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ular to have the egg just hard or soft enough to suit 
them, and it is necessary for the cook to practice to be 
sure of uniform results. Drop the eggs carefully into 
a kettle of boiling water, draw the kettle back on the 
stove so that the water does not boil again and (for a 
soft egg) allow the eggs to remain for five minutes. 
If the eggs are very cold they should remain longer. 
Use of Left-overs for Breakfast — If the family 
like a hearty breakfast this is a good meal at which to 
use bits of left-over meat which might otherwise be 
wasted. Meat may be chopped or ground, reheated in 
the gravy which was served with it, and served on 
toast. Lamb is especially good minced on toast. To 
make hash mix equal quantities of meat and chopped 
potato and brown nicely in a greased frying pan. Such 
mixtures should be tasted to make sure that they are 
salt enough. Some people like a very small amount of 
onion with any of these made-over meat dishes. 
DINNER 
What to Have for Dinner — If all the members of 
the family are at home at noontime it is usually more 
convenient to have dinner then, but if members of the 
family are away or hurried at noontime it may be bet- 
ter to have dinner at night. Dinner may consist of 
several courses, but if the mother or the daughter of 
the family prepares the meal, the family is usually per- 
fectly satisfied with two courses. 
The main course of a simple family dinner consists 
of meat, fish, eggs or a cheese dish served with potato, 
rice or macaroni, and a vegetable such as string beans, 
green peas, carrots, cabbage, tomatoes or corn. If the 
family like salad, the vegetables are often served as a 
salad. This is a very good way to use up small amounts 
of vegetables which are left from the day before. Often 
