Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-03
FOURTH CELEBRATION
PICNIC SUGGESTIONS
Lawn Parties Fetes and Week Ends All Combine to
Make independence Day Safe and Sane-Edible
Cannon Cracker Recipe

angles.
Plmcnto Sandwiches.
Use one tall or two small cans OF
pimentoes,
One cup of cottage cheese.
One onion.
Eut the .pimento. cheese and onion
through the food chopper and then
add four tablespoons of salad dress
irg. and use for sandwich filling.
In making sandwiches IL is ncces-
ssry to have good bread. if they are
70 be success az sandwiches 4 good
homemade bread is ideal. or you might
use rye, graham or whole wheat bread.
Ii must be at least one day old before
using and OF close and even texture.
Always cream the butter we'll before
sllce before cutting from the loaf. A
sratual Will be found TO be splendid
1901 Tor this purpose. and also for fll-
ing sand witches.
Trim the crust from the bread after
Preparing. the sandwiches. This crust
need not be wasted. Dry and then use
10 replace the bread for picnics or out
of-door meals. Have pickles. olives.
"atercress and serve them with the
sandwiches.
toi sandwich filling. Wrap the sand
y ines IN wax paper and then pack in
ooS until ready to start.
Cannon Crackers,
race in mixing bowl
one cup of brown sugar
EiSh Tablespoons of Shortening
Cream and then add
One-half cup of milk
Ihree and one-half cups Of -four
0eveD. po"uer
One teaspoon Of cinnamon.
One-half teaspoon OF ginger
One-quarter teaspoon OF alIsnica
MIX TO a dough and then form into
SUCKS about the size OF a large lead
behcii cut cut Into pieces three and one
haif inches long. Insert a thin niece
in
Tor fuse. Place on a creased ~
n.ured TN and bake in a moderate
oNen LOT nftcen minutes.
sort Ginger Bread.
ono cup OF Tolasses
Dne- nalt cup of sugar
Two Two; ana ,JJo oeapo1s of shortening.
Firs 'e.asspoon OF soda dissolved in
one teaspoon of ginger
nne-half teaspoon Of cloves
Two teaspoons of cinnamon
po teaspoons OF baking powder
into VII nard 10 blend and then pour
,hto "eii-RreaEed and Toured mn ana
49, go IN SLOW oven for thirty fIve
Binck Nut cnke.
one cup OF brown sugar
rive tablespoons Of Shortening
Sream well and then add
One-half cup OF cocoa.
"o cups of s;fted -four
powder % oaking
one well-beaten eEs,
one cup OF milk.
Sne teaspoon of cinnamon,
one teaspoon OF vanilla
p n cup OF hneiy chopped nuts.
lectcd Will do. Beat 10 mix and tbon
nour into well-greased and foured
loai SNAPPED pan. Bake for thirty
minutes in moderate oven. Ice with
water icing. This cake is delicious.
Oatmeal Drops.
race In Saucepan
one cup OF corn syrup.
one-half cup OF shortening
one cup OF chopped rais!ns
Bring 10 boil and cook FOR five
minutes and then add
1ne se "a spoon OF soda. dissolved in
Two cups of rolled oats
One-halt cup Of flour.
one-half teaspoon OF nutmeg
MIX and then drop bv the spoonf;,I
In creased and Toured baking sheet
two inches apart. Bake In a hot oven
for ten minutes.
EnEiish Rocks.
Place in a mixing bowl
Ono and one-half cups of brown
sugar. -,
Two-th!rds cup OF shortening.
Two eggs.
One teaspoon OF soda. dissolved in
Four tablespoons of water
Two teaspoons OF cinnamon,
One teaspoon of nutmeg.
Two and one-half cups OF flour,
One and one-half cups OF finely
chopped nuts,
One and one-half cups OF finely
chopped rais!ns
Mix thoroughly and then drop by
teaspoon on a well-sreased and
Toured baking sheet and bake for
twelve minutes In q moderate oven.