Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-02-17
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Choice Recipes:
Stuffed Dates-With a sharp knife
open one side of large dates, remove the
stone and stuff with this filling. Boil
together IL cupfuss of sugar, 34 cup
full milk for a few minutes aud stir in
a tablespoonful of chocolate. Add half
a cupful of shelled pecans and beat till
thick and creamy Fill the dates with
this cream and press closely together.
Roll in graduated sugar.
Cranberry Jelly-Boil / quart cram
berries with l IL cups water ) minutes
vigorously. Pass berries through a sieve
or colander. Add > cups sugar. stir un.
til dissolved and turn at once into dish
TO set. This mixture will not jell if
boiled after adding sugar.
Hominy-To each quart of shclled
corn add l level tablespoonful soda;
cover with water. Put on stove and
cook slowly a half day or more, until
hulls will rub of easily. Remove from
stove and rinse and rub with hands
through several waters TO remove bulls
When water is clear put OH TO cook
again, sailing To taste and cook until
tender.
Stuffed Potatoes Peel the desired
number of large potatoes and scrapt out
centers until the shell is about LIS inch
thick. Flatten the end by slicing off a
small quantity SO as TO make the cup
sit up. Fill with sausage, sprinkling ex-
ira pepper and salt over the tops after
filled. PLACE these in small pan in
which there is , tablespoons butter and
| cup milk, IL teaspoon salt and a dash
Of pepper. Place in baking oven until
done.
Banana Custard Pie-One cup Of 81
gar, yolks Of 3 eggs, ! tablespoonful of
corn starch, | cup of sweet milk. Cook
custard and let il cool Bake crust,
sCice 1 bananas in crust and pour Gus
tard over them. Beat the whites of the
3 eggs TO a stiff froth. add , or 3 table
spoons Of sugar and put on top of the
custard and set in the stove until brown.
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Some Household Helps:
A Use for Paper Ribbon When
you buy a bolt of narrow ribbon save
the paper on which it is wound, and use
this later To place under soft, thin ma
terials to avoid pickering when stitch
ing them. You will find this much better
than tearing up strips of newspaper for
the purpose.
To Freshen Corduroy In making
- -. n - IL
ly wrinkled that i could do nothing with
the skirt. | turned il and rubbed il on
the wrong side with a damp cloth, prep
aratory TO making an attempt to press
it: but discovered it was so smooth il
did not need pressing. ! hung it up TO
dry. and il still looks like new. two
months later.
To Clean .Jewelry- Jewclry Of all
kinds can be beautifully cleaned by
washing in s%oapsuds, 10 which a few
drops of ammonia have been added.
Shake off the water. and lay in a box
sounds. il is the best way To clean pins,
chains or any jewelry, as it leaves no
marks or scratches.
For Lemon Pies-Whcn making lem
on pies. G-rtrtcr the lemon, remove seeds
and run through the food choppcr-rind
and all Ry this method there will he
twice the amount II iui e and the rind
will impart \ delicious flavor To the pies
To Save EgsS-Whcn irving oysters
Dreaded chops. etc. put u pinch of bak
ing powder in cornmcal or cracker
rumhS: moiStcn oysters Or chops with
milk. roll in meal or crumbs and fry
as usual. They arc Just as nice y
when dipped in egg
\ Made Over Folding Bed If Won
have an old folding bed hat Won ave
tired Of 4 very good linen closet or war.
drobc can he made from il. Take out the
springs and the front part that forms
the bottom of the bed when open. ar.
range shelves and hooks aS desired
Cut the front for two doors. Usually
hey are panclcd. - this i easily done.
Fa>ten them on with hinges and knobs.
Narnish and vour friends will no doubt
admire voIr new" piece Of furniture.
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