Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-26

Breads.
/ Wholesome Bread-Aix one cup
warm wheat mush 0ue-fourJh cup
brown sugar. one-haIf teaspoon salt
and one tablespoon melted butter. Add
cne-fOurfH yeast cake tbroken in
. pieces and dissolved in one-fourth cup
lukewaru water and enough -four TO
kuead- Cover and let rise until mix
ture has doubled It's bulk. Cut down.
I'LL small buttered bread pans. two
thirds full cover; again let rise. and
haIze ia moderate oven. This makes
. wholesome bread.
Potato Biscuft-Cook and mash six
large potatoes, add one-haf pint milk
and when this is cool add salt to taste
and -four enough to roll out. adding
one teaspoon baking powder TO every
pint of -four Cat ia biscuits and bake
in quick oven.
Tea Biscuits-Oue pint -four three
teaspoons baking powder, one-fourth
teaspoon salt one level tablespoon
butter, one cup milk.
Graham Gems-One cup sour milk,
two tablespoons sugar. one tablespoon
lard, one egg one teaspoon soda. one
half teapsoon salt. one tablespoon
moIasses. Stir stiff with graham -four.
Bake in quick oven.
Soft GinEerbread-Stx cups -four.
three cups molasses. one cup cream.
one cup lard or butter. two eggs. one
teaspoon soda and two of ginger.
The Table,
Salmon Cakes-Drain off juice from
can of salmon. pick out skin and
bones. mash fish with a fork, add salt.
pepper. one egg and cracker crumbs.
Form into little cakes dip in egg and
crumbs and fry a golden brown.
Salmon Cr0qUettes-Take one can
salmon. one egg we'll beaten. half cup
fine bread crumbs, salt. cayenne pep
per, nutmeg. juice of half q lemon.
Drain of liquid and mince fish. Melt
and work in the butter, season and. if
necessary. m0isten with a little Of the
liquid: add ghe crumbs. Form into
rolls, -four them thickly and stand in a
cold place for an hour. Fry in hot fat
and serve on a hot platter garnished
with fresh parsley or Isttuce
Strawberry Shortcake - Two cups
-four, four teaspoons baking powder
one-haIf teaspoon salt, two teaspoons
sugar. three-fourths cup milk. one
fourth cup butter
Mix dry ingredients, sift twice. work
in butter with tips Of fingers and add
milk gradually. Toss on Toured board.
Divide in two parts. Pat. roll cut and
bake - minutes in hot oven in but
tered pie or round cake tins Split and
spread with butter
Sweeten straw berries to taste.
place on back Of range until warmed,
crush slightly and put between and on
top of sh0rtcake5 cover top with cream
sauce
Lightning Cake-Take q coffee cup.
put third full Of butter (warm but not
liquid1, break in two eggs, add favor /
ing and fiji up with milk Have one
and one-half cups -four sifted with
salt, two teaspoons baking powder. .
one cup sugar in a pan; add butter, /
eggs and sugar mixture TO il and beat +
Bake IN loaf or layer
Cheese Pie-Cut two-thirds of a.
small stale loaf IN one-third inch .
slices and remove crust; then cut
slices IN halves crosswise. Arrange a +
layer IN buttered shallow baking dish. +
cover with a layer OF cheese cut in +
ighth-inch slices; repeat. Beat /
two eggs slightly, add one cup milk .
and pour over mixture. Bake in mod /
crate oven until cheese is soft. Time
required, q bout IS minutes
Lemon Fie-One and one-fourth /
cups sugar. one and one~third cups
-four. pinch Of salt. three egg yoIks.
one cup boiling water. one teaspoon
butter. juice Of one lemon and grated
rind
Mix sugar. -four and salt. add boil
Ing water, stirring constantly. Cook