The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-30
RELIABLE RECIPES.
POTATOES AU GRATIN.

Slice peeled potatoes thin and put in
layers in deep, creased pudding dish,
sprinkling each layer with salt, pepper
and bits of butter. When the dish is
full. pour in a gill of hot milk, AMI
sprinkle the top layer of potatoes with
fine cracker dust then with grated
cheese, then with dots of butter. Bake
covered for half an hour, than uncover
and brown.
APPLE CREAM.
Boil twelve apples in water till soft.
take off the peel and press the pulp
through a hair sieve upon one-half
pounded sugar whip the whites of two
eggs, add them to the apples. and beat
all together till it becomes very stiff
and quite white; serve it heaped upon
a glass dish.
SPANISH FRITTERS.
An excellent way to use a stale loaf
of bread is to make what is known as
Spanish fritters Cut stale bread into
even slices. Dip each into mixture
of egg and milk, using one egg to cup
and a half of milk Butter hot fry
ing pan and brown the slices in it.
Serve them hot either with a little
powdered sugar and cut lemon or with
a bit of currant jelly. Sometimes
pinch of grated nutmeg is added to the
egg and milk and as this is sufficient
flavor when it is used the lemon will
not be needed
PICCALILLI
One-half bushel green tomatoes, L
good head cabbage, quarts of onions.
u pound green peppers. Chop all to-
gether. put in jar. sprinkle salt between
lot rte n hours drain and
put in kettle to cook with vinegar
enough to cover cook until tender;
cups sugar, IA pound mixed spices;
toil all together and can.
EGG PUFFS.
Soften a tablespoon of butter to a
creamy consistency by working with
fork: beat three eggs to a froth and
add them to the butter; add also
level teaspoonful Of salt. and SIX
tablespoonfuis of flour. Beat all these
together until they foam. put them
into buttered earthen cups or small
tin pans and bake in a hot oven for
about half an hour or until they are
cooked through and nicely Drowned.
Serve hot for breakfast or luncheon.
BAKED MINCE.
A cup of cold chopped roast beef
(anv cold meat may be used, cup
of boiled rice. a cup OF milk. one egg,
two ia bIespoonfuls butter, one-quar-
ter teaspoonful salt, one-eighth tea
spoonful black pepper Put the mix
over the fire in a saucepan, and Wnen
hot add all the other things except
the egg. Stir two minutes, remove
from the fire and add the egg well
beaten. turn it into d pudding dish
aud bake twenty minutes.
CREAM CAKES.
one cup hot water, one-half cup but
ter. SET on the stove, when it bolls ,
add one cup flour and cook till thick .
Set this aside and let it get cold. then
add three weIl-beaten eggs and half
teaspoon of soda. Drop this on but /
tered tina tablespoonful for each ,
cake-an inch and half apart. Cream [
for filling: Scald one cup Of milk add
one egg. two dessert spoons corn
starch. and one-half cup Of sugar;
small teaspoon vanilla.
GINGER COOKIES.
Sift together three cups flour, one
Gun sugar. a dessertspoonful each OF
soda and ginger and one-half teaspoon
full salt Heat in a saucepan one cup
Of n1olasses with one half cup short
enfng: when hot add four dessert
spoonfuls hot water. Cool slightly and
stir into dry mixture. Add quickly
two yelI-beaten eggs. Mix well Drop
by spoonfuls a little distance apart on
Futtered tin. When pan is full. fiat