Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-01-02
A Few Date Dishes.
CEREAL WITH DATES.

CEREAL WITH DATES.
Wash the dates carefully, cut up the
required number, put them into sauce
pan In Just enough water to cover them
and allow them to simmer for about five
minutes. Then drain them and place
around the cereal, or mix them In with
it.
Dates can be served raw In the same
way.
sTEwED DATES.
Wash one.half Of pound OF dates and
set on the stove with enough water to
cover the fruit, add slice or two OF
lemon, and cook slowly until they are
done. Figs can be prepared In this way,
but of course they require longer cook
ing.
DATE PUDDING.
Nix together two cupfuls Of graham
flour, ono cupful of milk, one cupful of
molasses, ono teaspoouful Of salt and
one-half teaspoonful Of soda. Then add
one cupful of dates that have been ston.
ed and cut into small pieces. Steam
them for three hours, then bake In hot
oven for fifteen minutes. Serve with .
favorite pudding sauce.
RICE AND DATE PUDDING.
One quart Of milk, one hesping table
spoonful of rice, pinch of salt, 0ne-half
cupful of chopped dates. Bake In .
slow oven for three hours.
DATE BREAD.
Two pounds of -four, ono quart Of
milk, one-half yeast cake, ono table
spoonful of butter, two teaspoonfuls of
salt. Sft the warmed -four and work
into It the shortening, then add the dis
solved yeast and other ingredients, and
mix we'll with spoon (the dough 10 too
soft to be kneaded but must DO we'll
mixed) Let 1t rise over night. Next
morning, add to the dough one oupful of
dates cut In small pieces and mix we'll
again Put into well-buttered bread
pans, cover with cloth, set In warm
place to rise until the pans are full and
bake In . moderate oven for about one
and one-quarter hours.
DATE AND APPLE MERINGUE.
Peel and carefully core six apples and
bake them In o syrup made Of two
tablespoonfuls Of sugar and two cupfuls
of water, until almost tender. Then
butter baking dish, put In the apples,
fill tho centers with stewed dates and
cover with q stiff froth made OF the
whites of two eggs and ono tablespoonful
OF powdered sugar. Bake for about ton
minutes.
DATES WITH LEMON JELLY.
Soak one-haif box OF gelatine In ono.
half cupful Of cold water for about
twenty minutes. Dissolve In two and
one-half cupfuls of boiling water, add
ono cupful Of sugar and tho juice Of two
lemons. Strain, and half I'll mold and
set on ice. Whom almost firm drop on
dates which have been stoned and stuff.
cd with blAnched almonds. Add the
rest Of the jelly to fill the mold and chill.
Serve with whipped cream.
DATE AND APPLE SAUCE.
A cupful OF stoned chopped dates ID
an agreeable addition TO apple sauce.
Add when the apples are almost cooked.
STUFFED DATES.
Wash and carefully stone some large
moAty dates and NIL tho Contor0 with
Neufchatel cheese and press back into
shape.
STEAMED DATE PUDDING.
Chop finely one. quarter pound Of
dates, add ono cupful OF brown sugar,
two cupfuls OF bread crumbs, ons-quarter
pound of chopped suet, two eggs, the
juice and grated rind Of . lemon, one
tablespoonful Of -four and one table
spoonful of molasses. Steam three
hours and serve with sauce.
DATE CAKE FILLING.
Chop finely ons-balf pound of da to-,
add one heaping tablsspo onful Of sugar,
one-tbird cupful of boiling water and
one tablespoonful Of lemon juice. Nix
together and cook in double boiler till
thick enough to be spread on cake. Use
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