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Evening star., 1944-05-11
Au0M Cauzine
POWDERS!

There Is no magic and plenty
of harm in so-called canning pow
ders, often used with the idea that
they will preserve home canned
foods, warns the United States
Department of Agriculture. The
warning is based on a statement
by the Commissioner of the Federal
Food and Drug Administration
which has taken legal action tc
prevent interstate distribution oi
one canning compound.
Behind innocent-looking trade
names hide substances likely to be
dangerous when used in canned
foods-formaldehyde, for example
salicylic acid, boric acid and its
compounds. While some may not
be harmful in one small dose, il
taken frequently, as they would be
in canned foods served meal after
meal, they might have a most in
furious cumulative effect. Some
/ people are more susceptible to a
| particular chemical than others and
may become i'll on even one small
dose,
( Moreover. most canning powders
Just do not preserve. Experiments
have shown that the treacherous
botulinus can grow and give of
its deadly poison in canned foods
put up with powders containing
boric acid instead of with adequate
heat processing.
Faith in a substance like a, can
ming powder has other hazards
Home Gamers may become lax about
thorough cleaning Of all equip
ment and ascribe To the powder
magic powers that will make up for
poor fruits and vegetables and care
less canning methods. 50 a home
maker might use canning powder
comparatively harmless To health
and still have food ruined by spoil
/ age organisnS.
Some powders are compounds that
lessen food values such sS the bisul
fltes that destroy vitamin Bl.
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quick" freezing unit for home use,
be sure it is in good condition and
not too high in price, warn USDA
and OPA. Many of the second
hand freeZers now on sale are not
in the best of working shape-and
much food spoilage and waste may
result from their use. When the
tin lining on your copper base pots
and pans wears through, you may
still safely use the utensils for
cooking non-acid foods, if the in
side of the pan is kept secured and
clean. Acid foods should not be
cooked in these pans, because of
unfavorable chemical reaction. For
safety's sake you should have the
pots and pans retinned. Leather
shoes, worn for gardening work,
should receive special care. Soil
moisture and lime are all injurious
to leather. Use meats foot oil to
grease the leather uppers and soles,
after brushing off all dust or mud.
Let the creased shoes dry in a
warm place. If your shoes have
rubber soles, only oil the uppers,
for oil will rot rubber.
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May Basket
Salad

5 cups cooked, diced potatoes.
S hard-cooked eggs.
IL teaspoons salt.
12teaspoon pepper.
l cup mayonnaise.
Pimiento strips.
Radish roses.
Parsley roses.
Assorted salad greens.
Chop 31s eggs and mix with po-
tatoes, seasonings and mayonnaise
Cut remaining eggs in half. Remove
yolks from 3 halves. Mash and sea-
son with mayonnaise and mustard
with horseradish. Refill egg whites
and top with parsley. Place potato
salad on chop plate. Moisten hands
with cold water and, pressing firmly
shape salad to resemble a basket
with handle. Crisscross pimiento
strips on body of basket. Arrange a
pimiento bow on handle. Fill basket
with stuffed eggs and radish roses
and garnish with parsley. Serve
with assorted salad greens. Yield
six servings.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Cold Soups for Hot Days

