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The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Stuffed Artichokes
Annie voight, box "a, stockt,

Annie vOight, Box "a, Stockton
Boil one dozen artichokes in salted
water until tender. Use only the bot
toms, or "chokes," stuffed.
For the stuffing chop fine one onion.
Braise it, one Glove of garlic and six
chopped chicken livers together.
Thicken with bread crumbs and the
yolks of two eggs. Put this stuffing
in the bottoms of the artichokes and
bake 10 minutes. When all is ready
arrange the artichokes on the dish in
a circle, put the sweetbread saute in
the center and arrange some heart
shaped croutons between the arti-
chokes. Garnish with parsley.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Some Good Recipes

Speed-a-Way Sponge Cake-Three
eggs. one cupful sugar, four table
spoonfuls milk, one cupful -four. tea
Bake in square tin. cut in squares, re-
move small portions from center of
each, fill with jam. Decorate with
icing.
Sandwiches a la Motor-Shape very
thin slices of sandwich bread with
cake cutter. Remove portions of up
per layer to form wheels. Spread with
deviled or potted ham.
Basket SRlad-Remove seeds OF half
a dozen green peppers, cut in form Of
iaS oaSsaete,, nj M Win St cnoPpea wa9 oeans,
French dressing.
Tangle Foot Fly Paper as a Mouse
Trap-Place a piece of cheese in center
of sheet of fly paper, place in the
closet. You will have Mr.. Mouse in the
morning
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
ST PRIZE
How to Wash Feather Pillows

ID. l.. Pack, rs Orange Ave-. FruItvaIe
Choose q bright, windy day. fill the
wash tub with hot suds, nlunge the pill
lows with feathers) in it. Put them
through several waters, shaking them
about briskly- then hang them on the
line In the open air. When perfectly
dry shake well. They will be light,
fresh and sweet. After they have been
washed in this way they should be
hung out IN the warm, fresh air every
day for a week
Never put them in the hot sun as the
heat draws the oil out OF the feathers
and gives them an unpleasant odor.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Household Hints
Mrs. j. B. Todd. 3147 Kern street.
Fresno

Hard water is rendered soft and
pure, rivaling distilled water, by mere
" boiling a two ounce vial, say in a
kettle of water, the carbonate Of lime
and other impurities adhering to the
bottle. The water bOils quicker.
Spread a good sized cloth in steamer.
lay in dry biscuit or slices of light
bread; cover closely with the cloth and
steam 10 or Is minutes. Bread will be
almost fresh as new.
A bag made out of soft outing fan
mel. with a rufffe in the bottom and a
drawstring at the top. to slip over the
broom. will be found good for dusting
walls and ceilings
When putting away dried fruit, IL Is
said that putting in a little sassafras
park VIII keep away the trouolesome
insects that destroy so much dried
fruit. Proportion: A handful OF bark
to a bushel OF fruit
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Celery Soup

Mrs. w. L. Clark, San Mateo, Box 21t
Take one head of celery, wash 1t
clean, then cut it up in small pieces
and boil 1t half hour; then add one
teaspoonful salt pepper to taste; then
add quart of sweet milk and piece of
butter size OF egg and let come to boil;
then add two and one half teaspoonfuls
of cornstarch dissolved In little cold
water; then stir into mixture. Let it
boil half hour and strain 1t in another
clean dish; then take one half pint Of
sweet whipped cream, pour into the
mixture and serve.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Strawberry Short Cake
Miss Emma Martin, r.. #. ID. 1, Watson


Miss Emma Martha, r. #. ID. 1, Watson
Vile
One pint of sifted -four, half tea
spoon of salt, one tablespoon of sugar.
teaspoon and half of baking pow
der, one egg, one tablespoon of butter.
half cup of milk.
Directions-Sift -four, salt, sugar and
baking powder together, rub butter
into -four, add egg lbeaten light, add
milk; mix with knife edo not knead)
roll into sheets half an inch in thick
ness, butter pan, lay sheets of cake in
baking pan, brush with butter, put on
second sheet; bake in moderate oven
about Is minutes. When baked sepa-
rate sheets, put a layer of crushed
fruit between, sprinkle with powdered
sugar, another layer of fruit on top,
and cover with whipped cream.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Southern Fried Corn
"a Genuine Tennessee Recipe.0

