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 Ham and Bacon

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

Baked Ham and Eggs

Butter a shallow baking-dish and sprinkle two tablespoonfuls of well-buttered soft bread-crumbs on the bottom. Add one cup of cooked ham…

Ham with Macaroni

Boil a scant three-quarters cup of broken macaroni in plenty of boiling, salted water until tender -about forty minutes. This should make…

Ham Omelet

Make white sauce No. 1 A (see page 68), and cool slightly. Chop enough cold ham to make four full tablespoonfuls. Beat the whites of four…

Ham Cakes

Mix a few spoonfuls of cooked ham chopped fine with two cups well-seasoned mashed potatoes. Brown in a little hot bacon fat.

Ham Sandwich Filling

Chop very fine the meat from the shank of boiled ham. Mix with enough boiled salad dressing (see page 75) to make thick paste. Pack in…

Liver-and-Bacon Hash

Chop any cold cooked liver, and season with salt and pepper. Crush a few slices of cold, crisp bacon and add to it. To every cup of liver…

Minced Liver

To each cup of cold, minced liver, add one tablespoonful of chopped onion browned in butter, and season with salt and a little paprika…

Sausage-and-Rice Cakes

To one cup of cooked rice-warm or cold-add one egg unbeaten and two tablespoonfuls of cold fried sausage. Mix well together and form into…

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