Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-29
Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.

Halved Grapefruit
Uncooked Cereal Rye Pancakes
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Salmon Mousse with Lettuce
Brown Bread Sandwiches
Stewed Figs
DINNER.
Celery Soup
Curry of Fowl with Rice
Currant Jelly
Baked Sweet Potatoes
Buttered Carrots
Orange Tapioca Coffee
Economy Cakes.
Cinnamon Flop = One cup sugar,
chunk butter size of walnut, one cup
sweet milk, two cups flour, one tea
spoon baking powder. Sprinkle Gin
namon and brown sugar over top and
drop a few little pieces of butter
around over top. This is really better
than cakes and does not take any eggs.
A few walnut kernels may be put in
batter if desired.
Conservation Cakes Two table,
spoons drippings, one-half cup corn
syrup, one egg, one cup cooked rolled
oats (use left overs), one cup flour,
two teaspoons baking powder, one
teaspoon cinnamon, one teaspoon
grated nutmeg, pinch salt, one-han
cup raisins. Cream drippings, add
syrup then well-beaten egg. Mix thor
oughly the cooked oats, then mix in
all the dry ingredients sifted wes.
Lastly, add raisins. Drop on creased
pans far apart, using teaspoon of mix
ture for each cookie Bake in hot
oven over twenty minutes.
Wartime Cookies (sugarless and
butterless)-Three cups -four, two and
one-quarter teaspoons baking pow
der, one-third cup melted lard. one
quarter cup sweet Milk, one-half tea
spoon each of cinnamon, allspice and
nutmeg, one-quarter teaspoon ginger,
one beaten egg, one and one-half cups
thin molasses mot too dark and thin
with water Can vary spices to taste;
also add ground raisins if desired.
Bake in moderate oven about ten min
utes. Makes about sixty-five medium
sized cookies.
The Table.
Mutton With Apples - Divide the
neck of mutton into outlets. Season
with salt and pepper. Peel and slice
four apples. Peel and chop two small
onions. Allow all to roast in oven
three-fourths hour or till done. Serve
in dish in which it was cooked II de-
sired, steak or chops may be used the
same way.
Liver and Onions-Buy 16 cents
worth of liver tone pound). Put in
kettle, pour boiling water over. then
take off all white skins. Wipe dry,
roll in -four. Put plenty of lard in
pan, and when hot put in liver. While
liver is frying, fix four or five onions
cut in small pieces. When liver is well
done "a deep brown take from pan
and put onions in frying pan and let
get nice and brown. then put liver in
pan again. add salt and pepper. one
and one-half or two cups water and
let cook about one-half hour.
| When ready to serve take liver
! from pan, add more water and thicken
( like all gravies.
The first night boil enough potatoes
| also for the next night. Cut potatoes
, in small pieces. put in frying pan with
a little water with leftover liver cut
in small pieces, and add gravy. This
is just as good as. If not better than
the first night. This is only eigh,
cents night fer meat.
Potato Soup-It's wartime, and this
Is a good wartime recipe. Take as
much milk as needed for family, add
butter size of walnut. salt and penper
Now add boiled mashed pnt.toes
to make soup as thick or thin al
wanted. When heated through serve
Baked Potatoes With Milk-Put one
half cup milk In with potatoes. add
salt. pepper and piece OF butter. PIT
in oven until they become brown or
ton. then t.xe out and serve.
Beans and Sauerkraut, very appe