chicken meat in it, or a little cooked rice and salt. Many people
like a small pinch of cinnamon in turkey soup.



VEGETABLES


Mashed Potatoes

6 large potatoes.
1/2 cup hot milk.
Butter the size of a hickory-nut.
3 teaspoonfuls salt.
3 shakes of pepper.

Peel and boil the potatoes till tender; then turn off the water
and stand them on the back of the stove with a cover half over them,
where they will keep hot while they get dry and floury, but do not
let them burn; shake the saucepan every little while. Heat the
milk with the butter, salt, and pepper in it; mash the potatoes well,
either with the wooden potato-masher or with a wire one, and put
in the milk little by little. When they are all free from lumps,
put them through the potato-ricer, or pile them lightly in the tureen
as they are. Do not smooth them over the top.


Sweet Potatoes

If they are large, scrub them well and bake in a hot oven for