Lois Hoffman, 4OS Twenty-sixth Ave-
nue., Fruitvale
Four large ears green corn, four
thin slices salt pork or bacon. pepper
to taste; one tablespoonful nouB a
third cup milk.
Cut corn from cobs. Fry out pork
and remove pieces. Add corn and pep
per and cook 10 minutes. Add g. very
little boiling water and cook five min
utes. Stir in the -four and then the
milk. Cook until it begins to brown
on the bottom of the pan. Add salt
and more pepper, If desired.
Canned corn may be used, after
draining, in the same way.
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Poor Mans Dinner
Rose smith. 5O4 First Avenue, Corner
PIT. LOb0s, San Francisco

Rose Smith. 504 First Avenue. Corner
Pt. LObos, San Francisco
soup--Thirty cents worth of ribs of
beef. soup vegetables; boil slowly four
hours; remove meat. season soup 10
taste Rice served with soup is good
Salad-Boil one pint of sprouts and
drain them when tender; sprinkle with
onion, olives, walnut kernels and capers
in equal parts and two teaspoons lemon
these and serve.
Roast-Take your ribs of beef, of
which you made soup sprinkle bread
crumbs. pepper and salt over it; place
tatoes baked around the meat are very
nice.
Puddil lg-Take pieces OF stale bread.
blitter them pour over them one pint
of milk In which was beaten two eggs.
two tablespoons sugar, pinch of salt,
one teaspoon vanilla extract; bake In
oven half hour.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Clam Chowde-r
Mrs. II. e. Darcy. San Mateo

One quart CLANS, six crackers. Fry
two slices salt pork; slice one onion,
put in two or three slices; six potatoes,
cut in dice; put in a layer of potatoes,
then one of clans, having the CLAIMS
chopped fine; salt and pepper, then d
layer of onions, then layer of broken
crackers. Fill up this way, then add
the clam liquid and water to cover
them. Cook until the potatoes are
done. Before serving add a pint Of
hot milk This is enough for eight
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23

mixture the milk, which must be- at
the boiling point, and stir for a min
Rub soup through strainer. pepper and
salt and return to stove. Beat yDlks
of eggs, add cream to them and stir
into soup. Cook three minutes, stir
ring constantly. If one likes onions,
do not put soup through strainer.
This Is a delightfully."- refreshing dish.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
A Pineapple OmeIet

Miss A. Claussen, 2236 San Antonio
Avenue, Alameda
Beat four eggs with a teaspoonful
OF lemon Juice and heaping table
spoonful of powdered sugar. Place
IN the utensil in which IL is to be
cooked a generous tablespoonful of
butter. When it begins TO bubble,
pour in the eggs. When the eggs are
firm and nicely brown on one side
spoons of pineapple, grated fine and
sweetened with sugar. Fold the ONE
let, turn on a hot dish, dust some pow
dered sugar over the surface and
serve.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
ChiId's Underskirt
n NJ. Forest Ranch

Take the legs OF boys heavy ribbed
stockings after the feet are worn out
and cut open; sew enough OF them to-
gether to make a rather scant skirt
and finish the bottom with a small
scaIlop in bright colored silk or fine
yarn Make waist Of any desired ma
drawers for my tots out of the old
stockings and find this kind of under
wear more serviceable, neater and
cheaper than any other kind.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Onion Soup

M. l.. Hughes, San Anselmo, Marin
County
One quart of milk. six large onions.
four tablespoonfuls of butter. one
Tablespoonful of flour, the yolks of two
or three eggs, one cup of cream or one
cup Of milk; add a tablespoonful of
Put butter in frying pan. Chop
onions or cut in thin slices and drop
into melted butter Stir until they
begin to cook. Cover tightly and
simmer for half an hour Now add
the dry flour and stir constantly four
minutes over the fire. Pour over this
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Meat Pie (OriginaD
/. e. Eddy. College City, coIusa County

A. Z. Eddy, College City, COIusa County
Take equal quantities of cold roast
beef or boiled beef and cold boiled
potatoes one medium sized onion. two
hot green peppers, chop fine, add
pepper, salt and generous slice OF
butter then add hot water to make OF
right consistency. neither too thick nor
too thin, put in rather shallow porcelain
pan.
Take cold mashed potatoes. put on
stove to warm, add little milk, beat
till light then cover meat. Cover
potatoes with rolled cracker crumbs,
then dot with bits OF butter. Bake till
brown
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Mayonnaise With the White of
the Egg (OriginaD
Mrs. NJ. w. Harris. Seabrir

Mrs. VI. w. Harris. Seabright
Separate the white from the yolk
and beat it perfectly stiff. then put in
the yolk and put in your oil a table
spoonful or more at a time until you
have as much as you want. You may
put in pint or more and it will never
go back on you Always beat with
egg beater l find this way so much
easier than using the yolk separate.
and, besides, you can make so much
more from one egg.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Chocolate Sausages
Mrs. A. MetzIOr. "a King street, santa
Cruz

