The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-04-26
A DELICIOUS SAUCE.

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Pick over and wash and drain one
cupful of raw rice. n Boil In large
kettle Of sailed water until the grains
feel tender when a few are rubbed be-
tween thumb and fingers. Have ready
a cupful or more of finely chopped
cold cooked ham and two tablespoons
of chopped parsley. Make tomato
sauce by simmering together for 20
minutes a half can Of tomatoes; four
cloves and one cupful Of boiling wa
ter, spring Of parsley. one slice Of
onion and a stalk Of celery; rub
through a sieve, return to. the fire
and thicken with two scant table,
spoonfuls Of flour rubbed to g. smooth
paste: with little cold, water. Add
salt and pepper to taste and simmer
for FIVE minutes. Spread half Of the
rice on hot dish, sprinkle over half
Of the ham and with a spoon moisten
with a portion of the sauce. Add the
remainder of each and over all
sprinkle the parsley
Steamed Beef.
Take round steak or other beef that
is not too stringy,. cut into half-inch
dice and cook in a double boiler, near
~ cover with water, two. or three.
hours, adding salt, pepper and small
piece Of butter toward the last. Take
the -rind and other tough portions,
cover with cold water and set where
it will cook slowly to extract the juice.
Thicken this and pour. over the meat
when serving. A fine beef pie can be
made by putting the meat and gravy
into baking dish and cover with a
rich crust rolled about half an incl,
thick. OF course one could add. an.
onion. but meat cooked in this way
has delicious flavor all its own.
Egg Cruel.
Egg Cruel makes a nourishing sup
per dish for an invalid.
Put one cupful Of milk on the fire
to get very hot, but do not bring to,
the scalding point. :
Beat the yolk and white Of an egg
separately, and stir into the former
one teaspoonful of sugar, the hot milk
the beaten white, and the. f1avoring;
which may be to taste. The mixture
must be done In the order given. :
Mock Bisque Soup.
One-half can tomatoes, two: tea
spoons sugar. one-fourth teaspoon
soda, one-half onion stuck with six
cloves, sprig parsley, bit of bay leaf,
three-fourths cup stale bread crumb BIS,
four cups milk, one-half teaspoon salt
one eighth teaspoon pepper; one-third
cup butter. Scald milk with bread
crumbs, onion, parsley and bay Leaf.
Remove seasonings and rub through a
sieve. Cook tomatoes with sugar AZ.
teen minutes, add soda and rub
through sieve. heat bread and milk
to boiling point, add. tomatoes and
pour at once into tureen over butter:
salt and pepper. Serve with crisp
crackers.
Mint Jelly.
Pour one pint of boiling water over
bunch of mint, steep one-half hour
covered, then strain over a box of GEL
atine that has been soaked one-half
hour or longer In cup OF cold wa
ter. Add one and rone-half pints of
boiling water, one and one-halfcup-
fuls of sugar, the juice Of three lem
ons,; and a small quantity Of. gregn
vegetable coloring. Strain through a
jelly bag and mold: >:,'.-,s":
-. Cornstarch Cake. -.
Cream two teacups of sugar with
one teacup of butter, add one teacup
Of cornstarch and same quantity Of
milk. Mix with two teacups Of flour,
two teaspoons of baking powder, and
then add following with the whites of
seven eggs beaten to stiff froth.
Use any 1avoring desired.