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Some Rarebits

"The appetite of civilized man craves and custom encourages the putting together of many diverse materials," and that may be the reason that the baked bean awakes to find itself mixed up with cream and milk and cheese and the other component parts of a Welsh rarebit.

Press one cupful of cold baked beans through a colander. Into a sauce pan put a piece of butter the size of an egg, and when it melts, add the beans, one-half cupful of milk, with salt and paprika. Let this cook, and when it boils add the cheese cut in small pieces. One cupful of cheese will be sufficient. Add one tablespoonful of Worcestershire sauce and serve on slices of toast.

Another way in which the simple rarebit is varied is by adding to it three tablespoonfuls of tomato pulp. After the butter in the sauce pan has melted, the tomato is added with salt and cayenne and three-quarters of a cupful of cream is stirred in, add two cupfuls of cheese cut in small bits. When the cheese has all melted a very little soda and two well-whipped eggs are added, the soda serving the purpose of neutralizing the acid of the tomatoes. Have slices of toast in readiness so that as soon as the various ingredients have combined, the mixture may be poured over them.