With the merry month OF May
hurting us towards real summer
weather. Washington housewives
turn with interest to the problem of
preparing cool, yet nutritious, meals.
One, of the best solutions lies in a
good nourishing soup, that Is at its
best when served thoroughly chilled
and attractively garnished. The
secret of cold soups is that they
must be COLD, just as hot soup
must be HOT-lukewarm is never
the right adjective to apply in either
case. If your refrigerator won't do
the job properly-pack your filled
soup cups or plates in ice when you
serve the refreshing first course. In
some cases - such as the Spanish
soup described below-an ice cube
may be dropped in the middle of
each plate, to very good effect
The recipes which follow are all
tried and true favorites-a bit un-
usual, but all the better for that!
JELLIED TOMATO SOUP.
Dissolve l envelope of gelatin in
u cup cold water. Add n cup boil
ing water. Season l can Of tomato
juice with salt, pepper, celery salt
and lemon juice. Add few bits
finely minced cucumber and parsley.
Add gelatin, mix well and set in
icebox to jell. Serve in cups, with
thin dry toast.
CLAN. AND TOMATO BROTH
Uced).
1 cup clam juice
Pepper and salt to taste
Few drops tobasco
/ cup tomato juice
Teaspoon or more lemon juice.
Put the two liquids together In a
saucepan and cook slowly for 10
minutes. Season and pack in ice in
icebox for several hours to become
entirely cold. Serve with minced
cucumber sprinkled on top or the
minced leaves of celery may be used
instead.
COLD BLACK BEAN SOUP.
Use a reliable brand of canned
black bean soup. Add to it dash
of sherry and some seasoning and
set it on ice or In the coldest part
of the ice box to chill. 1t must be
very cold. Serve with a slice of
lemon in each plate.
COLD SPANISH SOUP.
can of tomatoes, mashed
l can of water.
cucumber, cut and mashed.
onion, chopped fine
! cup of French dressing. made
with little more vinegar than
oil
bunch shredded fresh mint
Mix all ingredients, chill thor
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Bananas, Fresh andDried

Although the big refrigerated YES
sels that before the war brought an
average of 56,000000 punches of
bananas a year to the United States
are all on duty with the armed
forces, banana dishes on the menu
are still possibility. Fresh bananas
are continuing to come in, many by
rail from Mexico and others on small
coestwise freighterS without refrig-
Grafton. Many of these wartime
bananas are smaller than those gen.
orally for sale before the war be-
cause growing practices in certain
banana raising areas have been
modified by wartime conditions.
Since the war dried bananas have
also been imported from Brazil and
Central American countries and are
now on the market as powder, flakes
or slices. The dried sliced bananas
are known to the trade as banana
figs" These products are all made
from the sweet dessert type banana
and are for cooking use in such fav-
Orlte dishes as banana cream pie
cake and custard as well as in
banana milk shakes and ice cream
Also on the market in small guam
titles is banana flour, made from the
plantain type banana, which is more
starchy and less sweet. Banana
-four is used much like rice, potato
or wheat -four
Recent cooking tests of banana
powder, fakes and slices by home
economists of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture show that
both powder and fakes are SatiSfac-
tory substitutes for fresh bananas
in recipes calling for mashed OF
sieved bananas. Flakes and powder
are light in color and have a milo
banana favor. The banana slices
or figs" on the other hand, are
darker in color before cooking, have
q stronger, oilier favor, and neec
soaking in water before using. Ever
after soaking the tests showed that
they are not easily pressed through
a sieve, as fresh bananas are, anC
that they leave considerable pulpy
waste.
Dried bananas in any form easily
absorb moisture from the air anc
when moistened may mold or fer
ment, so should always be kept in 6
tightly closed container.
In using powder or fakes in
place Of fresh bananas in a recipe
a good general rule is to use about
two level tablespoons In place Of
each fresh banana called for or tc
use about half the measure of drieo
as of fresh mashed or sieved banana
Exact measurements are not es.
bential. More or less dried banana
may be used, depending on how
strong banana flavor is wanted
Because dried bananas are more
concentrated IN sugar than fresh
bananas the amount of sugar q
recipe calls for may often be re-
duced when dried bananas are used
DRIED BANANA CREAM PIE.
Ingredients: Two-thirds cur
sugar u cup -four, u cup banana
Eakes or powder, 2 cups milk,
Evening star., 1944-05-11
BY Betsy Cas,oeH,
Women's News Editor