Half a pound almonds (blanched)
chopped quite fine. half pound sweet
ened chocolate grated. quarter OF
pound sugar. quarter OF a pound cur
rants or raspberry Jelly. white Of one
egg: mix all together several minutes.
sugar pshans into large sansarss roll ,sri
in sugar, tie in paraffine paper. dry
slowly in a warm place. slice as sau-
sages-
Candy POtatoes-BoiI half a pound
sugar with half a pint water until
stringy, then add half pound grated
(not blanched) almonds, boil until
quite stiff: when cold shape like small
potatoes: dry out of doors. then roll
in grated chocolate, with a sharp knife
cut two or three on top for eyes
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Ginger Cake
Mrs. W. III. Crawford. suItana

ME W. M OfHW1UEu1 Su1tdHa
Three eggs, one cupful molasses, one
cupful sugar, half cupful butter and
lard mixed. Add one cupful butter and
ter Of a teaspoonful cinnamon and ALL
spice, two scant teaspoonfuls soda
sifted through flour enough to make a
little sitter than ordinary cake batter.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
To Roast Turkey or Chicken
Without a Roasting Pan

Mrs. f.. w. Pine. Route 2. Santa Rosa
Place the prepared fowl in a COM
mon dripping pan and cover with a
crust made of -four, water and salt.
Put plenty OF water in the pan and you
can go TO church or about your other
work and know that 1t will be safe.
When tender remove crust to brown
the top a little more and you will be
surprised at its delicacy. having re-
tanned all the fine flavor without any
overdone parts.
p. S.-The dog gets the crust.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Marrow DumpIings for Soup

Mrs. NJ. Tonnissen, 206 Chattanooga
Street, San Francisco
One loaf of stale bread with the crust
taken off (white bread): the marrow
OF 40 cents worth OF beef; two raw
eggs, three tablespoons of chopped
parsley. salt to taste. one teaspoonful
of black or white pepper; put all In a
chopping bowl and chop very fine, then
roll into balls the size of a small egg,
rolled in a little -four and put in boil
ing soup 10 minutes before eating.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Lobster Broakan

Augusta Olson, 1912 Paru Street, Ala
media
Cook a small baby lobster; when
done cut in half, take out the meat
and cut 1t in squares and mix 1t with
cream sauce; fill the head part with
stewed oysters and the tail with
creamed lobster; cover the whole with
mayonnaise, sprinkle the head part
with parsley and the tail with chopped
truff1es. Serve on each plate a half
with red ribbon tied around II.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Devils Cake
Mrs. j. n. CornweII, 131 south G Street,
Sam Rafael

Stir together and boil until quite
thick and then allow to get cold one
cup grated chocolate, one cup brown
sugar, half cup sweet milk, one tea
egg.
Cream one cup brown sugar, half cup
of butter add yolks Of two eggs well
beaten, half cup sweet milk, one tea
spoonful soda dissolved in a little hot
water. two cups flour ssfted with one
teaspoonful cinnamon. half teaspoonful
cloves, half teaspoonful ginger and a
of two eggs: then add the cooked mart.
FfIling-Boil two cups white sugar
with quarter teaspoonful cream of tar
tar wet with 10 teaspoonfuls water un-
til II strings; add 32 marshmallows and
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Pineapple Cream Pie
Irene Aitken, Corning

Half a cup butter, one cup sugar,
one can shredded pineapple. half a
cup milk, two eggs; cream the butter.
add gradually the sugar then the
pineapple, milk and eggs well beaten.
Mix well and bake in one crust like
custard pie, when cool cover with
meringue or with whipped cream
sweetened and favored with vanilla.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Chocolate Nut Fudge

Miss Hazel EIma Reid, 943 Magnolia
Street, Oakland
Two and one half cups sugar, FIVE
tablespoons ground chocolate, sweet
ened: mix thoroughly, then add three
fourths of a cup Of sweet milk Let
boil, without stirring. until 1T spins a
thread. Before removing from fire add
one half of a teaspoon vanilla.
Beat until thick, then add one large
cup Of chopped nuts. Pour in but
tered tins to cool.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Brown Stone Front

Mrs. ID. II. DAILY. Exeter, TuIare
County
Take one cup of sugar. half cup of
butter, three eggs. half cup OF sweet
milk, two cups of -four, one teaspoon
of soda, CRATE four squares of choco-
late; mix with it three-fourths cup of
milk yolk OF one egg and one cup OF
sugar. Boil until thick: when cool add
one teaspoon Of vanilla, then mix in
the dough.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Devils Food
Mary Downey, 477H Twenty-fourth
street. San Francisco

