16 



Put the milk to heat in a double boiler. Mix the flour and butter in a small bowl, 

 and thin down with warm milk, a little at a time, until thin enough to pour easily. Add 

 it to the hot milk, stirring constantly until it thickens. Season to taste and cook at 

 least ten minutes longer. Just before serving time add the cheese, stir until it melts, 

 pour it over the toast and serve at once. 



Cost for 6 persons is 11-8 cents 



" per 100 calories is -56 



" of 1 lb. proteid from this food is 67.8 



Cheese Custaed. 



3 eggs. 



2 cups skimmed milk. 



1 cup grated cheese. 



Make the toast, arrange on a platter and keep warm. 



Mix salt, pepper and mustard in the top of a double boiler. Add three eggs and 

 beat enough to mix well; add the milk and cheese and mix thoroughly. Stand over the 

 fire and stir constantly until hot, then stand in the hot water and stir until it thickens 

 like custard (that is, until it begins to coat the spoon). Pour over the toast and serve 

 at once. 



Note.— This dish cannot be kept hot successfully. Better keep the family waiting 

 for the dish than the dish for the family. 



This may be used over soda biscuits, plain bread slices, or milk biscuits heated over, 



and split. 



Alone On toast. 



Cost for 6 persons is 16.5c. 19 c. 



" per 100 calories is 1.7c. 1.1c. 



" of 1 lb. proteid from this food is $1.28 72.3c. 



Cheese Sotjp. 



4 cups skimmed milk. 1 teasp. salt. 



1 cup grated cheese. Pepper — black, cayenne, or paprika. 

 H tablsp. flour. 



Reserve i cup cold milk, and put the rest to heat in a double boiler. Mix the flour 

 with an equal bulk of cold milk, and thin down with the remainder; stir this into the 

 hot milk and stir until it thickens. Season to taste with the salt and pepper and cook 

 10 minutes longer. Add the cheese, stir until it begins to melt and serve at once. 



Variations. — The seasoning may be varied with celery salt, allspice or mace. A 

 little finely chopped onion or carrot, or celery may be boiled 20 minutes in a little water, 

 and the water alone, or the whole, added to the milk before thickening. The water 

 from dinner vegetables will serve the same purpose, replacing part of the milk. 



Cost for 6 persons is 10.6 cents 



" per 100 calories is 1.1 



" of 1 lb. of proteid from this food is 76.1 



Cheese Pudding. 



12 pieces bread — 10 oz. | teasp. salt. 



2'cups grated cheese. J teasp. mustard. 



2 cups skimmed milk. Pepper. 



Toast the bread, and fit a layer into the bottom of a baking dish. Put next a layer 

 €f half the cheese; then a layer of toast covered with the remaining cheese; top with 

 another layer of toast. Season the milk with salt and pepper; pour it over the contents 

 of the dish; bake in a quick oven about 30 rainutes and serve at once. 



Note. — The quantity of milk will vary somewhat according to the bread used. Each 

 person should determine the quantity suited to her conditions and change the recipe 

 figure accordingly. The result should be a spongy mass. 



Cost for 6 persons is 15.3 cents 



'■ per 100 calories is 77 



" of 1 lb. proteid from this food is 66.7 



