Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-05-20
SOME WHOLESOME RECIPES.

Vegetable soup-Simmer together
slowly for three or four hours. in five
quarts Of water. quart Of split peas.
a slice % carrot, a slice OF white tur
nip. one cup OF canned tomatoes and
fao stalks of celery cut into small
bills when done. rub through q col.
ander, add milk To make Of proper con
sistency. reheat. season with salt and
cream. and serve.
Ross, irperisi.-Mix together one.
half cup Of leuiii pulp prepared by
rubbing weil-cooked lentiis through
colandcrl. one-haif cup Of pease pulp.
one-h1lf cup Of English walnuts. and
season 10 taste with sage and salt.
Line an oiled baking dish one-hsf
inch ieep with the mixture. Pack In
loosely q dressing made from the fol.
lowing ingredients: -Four slices Of
2giebsck. steamed until softened. one
half cup of hot cream. sage and salt
10 taste. and one weil-beaten egg. Mix
together lightly with fork Cover
closely with reas. lentil and nut mix.
ture. Spread over the top thick cream.
bake In moderate oven until firm
enough TO cut into slices Serve with
cranberry sauce or fruit jelly.
Sealioped Pota.oes.-Pare the pota
toes snd slice thin. put them in lay.
ers In an earthen pudding dish. dredg
ing each layer lightly with -four. add
salt. and pour over all enough good.
rich milk TO cover we'll Cover. and
bake rather slowly till tender. remov.
ing the cover Just long enough before
the potatoes are done. to brown nice
IL. If preferred. little less milk may
be used. and cup of thin cream add
ed when the potatoes are nearly done.
Chopped cah6aee.-Take one pint OF
finely chopped cabbage; pour over II
a dressing made Of three tablespoon
fuls Of lemon Juice. two tablespoonfuls
Of sugar. and a half cup Of whipped
cream. thoroughly beaten together in
the order named. This is also nice
served simply with sugar and diluted
lemon juice.
Mscaroni With Tomato Sauce
Break macaroni into inch lengths.
enough TO make one cup. and drop
into boiling water. Let it boil until
perfectly tender In the meantime.
prepare the sauce by rubbing a pint
OF stewed or canned tomatoes through
a eolander TO remove all seeds and
fragments. Heat TO boiling. thicken
with a little four: tablespoonful 20
the pint will be about the requisite
proportion Add Lalf cup of very
thin sweet cream and one teaspoonfui
OF salt. Dish the macaroni in indi-
vfduai dishes and serve with a small
quantity of the sauce poured over
each dish.
Steamed Fig puddins.-Moisten two
cupfuls Of finely grated Graham bread
crumbs with half cup of thin sweet
cream. Mix into II heaping cupful
of finely chopped fresh figs. and
quarter of a cup of sugar. Add lastly
a cup OF sweet milk Turn all into
pudding dish. and steam about two
and one-half hours. Serve as soon as
done with a lemon sauce prepared as
follows: Heat to boiling in a double
boiler pint of water in which are
two slices Of lemon. and stir into 1t a
dessert spoonful OF cornstarch: cook
four or five minutes. or until 1t thick
ems. Squeeze the juice from one large
lemon. and mix it with two-thirds of
a cup OF sugar. Add this to the corn
starch mixture, and allow the whole
to- boil up once. stirring constantly:
then take from the fire. Leave in the
double boiler, surrounded by the hot
water. for ten minutes. Cool to blood
heat before serving