Two cupfuls of sugar, one-haif-cup of
butter. two eggs, one half cake of
chocolate dissolved in one-half cup of
boiling water; a little salt, one tea
Sour milk "a and ona three ' cupfuis % Of four. u.
Bake in layers.
Filling-One-half cup of cream or
rich milk, one half cupful of butter,
two cupfuls of sugar. one teaspoonful
of vanilla; mix these together with two
tablespoonfuls of chocolate and cook 1t
until it becomes waxy: then cool and
spread quickly on layers.
Peanut Marguerites-Shell about 20
cents worth of peanuts, breaking the
peanut in half, mixed with the beaten
whites of three eggs and one-fourth
cupful Of sugar powdered preferred)
spread mixture on Saratoga chip crac-
ers; set in oven and let remain until
light brown.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Doughnuts
iss Annie DriscOfI, 2 OakH0od Street,
San Francisco

Miss Annie DriscOfI, lakewood Street,
San Francisco
One cup butter, a cup OF milk,
Two eggs beaten as fine as silk
Sf S bskinr Hh nu,e powder teasnoons ] wsii two 1o
Lightly stir the -four in.
Roll on pie board not too thin;
Cut them round, the shape of rings,
Drop with care the dainty things
Into lard that briskly sweiIs
Evenly .he doughy cells.
Watch with care the time for turning.
Fry them brown. just short OF burning,
Roll in sugar and serve when cool,
For good luck just follow this rule,
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Orange Marmalade
NIrs. w. J. Barrett. s8S Madison Street,
Oakland

Odkianu
Select one dozen large navel oranges
remove peel from three, cut peel in
fine strips with scissors, put In cold
water and bring TO boil; do this three
times; remove peel from remaining
cut all the IL oranges in small pieces;
weigh fruit; use same weight in sugar:
put sugar and one pint of water to
boil two minutes and skim; put in
peel. boil two minutes. then fruit; boil
25 minutes, watching all the time This
will make IL glasses of delicious mar
malade.
In making pie dough 1 use one table
spoon of lard, one OF olive oil to one
cup of -four.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
MoIasses Fruit Cake
Miss Lois EgenhOf. Bear Valley, MARI
pOsa County

One teacup OF butter. one teacup
brown sugar, worked well together;
next two teacups of cooking mOlasSes.
one cup of milk with a teaspoon OF
soda dissolved in IL. one tablespoon OF
ginger, one teaspoon cloves. little
nutmeg; now add four eggs. well beat
en- and FIVE cups of sifted -four or
enough to make stiff batter. Flour
a cup of raisins. one Of currants. add
last. Bake in a very moderate oven
one hour.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Oyster Plant
Mrs. III. Taylor, 6I2 Dutra Street, Mon
terey

terey
To cook oyster plant. scrape roots
and lay them in cold water, adding
little vinegar to keep them from dark
ening. Boil in salted water until ten
der. Among several ways to serve 1t
is this: Make a white sauce as fol-
lows-One tablespoon butter, one of
flour. one cup milk, salt and pepper to
taste. Cut the oyster plant into small
dice, mix 1t with the sauce and when
hot pour the whole into a pie dish;
squeeze upon 1t little lemon juice;
sprinkle with layer OF bread crumbs;
dot surface with tiny bits of butter
and bake quickly. / sometimes serve
ing
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spoonful Of salt and five drops of
tabasco sauce. Place oysters on one
half Of bread and the other half on
top. Tie with pretty ribbon; shake
each loaf so it may I'LL up, then place
q fork in each loaf and serve with
lemons
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
A Good Shoe Backing
Mrs. Ewig. WatsonviIIe

Mrs. Ewig, WatsOnvfIIe
A very good shoe blacking is: Take
very small quantity of the white
of a raw egg. Rub 1t on the shoe
lightly and surprising results will be
given when it is dry. Housewives al
ways have little whites of eggs left
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
California Cake
Mrs. j.. Rasmussen, 1929 Versailles
Avenue, Alameda

Avenue, Alameda
Six eggs, whites and yolkS beaten
separately; two-thirds of a cup of
sugar, one cup of flour, one-half cup
of chocolate and two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder.
Beat yolks we'll; add sugar, beat
again; add whites we'll beaten; then
add flour. chocolate and baking pow
der sifted together. Bake in a. square
tin and split the cake with q thin
knife while hot, and place the follow
ing filing between the layers: A cup
of thin cream, one-half cup walnuts,
yolks of two eggs. Boil all until
creamy, then add one tablespoonful OF
brandy
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Fruit Cake
Mrs. C. III. Wittner. 4O3 Lincoln street,
WatsOnvtIle

