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Break the eggs into a bowl, and sprinkle the parsley on top of the cheese. Melt 

 the butter in a frying pan over gentle heat. Turn in the eggs, and immediately sprinkle 

 the cheese over them. With a broad-bladed knife begin to scrape the mass from the 

 bottom as it sets. The object is to cook the mass without mixing the yolks and whites 

 too thoroughly, and yet avoid hardening them. When the mass is jellied, turn at once 

 into a hot vegetable dish, or over toast on a platter, and serve at once. 



Cost for 6 persons is 26 cents 



" per 100 calories is 2 



" of 1 lb. proteid from this food is $1-35 



The following recipes of common dishes that do not contain cheese are given 

 for comparative purposes: 



Beef Loaf — ^With GRA^^^. 



II lb lean beef minced. li teasp. onion juice. 



I egg. i-i tablsp. chopped parsley. 



3 tablsp. dripping. l| teasp. salt. 



3 tablsp. flour. 



Cost for 6 people is • 30.1 cents 



" per 100 calories is 2.31 



" of 1 lb. proteid from this food is 82.9 



Bacon and Eggs. 



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n lb. bacon • 371 cents 



6 eggs IS^ 



Cost for 6 people is 56 cents 



" per 100 calories is 1-23 



" of 1 lb. proteid from this food is $2.32 



Note.— Above assumes that all the bacon fat is sent to the table and consumed. 



Hash. 



2 lbs. cold potatoes. 1 cup water or gravy. 



2 lbs. cold cooked lean beef. Salt, pepper. 



3 tablsp. dripping. 



Cost for 6 people is 25.4 cents 



" per 100 calories is 1-46 



" per 1 lb. proteid from this food is $1.00 • 



In the following table the various dishes the receipes of which are given above 

 are arranged acording to the cost of 100 calories of heat: 



1. Beef Loaf 2.31 cents 



2. Scrambled Eggs and Cheese 2. 



3. Hash 1-46 'I 



4. Cheese Souffle 1-6 



5. Bacon and Eggs 1-23 



6. Cheese Custard on Toast 1-1 " 



7. Cheese Soup 1-1 ]| 



8. Cheese Gnocchi 94 



9. Macaroni and Cheese 92 



10 Cheese Pudding 77 



11. Welsh Rabbit 77 || 



12. Cheese Sauce on Toast 72 



13. Milky Cheese Toast 56 " 



Dishes to compare with: 



Cheese, Cheddar 93 "^ 



Cottage Cheese 98 



Bread 33 " 



On this basis of comparison beef loaf is the most expensive. Flour and bread, 

 rich in starch, which has a fuel value equal to protein, have, however, much to do 



