Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-24
THE TABLE.

and mash a number OF sweet potatoes,
season well with salt. pepper and but
ter. Add equal quantity broken wal
nut meats and moisten with little
sweet cream if necessary. Form into
cakes. dip in eggs and bread crumbs,
fry 8 golden brown. Serve with but
tered peas.
Dreamed Sweet Potatoes-Diee sweet
potatoes. boil in as little salted water
as possible few minutes will COOK
them sufficiently. Make a white sauce
as for white potatoes, pour over white
sauce and serve very hot.
Stufing for Turkey-One quart
bread crumbs. one cup suit chopped
fnel. one-haIf cup parsley Chopped
find), salt and pepper to taste; flavor
with nutmeg. Fill breast as well as
inside OF turkey, then rub over out
side of turkey with half lemon, which
makes it tender.
Layer Cake-Three eggs or whites
of six eggs, one-half cup butter, two
thirds cup sweet milk, IL cups su-
gar fgranulated), 2Ia cups -four sift-
ed with three teaspoons baking pow
der. A good way to do, while eggs
are high. is to save the whites OF the
eggs for this cake in cup or bowl
well covered. for several days or
week, when yolks are used for dump
lings or noodles or pancakes. Put to-
gether with any kind Of icing you like.
Graham Cake-0ne cup sugar half
cup butter, one egg and yolk of anotn-
err. two teaspoons mixed ground
spices, two teaspoons cooking mo-
! lasses. one cup sour milk, one tea
spoon soda. two tablespoons white
-four, enough graham -four to make
batter. Bake lin two layers, Use
white Of egg for frosting. This is
very good.
! Nut Cake-One and one-half cups
sugar, one-half cup butter. one-half
cup milk, pig cups -four, Ia teaspoons
/ baking powder, three eggs, one cup
chopped walnut meats. Bake in slow
oven.
| Baked Ham Roasted in Cider-Se-
lect a small ham, weighing about nine
pounds; soak over night in sufficient
water to cover. In the morning bring
slowly to a boil in fresh water, TO
which add two small white onions,
one diced carrot. half a nutmeg, two
sticks cinnamon, one tablespoon whole
cloves and half cup vinegar. Parboii
ham about 21z hours. allowing water
only to simmer; then remove skin and
place in deep baking pan with one
quart sweet cider. Bake in moderate
oven. basting frequently, drain of
cider, roll ham in Drowned bread
crumbs and set in very hot oven IN
til it is a rich golden brown,
Cocoa Bread 49, Dissolve one cake
yeast and one tablespoon sugar in two
cups milk which has been scaIded and
/ cooled; add three cups -four and beat
until smooth. Set in warm place tc
rise, then add one-fourth cup butter
and one-half cup sugar creamed two
/ eggs we'll beaten, one-half cup cocoa
flour enough 10 make soft dough, and
lastly one-haif teaspoon salt. Knead
lightly, cover and set In warm place
until double in bulk Make into loayes
place in CREASED bread pans and lei
rise again until light. Bake 40 to 4;
, minutes Nuts or fruit may be added
This bread makes delicious sandwich
} es.
Cookies without Eggs - One-hal
cup butter, one cup light brown sugar
oue-haIf cup milk, one rounding tea
spoon baking powder; vanilla, lemon
or nutmeg for fayoring; flour to make
, soft dough. Roll one-fourth incl
/ thick or less Bake in moderate oven
. Peppernuts - Five pounds flour
three pounds syrup or molasses, on,
pound light brown sugar, one-hal
pound goose grease, one-half poun,
butter. one ounce soda; one teaspoon
each of cloves. nutmeg, ginger, Gin
namon. -allspice and pepper; one
fourth pound citron cut very fine. Pu
syrup, greese and butter on stove an,
heat (but do not boil); put in you
. -four and knead, then spices and soda
knead thoroughly; let stand in warn
place six days and knead morning AM
night, then cut in small squares an
bake In moderate oven.
5 Chocolate Walnut Pudding 49, Thre
D cups scalded milk, three tablespoon
f cocoa, IL teaspoons corn starch, one
+. half cup sugar, one egg yolk, one-hal
a cup walnut meats. pinch of salt one
i half teaspoon vanilla, one-half Gu
g cream, one-third cup cold milk Mi
p cocoa, corn starch, sugar and salt, di
: lutte with cold milk, add to scaldin
e milk and cook In double boiler 10 min
h utes, Then add beaten yolk yer