The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-25
Efficient Housekeeping k By LAURA A. HERMAN.
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Constant Reader: Please give a recipe in your column for Apple-on- a-Stick. I would also like to know what is used for coloring cake icings pink-and what I could use to color the coating of the apples pink, too"
 Answer: Vegetable coloring paste is used to color both the icing and the coating of Apple-on-a-Stick. But very pretty crush -strawb colored icing may be obtained by using grape jelly in the following way: Put tablespoons of grape jelly in bowl beat well, and add l teaspoon vanilla Mix and stir in 1 cup confectioners' sugar. This will ice 6 cupcakes. You could use crabapple jelly in the same way. ConfectionerS coat their apples with the following recipe:
 App1e-on-a-Stick with Glucoset Choose firm ripe apples and put four-inch long stick in each one. Boil together 3 pounds of brown sugar, pint of water and 1 teaspoon of glue cose until the sirup is quite brittle when a little of it is dropped into cup of cold water. Then add tea spoon of lemon extract and dip the apples in it. Lay them on a buttered plate and remove before they are quite cold If you could get a little glucose from your neighborhood confectioner, this would be good recipe to use. Tomorrow's column wild have a recipe for coating with
 Mrs. S.: My husband is making me a cretonne 1ayette box and would like to know if there is any perfume which will keep away moth that could put between the cretonne and ining?''
 Answer: Use powdered orris or sandal wood. While these are not guaranteed moth repellers it is, nev- ertheless, a fact that moths rarely at tack fabrics scented by these per fumes. I would advise you to use one of them.
 Hall Host have my refreshments menu all planned and want a recipe for Egg Kisses. as l. think these are dainty and good to serve instead of cake. Will you please publish one?'
 Answer: I think the kisses are fine substitute for cake. To make them beat the whites of eggs stiff, then beat in 13 cup of granulated sugar; stir in A teaspoon vanilla, and drop by spoonfuls onto a buttered paper on the inverted bottom of dripping pan. Bake in a very slow oven for 1 hour. When they will stand gentle pressure with the finger without caving in, they are done. You can put two kisses together with a marshma11ow filling, if you 1ike-sim- ply melt the marshmallows in the top of a double boiler over simmerinS water, and color it red with a little red jam.
 Anonymous: Please tell me how to can sweet potatoes"
  Wash in cold water. Place in a wire basket and dip the basket into boM- ing water long enough to loosen skins (about to minutes); plunge into cold water minute. and skin. Then pack the potatoes into glass jars which have been boiled 10 minutes in cellar water (you may pack them whole, or cut into slices). Add 1 teaspoon salt to each jar and fill the jar with boiling water; adjust rubbers and covers. particularly seal' (that is push the top wire up over the glass cap but do not press down the side one) and boil the jar for 90 minutes under boiling water. Take out and put top wire over cap, thus sealing completely.
 Tomorrow-Hallowe Cakes and Candies.
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