Evening star., 1933-03-31

to make the mixture spread well. Nut.
and preserved ginger are another de.
licious combination. Chop both to-
gether In equal quantities, and mix ii
little light-brown sugar and cream
to moisten the whole.
Take equal quantities Of almond
and preserved or candied cherries
Chop the cherries fine and pound tn,
almonds into paste. Mix and add 6
teaspoonful of almond extract and .
little cream.
| Combine dates and raisins that have
been passed through . food chopper
and add to each cupful Of the mixture
two tablespoonfuls of honey and one
Tablespoonful Of orange Juice. Chopped
nuts can be added. Another good COM
bination Is made by running dates and
nuts through q food chopper half ~
many dates as nuts, and adding to each
cupful Of the mixture a quarter OF 9
cupful Of maple sugar and small
amount of cream.
Ounce jelly mixed with a few
shredded mint leaves and spread on
thin cookies or sponge cake makes .
sandwich Of excellent flavor. Currant
jelly mixed with nut meats also makes
good combination.
MarshmaIIows Add Richness.
The marshmallow, daintiest Of al
CONNECTIONS, may be used In scores Of
ways to enrich and to garnish q plain
dessert. 1t Is also very nourishing
sweetmeat 1t may be served on top OF
hot coffee, chocolate or coco instead OF
whipped cream, cut up and served on
top of any kind of fruit salad, cut up and
served on top of sliced fruit for des-
sert cut up and served with dates and
nuts in whipped cream, cut up and
served With sliced bananas, cream and
sugar; cut up and served on top OF
chocolate bread pudding, used instead
Of meringue on pies, served on top OF
cream or corn soup or served on top Of
each portion u fruit gelatin.
Marshmallows may be toasted over .
crate fire, then served In . sandwich
Of graham crackers; toasted In . hot
oven on buttered crackers; mixed with
chopped nut meats and the beaten
white of an egg, then spread on salted
crackers and Drowned In the oven: in
serted In squares Of hot gingerbread,
melted and poured over ice cream, with
small pieces cut up and sprinkled over
the top; quartered and beaten up In ice
cream. together with cut up maraschino
cherries.
Marshmallows may be beaten into
any kind Of cooked frostings and filings
for cake or cut up and laid on top;
about 20 to an ordinary batch; used as
a filling for baked apples, removing the
core from the apple and filling the hole
with marshmaliows and dates chopped
up together. Gut a date lengthwise, re-
move the stone, then lay q marshmAl-
low in the opening and sprinkle with
powdered sugar. These make delicious
CONNECTIONS.
Candy Pudding.
Grind In q meat chopper half . cup
full each of shelled nuts, best seeded
raisins, figs, dates, coconut, .candied
cherries and candied pineappel and .
very small amount Of citron. Spread
the ingredients on the center Of q large
marble slab. Boil together two cupfuls
of sugar, the milk Of one coconut, half
q, thimbleful of salt, the same amount
of baking soda, two tablespoonfuls Of
cream and one tablespoonful Of butter,
with Just enough water to cover them.
When the mixture threads, or seems
hard enough to handle after being
dropped into cold water, remove 1t from
the fire and pour 1t over the chopped
fruit. Stir 1t constantly with two forks
until 1t Is cold enough 10 knead. Work
the mixture until It IL smooth and well
blended, press 1t into square, shallow
pans and leave it there until it Is per-
fectly cold Cut 1t into pieces to fit
small pasteboard boxes and wrap it in
oiled paper II 1t Is intended as q gift,
then wrap the outside with attractive
paper and tie with pretty ribbon. This