Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-28
Worthwhile Things
For Women
A DIMES WORTH OF DAWES

This delicious dried fruit is very
rarely used by the average housewife
in her cookery; and Notwithstanding
that dates are usually less expensive
than raisins, housekeepers seem sell
dom to appreciate their true value as
substitute for the latter.
A box of good dates, if put in a cool
dry place and closely covered, will
keep for some time and will greatly
assist in varying the list of cakes, pud-
| dingS, desserts, etc. Even q half
pound of them will give their rich, dis
tinctive flavor to several compounds
that were raisins or currants used
would be comparatively commonplace
AS helps to the housewife in utiliz-
ing dates to the best advantage, the
following tested and economical re-
/ cipes are suggested:
Frugality Pudding
Fill a buttered pudding dish about
half full of dried bread crumbs. Cover
with sweet milk and let stand for halt
an hour. Then mix in two we'll
beaten eggs, two tablespoonfuls OF
sugar, quarter of q teaspoonful OF
salt, half teaspoonful of vanilla and
a small cupful of stoned dates. Set
the pudding dish in a larger vessel OF
hot water and bake in slow oven
about thirty-five minutes. Remove
from the fire, cover the top with q
meringue made from the stffly whip
ped white of one egg beaten with one
| tablespoonful of sugar, and return to
the oven until delicately Drowned
Serve either hot or cold
Lemon Date Pie
This is very old-fashioned receipt;
but is probably new to the majority
of the present generation of house
keepers. Beat together one small cup
full of sugar and one egg; then add
gradually one cupful of water and one
cupful of finely crushed cracker
crumbs. Flavor with the grated vel
low rind and the strained juice of one
lemon, add one cupful of stoned and
| chopped dates, three tablespoonfuls of
cream or very rich milk and pour into
a deep pie plate that has been lined
with pastry. Cover with a top crust
make several incisions in the upper
crust and after brushing over with
beaten egg, bake in a rather quick
oven for thirty minutes.
Date MerinSue
This is very delicate dessert and
is extremely useful in the case of un-
expected company, as it may be easily
and quickly made. Use rounds of plain
sponge cake. Beat the whites of two
eggs as stitily as possible, fold in two
| tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar and
one small cupful of stoned and
chopped dates. Heap the meringue in
mounds upon the cake and place in a
moderate oven until slightly Drowned
Serve cold.
Frozen Date Pudding
The use of dates will be found to
give a very unusual and delicious
| flavor to any frozen dainty. Prepare
the custard from a pint of rich milk,
two well beaten eggs, pinch of salt,
one heaping teaspoonful of corn
| starch mixed to a paste with a little
cold water and half a cupful of sugar.
! Cook over hot water. until well thick
ened and smooth. Remove from the
| fire, flavor with a teaspoonful OF
vanilla extract, and when cold fold
in small cupful of sweetened whip
| ped cream. Turn into a chilled freezer
and when the custard begins to con-
geal stir in large cupful of stoned
and shredded dates. Continue freezing
until firm and smooth.
Steamed Poor Mans Pudding
This will be found as delicious as
| it is easily made and, although very
inexpensive, is generally pronounced
a very rich fruit pudding. Take two
cupfuls of graham flour, half a cup
full of white flour, one cupful of
molasses, three tablespoonfuls OF
melted shortening, three tablespoon
fuls of brown sugar, one teaspoonful
| of grated nutmeg, half a teaspoonful
of ground cinnamon and one cupful
! of thick sour milk in which has been
dissolved one teaspoonful of baking
soda. Beat the batter vigorously, add
one cupful of stoned and chopped
dates and turn into a we'll CREASED
pudding mold. Steam for two hours
and half and then set the steamer
| in a hot oven for about fifteen minutes.
| Serve unmolded, accompanied by o
| stirred, hard sauce.