Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-04-13
FOR THE FAMILY TABLE.


FOR THE FAMILY TABLE.
Cracker Pie.-Roll two crackers fine
add one cup Of boiling water, one scant
cup of sugar, the juice and grated rind
of one lemon and bake between two
crusts.
Fried Carrots. -Scrape small carrots
free from thin skin and cut in slices.
Cook in boiling water until tender. then
fry in butter for ten minutes, busting
twice with sugar. Turn TO brown aud
glaze on all sides.
Savory Rice-To one pint of hot boiled
rice add one-half cup of chopped celery
and one cup of tomato sauce. Stir in
one rounding tablespoon of grated cheese
or twice as much if cheese is liked and
serve with poached eggs.
Fried Halibut.-Add one-half cup of
vinegar to water enough to cover slices
of halibut cut in pieces to serve. Let
stand fifteen minutes, then wipe dry
dust with fine sifted cracker crumbs on
both sides and fry in deep hot fat until
light brown.-Marjorie Webster.
Peach Snowdrift Heat two cups of
milk in a double boiler, add one-half cup
of sugar, three level teaspoons of cQr1.
starch and cook until thick. then 49,
five minutes longer. Add the stifily lbssr
en- whites of three eggs and pour over
canned peaches. Serve with a liquid
sauce.
Hominy Fritters.-Break up two cups
of cold cooked hominy with a fork Add
one Scant cup of milk, a pinch of salt.
one beaten egg and one-half cup of flour
in which one level teaspoon of baking
powder is sifted. Drop by snoonfuls
into hot lard and fry until a delicate
brown.
Mothers Cup Cake.-Cream one cup of
butter and two cups of sugar, add alter
nately seven-eighths cup of milk and
three cups of flour sfted with five level
teaspoons of baking powder. and last
four well-beaten eggs. Flavor with va
nilla and bake in small cakes; cover with
a white icing.
White Cake-Cream one-half cup OF
batter with one and one-half cups OF
sugar. add scant cup of milk. two cups
Of Hour sfted twice with four level tea
spoons Of baking powder and last til
stittiy beaten whites of four eggs. Fla
Nor with Il teaspoon Of vanilla; bake ana
cover with a boiled icing.
Beefsteak Roll.-Cut a slice weighing
about two pounds from the top of the
round and about one inch thick Cut
three slices of fat salt pork into small
pieces or cubes and season with a levei
teaspoon of sage. Lay the meat on Il
board. sprinkle the seasoned pork over
and roll up tightly. Tie round in severaI
places with strong thread and steam
three hours. Make a gravy from the IL
qud in the pan, using Drowned -four for
the thickening.
Scallop Chowder-Fry three slices OF
salt pork add two quarts of water, ST,
potatoes pared and Sliced and three me
dium-sized onions sliced. Season witt.
SAT- and pepper and cook until the ycgc
tables are nearly tender Add one cuI
u canned tomatoes. a rounding table
spoon OF flour rubbed smooth in "A littin
mix and one quart Of scallops. Cool
ten minutes. add one quart Of hot mil
and let the chowder come to the boilm-
point Serve with crackers.
Cream Fritters.-Put one-quarter cup
Of butter, one-half cup of water and
SaltsFoOn Of salt into saucepan am
heat until il bOls Now stir in aI 81
once threequarters cup Of -four and hea-
smooth. Stir and cook until the mixtura
comes away from the side on the pa
three eggs beaten light When smootl
cut aud fold in the whites beaten sits
Fry il small spOonfnls in deep hot fat
Cool and cut cash in each, flf-witA
cream beaten and sweetencd.
Split Pea Soup.-Wash two cups o.
dried split peas and soak over night f.
cold water. Drain. add plenty Of cod
water and cook slowly until the pes
have bpcOnR a Ynush Add boiling watff
as needed while cookng.\ Rub through
strainer. set back TO heat adding mill
boiling water or stock to make tai
enough. Rnb one-Qnarter cup each o'
butter and -four together. turn into H..
boiling soup cook until smooth and sea
son with one level teaspoon Of salt. oHa
half as much sugar and little pePpec
This makes a plain pea soup. For
change heat two cups If canned tomat
press through a straiHer to take oar 4
seeds add a few drops Of onion juie.
and add to the pea soup.