The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-09-09
Tried Cooking
Recipes

size of an egg in saucepan and let
it melt, then add one sliced onion, a.
lowing it to brown. To this add one
small cabbage, chopped fine Let this
mixture cook slowly for twenty to
thirty minutes, then add one can Of
tomatoes Or its equivalent in fresh
ones, adding salt, pepper and paprika
to taste. Do not cover, and cook for
two or three hours.
Prune Souffle Soak half round
Of prunes over night On the mUgrow
drain them well, remove the stones,
and mince the prunes finely. whip
the whites OF seven eggs TO stand
ing foam. Beat in quickly six spoon
fuls of powdered sugar; whip the
minced prunes into this meringue,
turn into a buttered pudding dish
and bake in a hot oven Twenty min
utes should send it to the table hot
and high-a dream of fightness AMI
deliciousness. Serve whipped cream
as sauce.
Plum Shortcake- One and one-half
cupfuls flour, two level teaspoonfuls
baking powder, quarter teaspoonful,
salt. one level tablespoonful shorten.
ing, half cupful milk, three cupfuls
pitted pIums, or peaches one cupfui
sugar Sift flour, baking powder, and
salt into bowl, add shortening and
with fingertips rub in very lightly;
add milk slowly and just enough to
hold together. Dust pie tin with
flour and put the dough in center and
with back Toured spoon pat even.
Brush top with little milk; put in
hot oven twenty-five minutes, or until
nice and brown. When partly cool
split and put in fruit, pit side up. COW
or with sugar and put on the top.
PluIns or peaches can be crushed with
the sugar before putting between
shJNtcake.
Mock Turkey-Put through a moat
grinder a half pound each Of blanca
ed almonds and pecans. Soak twt
cupfuls of hominy overnight in CO
water; next morning drain, put it
a double boiler with one quart of mil
and cook until the hominy absorbs TIL
milk. When tender and dry tax
from the fire, add the nuts, tire
hard boiled eggs chopped fine, tw
teaspoonfuls of salt, half an oise.
grated and saltspoonful Of pepper
mix thoroly. Take out about hal
pint and form the rest into the shap
of small turkey and put IN on
creased paper. Take the remainin
half pint and form it into legs an
wings against the body of the turkey
stick in the end of the leg bit o
dry macaroni to represent the bone
Brush with melted butter, dust witt
bread crumbs and bake in quick ov
en- three quarters of an hour until ii
is golden brown.
Grape Juice.-One peck grapes,
three quarts water, simmer till soft,
strain. To each quart of juice add
two thirds cup of sugar. Let come
to a boil, skim and put in bottle
When serving more sugar may be ad
ded according to taste.
Chicken Patties-Cold chicken.
milk, corn, flour, pepper salt and but
ter, puff paste Mince cold chicken,
stir it into white sauce made Of
milk thickened with corn flour and
favored with pepper, salt and butter,
line small pattie pans with puff paste,
bake first, then fill with the mixture
and set in hot oven for a fewmin-
utes to brown.
Cheese and nut salad.-Take some
soft cheese, not too strong in flavor,
and mix it with cream until the right
consistency to form into soft little
balls. Shell nuts and press half a
walnut on each side of cheese balls.
Arrange them ON lettuce leaves.
Favorite Cake One cup of sugar.
scant half cup Of butter, creamed
three eggs. Beat in one at time
(whole), one cup of pastry flour,
three tablespoons of milk, one quarter
teaspoon baking powder. Flavor
with lemon. Bake in Angel cake tin
in very slow oven about three quar-
tiers Of an hour. This must be baked
slowly, as there is only one quarter
Of teaspoon of baking powder in it,
which is correct.
Southern Dish-Get two pounds Of
bottom of the round steak, put thru
meat chopper. with one medium sized
onion, add to this one cup of rice
which has been thoroly washed. Sea-
son with salt and pepper. Now make
into little cakes and lay on bottom Of
kettle. Pour over all two cups of hot
water and cook slowly for one hour.
Then add one can of tomatoes, butter
the size Of an English walnut. and
cook little faster for another hour.
Then 1t is ready to serve.