Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02

Cauli1lower au Gratin
Lettuce Salad
Steamed Coffee Pudding.
Homemade Syrup.
In the present shortage of brown
sugar, one cup granulated sugar, a
pinch OF salt and one-half cup left
over coffee boiled for two minutes
makes . good syrup.
Homemade Maple" Syrup-Boil
one cup granulated sugar in two cups
water for five minutes. Take off stove
and add one and one-half cups any
plain syrup and one teaspoon vanilla.
Stir all together till we'll mixed. This
makes about a quart of delicious ma
pie" syrup.
Popcorn Sandwiches.
Dissolve two cups sugar in small
quantity of boiling water, add one
cup corn syrup, boil until hard, re-
move from fire and add one teaspoon
soda, two tablespoons butter Tor sub
stitute). Stir until foamy. Pour over
six quarts nicely popped corn (having
removed all hard kernels, mix thor
oughly and pack as tightly as pos
sible in bread tin. When cold slice
thin and spread with peanut butter,
forming sandwiches.
Butter Substitute.
Render one pound side pork "speck
lard" or fresh pork ham fat. When
golden color put in one medium ap-
pie and one medium onion cut into
very tiny pieces grind in meat grind
err. Let onion and apple cook done
in fat, turn into bowl to cool. Do
not strain.
Delicious on rye bread.
II you should not like it on bread.
use it to fry potatoes; it gives the
potatoes good flavor.
The Table.
Eggless Corn Muff1ns-One cup corn
meal, half cup -four, one-quarter cup
sugar or less If not liked very sweet,
one teaspoon salt, two teaspoons bak-
ing powder, one cup milk, three tea
spoons fat lard or butter substitute);
sift baking powder, salt, -four togeth-
er; add to corn meal and sugar, then
add melted fat and milk; mix well
and bake in muf1in tins.
Old-Fashioned Buckwheat Cakes
One and three-fsurths pints milk or
water, three cups, pure buckwheat
flour, half teaspoon salt, half cake
compressed yeast; stir -four and salt
slowly in liquid and beat until smooth,
then add yeast dissolved in half cup
warm water and set to rise overnight.
Next morning add half teaspoon bak-
ing soda and bake on creased griddle.
Eggless Gingerbread - Half cup
shortening, half cup brown sugar, one
cup baking molasses, one teaspoon
soda, one cup hot water, two cups
flour, two teaspoons ginger, one tea
spoon cinnamon, one-fourth teaspoon
cloves, one-fourth teaspoon salt;
cream sugar and shortening we'll; add
molasses and soda dissolved in hot
water; -four sifted with salt and
spices; beat we'll and bake in moder-
ate oven.
Casserole Dinner - Three-fohrth
pound round steak, one tablespoon
drippings, one-half cup rice, two cups
boiling water, two tablespoons flour,
one-half cup tomatoes, one carrot,
small onion, seasoning to taste Cut
meat in small pieces and fry in drip
pings till brown. Dredge with flour,
put in casserole, add other ingredients
the vegetables having been cut fine.
Cook one hour.
Steamed Salmon Loaf-One can SAL
mon, one cup bread crumbs, one cup
milk, pepper and salt, one egg. Steam
one hour. White sauce may be served
over this
Dreamed Sweetbreads-Wash sweet
breads. boil in one pint water. Add
one tablespoon vinegar and one tea
spoon salt. Boil Is minutes. Remove
skins, membranes and pipes; cut in
one-half inch pieces. Make white
sauce of one tablespoon butter, one
half tablespoon salt, one tablespoon
-four, one-half small spoon pepper and
one cup milk. Boil this until thick,
pour over prepared sweetbreads and
serve hot.
War Pudding (saves animal fats
and wheat)-One-third cup margarine;
one and one-quarter cups grated raw
carrots, one cup grated raw potato
one cup entire wheat or graham -four
One-quarter cup sugar, one-quarter