The Washington herald., 1913-01-05
RECIPES THAT HAVE
BEEN FOUND GOOD
Simple Home Dishes that Other Read
ers Have Tested and Passed
Along.
Fig and Nut Tart..

One-hau pound dried ngs, one-half
cup chopped English wGlnuts, one-halt
cup water one teaspoon lemon Juice.
two eggs. three tablespoons sugar, and
some pastry. WASH figs, cut in small
pieces. and simmer In water for one
half hour, Add one tablespoon sugar.
cook five minutes longer. Remove
from fire and cool. add nut meats, lem
on Juice. and well-beaten yolks of the
eggs
Line few tartlet tins with pastry.
divide the fg mixture into them ana
bake In hot oven till ready. Beat
up whites of the eggs till stiff, then
gradually beat remainder of sugar into
them. Put a little Of the meringue on
top of each tart and brown slightly.
These are very good.
individual Daisy Salad.
Cover small plate with small lettuce
leaves, leaving round space in center.
To serve six people. hard boil three
eggs. cut eggs in ten parts lengthwise
to form petals, and carefully remove
from yolks. Cut yolks in half, and
place one-half in center OF plate, ar
range strips of white around yolk In
the shape of a flower Place spoonful
Of potato salad In between petals.
Tomato Rarebit.
spoonful of butter, one cupful OF to-
matoes, a salt spoonful of soda. a pinch
OF salt, little paprika. and a table,
spoonful OF worcestershire sauce. Heat
these together and add two cupfuls of
grated cheese, three-quarters OF a cup
ful of milk. and two well beaten eggs.
Cook until the cheese is smooth and
turn over crackers or toast.
Corn Muffin. without Eggs.
Mix and sift one cupful OF granulat-
ed cofnmesl, one-haif cupful flour. one
quarter cupful OF sugar. two table
spoonfuls of baking powder and salt:
add one cupful of milk and two table
spoonfuls of melted butter. Bake in
muffin tins.
Fish Au Gratin.
Fish au gratin is very easily pre-
pared. Either halibut or cod is good
for this. Roll 1t until tender and fake
from the bones. Make a white sauce
OF two tablespoons of butter, two ia
blespoons OF flour and one quart of
milk. Season with salt. pepper. and
one tablespoonful Worcestershire
sauce. Butter ramekins. put in 4 lay
er OF FISH, then one of sauce until the
dish is full, having the last layer sauce.
Cover with bread crumbs. sprinkle bits
of butter over them, and brown In the
oven.
Health Bread.
This bread will save hundreds of doll
lars of Doctors bills-money which
should go into the hands OF some
good housewife who needs it. 1t has
a marvellous effect upon long standing
cases of stomach and liver trouble. 1t
absolutely cures constipation by its
continued use. 1t means health to
those who eat IL and real big dollars
in the pocket OF the woman who makes
1t for sale. for once used II is its own
advertiser.
Recipe-One quart OF bran, one pint
of common white -four. one pint OF
sour milk, one-half cupful OF New Or
leans molasses. one teaspoonful OF soda
stirred into the molasses: nuts and
raisins may be added when desired.
Mexican Candy.
Two cupfuls Cuban sugar. one cupful
of milk. one cupfuI granulated sugar.
enc tablespoonful of butter. one table,
spoon of laundry starch, two cupfuls
nuts and one teaspoonful vanilla. Boil
sugar and milk until It will form a soft
ball when dropped in water. Add the
starch dissolved in a little cold water.
When IL will form a hard ball add the
butter, vanilla and nuts. Beat until
nearly cold and pour on a plate. Slice
when cold.
stuffed Prunes.
Stuffed prunes, put up in one-half
pound boxes, are a very delicious con-
lection.
Soak prunes one hour. stone and fill
cavity with chopped walnut meats rolled
into fondaut or unboiled cream candy
(confectioner's sugar and white of egg.
hin in soft and naNE In
neat boxes. These bring a 20 per cent