South Bend news-times., 1915-08-25
SlCeet Peppers
Very Popular
Eave Many Uses on Table
and Should Find Place
in Every Garden.

Sweet garden peppers. either green
I or after they have turned color are
| deservedly popular vegetables. whose
use has become common throughout
the United states rather recently.
/ Another name tor this vegetable is
/ pimientO. Sometimes il is called
Pimento, though this is not correct
! pimento really meaning allspice.
Sweet peppers can be grown easily
/ in the garden and are a common
market crop. They should have a
place in the home vegetable plot
along with the sharp red peppers
used for seasoning. etc. which they
/ resemble in all respects except flavor,
/ being mild, where the red peppers
are biting.
Sweet peppers may well be planted
generously, for they have many uses
on the table and any surplus may be
canned. Good methods for this pur-
pose have been worked out by eX-
perts of the department of agricul-
| tuTe as part OF the Canning-club
work In large markets green pep
! pers can be had almost all the year,
as they bear shipment well.
Raw green peppers are very useful
\ for seasoning, for salad making, and
so on. As is always the case with
vegetables. they should be washed
| before use. They are used aAO in
making many dishes, of which baked
stuffed peppers is we'll known. The
! top of the pepper is cut off. the
core" and seeds removed. and the
pepper filled with a well seasoned
stuffing and baked until tender and
/ brown. If one wishes. a little but
4 ter and water or stock may be poured
| into the pan with the peppers TO keep
I them moist.
Corn-beef hash is a popular stuff
! fling. as is boiled rice and chopped
| chicken seasoned with celery. a bit
of onion, and so on. Rice and nuts
I NAV also be used or a mixture of
! seasoning. Before canning, and be-
| fore cooking, if one wishes (though
this is not necessary, the outer skin
Of the peppers may be removed by
3 placing them in hot oven until the
skin blisters and cracks, which
should not be more than 10 minutes,
and then removing it with the aid of
a slender knife
sweet peppers. either fresh or can
ned are particularly good chopped
or pounded fine and mixed with cot
tage cheese. such cheese may be
served with salad or used as a filling
for sandwiches and in similar ways.
( Department of agriculture publica-
tions contain a number of sugges-
and for making sweet pepper diSSes.
Cream of PimientO Soup.
! , tablespoons butter.
> tablespoons fiourN
2 ounces ripe pimientos. cut into
| small pieces.
l cup water, or stock.
. cups milk.
A few drops onion juice.
Salt.
| Cook the pimientos in the water or
! stock until they are soft, and rub
/ them through a sieve, saving the
water. Melt the butter. and cook the
| flour in il, being careful not TO brown
the mixture Add the milk, pimien-
/ toes and the water in which they
were cooked, and reheat. stirring
/ constantly. Season with the onion
Juice and salt. A small piece Of
onion cooked with the pimientos can
be substituted for the onion Juice.
Creamed Eggs With Sweet Peppers.
hard-boiled eggs.
/ 3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons -four.
= teaspoon salt.
! ! cup milk or cream.
u cup juice from Gained pimien-
tos
, canned pimientos cut into small
\ pieces.
Heat together the butter and the
-four until the flour is thoroughly
cooked. being careful not to brown
the mixture Gradually add the milk
and juice from the pimientos. Stir
until smooth and add the pimientos
and seasonings Cut the eggs in
slices or in quarters. pour the sauce
over them and reheat in the oven.
Sometimes this dish is covered with
buttered crumbs and baked long
enough TO brown the top.
The hard boiled eggs may be drop
ped into the sauce and then the mix
ture may be poured over toast or
crackers or served with "A border Of
boiled rice.
Fried Sweet Peppers.
Fried sweet peppers make an at
tractive garnish to serve with NUT
ton chops. lamb chops. pork chops
ham or veal outlet. Clean the pep
4 pers as usual, cut into three or our
pieces and saute until tender and
lightly Drowned. using butter or other
! fat enough 10 keep them from burn
ing. If canned peppers are used
drain carefully and allow them 10
stand until they have dried a little
/ steak Smothered i'm sweet Peppers.
! u pounds beef round steak.
I cup bread crumbs.
: 1 small onion.
\ / little sage or mixed poultry sea-
/ soning
quart of mixture OF canned to-