Evening star., 1944-06-01
QUICK DINNER PARTY;
OTHER SUGGESTIONS.
(Th1nks to Mrs. y. b., Blue
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Plains, D. CO

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Though I know the reader who
wanted q quick dinner for eight has
long since had her party, I would
like to relate an experience I had
recently, when had to give dinner
to seven In little time and with no
warning whatever. We were going
to . reception Saturday evening, so
/ went to the beauty shop with the
intention Of having sandwiches and
coffee for supper. When / got home,
however, / found some friends from
out of town had come in to attend
the reception, and I had to give
them dinner. Here Is what I did:
I First the menu: Tomato juice,
and cheese crackers, Lincoln ham,
mashed potatoes, buttered Swiss
chard, spring onion salad, lemon pie
and coffee. And I had 1t on the
table less than an hour after I came
home. / don't know II it was good,
but there wasn't much left to put
away. The only help I had was one
OF the guests putting my baby to
bed-and my husband picked the
Swiss chard.
The first thing I did was to cut
two rather thick slices from the
ham I'd bought for Sunday, spread
with mustard and brown sugar,
cover with cold milk and brought to
a boil, then sirnmered it until ready
to put on the table. Peeled and
cubed rather small, the potatoes and
washed the chard through several
waters. These were put on to cook
at the same time, and were done to-
gether. While they were cooking
made the lemon pie filling, i pack
aged product happened to have On
hand, and as soon % 1t was cooked
II popped 1t into the freezing tray Il
|cool quickly. Hard on the electrit
bill, but this was an emergency
While 1t cooled, crushed graham,
crackers a4d some dry white bread
added sugar and 4 little fiouf. ant
about half : cup melted margAYine
lined . glass pie plate, and added
the cooled lemon filing. I seryec
whipped evaporated milk with thu
|pies sweetened and favored, o1
course. At the last minute cut thu
lettuce (also from the Victory gar.
lden) and added the sliced onion.
that had been standing in salt water
. few minutes, and served Will
French dressing. Melted butter anc
margarine and lemon Juice wa.
poured over the hot Swiss chard Jus,
before going on the table. And oh
yes, my husband mashed the pota.
toes to a lovely white fiufiness. ane
i dashed paprika on the top for 1
touch Of color.
And finally here is hint to heIr
new mothers or mothers-to-be WIKI
find 1t hard to buy diapers. bough
several yards Of cotton hannelett4
and cut my own. Since I like ths
2ox40 size, I cut the pieces abou,
26x46 TO allow for hem and shrink.
lage. Then I had q strip about Il
inches wide to use. made bibs
dish clothes, filling for potholder.
and wash cloths for baby, double
thickness. / even hemmed twt
strips to use for tying baby init
chairs when she got the idea thai
standing up 80 high would be fun.
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MILDEWED WOOLENS?
( Requested By Mrs. G. p. WASHING.
ton.)
am very much in need of help
Here is my problem. Last week !
washed three of my baby's sweater.
and caps. After washing I wrapped
them In q Turkish towel and laie
them aside, completely forgettins
about them until today, q week later
When unrolling the towel today j
found them all mildewed. blame
myself for this silly mistake but ]
hope some Of the readers can heir
me. How can I get rid of these
mildew spots? I have tried re.
washing 2 and 8 times, but to M
avail.
BAR-B-QUED OYSTERS?
QUICK DESSERTS?
REQUESTED by Mrs. w. S. S.,
Wnshtngton.)
Can any one tell me how TO bar.
b-que oysters the way they ar,
served at "Bookbinders" in Phila
delphia, Pa?
Does any one know any quick des