chopped tart prunes. Pile it…

Risotto

Cut a small white onion into pieces and cook in butter until golden brown. Add two cups of cooked rice, one cup of chicken stock, soup or…

Baked Rice Pudding

I cup cooked rice I 1½ cups milk 2 eggs teaspoonful salt I tablespoonful butter 2 tablespoonfuls sugar Vanilla or nutmeg Seeded raisins…

Lincoln Pudding

Mix two cups of well-cooked rice with threefourths of a cup of milk, three tablespoonfuls sugar, a little salt, and well-beaten yolks of…

Rice Griddle Cakes

I cup cold boiled rice cup milk I teaspoonful baking- I tablespoonful melted butter I teaspoonful sugar 1 teaspoonful salt powder

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cup flour I egg, well beaten (amount may vary) Steam the cooked rice until very soft in part of the milk, using one-fourth cup. Add…

Flavoring (Eggs tablespoonfuls cornstarch)

2 eggs 2 tablespoonfuls cornstarch Little salt Beat yolks of eggs and mix with rice, sugar, and salt. Mix corn-starch with a little of the…

Sweet Rice Croquettes

I cup rice, cooked very soft 2 teaspoonfuls melted butter I teaspoonful sugar

Jelly

Yolk of I egg 1 teaspoonful salt Crumbs and eggs for "breading" Grated nutmeg to taste Mix butter, sugar, salt, nutmeg, and beaten yolk of…

Wheatena Griddle Cakes

2 cups cooked wheat-½ cup cold water ena 2 eggs teaspoonful bakingpowder teaspoonful salt Flour Thin the cereal with water, add well-beaten…

Cereal Muffins

3 teaspoonfuls bakingpowder cup wheatena or other cereal cup milk I egg I tablespoonful butter I tablespoonful sugar teaspoonful salt 0…

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