bought the wooden boxes, reim-
bursing the children with 5 cents
in War Savings Stamps for each
acceptable container. The av-
erage United States soldier and
sailor Is consuming about 200
pounds of sugar a year, almost
three times the amount of the cur
rent civilian ration, and twice as
much as the typical individual con-
sumed in peacetime. One ounce
out of each pound of sugar reaches
the service man in the form of soft
drinks, while much of the rest is
made available in ice cream, candy,
pie and other desserts. These boys
need all the energy they can get.
Before investing in deep" or
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tablespoons table fat, 2 eggs, y
teaspoon vanilla. Combine sugar,
flour, salt and banana fakes or
powder. Add milk slowly. Cook over
boiling water, stirring constantly
until thickened. Beat eggs. Grad
ually add milk mixture and fat.
Cook and stir over boiling water
three minutes. Remove from heat
and cool Immediately. Add vanilla.
Pour into baked 9-inch pastry shell.
Top with meringue Brown lightly
in slow oven 1925 F. for about
20 minutes.
DRIED BANANA MILK SHAKE.
Ingredients: One tablespoon ba-
mana powder, 4 teaspoon sugar, few
grains salt, q cup milk, How to
make: Mix dry ingredients. Add
milk slowly. Beat until thoroughly
mixed. Add vanilla If desired.
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2 eggs, beaten; IL cups cake -four,
u teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons baking
powder, p cup milk.
Cream shortening and sugar, add
peanut butter and cream again. Add
vanilla and eggs, beat we'll. Add
sifted dry ingredients alternately
with milk. Bake in creased pan
(8-lnch) in moderate oven 1850 de-
grees) for so minutes.
Frosting for peanut butter cake
3 ounces (ls cup) cream cheese, 212
cups confectioners' sugar, teaspoon
vanilla, "a cup cream.
Combine all ingredients, blend
thoroughly, spread on cake.
X Y X
AMERICAN CHOW MEIN,
(ThankS to Mrs. E. G. S.,
Tdkomd Park
For Mrs. w. j. M. Chevy Chase
n have found the following an ex-
.cellent way to use up leftover roast
pork or similar meat.
American Chow Mein: Brown
cups 12 ounces diced left over
cooked pork and l cup sliced onion
(onion can be scanted in 3 table
spoons fat from the roast or mar
garine. Add l12 cups sliced celery
2 teaspoons salt, teaspoons herb
gravy seasoning or beef extract, and
2 cups water and simmer all Is
minutes. Then add IL cups shred
ded cabbage and teaspoons soy
sauce and cook for about q minutes,
or until the cabbage is almost tender
Moisten l teaspoon cornstarch in a
little water and add to mixture and
cook until clear, Serve over Chinese
noodles or shredded crisp wheat bis
cult, and with it serve boiled rice
This, with a salad and dessert makes
an ample meal. Serves six.
too find the Clearing House most
helpful and turn to it first thing.
CAKE RECIPES USING BROWN
SUGAR.
(ThdnkS to Mrs. F. L. o.,
Washington
A few days ago the Readers
Clearing House division of your pa
per printed request for some cake
recipes calling for brown sugar and
no spices. It was close to midWeek
Of last week I do not have the
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Dessert
Salad

Shells:
8 tablespoons vitaminized mar.
garine.
u cup sugar.
u teaspoon grated lemon rind.
/ egg.
IA cup sef-rising cake -four.
Filling:
6 peach halves.
Red food color.
IL orange sections.
6 grapefruit sections.
u pound grapes.
6 maraschino cherries.
6 cream cheese balls.
7 sprigs mint or cress.
2 tablespoons orange marmalade
/ cup mayonnaise.
Salad greens.
Cream vitaminized margarine
sugar, lemon rind and egg together
Sift, measure and all self rising
cake -four. Mix smooth and roll to
Is inch thick. Press pieces of dough
onto backs of lightly creased indi-
vidual pie pans or large muffin pans
Bake in moderately hot oven (375
degrees F) 20 to Is minutes. Yield
six to eight shells.
Cool and just before serving ar
range attractively - peaches with
cheeks tinted with red food color
and other fruits. GarniSh with
cheese balls, mint sprigs and salad
greens. Serve with mayonnaise
mixed with orange marmalade
Yield-six servings.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Contributions and requests

