Evening star., 1944-03-31
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medium sized onions. Cover with
lid and let cook fast. When tender
stir occasionally until water is prac-
tically boiled on and squash browns
very lightly on bottom. Stir up Sc
that brown is distributed through
yellow, let brown once more, II de-
sired, and stir up again.
Cucumbers fried, are a dish many
people can eat, who could never
touch a raw cucumber. Slice cucum-
ber lengthwise, after peeling, dip in
lightly beaten egg and then cracker
crumbs and fry in vegetable short
ening.
Baked sour cabbage is good. To q
3-pound Cor less) head of green cab
bage, shredded in a casserole, add
the following separately prepared
sauce over top Of 1t. Melt / table
spoon butter. add 2 tablespoons
flour, / teaspoon salt, / teaspoon dry
mustard, dashes of cayenne. Stir in
and blend dry ingredients into but
ter then slowly add " cup water
mixed with u cup vinegar. Pour
over cabbage. Place bacon strips
over top. Cook in oven until tender
and brown on top and sides.
Cold slaw with this dressing is de-
licious: eggs, beaten lightly, "
cup sugar, / cup weak vinegar. Cook
until 1t thickens. Add / tablespoon
butter just as you take from fire
It thickens more as 1t cools. Serves
about IL. Cut cabbage for slaw with
knife, not too finely, add dressing
and serve. Balance, not used, may
be kept in refrigerator.
"Roley Poleys" made from left
over mashed potatoes used to be a
Monday (wash-day) dish with US,
but many initiates to the dish use
1t for company. To cup (more or
less) of leftover mashed potatoes,
add ! egg and flour to the consist
ency of pie dough. Roll out as pie
dough only about l inch thick. Cut
in pieces diamond shaped about
inch square. Roll each piece in
hands to shape small at ends and
larger in center so of the shape OF
an egg. Drop into boiling salted
water and cook until they all come
to top. Drain and put in dish to
cool. Fry In vegetable shortening
until delicate brown. Some people
like plain, but we serve dipped In
catsup, or with catsup over top.
Egg pancakes with wilted lettuce
are good luncheon or light supper
dish. Recipe for person follows.
double 1t for 2-treble for 3, etc.
Three-eights cup flour, Y teaspoon
salt, egg, 3s cup milk. This makes
a very thin batter. Cover entire
bottom of large skillet with a thin
coating of this batter, 1s thick. cut
into 4 pieces and turn, browning
lightly. Serve with:
Wilted lettuce: Shred lettuce, add
salt, pepper and sugar. Fry " Inch
pieces of bacon, add about a cup OF
weak vinegar to this. Pour hot
bacon and vinegar mixture over
lettuce and serve Immediately in
warmed dish. Put spoonfuls OF
wilted lettuce on each pancake.
Devil food cake made this way is
easy and delicious. One-half cup
cocoa, u cup brown sugar, u cup
warm water, mixed to a paste.
Cream Y cup butter or vegetable
shortening, and cup brown sugar,
add to above. Il have an electric
mixer and do not mix separately }
Add cup cake flour measured be-
fore sitting, then whole egg. Beat
mixture well. Add / teaspoon bak-
ing soda, Y teaspoon salt, ! rounded
teaspoon baking powder, 1h tea
spoons vanilla, " cup cake flour, u
cup milk. Pour into creased oblong
pan and bake at $50 degrees for 4O
to so minutes. Test with tooth
pick. When it comes out dry, from
center Of cake, 1t is done. II you
have an electric mixer try topping 1t
with fluffy icing. Place following
in bowl Of mixer: I cup sugar, l egg
white, unbeaten; pinch salt, Y tea
spoon cream of tartar, n teaspoon
vanilla. Then add u cup Of boiling
water last. Beat at medium speed
or later increase to high speed,
until thick and fluffy.
One more and I'll quit! We all
love this cake, too.
Milk chocolate cake: Cream "
cup butter, add IL cups sugar
gradually cream thoroughly; add
whole egg, unbeaten; mix thorough
ly, add another egg and then
beat 2 minutes. Alternately add /
cup sour milk or buttermilk and 2
cups sifted cake flour to which u
teaspoon salt has been added. Then
add 2 squares of melted bitter choc-
olate then teaspoon vanilla. Lastly
add l teaspoon soda dissolved in
tablespoon vinegar. Mix well, bake
in creased layer pans at 375 de-
grees for about Is minutes or until
toothpick comes out dry. Frost be-
tween layers and on top with milk
chocolate nut icing. Dissolve
square bitter chocolate and 3 table
spoons butter over hot water. Re-
move from fire, add 6 tablespoons
cream or canned milk, l teaspoon
vanilla, then gradually /. pound box
Of confectioners' sugar. Lastly, add
Y cup chopped nuts. like English
walnuts.
Editors note: The other er-
cellent recipes submitted by Mrs.
W., Dill be printed as soon as
space permits.)
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MILK STAINS.
THANKS to Mrs. T. E. H.,
Mclean, Va.J
Some asked about the removal of
milk stains. A leaflet on stain re-
moval instructs, Wash in cold
water, then follow with hot water
and SOAP" But, for delicate ma
terial, by which it must mean non
washable, you sponge with cold
water and remove the grease with
gasoline. 1t seems to me that a
bottle of dry cleaner would do the
work just as well as gasoline. And,