Ingredients
- a piece of tape
- a good piece of butter
Directions
Wash well firm heads of lettuce, a spoon of vinegar in the water ; cut stalks close to leaves. Tie each head separately with a piece of tape or soft string ; lay close together in wide saucepan. Cover with fast-boiling water (salted) ; cook slowly without lid on saucepan till tender ; take out, carefully drain each head separately on colander ; do not bruise ; re- move strings ; place in hot dish, and pour over a nice milk sauce.
Boil 5 lb. macaroni hard 20 minutes in salted water, strain and put in cold water for a few minutes ; put a layer of macaroni in dish with salt and pepper. Continue until dish is full. Put the butter and flour over fire when melted and smooth ; add the milk gradually to prevent lumps ; stir till boiling ; season in moderate oven 30 minutes.
Take as many chestnuts as sprouts ; cut a small piece off the chestnuts to prevent bursting ; put them on in cold water and boil rapidly for 25 minutes. Remove husks and skins ; cook sprouts in a very little water and some butter in a saucepan with lid tight down, so that they cook in steam ; shake pan occasionally. Put nuts and sprouts together and put a good piece of butter on them. Mrs. Brown.