The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27
Recipes for the Day,

| Baked Beans-Sirt over carefully
and wash one pound beans, put to
/ soak over night in plenty of cold
water. In the morning drain and
put them in the saucepan, covered
with cold water Bring slowly to
! boiling point, add one-quarter tea
spoon soda, drain and cover with
/ freshly boiled water Simmer until
+ the skins crack when you take a
! few in a spoon and blow on them.
Scrape and score cne-half pound OF
salt pork in inch squares. Put the
beans in the casserole, with pork in
the center with only the rind ex-
posed. Mix one tablespoon brown
! sugar, one tablespoon mOlasses, one
teaspoon mustard. one and one-half
teaspoon salt, little pepper. with
| two cupfuls Of water in which the
beans were cooked, pour over the
top. Strained tomatoes or one can
of prepared tomato soup can be
used in place OF water if you de-
sire. Put into very slow oven
and bake from four 10 six hours.
Remove the cover for the last hour
that the top may be brown. Add
more hot water if needed while
cooking. These are also fine cook
ed in a fireless cooker, proceeding
precisely the same except the last
hour when they are poured from
the ffreless cooker vessel into
casserole and Drowned in the oven
as above directed.
Economical Pumpkin or Squash
Pie Recipe-One and one-half cups
strained pumpkin or squash, one
cup boiling milk poured over it be-
fore sugar is added, one egg slight
ly beaten, one-half cup sugar, one |
teaspoon salt QeveD, one teaspoon
Pour into unbaked crust
and put into hot oven, lowering the |
heat somewhat after the first 20 !
minutes.
Dreamed Sweet Breads on Toast /
One sweet bread, soak in cold |
water one hour, boil in sailed acid !
llated water for 20 minutes. Drain
and chill. Cut into small pieces.
Make white sauce Of one and one
half cups milk, three tablespoons
1our, three tablespoons OF butter.
Melt butter, add -four, add milk
and cook until it thick
ems. Add sweet breads and one
green pepper cut into fine pieces.
Salt to taste. Serve on pieces of
lot buttered toast. /,
Lettuce and String Bean Salad
)ne pint string beans, one head of
ettuce, one cup salad dressing
Wash head Of lettuce and cut in ,
l2If- Drain liquid frcIu can Of j
tTlng Deans and arrange beans on {
ettuce. Add salad dressing. Salad '
ressing: folk of one egg, one-haif {
up vinegar, one-half Gun water Y
ne tablespoon butter, one tea / i
pcon salt, one teaspoon sugar. one c
easpoon mustard, two tablespoons
our. Mix together and cook in n i
ouDle boiler until it thickens. Re c
love from the fire. When cool. add b
he beaten white of egg, T
Apple Dumpling-Two ems of Ii
our, four teaspoons baking. now "
er, one-half teaspoon salt. one ia a
-espCon sugar, four tabIesDoons ii
L, three-quarters cup milk. two r.
edium sized apples. six table h
'oons orange marmalade. Sift this o
y ingredients, cut in the fst. add II
e milk until a biscuit dough is
rmed. Roll out to one-half inch IL
lckness, cut into squares. Peal is
Id core apples. Place one table e.
Don orange marmalade in the h;
inter- OF each apple. Place half of oV
apple, core side down. over the in
Fold the edges of
ugh up over the apple, and bake
minutes in a moderate oven or q
e hour in a freless cooker
rye with hot vanilla sauce or
cam. 81
8rolled Oysters - Select large e
sh oysters. dry them on a linen i
TN, dip them in melted butter
"a IN very line crumbs, dust with 4
2Per ana SAT-, lay on creased n
'iler and broil carefully, turning ~