The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-09-14

ment with this small convenience.
To Use Cold Ham-Chop fine, add a
beaten egg. a little salt. pepper and
enough corn-meal to make thin batter
Fry brown on buttered griddle drop
ping with large spoon, like pancakes.
A little corn-meal goes a long way.
The corn-meal with the ham gives
these little cakes a fine flavor, to one
who likes corn-meal.
Grape-basket Covers-I find the small
thin boards that come as covers on
grape baskets of use in many ways.
My refrigerator Is small, and often
more shelf-room Is needed; so I put
any left-overs in small, dep bowls and
lay a grape basket over these, which
gives me room to set plates or shall
low dishes of any kind The boards
are also useful for putting hot dishes
on vanished shelves, or oilcloth-cov-
cred tables.
Always Ready Pfecrust-Cut into
three cupfuls of sifted flour, one cup
full of lard and a half teaspoonfuI of
salt. Beat well one egg, and add about
the same quantity of cold water, or
enough water to form the flour into
soft dough Shape the dough into "a
IOdI, ndnU1lnS as little DIS possible DIS
the less it is handled the lighter it
will be. Now you have a delicious
paste which will keep for week or
ten days if you bury it deep in the
flour. This quantity will make three
very large pies or double the num-
Der of small ones. When you want a
pie, pinch off from the mass as much
as you need, roll it out. put in your
al
If you want tarts for supper, cut them
to fit your gem-pan. This paste will
not blister, as most puff pastes do. Pay
no attention to the hard crust which
forms with the flour on the outside of
the mass; it Will disappear in the bak-
ing. The last pie made with this paste
will be just as fresh and toothsome as
the first. provided you keep the paste
away from the air.
Graham Crackers versus CoOkies-In
families where there are small chill
dren. the following recipe for graham
| crackers will be found economical for
| the following reason: First, it requires
no eggs. Second, If cut out with a
| square cornered cocoa-can they lay
| close together in the baking pan, thus
saving time in baking. Third, because
graham -four is healthier than wheat
as food for children. and these crack
ers do not make crumbs over the floor
like cookies. Here is the recipe: Seven
cupfuIs graham flour, one cupfu1 but
ter. two cupfuls sweet milk, two tea
spoonfuls baking bowder. Rub the
the baking powder into the -four, add
the melted butter and pinch of salt
then the milk. Roll very thin and bake
quickly If desired sweetened, add one
cupful sugar.
Some Labor Savers-Have casters on
| everything possible and see what an
amount of lifting it saves. Put them
on the kitchen table. and if the sink is
small and the pantry several steps off
roll the table to the sink to receive
! clean dishes. when 1t may be rolled To
the pantry or china closet to put the
dishes away. It may also be used to
receive food dishes for the table and
rolled into the dining-room. A dry
goods box with short, thick legs fitted
with casters is convenient to receive
dirty clothes and many other things. fol-
they can be conveyed to different places
without handling. or little child could
be placed in it and moved easily from
room to room.
Try putting q little kerosene in q
galvanized iron wash-tub over night
and see how easily it can be cleaned
Kerosene and securing brick will clear
rusty or greasy tin-ware very quickly