Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-06

cups OF flour, in which two and one
half teaspoons of baking powder have
been sifted; four eggs. yolks and
whites beaten separately, half tea
spoon each of ground cloves and nut
meg and a full teaspoon OF cinnamon.
II love to see n neat row of fruits
and vegetables in glass Jars on my
preserve closet shelves said an OLD
lady TO her cousin. This was a sug-
gcstion eagerly siezed upon, and jar
each of peas. small beets and snap
beans were given a Chrstmas-y APP
pearance by covering the tops with
wax paper, fringcd and tied about the
nccks with red and green ribbon and
a spray of pine. Jars of any kind of
fruit are not to be spised-sun- pre-
served strawberries, pears, peach
marmalade or preserves. apple butter,
spiced currants, grape 1ricc-are all
gifts that will gladden. the appetite.
II YOU live on a farm your home
made sausage meat or hoad-Chcse,
eaily wrapped in Christmas attire will
he welcomed by your city friend who
must often pay 80 cents a pound for
good sausage. and sparoribs accom-
panied by turnips or apples Will ft
into any larder. If Cousin Mary has
a weakness for squash pie she Will he
pleased with one or two of your Sub
bard squashes. The humble carrot
need not be despised, for II win fur
nish "A new and delicious candy. Bake
several nice yellow carrots until tender
and pass them thru n fine sieve. To
one cup of the pulp add two cups of
sugar half a cup each of corn syrup
and nut meats. the juice of one orange
and one lemon, half the grated rind OF
each. and one tablespoon of butter.
Boil until u reaches the soft ball
stage, then add Il teaspoon of vanilla,
pour into butter pans and cut into
squares when cool
know "A farmer who each Christ
mas sends TO his sons living in the city
n bag of home ground cornmeal and
buckwhoat, accompanied by a quart
Of pure maple syrup, ana if the proof
of the pudding is in the eating, the
fathers gift is surely appreciated.
II you live i'm the maple sugar dis
tricts a pound of the sugar may mean
little to you, but it will be welcomed
by the friend in the city who must
pay goodly sum for it, II also makes
IA delicious fudge, in the proportion of
two cups of the sugar to one cup of
milk. the same quantity of chopped
nuts and a tablespoon of butter, make
it as you would any fudge.
a dear little old lady whom | know
each year carefully dries the seasoning
herbs from her garden and her house
keeping friends are glad to look for
ward to the tin tea-caddy which each
Christmas comes filled with a mixture
of summer saVory, thyme and sweet
marjoram, and n little extra bag of
sage for those who like this flavor.
Her proportion of herbs is two parts
of savOry to one of thyme and sweet
marjoram. If Sou cannot get tin boxes,
wrap them in tin-foil covered with
ornamental paper and tie with holly
ribbon.
1T Is often difficult to know what to
serd one who is shut-in why not let
IL he dozen fresh eggs in a dainty
basket. an attractively wrapped glass
of Jelly made of one OF the wild fruits
-harhorries, wild strawberries. wild
cherry, or plum. The old-tme flavor
| of rose geranium or mint in apple jelly
will take to the invalid a whiff of the
country.
Nou may be using daily foods which
seem to YOU very commonplace. and
! hardly to be thot of in the light of
| Christmas gifts; but people living in
other parts of the country would con
slider them a luxury. For instance,
| either fresh or preserved lines, or