The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-11-27
MAU|BEANDISHES
PATRIOTIC FOOD
MURDER Of Recipes Given BY
Which Use Can, Be Made Of
Them Without Monotony

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The use of Maui beans, which can
now be purchased at naary every gro.
Gerry in Honolulu, Is d ,lifeet patriotic
aid to the Territory in the food prob.
lens now confronting IL. In addition
TO the use of home products, ono OF
the first maxims Of the food admins
tration, the saving Of transportation
Is an Important fhetOr TO be considered.
Nearly every housewife knows how
to bake or boil beans, but with many
the use of beans stops at that point.
! There are, numberless palatable ways
in which the red anil white beans from
Maui can be served which will give
novelty and variety TO the family
menus Bean dishes are excellent for
use on meatless days, as their food
value Is so high that the lack of meat
Is not noticed. The following, bean
recipes have been adapted from the
Ladies' Home Journal
Maui Bean Loaf Wash well and
drain one pound of dry Maui beans;
place them IN n saucepan and cover
with plenty of cold water, put in an
onion stuck with Glove, a little salt,
a bay leaf and half a teaspoonful OF
! thyme tied in little muslin bag; cover
, the stewpRn and cook gently until the
beans are tender (about six hOurs) but
unbroken; add more water il required;
leave the cover off for the last half
hour of cooking TO allow the water to
reduce, then drain the water of and
set them aside to cool When cold put
them through n food chopper, season
with pepper and salt, stir in half cup
! full of tomato catchup, two canned PIN
ientos and the whites Of two hard boiled
eggs chopped fine; mix we'll, turn ON a
Toured board, form into 4 loaf, brush
oyer with the beaten yolk Of an egg
and sprinkle with bread crumbs. Place
in creased pan and bake in a mod
crate oven for three quarters of an
hour. Garnish with parsley.
Maui Bean FTitters, Rub two eupfuls
Of cold boiled Maui beans through a
fine wire sieve. Chop fine one onion,
melt Tablespoonful Of beef suet in a
, frying pan, put in the onion and fry
/ it light brown. Mix in the beans;
salt and pepper TO taste, turn out into
bowl and let cool; then add two well
beaten eggs, mix well, drop from n
| spoon into hot fat and fry a golden
brown. Take up and drain ON brown
paper. Serve on hot dish. Garnish
with parsley and lemon slices. Tomato
| chntney may be served ms relish
with these fritters if desired This
amount will make twenty fritters Mt
an approximate cost of eighteen cents.
| Mock Meat Cakes Soak half o cup.
| full Of Maui beans in cold water over
night. Cook until very thick. Boil
! and mash Eve, medium-size potatoes
and mix thoroughly with the beans,
add half cupful of grated cheese, half
q eupful Of fine bread crumbs, one egg,
beaten, and one tablespoonful of melt.
ed bacon fat. Season and, when cool
shape into triangular cakes; dip in
corn meal and fry. Serve alone, or
with hominy as in the illustration.
| The beans and cheese furnish abund-
ant protein, and the potatoes and corn
supply heat and energy, thus affording
a complete, balanced ration.
J. Curried Maui Beans on Toast. Mash
some baked Maui beans and mix with
cream sanee with one teaspoonful cur.
ny powder dissolved in the sauce
Spread thick on buttered toast, with
a good sprinklihg of paprika, To gar
nish, fry few slices Of bacon, remove,
and fry the slices Of apple in the bacon
fat. Serve hot t@sy.
Maui Bean Croquettes. Take cup.
full of beans, soak them all night, then
cook them until soft and run them
through a fine sieve; chop two onions
finely and TRY them until transparent
but not browne mix in the mashed
beans, season with salt and pepper and
turn onto a plate to cool Divide into
equal portions, shape into croquettes
dip each one into beaten eggs, ron in
bread crumbs and fry in hot fat; drain
OH paper. Serve in place of meat GRO
QUOTES with Creole sauce. - II,
Creole Sauce. Put one Tablespoonful
of fat into a stewpau; stir in one
Tablespoonful of -four; add a cupful Of
canned tOmatoes, oPes chopped onion, a
bay leaf, season with salt and pepper
and stir until boiliugS strain into ,ah.
other saucepan; add 'half eupful Of
chopped green peppers and it is ready
to use. Arrange the croquettes on a
hot, dish and pour the sauce around
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