Duchess Soup

Put two tablespoonfuls of butter and a sliced onion in a saucepan; cook

until the onion is soft and yellow; add to this two tablespoonfuls of

flour, mix, and then add one quart of milk, a level teaspoonful of salt

and a palatable seasoning of red pepper.



Add six tablespoonfuls of grated

cheese; stir in a double boiler until it is smoking hot; press through a

fine sieve; reheat and send at once to the table.





Cheese Pudding



Toast slices of stale bread until a golden brown and crisp to the center.

This is best done in the oven. Put a layer of this toasted bread in the

bottom of a baking dish; put over a quarter of a cup of grated or chopped

cheese, sprinkle with salt and red pepper; then another layer of bread,

another of cheese and the last of bread.



Pour over sufficient milk to moisten the bread; bake in a quick oven fifteen

minutes, and serve at once.