Contributions and requests
must be accompanied by the
sender's full name and address;
we will withhold both and use
only initials. Please address
mail to the Readers Clearing
House, Woman's Page, The Eve
ming Star, Washington q.
Views expressed in the Clear
ing House are not necessarily
those of The Star, and, as it is
obviously impossible for us to
test all recipes submitted, we
cannot assume responsibility for
them.
Please do not be impatient if
it takes a few days for your
request or suggestion to appear.
The great number of letters be-
ing received, together with space
restrictions, make it impossible
to keep up with the daily mail.
For the same reasons, duplicate
or similar recipes cannot be
printed and lengthy letters must
be edited by US.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
LIPSTICK MARKS?

(RequeSted By Mrs. P. G. f.,
Alerandria)
| would appreciate it if some one
could tell me how to take 'lip-stick
marks from white kid bag. All
I have tried is soap and water, but
1t wasn't successful.
X y X
BAKING APPLES?
(Requested By Mrs. K. A. f,
Washington
Will you kindly have some one give
me a recipe for baking apples; also
what will keep them from falling in?
NUT CAKE.
(ThdnkS to Mrs. R. M. NJ,
WdShington.)
To Mrs. A. r. B., Washington
who requested cake recipe which
called for brown sugar but no spices
may I submit the following?
Nut Cake: y cup shortening.
cup brown sugar, teaspoon vanilla
2 egg yolkS, IL cups cake -four,
teaspoons baking powder, q tea.
spoon salt, y cup milk, l cup wal
nuts crushed, 2 egg whites.
Cream shortening and sugar thor.
oughly Add vanilla and egg yolks
mix well Add sifted dry ingredient!
alternately with milk. Add nu
meats, stir lightly. Add beaten egs
whites, folding lightly. Bake in two
buttered layer pans (8-inch) in mod.
crate oven C350-degree) for 81
minutes. Raisins may be added i
desired.
Orange and Date Cake: - cur
shortening, l cup brown sugar,
eggs, Wel-beaten, 2 cups cake -four
u teaspoon soda, teaspoon bakinl
powder, y, teaspoon salt, "a cup SOU
milk, l cup dates, l whole orange.
Cream shortening and sugar thor.
oughly, add eggs. Sift dry ingredient;
together three times, add alternatel,
with sour milk and ground dates
and orange. Bake in buttered loa
pan in moderate oven $3.50 degrees,
so to so minutes.
Peanut Butter Cake: u cup short
enlng, IL cups brown sugar, - cuy
ppeanut butter, l teaspoon vanilla
Evening star., 1944-05-11
SCOTCH COOKIES.
(ThGlks to Mrs. L. B. r.,
BIadenSburu, Md

Recipe for Scotch cookies here
with. r. I, G. on April 25th request
ed such a recipe. AS there is usually
such profuse response, I did not send
mine in. but after watching for re-
ply saw two recipes, one similar and
one entirely different. This recipe
was given me some time ago by a
friend whose mother came from
England. 1t may be "the one"
Scotch Cookies: One cup butter
2 cups sugar, 3 eggs, 4 cups -four,
tablespoons cinnamon.
Follow same rules for mixing as
other cookie doughs. Add more
flour as needed in rolling out small
quantities at one time. No liquid
other than eggs is added. Bake 10
minutes in 325 oven. Cookies are
thin and crisp.
Enjoy your page from "a to L.
zard."
Evening star., 1944-05-11
LAUNDERING CAP COVERSe

