Tomatoes ‘Al Forno.’ No. 1
Scald, peel, and mash up eight or ten tomatoes, add one teaspoonful of salt, and one saltspoonful of pepper. Put a layer of bread-crumbs into a shallow baking-dish, lay the tomatoes on them, and sprinkle with one tablespoonful of sugar, and a few drops of onion juice. Then cover the tomatoes with a large cupful of bread crumbs moistened with one tablespoonful of melted butter. Bake half an hour in a hot oven, and serve in the baking-dish.