The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-23

This following recipes nave ali been
tried and are recommended 10 house
wives:
CABBAGE SALAD.
Two cups chopped cabbage, enc cup
celery cut in small pieces. one level
teaspoonfuI finely minced chives, one
tablespoonful tomato carsup. boiled
dressing. one head lettuce. Wash and
crisp the lettuce Mix the cabbage,
celery. chives and catsup and moisten
well with dressing. Serve as lettuce.
STUFFED POTATOES.
This is a delicious way 10 serve
breakfast bacon Bake large, meally
potatoes IL their skins until nearly
done Take from the oven and cut a
slice TO form hinge; with a fork pull
ont the underdone heart and MI the
hollow with a tiny shaving Of smoked
bacon peppered and rolled tightly
Close the potato and put back in the
oven 70 finish cooking.
DROP CAKES.
Mix one pint sifted pastry -four. one
half teaspoon salt, two teaspoons bak-
ing powder and one cup OF sugar. Add
one beaten egg. Rub in one-half cup
butter and mix with milk 10 make a
dough stiff enough 10 keep in shape
when dropped from spoon. Stir in
one cup raisins or currants stewed
slightly and drained, then Toured.
Drop by tablespoonfuls on a well but
tered pan and bake twenty minutes.
LEMON PIES.
For two pies. take the juice and
grated rinds OF two lemons, two cups
of white sugar. one cup of milk, two
tablespoonfuls of corn starch and yolks
Of six eggs. Bake. Make meringue
with whites Of eggs beaten stiff. eight
tablespoonfu!s OF granulated sugar.
Place on top OF pies and brown in
even.
ROUND STEAK STEW.
Two rounds lean round beef cut in
small pieces Flour bean pot, put in
layer OF meat, dredge with -four, salt
and pepper. add bits OF butter. Con-
tinue until all meat is used. pour cold
water over meat 10 cover il, cook
slowly 3 or hours with cover on bean
pot Serve with hot biscuits One can
add carrots. onions. potatoes if liked.
HOT POTATO SALAD
Pare and slice as many potatoes as
required for a meal. Boil, drain and
mash: season with two tablespoonful
Of vinegar. one raw egg, one finely
vcut onion. small piece Of butter and
enough sweet milk 70 beat up smooth
IL. stir al together and place in salad
dish: garnish with butter and two
hard boiled eggs. sliced; sprinkle over
This a pinch OF salt and black pepper;
serve warm.
DATE LAYER CAKE.
One cup sugar. l. cup butter. eggs,
L. cup sweet milk, , cups -four, L.
teaspoon saIeratus, teaspoon cream
Of tartar. Bake in shallow pans.
Filing for Cake-Two thirds cup
sweet milk. cups graduated sugar,
butter size % an egg. Boil together
until sir.pv about minutes. then take
out ha7T and stir into II l heaping cur
Of dates cut dne and ! teaspoon vanil-
Ia Spread this between the cakes
Boil the remainder Of the strip until
II hairs" Beat until thick enough tc
spread and frost the top and sides OF
the cake with II.
EGGLESS JOHNNY CAKE
Two cups Of buttermiIk OF sour milk
three cups Of yellow cornmeal, Two
cups o. -four sifted. with one and one
half teaspoonfuIs Of salt and tea
spoonful OF baking soda three-quaTt'
ers Of 2 cup Of melted lard (melt thi!
in the Tin in which the cake is 10 b'
baked. thus greasing the TIM Bea
the butter hard and bake Immediately
LAYER CAKE.
Cream a lump Of butter the size o
an egg with one cup OF sugar. Bea
r,rea eggs light and add them to TIT
sr,par ana butter mixture. and work il
Gun az -four sifted with a teasPoonfu
of baking powder. Bake in two laye
tins