Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-06
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, to brown, drop in the meat and stir
constantly until brown, then cover
with water and boil three-fourths
hour Season with salt and pepper
| Pare and cut in small dice the pota
toes; when boiled add them to meat
with the cream Thicker with flour.
Apple Omelette-Take four or five
good tart apples, pare; core and
When done, beat it and while hot add
one tablespoon butter, one tablespoon
sugar for each apple and two eggs
beaten separate. Put in buttered dish
and brown slightly in oven.
Steamed Pudding One heaping
cup fresh bread crumbs. one cup
raisins, one cup sugar, one cup chop
ped apples, two eggs, a little salt. Put
in buttered dish and steam two hours.
Serve with any kind of sauce.
Delicious Eggless Loaf Cake-One
cup sugar, four level teaspoons butter,
one cup sour milk, one cup raisinS, two
cups flour, one teaspoon each of nut
meg, cinnamon, soda nd baking pow
der. Save out half cup of the flour
and add lastly with the soda and bak-
ing powder well mixed. Uncooked ic-
ing for this cake: One cup powdered
sugar, creamed with one teaspoon but
ter, one tablespoon sweet milk, one
teaspoon vanilla. Press rows of hick-
orynuts into the icing
Cup Cookies With One Egg.-One
and one-half cups flour, three-fourths
cup sugar, nutmeg to suit taste. Sift
together flour, sugar and seasoning
into three-fourths cup sour milk, then
into the flour mixture. Add melted
butter size of an egg. Beat until
smooth. but not too quickly. Last of
all, add two level teaspoons baking
powder and half teaspoonful baking
soda. Mix free from Jumps. Scatter
this over batter and stir in quickly. Be
sure to have tins creased before start
ing these cakes. Fill tins only half
full. Very light.
New England Lemon Pie-One cup
sugar and butter size of an egg,
creamed; pinch of salt, three heaping
teaspoons flour. yolks of three eggs,
rind and juice of one lemon, one cup
sweet milk; whites of eggs beaten
stiff. Stir all together. Make crust
same as for any other pie. Line pie |
pan, fill with above mixture, bake In |
slow oven one hour. Makes one good. |
sized pie
Lemon Crackers-One pint lard. one |
pint sweet milk, two and one-half cups |
sugar, two eggs (whites only, cents'i
worth bakers ammonia, cents worth I
oil of lemon, little salt. Stiffen with |
flour very stiff. Cut in squares, bake |
in moderate oven.
Vegetable Pie Slice thin three |
pounds Irish potatoes and two pounds |
ripe tomatoes. Put in baking dish in |
alternate layers, sprinkling over each |
layer grated American cheese (about |
one-half pound of cheese needed) Pour
over top tablespoon of peanut oil,
add teaspoon salt, half teaspoon pep
per and cupful of water. Glover
closely and simmer in slow oven for
an hour. Prepare crust by sitting to-
sether half pound -four. two level tea
spoons baking powder. one-fourth tea
spoon salt. Rub in two ounces of |
English walnut meats ground fine and
one tablespoon peanut oil; moisten
with ice-cold water, same as for pie
crust. Roll out one-fourth inch thick.
Remove cover from baking dish, put
crust on right over vegetables and
bake twenty minutes longer. A good |
substitute for meat