Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-10
sTEWED PROTOSE WITH POTATOEs

under a heading of Answers TO Inquiries
STEwED PROTOSE WITH POTATOES
Slice protose and cut into pieces an inch
square; cover with boiling water and cook
in double boiler slowly for two hours or
longer. The slower the cooking the richer
the flavor. When nearly done. add some
a slice of onion and a stalk of celery and
cook until potatoes are tender; season with
salt and serve.
SNOW DRIFT PUDDING-Make a lemon
jelly in the usual way with half box gel
attne and put in mold 10 cool. Wnen
cold. but not firm, take the whites OF hve
eggs beaten stiff, sweetened little, ana
favored, and steam them over boiling milk
mold and with fork break up the gelatine
that has become firm, into pieces. Now NIL
the mold with the broken up Jelly and
whites of eggs, alternating spoonful each
at a time. Stand in a cold place to get
stiff. Serve on glass dish SURROUNDED by
a custard made of the egg yolks and pint
of milk and half cup of sugar.
FRICASSEE OFLOBSTER AND MUSH-
ROOMS-Cut one large lobster into pieces
over inch long and half an inch wide.
Mince fine a tablespoonful of boiled ham.
Add ham to two Cupfuls of chicken stock,
add level teaspoonful grated onion and
same of minced parsley, salt and pepper
strain, thieken stock With three table
spoOnfuls brown flour, add the lobster and
half dozen mushrooms cut into quarters.
Cook half an hour over boiling water. Turn
more of heated sherry. If wine is not used,
add a little lemon juice.
APPLE CAKE-To one pint of sifted
flour add two teaspoonfuls baking powder
and half teaspoonful salt Sift together
cup of sweet milk with two tablespoonful
of melted butter. Stir this into the flour
and add enough more milk to make soft
dough Roll out the crust half an inch
creased long, shallow pan. Now cover this
and the sharp side Of the apple pressed into
the dough. Sprinkle with a little CHINA
mon, brown sugar, and dot with bits of
butter: Bake in moderately quick oven I'M
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color. Serve with cream.
MUTTON A LA VENISON-Have a leg
OF MUTTON larded with salt pork and sea
joram. While roasting haste frequently
with plenty of butter. About an hour be
fore serving spread with currant jelly and
brown in the oven.
inquiries ANSWERED.
A correspondent asks for a recipe for
banana croquettes:
Banana CrOquettes.
The simplest method is to select small,
very ripe, yellow bananas, strip off the
skin and cut off each end; leaving them
about three inches long. Mix one-third
the bananas stand in this, turning occasion
ally, for an hour. Season with little salt
and paprika; dip into beaten egg. If to be
served as accomplishments to meat, roll
in fine bread crumbs; but if for sweet en-
tree, in sffted, stale cake crumbs. Fry in
Cream Sauce.
If the cream sauce is to be served with a
vegetable entree, make same as according
70 regular recipe for plain cream sauce
For a sweet entree, beat one pint of rich
milk or half cream half milk, in a double
boiler. Mix a level tablespoonful corn
3tarch with four tablespoonfuls sugar
Pour the hot milk over this and stir until
mixed. Then return to double boiler and
stir and cook until it begins to thiCken
Add a teaspOonful of vanilla, a pinch of
salt. nutmeg to taste, and if all milk is
used. instead of half cream, add a table,
spoonful of butter. Whip the whites of
fire. Stand over hot water to keep warm.
Grape Fruit Salad.
Mrs. F. P. b. Dayton, o., wishes a recipe
pulp from two large grape fruit in large
pieces as possible, being careful to remove
all the white, bitter, fibrOuS skin. NIX
pulp with cup of blanched English wal
nuts or pecan nuts. Then mix with French
dressing or Mayonnaise and serve in cups
Malaga grapes.