Milford chronicle., 1930-08-01
INSIDE INFORMATION

Carrots are a good source of vita
minis, if quickly cooked, or grated
new in a vegetable salad.
Sweet potatoes, when properly
dried, can be ground into a meal or
flour which will last Indefinitely and
will note lose it's flavor when used in
making pies and custards, according
to the Bureau Of Chemistry and
Soils, U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture. Sweet potato flour, used with
wheat flour, makes bread of good
texture, color, and flavor, says the
bureau.
French toast is an appetizing way
of using stale bread, and provides
main dish for breakfast, lunch or
supper. Allow IL to 34 cup of milk
to 2 eggs. Beat the mixture, salt
lightly, and dip slices of bread into
it until well soaked. Fry in butter
or well-seasoned fat in a heavy
smooth skillet. Use moderate heat
and let the toast become golden
brown on one side before turning.
At the markets this fall you may
find potatoes in handy size cotton
bags of unique design. The Bureau
of Home Economics of the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture, and the
North Carolina Agricultural College
developed this new Consumer pack
age" One side of the bag is an
open-mesh fabric through which the
buyer may inspect the size and quail
ity of the potatoes. The other half
of the bag is close weave to dis
play the producers brand. The bag
increases the incentive for growing
good potatoes and marketing them
as a graded product under trade
brand. The sacks also expand the
market for the cotton crop.
Sweet corn loses it's sugar content !
very quickly after being removed
from the stalk and when possible |
should be picked only an hour or so
before it is to be cooked.
The house centipede is not true |
insect, but a species of thousand |
legs" 1t aids in keeping down the
number of such pests as house flies,
reaches, moths, and other insects.
Centipedes seldom bite but should
they do so, dress the wound with
household ammonia. To get rid of
centipedes, kill all individuals that
appear and dust any moist places
around pipes and so on with pyre-
thrum powder.
Fresh tomatoes may be filled with
almost any leftover meat or vege-
table for a stuffed tomato salad. A
filling made of chopped meat, such
as chicken, veal, or tongue, cooked
peas, chopped pickle or cucumber,
celery, and salad dressing, is excel
lent. After the tomatoes have been
peeled and scooped out they should
be seasoned inside with salt, turned
upside down to drain, and placed in
The icebox until time to fill and serve
hem.
To make white icing which never
fails, put into a double boiler one
cup of sugar, tablespoons cold wa
.er, 1 egg white, not beaten, and is
of salt. Have the water in
he lower part boiling. Commence
1eating the mixture at once with a
Dover beater and beat constantly
While it cooks for seven or eight min
ties. 1t should then look just like
ordinary boiled frosting and should
)e almost thick enough to spread.
Take it from the stove, add IL tea
poon of vanilla and continue to beat
bout 5 minutes or until it has
hickened.
Many people, particularly those
Who are acquainted with the use of
Ioney in the granulated form, prefer
,ranulated honey to liquid honey,
nd there is always a good market
or the former, say apriculturists of
he U. S. Department of Agriculture.
honey can be used very
1uch like butter, can be spread read
Iy, and the sickness, to which so
many people object, is obviated when
oney is in this condition. Almost
II honeys have a tendency to gran
late after being removed from the
i've. Alfalfa honey in particular
ranulates quickly after being ex-
racted. .s