The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-01
f 2; Recipe for WaHes.

Please let me have good recipe for waffies, or several, if you have them. Wa prefer those which include butter in the batter.
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 As you have been informed by mail. 1t Is against our rules to send recipes in pri- yate letters. l am happy to print for your benefit two recipes which have been pop- ular in my family for long term of years. one of which was handed down to nc from a former genera. on"
 MOTHERS WAFFLES.-Two cups of milk. two eggs three cups of sifted flour, two even teaspoonfuls of baking powder. a saltspoonful of salt, one tablespoonful of melted butter.
 Sift baking powder and salt three times with the flour. Beat yolks and whites to- gether and very light. Add the milk to these. then the melted butter. lastly the flour. Beat hard for one minute.
 Rub the waffle irons with salt then wash and wipe and set at the side of the range for an hour to heat them gradually. Thus seasoned" <" they will not adhere to the batter after they are greased well. At the end of the hour move to the front over a hole and grease with lard tied up in a bit of cloth. Try little of the batter to test the heat before baking a waffle.
 RICE WAFFLES.-One cup of boiled rice. one pint of milk, two eggs, a scant tablespoonful of lard, two even teaspoon- fuls of baking powder flour for rather thin batter. Begin mixing with a cupfu1 and thlcken if necessary.
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 Philadelphia Pepper P,i.
 am sending you q recipe for the gem uineness of which I vouch. It is seldom seen except in it's homo in an eastern city, but I am often asked for 1t and have seen repeatedly requests for It answered in the most absurd way imaginable Be- ing Phlladelphian by birth and breeding and long residence, I am morally certain of having the simon pure recipe.
 PHILADELPHIA PEPPER PoT-BoIl three pounds of 'honeycomb' tripe in salted water for three hours Then cut it into cubes or Into small strips. Cut into pieces of corresponding size ten potatoes of mes dium size. Put tripe and potatoes into the water In which the tripe was boiled Add pepper, sweet marjoram and thyme to suit your taste. and cook steadily hslr an hour. More water may be added from the boiling tea kettle should the contents of the pot thicken too much.
 Mas. J. A. McC. IChicagol"
 Your recipe is far simpler in ingredi- ents and treatment than any other have ever seen. Still 1t leaves in my mind question similar to that which confronts me when I read recipes for making salt rising. bread. Why the name? Salt has as little to do with the composition of the bread as pepper with the famous Pbiladel- phla dish. "Tripe stew !" would be more suitable. We are glad, nevertheless, to get hold Uf the simon pure
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 " MENDING UMBREIzIsAS.--Whe Whensthe rib of an umbrella, needed at once and in haste. breaks out of it's eyes, the smallest size of safety pin may be used to clasp it back in after fitting the corresponding eye at the middle of the rib between the two on the brace, or vice versa In great emergen- cies have used gem clip. such as are found in offices, or even stout common pin. pushed through all the eyes and bent, will do.
 1" CLEANSER. lover bowl or cupful of white cornmeal pour enough gasoline to moisten thoroughly. but not enough to stand on the meal. With this have cleaned stains from light etamne. etc. which even dry, cleaning or washing in soap would not remove. If applied at the outer edge and worked toward the center it will remove the rings left by gasoline used alone on light colored fabrics If necessary, repeat after drying out.'