The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-23
USES FOR NOODLES
ECONOMICAL AND APPETlziNo
ARTICLES OF DIET.
Can BE Easily Made at Home n Pre-
ferred--Good Substitute for Pc.
tatoes--To Serve with Scram-
bled Eggs.


The noodle is to the German wife
what spaghetti and macaroni repre-
sent to the Italian, backbone OF daily
diet. The American housewife. usual
ly quick to seize upon all good points
OF foreign cookery, is just waking up
to the economic possibilities OF
noodles. which now come ready pre-.
pared like macaroni and spaghetti, in
packages and in three different sizes
OF golden stripes, fine, medium and
broad.
Noodle factories bear investigation,
and their manufacture Is so rapid u
process that they are clapped into
boxes before dust germs have time
to settle upon them. For the busy
housewife the ready-to-use noodle Is
boon. but If you have time to pre-
pare them yourself here is a reliable
recipe:
One pound sifted -four, five raw
eggs two saltspoons salt, two table
spoons cold milk. Heap the slfted
flour ON your bread board and make
a well in the center of the -four. Into
this turn the raw eggs, then add
milk and salt and with your hand
work the whole into a fine paste.
Roll into a ball, then fiatten with your
hands until it looks like thick, fiat
cake. Allow it to stand thus for
ten minutes. Roll with Toured roll
ing pin until it is half an inch thick.
Leave 1t thus for five minutes. then
ron again until 1t is no thicker than
sheet of wrapping paper. After
leaving II thus for five minutes, di'
vide the paste into two sections and
roll each until wafer-like thin Slice
very thin. and allow them to stand
Is minutes to dry thoroughly before
using. If packed in cool, dry place
they will keep several days.
In frying noodles do not use too
much fat and drain thoroughly before
serving.
In using prepared noodles boil
alone a few minutes before adding
other ingredients Drop into boiling
salted water, cook briskly for ten min
utes, then drain In colander
Noodles with Ham.
Cut raw sliced ham into narrow
strips. Fry in saucepan until crisp
add an equal quantity of noodles
which have been boiled and fry until
the latter are Drowned. Serve very
hot on squares OF toast.
Substitute for Potatoes.
In an emergency boil noodles ten
minutes, drain, pour into hot dish and
add melted butter Then sprinkle
with ground motzoth or crackers pull
verified, and Drowned in a pan with
a little butter,
Noodles au Gratin.
Boil and drain the noodles and stir
into them a liberal quantity of grated
Parmesan or American cheese Turn
into cooking dish. pour over them a
thick cream sauce made with milk,
add a dash of paprika. cover the top
of the dish with grated cheese and
bits Of butter Bake until golden
brown.
Noodles Baked In Gravy.
An excellent way to use the bowl
full of gravy left from yesterdays din
ner. Remove the grease which has
gathered on top of the cold gravy
turn the boiled noodles into baking
dish, rubbed lightly with butter, pour
the gravy over the noodles and bake
until top is brown and crisp.
Eggs Scrambled with Noodles.
Boil fine noodles and after draining
cut into short pieces Have ready an
equal quantity of raw eggs, just
broken. not beaten to froth. Turn
tine noodles into a saucepan with a
bit OF butter, toss until golden brown.
and then add the eggs, cooking until
the latter are firm For those who
like cheese, the addition OF tea
spoonful of Parmesan or grated
American cheese TO a cupful of boiled
noodles and three eggs makes an ac-