Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-04
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

Thanksgiving is over and the boys
and girls are back in college and
school. The first snow has been warm
ly welcomed by everybody and the lit
tie folks have got sleds and skates
ready for good times on Saturday when
there is no school, The housewife has
been busy person for some days past
ard is taking things" easy prepara-
tory to planning for Christmas festv>
tiles That boy in college way out in
a western state will be here. and the
girl. who is attending school in New
York or Massachusetts will be at home
in a little cvor two weeks and then
there will be all kinds OF good times.
The young men and women who are
busy with the cares of business in
places away from the home town and
city will arrive in time for the holiday
and there will be family gatherings ev-
erywnere.
Mother has big fruit cake already
put away in the darkest md coolest
corner of the pantry and she is plans
ming somt delicious dishes. One OF TIL"
boys in certain family is particularly
fond of fanatics in any form and his
mother will serve luncheon, dish
which goes right to the spot" Here
is the recipe for it and it is good too.
Tomato Luncheon DiSh-Peel three
large ripe tomatoes and remove the
seeds. Remove the seeds from two
green peppers Peel three large
| boiled potatoes and chop all together,
fine. with q small piece of onion. Put
| into frying pan with piece of but
| -. fnr. q rot
or ten minutes, then stir in four eggs
and cook until they are done. The re-
cipe says use whole tomatoes" but
one mother has used canned ones witt
good success.
| With unfailing regularity on hel
visits home. one young woman Away:
knows that she will have deliciou.
beef loaf waiting for her especial bene
| fit. Her mother is a good cook in ev'
cry sense of the word. and the loaf i:
one of her masterpieces in the culinary
lire. Here is the way she makes it
sb" takes some hamburg steak, one
two or three pounds just as she wishes
puts four or five common crackers OF
her bread board and rolls them fine
then = generous sprinkle of salt ant
pepper and some butter go in and al
egg if she can afford it. She uses :
bread tin to bake the loaf in, afte
greasing the inside of the tin, she put:
in the meat in which the crackers an(
seasoning has been thoroughly mixed
and jus+-enough milk or water addet
to make it "Stick." She molds it il
the shane of a loaf leaving a ditch
around the sides and then she pours ;
cup of milk over it and puts it into thu
oven for at least an hour and a half o
steady baking. She always let's it coo
in the pan and there is a delicious gra
Wy already for use when she removes 1
in time for supper. 1t is decidedly goo(
but when the mother wishes to save {
little over for the dinner pals. she hal
to hide it on the top SHELF and tina
does not always answer either for thu
man of the house likes it as we'll al
does the rest of the ''children.'
A nice potato salad is made as fol
lows: Cut cold boiled potatoes in l.
inch cubes. sprinkle cupfulS with l.
tablespoonful salt and IA teaspOOnfu
pepper add tablespoonfuls oil ant
mix thoroughly, then add tablespoon
fu.s vinegar. A few drops of onion
juice may he added or 1-2 teaspoonfu
chives finely cut. Arrange in a mOult