Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-03
Household Hints

.un run Take half cup NOT water
then finish filling with shortening.
Add one teaspoon soda, one teaspoon
ginger. one-thira teaspoon salt, TWO
cups sifted -four.
Scotch Stew flor family OF seyen1--
| This ii the famous Scotland dlsh, anu
| for school children or hardWorklhg
| neaule it cannot be beaten. Serve very
hot
The cheapest cut of lam or mutton
NAV be used in making this stew, but
tar skin and fat must be trimmed
away. Three pounds OF the meat cut
into pieces. put in kettle latter wash
ing IT'D and cover with three pihts Oh
water tcoldl. bring to a boil quickly
then skim and add half cup OF barley
that has been soaked in cold water
over night.
B After the stew has again reached the
boiling point, draw the kettle to that
part of the stove where its contents
Will simmer gently for an hour and
half Fry in drippings or butter, one
, fourth Gun each of chopped turnIps,
carrots and onions When these soften
: a little (about five minutes}, add them
, to the stew. Salt and pepper 70 taste
: then continue simmering until the
| vegetables are done When done, stii
in two tablespoons -four rubbed to q
cream in one tablespoon butter ano
cook until slightly thick
r Baked Liver Dumplings Make reg
: ular baking powder biscuit dough GU
+ of one sifterfuu of -four; rill out tt
: half-inch thickness and cut in abou
. g ntHa
beef liver in one piece: boil in sal
A water about ten minutes, take GU
4 and chop very fine talmost to pastel
i with one small onion. Add one GU
n cold mashed potatoes, one tablespoon
4 shortening. Put heaping tablespoon
n full of the mixture in each square o
. dough, winch corners together an
a bake in quick hot oven until brown.
4 Spiced Baked Ham-Boii ham I'm
: til tender. Then peel off the heay
n skin (which is over the fat part). site
~ about dozen cloves in the ia
: sprinkle cracker crumbs over han
If and put in pan in hot oven for five c
a ten minutes, until a golden brown.
Southern Candied Sweet Potatoes
j. Boil six medium sixed sweet potatot
10 in their skins till tender. then peel an
~ cut in slices Make a strip of one Gu
&c brown sugar, three tablespoons bu
n ter. one-quarter teaspoon salt. La
of slices of potatoes in shallow pan ar
al POUR strip over them. Bake slowly q
II candied Bits of dried orange peel (
al a few sticks of cinnamon add a delic
h Gus favor to sweet potatoes cooke
k this way.
7 I1Ip TlC3 al
l. gus until tender Tor heat canned a
10 paragus) Drain the water into
-. basin (should be in quantity two cups
Then add cup of milk to the waite
Al season with salt, butter peppe
~ thieken with little coTnstarch. VII
in it is cooked, put over the asparagus
M baking dish Slice cheese, lay over
fir bake and serve.
a., Apple Fritters-SiX apples sliced
al little pieces, enc pint flour. one es
5af one-half teaspoon salt, enough wal
q to make a batter Fry in hot gres
,an till golden brown One tablespoon
$50 the batter makes one nice fritter
Tho Odd Cookies Make your favor
III chocolate recipe dough, then anotl
ION lot Of white cookies favored TO s
Il your taste Roll out on board sh
md of white mot too thin and lay asi
nu- Now ron out sheet OF the chocols
lift carefully and lay it upon the WI
SIS pressing gently Now roll up the M
egg like a jelly roll, cutting slices fr
ca the end with sharp knife They '
oon bake in rings Of white and chocol
us and provide a delightful novelty.
red Economical Soup-Four medium
lite tatoes. one can tomatoes. one t
BILE spoonful salt, one pinch red pepl
add two tablespoons drippings Boil
ilk. potatoes are soft then mash. T
add with corn bread, is fine
nall
ped Soap Scraps.
lar Don't throw away those small pie
ime Of soap. Put them all in a Mason
add h0t 4gratnr and rlare il na1r u