The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-03
REEF-STEAK PIE.

Cold cooked beef-steak may be used as
well as raw SC the fat be removed and
the meat cut into cubes Mlnce a little
onion and carrot fine and cook for ten
minutes in melted butter. Add them to
the meat: stir into the butter table
spoonful OF -four, and when rubbed
smooth. pour into IL gradually quart OF
beef stock or water. Boil fve minutes
then pour over the meat and vegetables
and set the stew-pan on the stove. COOK
for fifteen minutes. Cold boiled potatoes
cut i'm dice may also be added. Cover
with a crust and bake half or three
quarters OF an hour. A small cup placed
In the middle OF the dish will prevent
the top from falling and add to the gravy;
Meat-pie crust may be made from one
pint OF flour: four tablespoonfuls Of.
shortening: one teaspoonful salt; two
teaspoonfus baking powder and gill
OF ice-water. Handle lightly and roll
out twice. Cut a slit in the crust before
covering the pie.
For the benefit OF the young friend OF
whom you speak, ! will once more de-
scribe my method of preparing
MASHED POTATOES.
Wash the potatoes before peeling, then
peel carefully. Let them stand In cold
water for fifteen minutes before cooking.
When drained put them into kettle and
cover with boiling water. Always COOK
potatoes in a kettle with a lid. Boil
slowly for half an hour and do not let
the boiling cease for an instant. When
easily pierced with fork, drain thor
oughly sprinkle with salt, shake, remove
lid to allow steam to escape and set on
back of stove FIVE minutes shaking occa-
sionally. Mash with a fork, adding a
little cream or milk. piece of butter,
salt and pepper 10 taste. Then beat with
a large spoon until white and foamy.
pile lightly in dish and serve. Potatoes
should not be served In covered dish.
Cover with napkin. which allows the
steam TO escape.
SQUASH.
Cut a squash, the Hubbard is gener-
ally preferred, into pieces few inches
square Take out the seeds ana SOFT
pulp and steam until tender; this VIII
require almost an hour. Scrape or ali
tho skin. mash the squash, putting IL
through sieve If necessary season with
salt, pepper and butter and add little
cream or milk. Any left over may be
used for making pies.
BA * ED APGLES.
Carefully polish apples of uniform
size, then remove the core. Place them
In a medium shallow pan with half
eill OF cold water. Fill the cavities made
Lv the removal OF the cores, with sugar,
and bake carefully until done. Do not
have the oven too hot Sift sugar over
tcem. and serve with or without cream.
You will find these a great improve
,rIi hal
Give Ethel oil she can eat OF them and
Won will probably cure her ailments.
children do not have enough fruit Half
their troubles are traceable TO this fact.
Let me hear from you soon. l have
tested those recipes you sent me and
found them very satisfactory.
Yours cullnarily.
COMFORT JONES.
water street. Doctor Of Cookery.
BAKED ROLY-POLY.
Sift together one quart OF -four and
one teaspoonful salt: beat the yolk of
one egg light ard stir Il into two cupfuls
milk: chop two tablespoonfuls of lard
into the -four and add the milk and egg
roll out the dough about one half inch
thick. spread with jam. narmalnde or
slowed fruit which has been strained.
Roll the paste up tightly. pinch the cages
together and bake in "A Toured pan until
brown. being careful To have the Joined
edges underneath. Whip the white OF
the egg and glaze the pudding. Serve hot
with hard sauce.
SUGAR COOKIES.
One cupful sugar and half cupful but
ter rubbed 60 a cream; then work In care
fully one well beaten egg and three table
Fpoonfuls milk. Sift one cup OF flour and
one teaspoonful baking powder together
twice. Nix all thoroughly. roll out thin
cut into cakes. and bake crisp.
HARD SAUCE.
A large cuptul powdered sugar and two
tablespoonfuls butter beaten to a cream:
whip into II a heaping tablespoonful Of
ourrant Jelly. and cinnamon TO taste.
When thoroughly mixed heap IL high on
q small glass dish and set IL away to
harden.