Celery Au Gratin

Wash celery stalks, scrape and cut into 1/2-inch lengths. Boil in salted water till tender. Make a white sauce, using half milk and half water in which celery was cooked. Put half the cooked celery into a butter baking dish, cover with half the sauce and sprinkle with grated cheese, add the remainder of the celery, cover again with sauce and cheese. Sprinkle with buttered crumbs and bake until brown.

Fried Celery And Tomato Sauce

Wash celery and cut in 3-inch pieces, dip in batter, fry in deep fat, drain and serve with tomato sauce.

Batter :

Bread flour, 1/2 cup. Salt, 1/2 teaspoon.

Pepper, a shake. Milk, 1-3 cup.

Egg, 1.

Tomato sauce:

Tomatoes, 1/2 can, or Stewed tomatoes, 1 1-3 cups. Onion, 1 slice.

Butter, 3 tablespoons. Flour, 3 tablespoons. Salt and pepper.

Cook onion with tomato 15 minutes, rub through strainer, add butter blended with flour, and seasoning. Mrs. F. C, Beverly.