The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-20
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 e. Please give me a recipe for cherry relish"
 A. Use the following ingredients: {: 2 cups pitted cherries, cup seed- less raisins, 1 teaspoon cinnamon l-2 cup brown sugar, IA teaspoon cloves l-2 cup honey and 1-2 cup vinegar. Cook these ingredients slowly for one hour. Add cup broken pecan nut meats and cook three minutes longer. Pour into steriliZed jars and seal.
 c. have a large upholstered arm chair that is very much soiled l would like to clean 1t at home If it can be done successfully. Do you have directions for doing this?
 A. A simple shampoo for up- holstered chairs is made with one part of neutral soap flakes to five parts of hot water. Let the mixture cool, and just before 1t is used, beat to father with an egg beater. The chair should be prepared by a thorough cleaning with whiSk broom or the hand attachment of a vacuum cleaner. Remove grease spots (such as those made by heans resting against the back) by first scrubbing with carbon terachloride and a soft brush. Then try the soap studs on an out-of-the-way spot on the chair to be sure that the up- holstery color is fast. If the test is satisfactory, apply the suds with soft brush to small areas, and rinse each spot immediately with cloth wrung out in clear warm water. Overlap the areas to prevent streak ing or Spotting, and take care not to use enough water to soak through and rust the springs. Let dry thor oughly before using the chair.
 Q. My early childhood was spent on farm, and remember my mother making g "sour cream pie" !" I have lost the recipe. Can you help me?
 A. One such recipe specifies 1 1-2 cups sour cream, 3-4 cup sugar. 1-2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1-4 teaspoon cloves, IA teaspoon nutmeg, 1-4 teaspoon salt, IA cup flour, 2 eggs. 1-2 cup chopped raisins and tea spoon vanilla. Mix the sugar. spices, salt and flour. Add the sour cream. Stir and heat over hot wa ter until thickened; then cover and cook l5 minutes. Slowly pour the hot mixture into the well-beaten eggs; add the raisins and cook over hot water for a few minutes. Stir in the vanilla. Pour into baked pas try shell and serve when cool. The eggs may be separated and the whites used for a meringue. Add 2 tablespoons of sugar for each we'll beaten egg white with a little salt and vanilla. Spread over the fill- ing to the edge of the crust and bake in a very moderate oven (325 degrees F.) for about IS minutes, or until lightly Drowned.
 O. What are "eggs behedict"?
 A. Thin slices of toasted bread. or split or toasted ngiish mufiins, on which a slice of cooked ham or crisp cooked bacon is laid and over that a poached egg. The whole IS covered with hot hollandaise sauce and served very hot. Hollandaise sauce is made hy beating the yclks of { eggs and " tablespoons Of lemon juice together. adding a large lump of butter and cooking in a double boiler, stirring constantly, until the mixture begins to thIcken. Remove from the stove. add another lump of butter and stir rapidly. then add another lump of butter and con- tinue to stir until the mixture is entirely blended. Add about i-4 teaspoon of salt, 6 dash of pepper and l-4 cup of boiling water. Re- turn to the double boiler and stir until the sauce is thick. The total amount of butter used should be about i-2 cup.