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To cook cabbage so even its enemies will tolerate it, boil it tender in salted water, changing the water three times. Chop it, put in buttered baking dish. Turn one cup cream sauce with grated cheese over it. Cover the top with grated bread crumbs and bake till brown. Can be prepared the same way without baking, leaving off bread crumbs.

Stir two tablespoons butter well with two cups of cold mashed potatoes. Add two eggs beaten well and one cup of milk or cream. Place in greased pudding dish, bake in quick oven till brown and serve hot.

Boil six sweet potatoes until partly done; remove skin, cut into slices. Put a layer in the bottom of baking dish, sprinkle over two tablespoons brown sugar, another layer of potatoes and sugar, and plenty of butter. Add ½ cup boiling water; cover dish, cook in moderate oven until they are soft and transparent.

Cut six baked potatoes lengthwise in half, scoop out inside, mash and mix with butter, pepper, salt and ¼ cup hot milk. Return to shells, place in moderate oven and brown.