School Cafeteria Delmonico Potatoes

School Cafeteria Delmonico Potatoes

50 - 1/2 cup Servings

12 lb. potatoes, cold, boiled
1 lb. butter
2 c. flour
1 T. mustard
1 T. salt
1/2 t. pepper
4 qt. milk
1/2 c. butter
1 1/2 c. bread crumbs,dry
2 c. cheese, grated

Dice potatoes. Make white sauce of the butter, flour, mustard, salt, pepper
and milk. Put potatoes into baking pans. Pour white sauce over potatoes.
Melt butter and stir in bread crumbs. Sprinkle buttered crumbs and grated
cheese over potato mixture. Bake at 475° F. for thirty minutes or until
golden brown.

Source: “The School Lunch” by Marion L. Cronan, 1962
(A guide to school lunchroom operation)