Evening star., 1913-12-07
Dishes for Winter Days

on bottom Of oven first, then if top
4 doesn't bake fast enough, set on top.
Mock Duck. ..,r.;,
| Have good cut round steak at 1east5
two inches thick Place on the medSs
| board and spread with a forcemeat made"
from two cupfuls of bread crumbs, 4
half cupful of bacon drippihgs, butter os-
j vegetable oil, a tablespoonful of minced.
parsley. one small onion chopped, haff
a teaspoonfui OF salt quarter of teaas
spoonful OF pepper and a little Glove.
A half cupful of seeded raisins may bpf
added If desired. Roll the meat aboubs
this filling and secure in several placesc
with strips Of white cloth. Have the~
center higher than the ends, whiehs
should taper of to points. yarf
Roll in flour and place in the roasting
pan on top of the stove or in the oven..
having the pan creased and very hot.
and turning the meat until evenly.
Drowned. Now add to the pan some:
good broth or stock with a. few slicest
of onion, a celery stalk, bay leaf and tef.
mato or slice of lemon, and continue they
cooking until the duck is. Well done, n
Take from the pan, remove the stripss
OF cloth and place the meat shotd
platter. Skim the fat from the surfaceb
of the sauce remaining in the PAM ao9s
Drowned flour to thicken with chii, vinetc
over the neat. Serve with a garnish OF
little mounds of cooked spaghetti .-~ :,
Simple But Appetizing Cabbage
Salad. u. v
Crisp the cabbage in ice water, then
shave fine and. dress with salt. pepper,
olive Oil and lemon Juice or vinegar Is
Dried Apple Cake. 10
Soak a cupful and half of dried or
eyaporated apples in. cold water over
night. Stir soft in a half cupful OF, mo.1
lasses. Do. t. is the day before you ar4,
ready to cake the cake.
Beat to a cream one-half cupful OF butE
ter and a cupfui OF sugar. Add two-thirda,
of cupful of sour milk, then the sofE
tened apples, with two well beaten eggs,
q teaspoonful of cloves. two tesspoonruls
OF cinnamon, grating of nutmeg and
three cups of -four. sifted three times
over with a half teaspoonful OF soda.
Mix thoroughly, using the hands. Have
ready one cup OF raisins. two-thirds cup
full of well washed currants and a little
shredded citron. A few finely chopped
butternut or hickory nut meats make
good addition. Put layer of the batter
in q paper-lined tin, then sprinkle in some
of the fruit and nut mixture. Follow
with more dough and more fruit and SO
on, having the batter at the top. Bake
In very slow oven. protecting the cake
with a buttered paper IL inclined to brown
too rapidly.
Baked Apple Dumplings.
Peel and core eight tart. juicy apples.
filling the core cavity with sugar and a
pinch Of cinnamon or cloves Make 80
soft crust, as for baking powder biscuit.
roll in sheet about a quarter of an
inch thick and cut in eight pieces. Set
each apple in the center of a slice and
cover. pinching the edges together over
the apple. Lay them side by side in a
pudding dish. spread butter over them
and bake to russet brown. Take flonl.
the oven, cut a little hole in the top OF.
each dumping and pour in this aperture
a sauce. made of butter and sugar, dis
solved in boiling water, with a little nut
meg grated in. Put a tablespoonful of
this sauce in each dumping, then place
on a platter and serve hot or
cod with rich milk or sweet cream ana
sugar.
EMMA PADDOCK TELFoRD. !