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 English Monkey

1 cup bread crumbs 2 cups milk 1 cup grated cheese ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon white pepper or paprika 1 egg 1 tablespoon melted butter

Scald milk in double boiler and add bread crumbs to it. Then add grated cheese, melted butter and seasonings. Cook in double boiler until cheese is melted; add the slightly-beaten egg gradually. Cook five minutes and serve on dry toast.

Cheese Omelette No. 1

4 eggs ½ teaspoon salt Few grains pepper 4 tablespoons hot water 1     "      butter 1 cup grated cheese

Beat yolks of eggs thoroughly; add salt, pepper and hot water. Beat whites till stiff and dry; add cheese and fold into first mixture. Melt butter in pan, turn in mixture and cook slowly. When well raised and a delicate brown underneath, place pan in hot oven to cook top. Fold and turn on hot platter.

Cheese Omelette No. 2

Make as above, omitting cheese. Make two cups of hot, white sauce; add 1 cup grated cheese, melt and pour around the omelette.

Baked Eggs with Cheese

4 eggs 1 cup grated cheese 1 cup soft bread crumbs ¼ teaspoon salt Few grains cayenne 2 cups white sauce

Break the eggs into a buttered baking dish and cook in hot oven until they begin to turn white around the edges. Then cover eggs with the white sauce and over this put the mixture of crumbs, cheese and seasonings. Brown in very hot oven, so eggs will not be overcooked by time cheese is brown. If preferred, or for variety,