Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-23
THE TABLE.

! ColeSlaw-A Thanksgiving dinner
is not complete unless a dish of cole
! slaw accompanies the meat course.
| Cut the white stalks of the cabbage
into shreds and let them lie in cold
salt water for an hour. Drain and
add white mustard seed and celery
seed in a reasonable quantity. Put
| the cabbage in a glass bowl and pour
over it the following dressing: Four
! tablespoons of butter, one tablespoon
of -four, one tablespoon of sugar, one
teaspoon of mustard, cayenne pep
per, three eggs, one cupful OF milk
one-half cupful vinegar, one-half
teaspoon salt. Set the butter to
melt in a sauce pan, then stir in the
flour. Beat until smooth, then add
the milk. Let it come to boil.
Beat the eggs and mix into them the
other ingredients, adding the vine
gar last. Stir the eggs into the boil
ing mixture and stir till of the con-
sistency of thick custard.
Potato Soup. Without Meat or
Milk-Cut four medium-sized pota-
toes into small squares: also one
small onion; add one-fourth teaspoon
pepper and salt to about three pints
water Boil until potatoes and onion
are well done Then brown two
heaping tablespoons flour, mixing it
with a little cold water, free from
lump. and put into soup. Boil this
five or ten minutes. Last of all put
in one teaspoon butter. Serve with
sailed waters. This is one Of the
inexpensive ways of having fine soup
and cutting down expenses.
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beef or cold veal. Cut into pieces
one inch thick. two inches wide. three
inches long Put one tablespoon beef
drippings or butter into pan. Shred
an onion and brown one tablespoon
of it in the hot fat. If there is gravy
left from a previous meal, add half
a pint to onion in the pan. Should
there be none, use instead half a
pint of hot water thickened with one
tablespoon flour rubbed smooth with
cold water Add saltspoon of salt
and half as much pepper When 1t
boils, pour over meat in baking
dish and cover all with batter made
as follows: Mix one cup flour and
pinch of salt with two-thirds cup.
milk; stir in one egg beaten light,
one teaspoon baking powder. Bake
until a delicate brown, which will be
about 20 minutes.
Molasses Layer Cake-One-half cup
molasses, one-half cup sugar, one
tablespoon butter, one egg, two-thirds
cup cold water, one teaspoon soda, dis
solved in water. Mix very soft Ind
bake in three layers. A raisin filing
is fine with this cake and will keep a
long time.
Banded Apples-These are very
nice for first course or dessert, and
make a pretty dish. Pare apples,
leaving a half-inch band around the
middle: core and set in pan with
little water; bake. After removing
apples from oven, fill cavities with
ounce or apricot marmalade mixed
with finely chopped nuts. Serve hot
on individual dishes with whipped |
cream. |
Popovers-Two eggs. one cup milk, |
one cup -four, one-fourth teaspoon /
salt. Beat eggs some, add milk to |
eggs. Into another bowl put -four |
and salt, pour milk and eggs grad |
ually into -four. beating all the time. |
After smooth. beat with <egg-beater for |
a minute. Put into we'll creased gem |
pans and bake in hot oven 40 minutes. |
If not thoroughly done they will fall, |
but when properly baked are very |
large and light.