Evening star., 1943-12-29
FILING SYSTEMS.

Thanks to Mrs. E. A. p, Arlington
Here is my suggestion In answer
to Mrs. w. j. G.'s request on how
to preserve her recipes:
I use regular lined index care
(3x5) to which I fasten the recipe
using Scotch tape preferably or. II
necessary, any transparent tape OF
paste. Then I file the recipes under
a general title, such as Rolls" anc
alphabetically under this heading
"crusty," hard" Parker House,
etc.
This method keeps the file box
neat and each recipe right at the
finger tips, when needed. Although
this method may seem like good
deal of trouble to many busy read
ers, 1t does pay dividends. in addi-
ton to providing me with really
useful hobby.
The index box which I use was
obtained through the American
Home magazine.
(Thdnks to Mrs. F L., Washington }
For years I've collected recipes
and also whole colored pages from
women's magazines which illustrate
so beautifully how food can be
served artistically for various occa
sions. I finally devised the follow
ing filing scheme.
On successive pages Of a large
loose-leaf scrapbook 12x14 inches
Qarge enough to hold the largest
magazine page to be fled. put in.
dexes alphabetically for the differ.
ent classifications Of recipes: Bev.
erages, breads, cakes, candies, cook.
les, fish. meat, salads, vegetables
etc. To each of these pages
clipped with 3-inch strong paper
clips the many eye-appealing full.
page illustrations I wanted.
Then, to hold safely the myriad.
OF little recipes, I purchased as many
large brown envelopes 9x12 inche!
as there are food classifications ir
the box. In the beverage" envelope
the beverage recipe clippings, ir
the bread" envelope I put al
the bread and roll recipe clippings
etc. Each envelope was fastened
safely into the file book by punching
margin holes in it to match those ir
the loose-leaf pages. Thus, both the
pages and the envelopes are held
fast in the scrapbook by the note
book rings.
Since my book contains clippings
of at least five years accumulation
it is too bulky (and too artistic) te
be kept in the kitchen. keep it In
my hobby closet" When I try g
new recipe and the results are ia.
vorably commented upon by tht
family, that recipe Is put on a filing
card in my indexed recipe card file
which is kept handy in the kitchen
Naturally, recipes that produce
products not suited to the family!
taste are discarded.
In the looseleaf scrapbook I alst
have few extra divisions for specia
occasions like Christmas, St. Valen
tines Day, etc., in which food ant
entertainment ideas pertaining espe
cially to those events are kept.
The Shenandoah fruit cake recip,
you printed recently produced fin,
cake of superb flavor. Although
must add, the recipes you have pub
lished in the past few years TO
Southern fruit cake and English
fruit cake made very favorabl
products. q usually modify tn
fruit content slightly by always usin
homemade candied orange an,
grapefruit rinds, and some figs o
dates in place of the large quantitie
of raisins and currants. All recipe
you ever published in your owl
original column, as Betsy Caswel
that I've tried, have always prove,
successful!
Editors note: Thank you so
much, Mrs. L., for saying such
nice things about my small et-
forts! Such comment is sincerely
appreciated.-B. c.