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record as recommending the steam
pressure method for home canning
all the low-acid vegetables, that is,
all common vegetables except to-
matoes and the vegetables picked
before canning. The War Produc-
ton Board has authorized manu-
facture of 100000 new pressure can
ners this year. But every old pres
sure canner that can be put into
good shape to preserve food for
civilians will be needed also on the
food front.
Repair parts will be obtainable for
all standard makes of pressure can
ners, manufacturers state. Before
sending gauge to manufacturer
because 1t seems inaccurate, check
the safety valve to be sure it is
working right. Many a gauge reg
listers inaccurately simply because
the safety valve of the canner is
clogged stiff with grease or food.
This can be remedied at home by
thorough cleaning. Remove petcock
and valve. Soak them in vinegar a
short time. If particles remain,
draw string or narrow strip Of
cloth through the opening.
The gauge of every steam pressure
Gamer should be checked for accu-
racy once year before canning
begins. Do this locally if possible
to avoid shipping this delicate pre-
cision instrument any more than
necessary. Some local dealers may
be able to test gauge. Some county
home demonstration agents and
home management supervisors have
master gauges or other devices for
gauge testing. If the gauge cannot
be checked near home, send 1t to the
manufacturer. Be sure to pack 1t as
carefully as a delicate glass.
Evening star., 1944-01-27
Good, Hearty Soups

Hearty soups-the kind that taste
sxtra-good on a cold day-need not
take long hours to prepare. Short
cuts in preparation can bring SOUP
making within the time budget Of
the busiest homemaker.
Quick vegetable soup for six, made
with savory vegetables and half a
pound of beef, cooks in just 40 min
utes. What makes it quick is using
ground beef instead of simmering
meat slowly to make stock. Ingre-
dients-h pound beef. tablespoon
fat, u cup chopped onion, 2 tea
spoons salt, u teaspoon pepper, l
bayleaf, 6 cups water, l cup green
beans dresh or canned cut in
1-inch pieces, / cup sliced carrots,
2 cups medium chopped cabbage, "a
cup chopped celery and leaves
~ cups tomatoes. How to make:
Brown ground beef in fat. Add on
lon, cook minutes. Add salt, pep
per, bayleaf, water, green beans df
fresh), carrots, cabbage, celery and
leaves. Cover, cook until vegetables
are tender. Add tomatoes the last
10 minutes Of cooking, and the green
beans, II canned are used.
Makings Of this vegetable soup
can be varied, by substituting vege-
tables on hand. Potatoes, turnips,
corn, lima beans, peas-most vege-
tables, In fact-blend right in and
contribute flavor besides adding
their own special food values. Left
over cooked vegetables may be used
for part or all of the fresh vegetables,
by adding the cooked vegetables with
the tomatoes. For extra vitamins
and minerals, liquids saved from
vegetable cooking may be used in
otead of part, or al Of the water.
Evening star., 1944-01-27
Check Gamers

Start now, before March If possi-
BILE. to have any repairs done on a
steam-pressure canner and have
the gauge adjusted, so 1t will be in
order for homecoming season, sug-
gests the United States Department
of Agriculture At the recent Ma
tional Food Preservation Conference
in Chicago, pressure canner manu-
facturers stated that they can han
die such jobs much faster right
now before production of 1914 can
ners gets into full swing. Gamers
put in order now will be ready for
the first spring vegetables.
The national conference went on
Evening star., 1944-01-27

Among the best buys are snap beans,
beets, carrots, eggplant, brussels
sprouts and celery (both white and
green PASCAL.
Here and There: Nutrition
lists say that although a girl in her
20s is usually considered well beyond
the growing stage, and sits attend
ant food requirements, actual meas
urements have shown significant
changes in height Of girls over II
to "A years age. Because OF this,
they still need food to supply mate
rial for growing bones, calcium in
particular. Daily and regular con-
sumption. of milk was found to be
the best source of supply in this in
stance. :. Paraffin may be used in
special clothes cleaning jobs, says
USDA. Dissolved in cleaning fluid
1t helps keep fur or leather gar
ments soft and pliable after being
cleaned. Shave about 3 tablespoons
of paraffin into a quart Of cleaning
fluid and allow 1t to dissolve. Sponge
the fur or leather with this mixture
Immerse leather gloves entirely in
the solution, brushing very soiled
spots. Rinse in more mixture, fold
In a towel and then smooth gloves
into shape for drying. When dry,
rub with a soft cloth to give luster.
-. Soy beans are rating more and
more plugs, judging by the amount
Of publicity on them that comes
to this desk. Apparently, nutrition
lists have gone overheard for them
In big way. Right on the ball,
this year, and In plenty of time, the
Information Division of the Agri-
cultural Research Administration,
Bureap/ of Human Nutrition and
Home Economics, USDA (whewD
comes up with revised editions of
their helpful little pamphlets on
preserving the fruits and vegetabl
of that Victory garden now reposing
among the pages of your favorite
seed catalogue. These are available
on writing to the division-and are
listed as follows: Take Care Of
Pressure Gamers" AWI-65: WAR
Evening star., 1944-01-27

