Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-14
Hoover
Refreshments for
Wartime

"HERE are times when. - your
guests are patriotic. you can dis
pense q very lavish var time
hospitality at an afternoon tea on
creamless. sugarless tea. and-n tea
IL you want u. n you don't take tea,
there ls plain water hot or cold. be-
cause as yet there mas been no sug-
gestion that we might help win the
war by going light On that transparent
beverage Hut there are times when
you really DO feel justified IN having
refreshments = little more substantial
And IL these refreshments contain the
minimum of sugar and no wheat. and
are made in ms true war spirit as
possible why then no one can really
accuse you ~ lack n patriotism
or course, there are some hos'eeses
who in order 70 have frosted cake Or
other refreBhments sweefened with
sugar would gladly give up their own
two pounds ~ sugar and 20 sUgarless
for month But unless you are VIII
ing 70 make that sacrifice you should
not usn any sugar 20 speak ~ In ynIr
refreshmentg Make rake or ro0kies
that can be sweetened with maple
sugar corn syrup or honey. and have
the frastiug made If maple sugar Or
else serve war bread sandwiches with
cottage cheese and pickles or olives
for nlling For beverage serve 2 punch
made from very sUee' fruif ~ start
an innovation and serve an abundance
~ fresh. ripe, luscious fruits and moth
inR more YOU should II course have
special fruit napkins paper napkins
ara permitted with fruit in these d-fz}
and finger bowls should be available
You might surprise your guests w
serving frUi' rofreshnents but YOU
could not dispIease them If YOU offered
luscious peaches. ripe crisp apples
glowing grapes and plums, bananas.
oranges and, pears
But there are some otha- suggestions
in the way ~ more usual refreshnnents
little things that you NAV serve a.
your next party without fear n being
unpatriotic IN t0ur Use II food.
Nut Cookies.
Beat an egg and add half oup ~
syrup. = tablespoon n cooking oil and
four tablespoons n rice four mixed
with two level teaspoons of baking
powder and 4 pinch of salt. Add also
a cup ~ chopped nuts Have ready
some CREASED baking pans and
drop The batter, q scant spoonful al
time On the pans. leaving plenty %
room between the drops. Bake in a
hot oven.
Government Candies.
In a recent issue ~ the Weekly
News Letter of the Department. u
Agriculture appear these recipes for
candies. made with peanuts~and con-
.aininz none of the food products
which we are especially Urged 70 con
scrve This one IS for peanut brittle:
one UP of white corn syrup. one
tablespoon 0f vinegar. quarter ~ A
teaspoon Il salt. one teaspoon II va
nula. one cup of freshly roasted pea
nuts. Cook ne corn syrup vinegar
and salt in a saucepan until a little
iropped in cold water s-rns a soft
nal Put lhe peanuts and this syrup
mo an iron Skillet and STIR until the
syrup becomes a golden brown. Re-
move from ne ire and stir in The
vanilla Have ready a shallow buttered
pan pour in candy ami spread out n
4 thin sheet. Allow 10 cool. then re-
move from the pan ana crack into
pieces.
And here IS a rule for making pea
nut corn balls taat 5 equally patriotic
Two quarts freshly popped corn. Two
cups freshly roasted peanuts. one tea
spoon Il vanilla, one cup OF syrup. calf
teaspoon of salt Boil the syrup. vine
gar ana salt until the syrup hardens
when dropped in cold water Add the
vanilla. and pour while hot over the
popcorn ana peanuts and mix we'll
When cool enough 20 handle grease
the hands and form into balls.
Oatmeal cookies made by any good
recipe may be so varied that they may
serve quite adequately for refresh
ments with the afternoon cup OF ,ea.
Make them very small so that they
will be dainty Add chopped nuts 20
some, chopped raisins % others.