Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-14
THE TABLE.


| Nut Hash.,Chop fine cold boiled po-
| tatoes and any other vegetable desir-
ed; put into buttered frying pan, heat
quickly and thoroughly, salt to taste.
Just before serving stir in lightly
large spoonful Of nut meat for each
person to be served
Squatters' Hash-Cook six Irish
potatoes and mash; season as usual
| with salt, pepper and butter Add
one large can deviled ham and one
minced onion, form into fat cakes,
dip in -four, and fry until golden
| brown. Enough fer six persons.
Veal and Rice Loaf-Cook one cup
Of rice till light and tender. Put
| through a meat grinder one pound
veal and a large onion. Mix with
rice, salt and pepper Form into loaf.
Lay two slices of bacon in roasting
pan. Place the loaf on bacon and
more bacon on the top. Add two cups
of water, cover and roast one hour.
Add more water. Thicker gravy.
Serve on large platter. Garnish with
| parsley.
| Hungarian Goulash-One cup toma-
toes, one pound lean veal, one pound
lean beef, one tablespoon fat, one cup
potatoes, paprika, salt, one onion. Cut
the meat into inch squares and brown
in fat with the onion. Add tomatoes
and cook until tender. Half hour be-
fore serving add the diced potatoes.
Fancy German Coffee Cake-Three-
| fourths cup sugar, butter size of egg,
one egg, one cup milk, one cup flour.
one teaspoon baking powder, flavor to
| taste. Cream butter and sugar, add
egg, milk and finally the -four with
baking powder. Pour batter into fiat
square cake tin. Sprinkle thickly over
top with a mixture composed of half
cup chopped nuts, half cup graduated
sugar and one teaspoon cinnamon.
Bake Is minutes in slow oven.
| Delicious Strawberry Dessert (orig-
inaD-One-half envelope gelatin soak
ed in one-fourth cup cold water tstand
cup in hot water to dissolve). Crush
and heat one-half cup strawberries,
add one-half cup sugar, pinch of salt
and one cup cooked rice, then add
gelatin and mix thoroughly. Cool
slightly and add one-half pint whipped
cream (need not be whipped stiff.
Add cup of whole strawberries and
chill.
Queen Strawberry Pudding
yolks of four eggs light, add cup of
sugar, tablespoon of softened butter
and, when these are well mixed, four
cups milk. Lastly beat in two cups
dried crumbs and turn into buttered
baking dish Bake like a custard
When baked spread over the top three
cups sweetened strawberries and COW
er with whites of the eggs beaten stiff
with half cup of sugar. Brown light
ly in oven. Sift powdered sugar over
meringue. Eat warm with sugar and
cream, or very cold with the same.
Peanut Cookies-Chop or crush very
fine one-half pint peanuts. Cream one
tablespoon lard and half cup sugar;
add two eggs and one tablespoon milk
a big pinch of salt. the crushed pea
nuts and enough flour to make a soft
dough (about one and one-quarter
cups. Bake in moderate oven.
Nodded Halibut with Brown Almond
Sauce-One pound raw halibut, one
pint soft bread crumbs, one cup top
milk or cream. three egg whites, salt,
celery salt Mince the halibut fine
and cook the crumbs and seasonings
with the cream till it makes a smooth
paste. Add to the fish fold in the
egg whites beaten stiff, pour into a
buttered bread tin, set in hot water,
and bake three-quarters of an hour in
moderate oven.
Checker Board Cake - Light part:
One and one-half cups graduated
sugar, one-half cup butter one-half
cup sweet milk, one teaspoon vanilla,
whites of our eggs, two teaspoons bak-
ing powder. two cups flour Cream
sugar and butter together, add milk
and vanilla and one cup -four Beat
whites of eggs stiff, add this and sift
the baking powder through the last
cup of -four and add with the beaten
legs Dark part: One cup brown
sugar, one-half cup sweet milk. one
fourth cup butter, yolks of four eggs