pepper and fry in bacon fat until
brown.
Gravy: Add tablespoons -four
70 fat in pan (should be about
tablespoons faD after frying rabbit
Brown flour well, add the mixture
OF vinegar and wine. Stir until
thick, add S tablespoons sour cream,
salt and pepper.
(Editor's note: We hope to
print other cheese sou1ie recipes
sent tn by Mrs. L. F. L., Arling-
ton, and Mrs. D. J. S., Washinq-
ton, as soon as space permits.)
SPINACH SUGGESTIONS,
Thanks to Mrs. L. G. G.,
CheDy Chase)
Having lived in Paris over 20 years
I offer couple Of recipes for spin
ach leaves. Pick over and wash very
carefully. Drop into boiling salted
water and cook 10 minues. Drain
until there is no water left. Cut ur
very fine. Then put the spinach in
pan with a good-sized piece of but
ter, salt, pepper, nutmeg, a bit OF
canned consomme, or If you have
juice from a roast Of beef Ouice
meaning the caramel-coIored, un-
thickened juice from meat leaving
more or less fat, preferably less, OF
even none, depending on ones
taste, and finish cooking on a very
low flame. Taste and serve on q
dish with fried croutons.
Cried croutonS are made by put
ting piece of butter in a fryinQ
pan, cutting up small pieces of bread
and turning them in the hot butter
until golden but not burned toe
brown
(Ed. Note: Thanks to Mrs. L,
G. G. for her credned spinach
and Epinard mouselline recipes,
Which iDe cannot print at this
time.)
CANDIED FRUIT PEEL.
MILK CHOCOLATE?
Thanks to Mrs. A. T. S.,
Washington
In reply to Mrs. E. L. D., Wash
ington, for candied orange peel.
Peel one large orange and cut into
Evening star., 1944-01-27

This soup is almost a meal, and
needs only bread and a filling des-
sert to complete good lunch OF
supper.
Cream soup, starring one or more
vegetables, can easily be ina
hurry. AS pattern take quick
potato soup. which is especially
timely now when potatoes are SO
plentiful. The potatoes diced small
cook in 10 to is minutes. Then the
soup is heated just hot enough to
serve. The milk is not boiled. In
gradients to serve six-3 cups diced
potatoes, 2 tablespoons fat, 2 table
spoons chopped onion. III cups
boiling water, l quart milk, IN tea
spoons salt, pepper. How to make:
Cook potatoes, fat and opion in the
boiling water. Add milk, salt and
pepper. Heat and serve. This SOUP
can be made, starting with diced
turnips or carrots, or finely cut
spinach, green peas or a combina-
tion Of vegetables, in place Of po-
tatoes.
Still another quick soup, especially
good In midwinter, is quick turnip
soup, made with grated raw turnip.
The grating saves cooking time. In
gradients to serve six people,
quart milk, ] onion, cut in half; /
tablespoon flour, 2 tablespoons
melted fat, 2 cups grated raw turnip,
l teaspoon salt, chopped parsley
How to make: Heat the milk in a
double boiler with the onion, add
flour and fat. which have been well
blended, then the turnip and salt.
Cook until the turnip is tender, or
for about 10 minutes and remove
the onion. Sprinkle chopped parsley
over the soup just before serving.
Evening star., 1944-01-27
Report to the Housewife

