Evening star., 1928-08-03

ounces of rice. Let all simmer slowly
until all the moisture is absorbed. then
press into q mold Serve very cold on
a bed of lettuce and decorate With
alternate slices of hard-boiled egg and
tomato.
Nodded vegetable salad is another
good food for the camper. To make
supply one cupful each OF shredded cab
bage and diced sour apples, one-haif q
cupful OF diced celery and half cupful
of nut meats Soften two tablespoon
fulS Of granulated gelatin In the same
amount of cold water and dissolve in
two cupfulS of boiling water. Leave 10
stand until 1t begins 10 set. then beat IN
six tahlespoonfuls of lemon Juice. haif
teaspoonful of salt. an eighth OF tea
spoonful of pepper and paprika and
tablespoonful OF sugar Fold in the
cabbage and apple mixture and turn
into a cold mold TO chill and become
Arm. Serve on lettuce with mayon-
naiSe.
Made Over Campfire.
Corkscrew Bread.-When camper is
In hurry good bread may be made
upon a stick, Mix -four and little salt
to stiff dough with water. pull TINS
into a long. thin strip and then wind 1t,
corkscrew fashion. around a stick tnat
has the bark on. Hold over a not nre,
turning constantly until done.
For corn cakes. pour two CYPRUS Oh
boilinc water over two cupfuls OF corn
meal and add two teaspoonfuls OF salt
then let the mixture stand 10 cooi.
shane into fiat cakes and fry In fat
until brown and crisp on the outside
Split and butter.
Fish chowder Is satisfying dish IN
camp. Fry several slices OF bacon III
a pan. add sliced potatoes and onions
dredce slightly with flour and COOK
minute. Add the fish cut In slices.
cover with water, season. ana let SIM
mer for half an hour. Add hot mix
enough to make the desired Quahtlty
of chowder, and serve poured over sooa
crackers that have been placed IN the
bottom OF q dish.
Er,Iit dumplines may be made If one
can obtain the fruit With berries, al
low one cupful of sugar to quart OF
fruit and add enough water to COOK
and then bring to the boiling point.
Mix two cupfuls of prepared hour, or
-four with baking powder added, Win
three tablespoonfulS of powdered mix
and add enough water 10 make
dough which will drop from the spoon
drop by spoonfuls into the hot, boiling
fruit. cover the pan closely, ana COOK
for 10 minutes Serve at once with
the cooked fruit for sauce.
Picnic Cakes,
Prize Sponge Cake.-Separate four
eggs, beat the yoiks thick, add a cupful
of grsnulated sugar. and continue beat
ing. Beat the whites stiff. then beat
into the first mixture. Sift one tea
spoonful of baking powder with one
half q cupful Of -four and add 1t grad
lally to the egg mixture. beating vigor-
ously all the time. Bake In moderate
oven for 80 minutes. Much OF the
success of this cake depends upon the
beating.
Mashed Banana Cake-Beat one-half
cupful each of white and brown
sugar to cream with one-haf cup
ful of shortening. Add the yolk Of one
egg and one cupful Of mashed bananas
Sift together three times, one and one
half cupfuls OF -four and one teaspoon
full each of baking powder and soda.
Stir the -four into the cake, alternating
with two tablespoonfuls OF sweet milk,
and lastly fold In the stiffiy beaten
whites OF the eggs. A frosting made OF
confectioners sugar into which enough
q thick paste, is excellent with this
cake.
Refreshing Drinks Important.
Warm weather, with its many out
door activities. necessitates the supply
ing of really refreshing drinks. There
is the picnic lunch. the river trip, the
motor trip. the country hike. and the
tennis marty While all care should of
course, be expended on the supplying
Of food, and usually Is, often only hur-
ried thought is given to beverages. with
the result that ready-rnade mineral
waters have to be ordered. or lemonade
quickly made There are many cooling
drinks that are easily made. These in
clude home made fruit drinks and ice
cream sodas and fruit cups. all of which
are made from simple ingredients and
give just the necessary finish TO sue
cessfll outdoor repast.