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and altogether. charming dish, the stewed
vegetable serving as a basis for a varied
garnishing.
STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS.
The sweet variety is chosen.
6 green peppers
2 cups stale bread crumbs
1 cupful milk
1 :finely chopped onion
3 eggs
1 small piece ham or bacon
.. 2 ounces butter
4 or 5 tomatoes
V2
cup grated cheese
1 cup broth
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Put bread in milk; while it is soaking,
brown chopped onion in
butt~r
with
chopped ham or bacon. Add, salt,
pepper and two beaten eggs. Cut off
tops of peppers and remove pith and
seeds. Fill with the bread mixture and
seal with grated cheese and crumbs or
flour. Boil tomatoes in broth, season
and strain, pour over the peppeJ."S which
have been put in a roasting' pan, and bake
in oven , basting with broth frequently.
Cold boiled rice can be substituted
for bread.