Wats0nvtIlc
Sugar one pound or two cups; butter,
three-fourths pound, mix well together
six eggs, beat white and yolks separate
ly; then half cup sour milk. half pint
molasses, one pound -four or four cup
fuls; one teaspoonful soda, cinnamon,
cloves and allspice to suit the taste;
two pounds raisins, one pound citron.
two pounds currants. half pound nuts,
rub thoroughly with flour. half cup
brandy. Bake In moderate oven for
three hours. This is the PaJaro valley
fruit recipe and ii is fit for the pres
ident, for thexe is none superior TO it.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Mexican Hot

Mrs. f. w. ThieImeyer, 426 Connecticut
Street, San. Francisco
One dozen large tomatoes, four large
onions, eight hot peppers and eight
bell peppers, one cup vinegar, one and
a half cups sugar, one tablespoon Gin
namon half a teaspoon cloves. Chop
tomatoes, onions and peppers mix and
put in sugar, vinegar and spice. Bake
in oven two hours and it will not stick
on bottom and burn like 1t would if
cooked on top of the stove.
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Good | Letters viii Be Published

let stand where warm until marshmal-
lows are dissolved. Beat whites of three
eggs until stiff and slowly add the
boiled sugar. Beat until quite cold,
then add one cup chopped walnuts.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Jack Rabbit Fricassee
"a Ia Mendocino county)
Annie E. Logan. 1914 Oakland Avenue.
Piedmont

Piedmont
After the rabbit is thoroughly
cleaned cut up into medium sized
pieces. Place an iron frying pan on
the fire, with a generous tablespoonful
of butter and lard. Dip the meat in
-four and fry until it is a rich brown
Season with salt and pepper. Remove
the meat from the pan after It is we'll
cooked. Pour into the pan a cup OF
cream. When IL boils up. pour over
toes,
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Layer Cake With MarshmaIIow
Filling
Mrs. w. NJ. Bartlett, s9I Sixtieth street,
Oakland

Take one cup of sugar. half cup of
butter, three eggs, two cups of flour,
two teaspoons of baking powder, and
flavor with vanilla; bake in layers
FllIing-Boil two cups of sugar with
one cup OF water until 1t threads. Just
before taking it off the fire put in Is
cents worth of pink marshmallows
and cut In bits to melt easily. Pour
this mixture into the beaten whites
of two eggs and beat until cold. This
is very nice.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
To Whiten Chicken

Mrs. II. Hardin, Box 504. PetaIumR
One half teaspoon of salt, one half
teaspoon of soda, one tablespoonful Of
warm water. Rub the back bone, under
the wings and sides at night; next morn
ing wash the chicken all off and the
meat will be white.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Whole Wheat Pudding

MIS-. fAHIe j. McF HrIane. I<UI HObInsOn
Street, OrOville
Two cups of whole wheat -four. half
teaspoonful soda, half teaspoonful salt,
one cup of milk, half cup of New Or
leans molasses. or syrup one cup Of
salt and soda into the -four then the
milk, molasses and raisins. Put in
creased pan and steam two and half
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Something That Every Mother
Should Know

Mrs. E. Fredericls, 1864 Fulton street,
San Francisco
A Simple RinSworm Cure-Wash the
part affected with boracic acid and ap-
ply black writing fluid or ink While
the Ink is still damp apply powdered
cigar ashes, rubbing with a circular
motion. If given a fair trial 1t never
fails.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
Salmon Trout la PeuchateIoise

Mrs. Jennie r.. Roufi1er. 431 Claiming
Avenue. Palo Alto
Take a good sized salmon trout, put
salt and pepper inside the fish and tie
If. Take a fish kettle, put In one quart
Of water, three little French carrots.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23

W expense ana 70 your satiS>
faction, that by a safe and sure treatment
we can permanently build up and stir into
action the flesh producing functions which
must now be weak to produce your thin
ness. whether your lack OF flesh is all over
the body or in one particular part
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A few doses OF teto remedy val IN
vas1ahtv csra an ordinary e1rac& Of
Aaafrhosa
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SveA In tho moro severe rsAseha u
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HarrhDa and cholera infantom Ia
children, and 10 the rpsens Of savtng
the lives Of many children Zach year.
When reduced with wHtor aEA
sweetened IL IL pleasant TO take.
Ev~ry man Of g family should kssD
this remedy In hts home. Buy - acv.
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