Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-22
THE TABLE.


one Of shortening, three teaspoons a,
baking powd r and a good pireb -,
salt After beating one egg in a cun
and mixing in 1t nearly a whole Gun
OF milk. ado to he dry ingre tents
roll out and bake till light brown.
Royal apes-One-half tab,o.
spoon onion. three tablespoons Int
ter, one-half cup mushrooms. two "a.
teaspoons fou-. one cue milk and
cream; boil five minutes. add Inc
whites Of two eggs boileJ haIc an.
diced. Served CT rather thick niece,
Of bread, cut egg shape and fried IN
butter. Serve hot with the yolks =,
eggs put through ricer and snrsaa
over top OF each.
Oatmeal Cookies-To two and
/ half cups of oatmeal, two cuns =,
brown sugar and one cup Of shorten.
ing, add two beaten eggs and ua,s-
which has previously had 4 teasnoon
of soda dissolved in it. Roll ont and
bake till brown.
Portals Salad - One can n. drv
shrirnps, one cucumber, one stalk q,
celery, one-half cup nut meats. D,ca
! cucumbers and celery and serve m
head lettuce with rich yellow nnavon-
naise.
Graham Bread-Mix one Gun q,
buttermilk or sour milk with three
tablespoons OF molasses and one tea
spoon Of soda. Add one cup Of wheat
flour, two cups Of graham -four. half
a cup Of brown sugar and half a tea
spoon Of salt. Bake in a moderate
oven.
Mayonnaise With Cream - Two
eggs, one-fourth cup vinegar, one
half cup sugar, one-half cup melted
butter or olive oil, one-half cup sweet
cream. Hard boil one egg, mash
yolk fine with generous pinch of drv
mustard, one-half saltspoon salt. red
pepper to suit taste; beat up other
egg, to which add mashed yolks. vine
gar and sugar, place bowl in pan of
boiling water, cook until it thickens;
when partly cool add melted butter
or Oil dropped in slowly Beat well.
When ready TO serve add cream. and
pour over fruit or vegetable salad.
For lobster, chicken or any meat
salad omit the sugar. This is an old.
tried recipe and is excellent: will
keep for some time if only a part is
wanted.
Snowfakes-To one beaten egg.
add one tablespoon of milk. a pinch
OF salt and enough -four to make a
soft dough. Roll out very thin on a
well-f1oured board, cut in strips about
two inches by six and fry in hot fry
ing fat. Dust well with powdered
sugar to serve.
Fried ETogs' Legs - Wash them
and pour boiling water on. letting
them stand in this water five min
utes. Dry them on a napkin. Beat
yolks of three eggs with a saltspoon
OF salt and pinch of cayenne pepper.
Add one teaspoon lemon juice. Dip
legs in this, roll them in grated
bread crumbs, shake off all that does
not adhere, dip again in eggs and
crumbs, then fry in hot fat Parsley
is an appropriate garnish, also slices
Of lemon.
Pumpkin Puffs-Take two cups of
-four, half a cup of sweet milk. two
eggs, three cups of sugar, a piece OF
butter the size of walnut, two tea
spoons of baking powder and vanilla
1avoring. Beat together and add
stewed pumpkin mixture till in a nice
batter. Bake in muffin molds and
ice with two eggs. Serve hot.
Spinach Nests with Hard Boiled
sggs-Spinach, small piece bacon,
salt and pepper to taste, eggs hard
BOILED. Wash spinach carefully, get
ing 1t free from all grit: put it into
he pot with a small piece of bacon
md cook about 20 minutes. Season
With salt and pepper. Form in the
shape of nests and in each one place
/ hardboiled egg.
Oyster Omelet-One pint oysters,
our eggs, three tablespoons milk
sweet, one teaspoon baking powder,
'lnch salt, flour to make thin batter
Nix whites and yolks separate Grease
skillet with lard (as for pancakes),
'ut half of batter in skillet; after II
commences to cook, put half of oys-
ers i'll. Let these cook a few min
ties, then add the rest of oysters and
balance of batter Cook for a few
then beat whites Of egg, put
N top of omelet and turn over in
killet. Then serve.
Scalloped Beans with Tomatoes
'ook navy beans until almost done,
hen take out and put in baking dish
have the beans dry; add one pint
AIMED tomatoes and one pint mashed
otatoes mixed thoroughly. Season
With salt, pepper and butter. Place in
ven and bake to golden brown, De-
lcious.
Stuffed Tomato Salad-Scoop ont
he centers of peeled tomatoes. fill
Nth cooked peas mixed with finely
hoped nuts and cover all with
hin salad dressing.