"Oh, I remember!" said Mary Frances, pressing the prongs into the outer edge of the crust. "They're grand!" chuckled Aunty Rolling Pin. "Can you bake them? You need a very hot oven to bake them." "But the cherries!" said Mary Frances, glad to think she had caught Aunty Rolling Pin in an oversight. "Not until the pastry's cooked, child," said Aunty Rolling Pin, with a smile. Mary Frances slipped the little plates into the oven, and made room on the table to place the dinner as she prepared it. In a short fifteen minutes the tarts were ready. "Aren't they sweet!" the little girl exclaimed. "My! I wish they were thought to be very good for children!" [Illustration: "Aren't they sweet!"] "What's for dinner?" asked Tea Kettle, anxiously. [Illustration: Slipped them into the oven.] "I'll tell you," said Mary Frances, "I've written out the MENU Potato Soup Pan-broiled Steak Creamed Cabbage Mashed Potatoes Tomato and Lettuce Salad Banana Bread Pudding with Hard Sauce Coffee [Illustration: "Very elegant!"] "Very elegant!--but that's a lot to do, isn't it?" said Tea Kettle. "Perhaps, if you read over all the new recipes, and we talk them over when its each one's turn to commence, we can work better." "Oh, thank you, Tea Kettle," said Mary Frances, "that is a very bright idea." Tea Kettle glistened. "I'll read them," continued Mary Frances, "as they come in the book." [Illustration: "Lettuce washed, and tomatoes sliced."] "I have the lettuce well washed, and the tomatoes sliced. All I have to do is to dry the lettuce at dinner time, and soon I can make the NO. 35.--SALAD DRESSING. 1 teaspoon salt ¾ teaspoon mustard 1½ tablespoons sugar 2 teaspoons flour ¾ cup sour cream (or milk) 1 egg 1 tablespoon vinegar 1 teaspoon butter A few grains of red pepper. 1. Beat egg. 2. Mix mustard, sugar, flour, salt and pepper. 3. Add egg slowly, beating well at the same time. 4. Add milk. Beat. 5. Cook in a sauce pan placed in boiling water. 6. Stir until it thickens like cream. Remove from heat at once. 7. Add vinegar very slowly, beating all the while. 8. Stir in the butter. Serve cold on lettuce or sliced tomatoes. "If this is cooked too long, it will 'curdle' or the be egg will become hard and separate," said Sauce Pan; "but I'll be careful. Now I'm ready for work." [Illustration: "I'll be careful."] Mary Frances laughed. "Thank you, Sauce Pan," she said, as he began to move around, going hither and thither. [Illustration: "Thank you, Sauce Pan."] "The next recipes are NO. 36.--CREAMED NEW CABBAGE. 1. Cut in half and wash well a young green cabbage. 2. Cut out and throw away the hard stem part. 3. Make ready a kettle of boiling water. Put in cabbage. Leave uncovered.