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all Well together then fill small greas
ed shells with the mixture. and bak,
r in a moderate oven for half an hour
A small bail Of butter placed on tn,
top will help to brown them, and any
haYoring of chopped onion, parsley o.
herbs are an Improvement.
A Salad of Cold VegetahIes-This is
an economical salad, as it can be
made from whatever cold vege
tables have been left from yester
days dinner, such as peas, string
beans, caulifower, potatoes or beets
Cut them into small pieces, then place
on the ice; when ready to serve line
a salad dish with crisp lettuce leaves;
put the cold vegetables in these and
pour over French dressing
/ Scotch Apple Tart-Peel and core
half dozen tart apples and place
in crock in a slow oven, adding
neither water nor sugar. When tender
mix in Sultana raisins, allowing a
| QUE and to each no,1nd of
a. l'llpa into deep baking dish,
sprinkle with sugar and grated lemon;
cover with top crust, pricking well
to allow for the escape Of steam, and
bake in quick oven. Serve with
milk.
English Apple Tart-Peel and core
tart apples, put into large saucepan.
cover with boiling water; stew gently
until the apples are tender but I'M
broken. Line the edges of deep pie
tin with crust, then fill the center of
the dish with apples, dropping into
the center of each a spoonful of or
ange marmalade. Cover the top of the
dish with strips of pastry arranged
lattice fashion and bake quickly until
brown. Serve hot.
Ham and Egg Loaf--Chop remains
of cold boiled ham, add crushed crack
ers and from three to six eggs, well |
beaten, according to the amount of
your meat. Bake in small tin, and
when cold it can be sliced
Old-Fashioned Pumpkin Wafers-A
recipe for pumpkin waters has been
handed down in one household for
generations. This is the way they are
made: After preparing the pumpkin
in the usual way by pairing it and
removing the seeds it is steamed un-
TIL 1t becomes very dark rich and
thick looking, then sugar is added to
taste, and 1t is cooked a second time
in moderately heated oven. When
dry and thick it is of the right con-
sistency to be rolled out on a Toured
board, and shaped with the tin cut
ter The waters are placed on plates,
and when thoroughly dry are wrapped
In oiled paper. They will keep indef-
nitely and besides being delicious for
afternoon tea, few of them dissolved
n milk and the necessary ingredients
added make homemade pumpkin pie
possible in a short time.
Bacon and AppTes-Slice bacon thin
md fry it crisp. Transfer to platter
Ind keep it hot while you fry thick
lices of unpeeled sweet apples in the
'acon fat. When these are tender,
rain and put in the center of a hot :
latter Lay the fried bacon about the
dge of the dish, sprinkle sugar over
be apples and serve. !
Raisin Bread--Scald a pint of milk
nd beat into 1t a teaspoonful of melt :
d butter and one Of salt When the !
MIXTURE is lukewarm add half yeast re
axe dissolved in half cupful Of hot .
'ater and beat in enough -four to Q
lake a good batter. Set in a warm
pom to rise for eight hours. Beat 9
ard, add cupful of -four and work =
| cupful of halved and seeded rails G
IS, plentifully dredged with -four. Set Q
rise until light, then bake. =
Cream Sandwiches ~ Make nice
hort pastry and roll it rather thin,
nd cut three inches long and one and
ne-half inches wide, and bake in
ot oven. When done light brown,
rush over with the yolk Of an egg;
1T lenghtwise, and spread with
jam, to form a sandwich,
ut on whipped cream plentifully, and p
A the cream stiff froth, made Of a
'aspoonful Of powdered sugar and II
re white of an egg.
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Cabbage and Tonlato Picke--Four II
larts of chopped red cabbage. two ca
larts Of chopped green tomatoes, &C
70 green peppers, chopped, one quart bt
good cider vinegar, four cupfuls OF R
lgar, one heaping teaspoonful each
cinnamon, allspice, cloves, mustard,
nd black pepper. Mix and cook thor lii
lghly. u
Orange JumbIes--One pound Of butt 81
II, one pound Of sugar, two pounds of
-four three eggs, juice Of two or
lges, three teaspoonfuls OF baking
1wder, pinch OF salt. Roll thin. and
AXE in quick oven, sprinkling with Tx