Beef Is quite q bit scarcer this
week, say most dealers, the main
cuts offered consisting Of plate beef,
brisket and ground meat. However,
II you want to invest your expiring
coupons In something worth while,
there will be plenty Of smoked hams
around-both the regular type and
the ready-to-eat variety. Pork loin
roasts will also be good buys, and
there should be almost all cuts of
veal and lamb to be had. Some
markets will feature special cuts of
both, at attractive prices, 20 watch
the advertisements!
Fryers will be the most popular
item in the poultry line, but stewing
fowl and baking chickens will also
be available. Eggs continue plenti-
ful, and are even lower in price than
last week. The total absence Of
ducks from the local market scene
Is being sincerely mourned-they
would be such help to break the
monotony of other non-rationed
items. However, it would seem that
We'll have to wait quite a while for
such dainty-although a few deal
ers are family optimistic about get
ting In small supply come spring
Fish look like THE buy this week
end. Once more we ind fillets of
sole, as well as Of perch and had
dock, arriving in town. Mackerel
fillets will not be so plentiful-but
with such substitutes, who cares?
Good stocks Of whiting, mullet, por-
gies, croakers, cat fish, lngs,. fioun-
ders, frozen smelt, butterfish, trout
and sea bass will be on hand. Span
ish mackerel and shad, too, are
highly recommended. For those of
you who like it, there will be plenty
OF salt mackerel filet-and, Joy oh
joy! crabmeat is back again at
slightly more reasonable prices than
1t has displayed for some time. Oys-
GERS and raw and cooked shrimp are
scarce and expensive. In some mar
kets you can get red snappers, fresh
salmon from the Pacific, white fish
from the Great Lakes, and stripped
salt cod from New England.
AS the season rushes along, tan
gerines, which have been big, buxom
Evening star., 1944-01-27
By Betsy Cas,CeN,
women's News Editor.

and beautiful, are shrinking into
the familiar small variety. There
are excellent Temple oranges to
supplement the waning crop of
California navel oranges, and the
rest Of the citrus picture is one of
quality and quantity. Grapefruit
seem to be especially good this year.
Red Spanish and sugar-loaf type
pineapples from Florida melt in
your mouth, and the big shipment
Of fresh coconuts from Jamaica is
the signal for all sorts of luscious
pies and cakes. (Dieters, please
look the other wayD BY the way,
there are some kumquats coming in
right now that would make fine
preserves and candy for you, if
you've been saving recipes for them
from past issues OF the Clearing
House. Avocados are abundant and
very good; Strawberries more plenti-
full and less costly than they have
been. Big Delicious apples, fresh
dates from California and Oregon
pears more than make up for the
lack Of grapes and bananas. And
the hothouse rhubarb is coming in
better and better.
The vegetable lineup presents
much the same picture as it did
last week, with good peas from
Florida nosing out less fine ones
from California for first place
Broccoli Is a bit. too woody and
blossomy, but caulihower and celery
cabbage are extra crisp and tasty.
Kale, spinach, collards, turnip, mus
tard and dandelion greens are
recommended, and artichokes, ap-
preaching the end Of their season,
are still good enough to warrant the
use of that last precious bit of
butter or margarine. There are few
onions-as you undoubtedly know
but plenty of scallions and leeks to
pinch hit for them. Tomatoes are
inferior in quality this week, but
cucumbers are good, as are, radishes,
chicory, escarole, lettuce (both
kinds, romaine and green peppers.
Watercress has improved over last
week, and so have mushrooms.
Evening star., 1944-01-27
Abble-Gmger
Sb0rtcake

Apple-ginger cake, with lemon
sauce, is the old, old favorite
with a new added taste thrill.
"a cup shortening Chicken
grease or bacon drippingO.
"a cup sugar.
2 eggs.
Y cup light fnolasses.
2 cups cake -four.
teaspoon salt.
Il teaspoon baking powder.
= teaspoon soda.
2 teaspoons ginger.
2 teaspoons cinnamon.
y cup boiling water.
Apples.
Cream the shortening and
sugar thoroughly. Add eggs and
beat well. Add molasses. Then
add the sifted dry ingredients.
Add water and beat until smooth.
Bake in two creased 9-inch
round pans, $50 F., for 80 min
utes. Put clarified apple slices
between layers and on top. Serve
warm with lemon sauce.
To clarity apples: Peel, core
and cut apples In eighths. Drop
in sirup with equal parts of
sugar and water. Cook gently
until each piece Is transparent.
Remove and drain on plate.
Evening star., 1944-01-27

time Canning OF Fruits and Veg
etables," AWI-4l; "Oven Drying,
AWI-59. Better order your set
when you send in your seed supply
list. Don't forget the miracle
genii in bottle that removes cooking
odors from your two-by -four apart
ment. It's well worth the small
price asked for 1t. Some Of the
specially stores in town. have. the
real, heavy Cuban guava paste. The
perfect dessert with cream and
cheese and toasted crackers.
And there's new clam-and tomato
Juice cocktail that Is refreshing and
good-served either hot or cold.
Evening star., 1944-01-27
MAHOGANY CARE?
POLISH REMOVER STAIN?

