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 flour over the top to give it a frothy appearance. To cook this a little rare in center will take about two hours, to be perfectly done about three hours. To make gravy, thicken with a little flour; let brown, stirring all the time, then add water and let boil up once.

Baked Steak.

Have round steak as broad as possible, about one inch thick, salt and pepper. Make a dressing as for chicken or turkey of bread crumbs with lots of onions chopped fine. Form in roll and wrap up in steak; tie with strings. Put in saucepan with piece of suet. Mix a heaping tablespoon of butter, one of flour and a little pepper and salt, and about two cups of hot water. Pour over roll and let cook slowly about three-fourths of an hour. Take up meat, remove the string and pour over gravy.

Creamed Sweet Breads.

Take sweet breads that have been paraboiled, cut in small pieces and make a cream sauce of one cup cream, one tablespoonful butter, salt and pepper to taste, one cup hot water and pour over meat, boil with top on until tender, then thicken with a little flour, pour into deep meat dish and serve very hot.

Meat Loaf.

Put one pound each of lean beef and veal through a meat chopper, add four well-beaten eggs, one onion chopped fine, one cup bread crumbs, tablespoon chopped