SOOu.
LAUNDERING CAP COVERS?
REQUESTED By G. T. M, Arlington. J
I am having a terrible time laun-
dering my husbands white car
covers. Somehow they simply don't
turn out looking like they should, in
my estimation. Should they be
starched or notp Here's hoping
some service man or woman can
come to my rescue quickly.
WINDOW BOX GERANIUMs?
(Requested By Mrs. J. C,
Washington)
I have just bought some lovely
pink geraniums to fill my outdoor
window boxes. Can some of the
readers give me suggestions for car
ing for these, so that they will bloom
all summer? The window boxes face
east. Thanks very much.
j: X
UNUSUAL FIRST COURSES.
(Thanks to Miss B. R., Washington. j
Here are two recipes for first.
course dishes that have long beer
favorites in our household. Wher
the family tires of soup or fruit
cocktail I whip up one of these
| concoctions-always meeting with
approval!
Tomatoes Filled With Crabmeat
and Avocado: Remove the Skin
from large, firm tomatoes by dip
ping them quickly in boiling water
Scoop out pulp, leaving thick shell
sprinkle with salt, and invert tc
drain. Chill, and Just before serv.
ing fill with cold cooked or canned
crabmeat, mixed with diced avo.
cado and a light, lemony mayon-
naise. Sprinkle with little
chopped cucumber and set on ice
to become cold. Serve on beds oi
lettuce.
Supreme of Tomatoes: Six raw
tomatoes. 3 tablespoons cream
cheese, y cup cream, l tablespoon
chilli sauce, tablespoon tomato cat
sup, pepper, salt, lemon juice ane
chopped chives to taste.
Remove the centers from the to.
matoes, prepared and skinned al
above, and stuff them with the rest
of the ingredients, which have beer
mixed into a smooth paste. Poul
any remaining mixture around to-
matoes on platter and set in ice
box to become very cold. Serve or
chilled plates, garnished with let.
tuce or Watercress.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Readers Clearing House

sugar. Lay this between the layers
of the cake. Mix with the other
half of the coconut a tablespoons
xxx sugar and spread this thick
ly on top of cake.
Hope this is what Mr. w. G. wants.
HINTS.
(ThankS to Mrs. J. S. B.,
Washington
In response to Mrs. G. A. B., Ken
lucky, on how to prevent rust spots
on Skillets.
You will find that after washing
and drying pans thoroughly, rust
spots will not appear if you will rub
them inside and out with a little
vegetable shortening or lard and al
low it to stay on until you are ready
to use pans again. If you rub this
on while the pan is still warm you
will find it spreads on more easily
and your pans will remain like new
for years.
Here is a hint that may prove
helpful. Many recipes call for egg
whites, leaving us with egg yolks on
hand. If you can not use them for
a day or two, put them in a cup or
container and cover with cold water
and keep in ice box. You will find
that they keep fresh for several
days.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
COCONUT LAYER CAKE

To MIR. w. G., who requests a
recipe for coconut layer cake. am
sending one that is IS years old:
Three cups flour, 2 cups sugar, q
cup butter, eggs, cup milk, 3 tea
spoons baking powder. Mix and
bake as any layer cake in 375 oven.
Filling: One grated coconut. To
half of this add the whites of three
eggs, beaten stif1y, l cup xxx
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and cool. Add vanilla. Use about
"a for fig filling mixture; use the
remaining 20 or more for sides and
top.
found this in an Ohio newspaper
several years ago, signed F. M. "The
crowd always used to ask for this
cake whenever I was to bring any,
thing to picnics or parties. 1t is
good"
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Real Fresh SfraWberryTreat

FRESH STRAWBERRY SPONGE
tSCrvcs 6; usea u pkg.)
env knoy :, tsp. salt
GcIatine cup strawberry
= cup cold water iuice and pulp
4 cup hot water tbsp. lemon
cup Elgnr Juice
= cup cream or cvap milk (whippedp
egg whites
Crush berries. add sugar. allow to
stand = hour Soften gclatine in
cold water. Add salt and hot water:
stir until dissolved. Add berry
mixture. lemon juice. Cool. When it
begins to thlckcn, fold in whipped
cream or whipped evaporated milk,
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and stiffly beaten egg whites. Turn
into sherbet glasses. Chill. Garnish
with berries, and wartime whipped
cream if desired.
IMPORTANT! BE sure to use Knox
Gclatine. 1t is pure. plain gelatine
-. contains no artificial fauoring.
Use Knox with all your favorite
fresh fruits and berries not
only for finer flavor, but also for
the precious vitamins not in the
ready prepared artificial mixtures.
FREs. write to Mrs. Charles r.
Knox, Box uS5, Johnstown, New
York. for a copy of her new 40
page recipe book, just off the press.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-04
Sound, Scottish Suggestion

