Put on to boil 2 quarts water, ½ can cream, 2 ounces lard, salt and pepper. Thicken with ¼ pound flour. When done chop 4 hard-boiled eggs fine. Then serve. =Spanish sauce (for 20 men).= Take saucepan and put in 1 pint beef stock, 2 cans tomatoes, 4 chili peppers chopped fine, 2 ounces onions chopped fine, 1 tablespoonful salt, ¼ ounce black pepper, 2 or 3 dashes red pepper, 2 tablespoonfuls browned sugar, 1 ounce lard or butter. Set on stove and let simmer about 2 hours or till done. =Tomato sauce for baked beans.= Take 5 cans tomatoes, mash up with hands, add 2 pounds onions, chopped, ½ gallon vinegar, 1 pound sugar (dissolved in vinegar), salt and pepper to taste, 1 teaspoonful each Cayenne pepper, cinnamon, and cloves. =Tomato cream sauce.= Made exactly like Spanish sauce with 1 can cream added. =White sauce (for 20 men).= Take 2 quarts beef stock, 2 ounces butter, ½ can cream, ¼ pound flour with cold water to thicken. Set all on stove until boils, then add the flour till thickened. Salt and pepper to taste. GRAVIES. =Brown flour for gravy.= Roast flour the same as roasting coffee. =Cream gravy.= Take ⅔ pan beef stock, 1 can cream, salt and pepper, and thicken with flour, a little butter if on hand. =Burnt sugar.= Made by frying ½ pound sugar in a pan. Let remain on stove and boil for about 15 minutes. When the color of the sugar is a dark brown pour in 1 quart hot water and let simmer about 15 minutes till done. MEATS. BACON AND PORK. =Bacon.= Bacon should be soaked in cold water about 2 or 3 hours, cut thin, and fried crisp. =Liver and Bacon.= Cut liver in thin slices the day before. Wash liver and let soak in cold water, drain liver and let dry out in sack or towel. Salt and pepper liver and put in flour. Fry bacon, then fry your liver in bacon grease. One pound of bacon to 2 pounds of liver. =Boston baked pork and beans (for 20 men).= Take 5 pounds beans, put into soak overnight and boil for 2 hours next morning. Then draw water and put into baking pan. Season with salt (2 ounces), 1 quart molasses. Slice 4 pounds bacon and put in oven and let bake 2 hours. When done they should be a chocolate-brown color. BEEF. =Beef a la mode (for 20 men).= Take 8 pounds raw beef, cut in slices ½ inch thick by 4 inches square. Take a dishpan, set on stove, and cover meat with 4 quarts beef stock and let it simmer till well done. Add 1 can tomatoes, 2 onions chopped fine, and let cook for ½ hour. Season with salt and pepper. Take 1 pound browned flour and mix with 1 quart cold water, pour over the beef and let cook till thickened. Add ½ gill vinegar and serve hot. =Boiled beef (for 20 men).= Take a bake pan and set on stove, put in 3 quarts cold water, 8 pounds beef, cut in four pieces, and let boil for about 2 hours or until done. Then pour white sauce over beef and serve.