Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-29
Kitchen Hints
Tempting Menus

There is a great deal of nourish-
ment in dried peas. but it should
be remembered that a dish made
with split peas is not quickly d.
sested and is a very hearty food.
Peas are a protein and lacking
in fat. This boiled dinner of salt
pork and peas pudding conforms
to a balanced ration. Serve a green
salad and az plain fruit dessert to
offset the fat and supply bulk and
minerals.
Boiled Pork and. Peas Pudding
Leg of salt pork, | medium sized
head cabbage A parsnips, l onion,
/ carrot, ~ turnIp, l stalk celery,
IL p-eppercorns.
FOR THE PUDDiNG-Two cups
split peas, 2 tablespoons butter, 2
eggs (yolks), pepper.
Soak the seas over night. Put the
pork in a big kettle, V with
warm water and bring to the boiling
point. Skim Well. IL the pork is
very salty rut to cook in cold water,
brought slowly to the boiling point
and the water poured Off.
Then put on in warm water and
proceed as usual. Boil 10 minutes
and add the onion, carrot, turnip and
celery cut In slices. Adj pepper
corns and simmer from two to three
hours. Allow rs minutes per pound
for cooking.
Cut parsnips lengthwise in quar-
tiers and boil in slightly saited water
or With the pork. The parsnlps
should cook in As minutes. Boil CAB
bage in slightly sailed water. drain
and cut in neat squares. Serve the
pork on a hot platter garnished with
the vegetables.
To Make the Peas Pudding
Drain peas from water in which
they were soaked. Tie in a cloth and
| boil with the pork for an hour and a
| half. Remove from cloth, U
through a sieve. Add butter, yolks
| of eggs and pepper. Beat well ana
put back in the clcth and boil 30
minutes longer.
If the kettle is not big enough to
accommodate the peas boil in a stew
pan with or teaspoon salt. Cover
with cold water and boil two hours.
Add water as it boils away.
Then rub through sieve, add put
| ter. yolks of eggs and pepper. Put
in a well buttered baking dish and
bake or steam for 40 minutes.
Pea Frittcrs
Two cups split peas, "a teaspoon
sugar, tablespoons butter, 1 tea
spoon salt, a teaspoon pepper, n
dried bread crumbs.
Soak peas over night in six quarts
| cold water. Drain. put in a stew
pan the peas VIII about half MI.
Add salt and sugar and cover with
| cold water and simmer for 1.-TWO
hours. Add water to prevent burn
ing, but as the peas become soft let
the water cook away as much as
possible.
Rub through a PURGE strainer or
sieve. Season with salt and pepper
and butter and pour into a platter
to become cool enough to handle.
Form in small fiat cakes and roll In
crumbs. Fry in frying pan In pacon
drippings.
Split Pea Soup
One cup split peas. ~ stalk celery.
2 small onions. / tablespoon Hour
1 dessertspoon butter. "a teaspoon
salt, Mteaspoon pepper.
Wash peas well and soak over
night in six cups cold water. Boil
in water in which peas were soaked
1t will take abou- one ana one-naii
hours to cock the peas tender, ltun
through strainer. Stew celery ana
onions in water to cover and put
through sieve.
Melt butter and brown flour care
fully in melted butter. Slowly add
the water in which the celery ana
onions were cooked. Add this to
peas, Season with salt and pepper
and reheat if necessary.
IL too thick add milk or meal
stock to make the desired creami'
ness.
Copyright. 1922. N. r. A. Service)
at getting him.
A cab was found and Violet taken
by Barray and Paul to a doctor q
few streets of.
The bullet had evidently passed
between her arm and body, hardy
] more than grazing the latter.
Relief at learning she was mi
slightly hurt released Paul.!
thoughts with sharp agony to hi
own problem.
"Violet," he spoke gently. but !
was plain he was half mad witt
anxiety, 1--WE not time now to tall
as / would want to you. But l mus
demand a disavowal of-of wha
you insinuated about my wife and
Barray here. L didn't believe you
But when ! find Polly I want to tel
her you didn't believe 1t either"
Mo- didn't believe it. not real
Iy, / was-hysterical. Distraugh
with. But / can't tell you now
Some time / will. / only hope w
done no harm"
Paul flung up his head in a ges
ture of bitterness and despair.
God knows!" he said, and wen
swiftly from the doctors snuffy lit
tie ONCE into the grazing streets
One cry kept ringing through hi
brain-"Poliy! oh, my girl-Polly
Polly. pray God / find you safe!"
ITO be c~ontinued)