Everyone knows by now that parents
are responsible for juvenile delinquency.
Our experts are constantly rediscovering
the fact with fresh delight. Newspapers
dutifully chronicle the repeated pro-
nouncementS.
Now the House of Lords in London has
taken up the study of delinquency and
reached the same conclusion. Only, the
Earl of Glasgow has put it in a somewhat
different way.
"I want to debunk," said he, 'the
propaganda one hears about Gaming
being bad for people because it is sup
posed to brutalize those who use it as well
as the victims. Looking around, know
that most of you have been caned in your
youth for the good of your souls, and I
cannot see any brutalizing signs in your
faces"
Sociologists would frown on the i'm
piled remedy, Of course. But some de-
linquent parents might apply it in simpler
cases with beneficial results.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-04

obligations no chance for buck
passing. Their first obligation, Of course,
Is to give each fighting man the right to
partake in the free and democratic choice
Of state and national officers. And there
is the obligation to service mems families
and to their own political fortunes.
It has been suggested that many sol-
diers and sailors may not be interested in
voting. This is questionable. But even
if it is true, these fighters have families
to whom the fall elections and their sons
or husbands participation in them, will
be of immediate concern.
If these families get the idea that this
participation has been impeded for rea-
sons Of prejudice, partiSanShip or lack of
effort, the persons responsible may well
be committing political suicide.
State officials have undoubtedly con-
sidered this possibility. And for that
reason it may be hoped that they will do
their best with the means at hand to get
a ballot to every uniformed voter who
wants one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-04
It's Up to the States

During the past year os so there has
been growing chorus of demands for
more state government and less bureau
cratic edicts from Washington. They are
perfectly legitimate demands, and they
have now been answered with man.
sized chance to put them into action.
For finally, after more than three
months of writing and rewriting, of de-
batting and waiting, the soldier vote bill
has become law. And 1t throws the biggest
part of the job right into the states laps.
It isn't very COOS law. 1t couldn't
be, leaving these two important questions
unanswered: Will more servicemen be
able to vote under it than under the 1912
law? How many states will be willing and
able, under their present laws, to use the
supplementary federal ballot?
When the President polled the 48 gov
errors last month, only five replied that
their state was all ready to accept the
short ticket for overseas voters Accept
ance seemed probable in a minority OF
the other states heard from. A few have
no absentee voting law of any sort at
present. Others would need special
provision by their legislatures.
So in most cases responsibility falls
upon the states. And foreSeeable diff
ciilties in getting ballots to oversee vot-
ers are great. There Is going to be great
mail problem. And there Is no knowing
how many millions will be on how many
shifting fronts throughout the world by
November.
States that do not adopt the supple
ulentary ballot wiz assume some grave
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-04
Disturbing Symptoms

Perhaps there is wry sort of comfort
in reading Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden's statement in the House of Com
mons that the United States is not die
tating Britain's foreign policy. With all
the talk of our lack of an aggressive and
detailed program of foreign relations, it
will seem odd to many Americans that
Mr.. Eden's questioner ever entertained
such a notion.
But the knowledge that the same doubt
exists on both sides of the Atlantic is
somewhat discouraging. The fact that
citizens and legislators of both Britain
and America seem to be suffering from
mutual distrust and thwarted national
ism re-emphasizes the need of a clearer
declaration of intent by both govern
ments. Even in war, the citizens have
the urge and the right to know what the
score is.