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CUCUMBERS.
Pare nearly from end to end; slice thin and lay in ice-water one hour; drain, and season with pepper, salt and vinegar; lay small pieces of ice among them, also slices of onions if you wish. Cucumbers should be eaten the same day they are gathered; leave them in a cool place until you are ready to pare them. — Belle Goldthwait.
PUMPKIN.
Deep colored pumpkins are generally the best. In a dry warm place they can be kept perfectly good all winter. When you prepare to stew a pumpkin, cut in halves and take out all the seeds. Then cut it in thick slices and pare them; put into a pot with a very little water and stew it gently till soft enough to mash; drain and squeeze till dry as you can get it; mash, and season with a little salt, pepper and a very little batter.
BOILED PARSNIPS.
If young scrape before cooking; if old pare carefully, and if large, split; put into boiling water, salted, and boil, if small and tender, from one-half to three-quarters of an hour, if full grown, more than an hour; when tender, drain and slice lengthwise, buttering well when you dish.
CELERY.
Celery can be kept for a week or longer by first rolling it up in brown paper, then pin it up in a towel and keep it in a dark place, as cool as possible. Before preparing it for the table, place it in a pan of cold water and let it remain for an hour; it will make it crisp and cold. — Mrs. J. W. Rathburn.
ESCALOPED TOMATOES.
Take six large ripe tomatoes or one can of tomatoes; put first a layer of tomatoes cut in thin slices in the dish; sprinkle a little sugar over them; them a layer of rolled crackers, a little pepper and salt, another layer of tomatoes and another layer of crackers; on this last layer of crackers put bits of butter, besides the pepper and salt, and then pour half a cup of hot water over a1; bake three quarters of an hour.
CELERY.
Scrape it well and let it lie in cold water till shortly before it goes to the table; then dry it in a cloth, trim it and split down the stalks almost to the bottom, leaving on a few green leaves. Send it to the table in a celery glass half filled with water, and serve with salt only.
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