The Metropolitan Cook Book

A life insurance company teaching its policyholders to eat: the Metropolitan's own cookbook, given away from the tower on Madison Square.

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Shepherd's Pie or Scalloped Meat

2 cups chopped, cooked 2 cups left-over gravy meat 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups mashed potato teaspoon pepper teaspoon paprika 1 teaspoon onion juice 1 or 2 tablespoons butter It is unnecessary to follow above proportions. Use available amounts of meat and potato, and gravy, and season to taste. Line bottom of buttered baking dish with well beaten mashed potato (either hot or leftover.) Add thick layer of meat and gravy, then layer of potato, until dish is full. Make the top crust of potato. Dot with bits of butter. Or, meat and gravy may be placed in lower part of baking dish with single thick layer of mashed potato for the crust. Stiffly beaten egg white may be folded into mashed potatoes before adding to meat, if desired. Bake in hot oven till potatoes are brown, or if cold potatoes have been used, till thoroughly heated and browned. Crumbs, macaroni or rice may be substituted for potatoes. 4

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