6 c. water
5 oz. spaghetti
2 tbsp. butter
2 eggs
1/3 c. grated Parmesan cheese
Shortening
1/2 lb. ground beef
1 med. onion
1 (8 oz.) can pizza sauce
1 1/2 oz. sliced mozzarella or Cheddar cheese

1. Measure water. Put water into a 3 quart burner. Turn burner to high heat. When water starts to boil, add spaghetti a little at a time. (If you add it all at once, the water will stop boiling.) After you've added all the spaghetti, cook for 10-12 minutes or just until tender. To see if it is done, use a fork to remove a piece of spaghetti from the pan. Rinse under cold water, then taste to see if it's tender. If it's still chewy, cook for 2-3 minutes more and test again. Turn burner off.

2. To drain the spaghetti, put a colander into the sink. Carefully pour spaghetti out of the saucepan into colander. (Be very careful because steam will rise out of the sink and can be very hot.)

3. Let spaghetti stand for a few minutes to drain well. Put into a large mixing bowl. Measure butter. Use a rubber scraper to stir butter into hot spaghetti until butter melts.

4. Crack one of the eggs on the side of a small bowl. Working over the bowl, gently separate the egg shell halves and pour the egg into the bowl. Repeat with second egg. Use the fork to beat eggs lightly until yolks and whites of the eggs are mixed well. Measure Parmesan cheese. Use a fork to stir cheese into eggs. Pour egg-cheese mixture over spaghetti in bowl. Use the rubber scraper to stir until mixed well.

5. Grease a 9 inch pie plate by putting a little bit of shortening on a folded paper towel (or use wax paper). Then spread the shortening evenly over the bottom and sides of pie plate. Pour the spaghetti mixture into the greased pie plate. Press spaghetti with the back of a spoon to form it into a crust, building up the sides.

6. Turn over to 350 degrees. Use your hands to break up the ground beef as you put it into the same 3 quart pan you cooked the spaghetti in. To chop the onion, on a cutting board use a sharp knife to peel onion; cut in half. Cut halves into several slices; cut across slices to make small pieces. Add chopped onion to ground beef. Put pan onto burner. Turn burner to medium-high heat. Cook and stir with a wooden spoon until no pink color is left in the meat.

7. Turn off burner. Take pan off burner. Use a long handled spoon to push the ground beef to one side of the pan. Tip the pan a little bit so the grease runs to the other side. Use the spoon to very carefully put the grease into a can or container an adult gives you.

8. Use a can opener to open the can of pizza sauce. Use the rubber scraper to empty the sauce into the ground beef mixture. Stir until mixed well. Spoon meat mixture into the spaghetti crust. Use the back of the spoon to spread mixture evenly over bottom of crust. Put the pie into hot oven. Bake 20 minutes. (A) While the pie is baking, on the cutting board use the sharp knife to cut the cheese slice twice to make 3 rectangle. (B) Cut each rectangle from corner to corner to make 2 triangles. You will have 6 triangles of cheese.

9. Use hot pads to remove pie from oven. Arrange cheese triangles on top of pie. Use hot pads to put pie back into oven. Bake about 5 minutes more or until cheese is just melted. Turn off oven. Use hot pads to remove pie from oven. Let pie stand for 5 minutes before serving. Makes 6 servings.