Swiss Fingers.

2 ozs. butter, 2 ozs. castor sugar, 2 ozs. flour, 1 teaspoonful baking powder, 2 eggs, 2 tablespoonsful milk, apricot jam.

Beat butter to cream, add sugar, then half the flour and a well-beaten egg. Then add the rest of the flour and the other egg. Mix well together. Stir 1 teaspoonful baking powder with the milk, add to the ingredients, and put in a long tin lined with greased paper. Bake for ten minutes in a good oven. When browned, cut in two, spread half with jam, cover with the other half and cut into fingers.

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Hasty-Pasty.

Line some saucers with short-crust, into each place two or three small pieces of lean bacon (lightly browned). Allow 1 egg for each saucer, lightly beat them, pour over the bacon, add seasoning and a pinch of mixed herbs for each (or only parsley). Damp edges, cover tops with pastry, press edges well together and bake in a good oven for about 25 minutes.

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Stuffed Pancakes.

Use your favourite pancake recipe. Make a mixture of leftover meat, with seasoning to taste, and heat thoroughly Fry cakes and put a spoonful, of mixture on each, roll up, and serve hot.

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Scalloped Meat and Macaroni.

Place cooked macaroni and diced or shredded leftover meat (chicken, veal or pork) in buttered baking dish, cover with cream sauce, sprinkle with grated cheese, and bake in moderate oven until browned.

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Apple Rings.

Core apples, but do not remove peeling, and slice crosswise into rings about £1/4 inch thick. Fry in butter and brown sugar.

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Girdle Scones.

Half lb. flour, £1/2 teaspoonful salt, teaspoonful soda, £1/2 teaspoonful of cream of tartar. Buttermilk or sour milk.

Sieve the flour, salt, soda and cream of tartar, make a well in the centre and pour in sufficient buttermilk or sour milk to make a soft dough. Turn on to a floured board and pat lightly into shape with the hand.

Make into a round cake about one inch thick, and cook on a hot floured (or the hotplate of a stove), girdle until golden brown.

Turn and cook on the other side until the sides are firm. Split, butter and serve very hot.

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Italian Spaghetti.

Cook a thick sauce of olive oil, with tomato puree, mushrooms, salt and pepper. For highly seasoned tastes, include several cloves of garlic and onions for flavour, but remove before serving. Cook spaghetti, and cover individual servings with a generous portion of sauce.

Slide Cake.

Three ozs. butter, 1 egg, £1/2 cup sugar, 1 cup coconut, 1 cup flour, £1/2 teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon cream of tartar.

Cream butter and sugar, then add egg and, lastly, flour and coconut with soda, etc. Roll out on the oven slide and bake. When cool, ice with lemon icing and cut into squares.

Oyster Filling.

Beard the oysters, and mix with thick white sauce. Flavour with nutmeg and cayenne.