REQUESTED by M. L. S., Washington
We have only recently subscribed
to The Evening Star and I am GER
tainly glad we did because I have
really gotten lots of grand sugges-
tions from the Readers Clearing
House. I have never liked cooking
but everything sounds so good that
I fnd myself cooking more and
more, and enjoying it.
May make couple of requests?
l. How to take care Of mahogany
furniture properly?
2. How to remove nail polish re-
mover from a piece of walnut furni-
ture?
Many thanks to any one who can
help me with either request.
Evening star., 1944-01-27
(Th1nks to Mrs. L. H. W.
WnshinotOnj


Washington
Good recipes for candied citrus
fruit rind may be found in the Bos-
ton Cooking School Cookbook. I
added variety to my candied grape
fruit rind by putting a few drops of
green vegetable coloring in the
sirup and letting the rind cook
clear in it, then adding a few drops
Of oil Of peppermint just before re-
moving rind from sirup.
When I made candied orange peel,
I had some sirup left after removing
the peel. This boiled down to the
brittle" stage and added ready-to-
eat rice cereal. It was excellent.
Editors note-Thanks also to
Mrs. W. for her ambrosia recipe
similar to Others published.)
INK SPOTS.
(Thdr1ks to Miss B. M. C.,
Arlington)
One very effective method to re-
move ink spots from cotton or linen
material. Make a saturated solu-
ton OF sodium perborate Stretch
spot on material over q bowl and
slowly pour solution on. Continue
until spot has disappeared. Rinse
Immediately, one or more times In
clear cold water to prevent water
ring. Il do not know whether this
will work all right on rayon or mixed
materially
Sodium perborate can be pur-
chased at drugstore, 1t is put out
under different names, but any good
brand is all right.
(Thanks to Mrs. H. E. B., Viennd)
If Mrs. j. A. D. Of Bethesda will
soak her ink spots in a solution of /
tablespoon of borax to 2 Of peroxide
her spots will disappear. 1t will not
harm the fabric,
Evening star., 1944-01-27

Contributions and requests must be
full and address, We will withhold only initials
Please address mail the Clearing Woans Page
The Evening Star, Washington
Views in the Clearing not those
OF The Star and as it obviously impossible
submitted, we cannot assume responsibility
Please do not be impatient it your request
or suggestion to The great number letters being received
together with restrictions make 1t impossible
the daily mail For the duplicate recipes
cannot De printed BIC
Evening star., 1944-01-27
B0ny Pork Cuts
-Shegeta Wright Photo

Gradually add tomatoes and stir
until thick.
CROWN ROAST OF BACK RIBS.
III pounds back ribs.
l teaspoon salt.
u cup chopped onion. .-
3 tablespoons butter.
3 cups soft bread crumbs.
l teaspoon salt.
q teaspoon pepper.
teaspoon poultry seasonings.
Rub back ribs with salt. Mix
remaining ingredients to form
dressing. Sew ends of ribs to-
gether to resemble a crown. Place
stuff1ng inside hollow formed by ribs
and bake in 350-degree F. oven
for 2-3 hours or until tender. Four
servings.
Evening star., 1944-01-27

strips. Place in saucepan, cover
with water and bring just to the
boiling point. Let simmer a minute.
Pour of the water and repeat this
process two more times. This re-
moves the bitter taste. Add u cup
sugar and Y cup water. Boil until
no sirup shows in pan when tipped.
Remove from pan and roll In gran
ulated sugar. This recipe may be
doubled as much as desired. have
done as many as eight oranges at
one time. You may do the same
with lemon or grapefruit peel. It
keeps best in an alright container,
such as tin box or jar.
I would like to add my request to
others for a recipe for making milk
chocolate. It Is so hard to buy.
Surely there are some readers who
know the secrets Of making it.
Evening star., 1944-01-27
RAGGED ANN PLATE.
Thanks to Mrs. II. r. A.,
Fnirf1r Stution.)

I wonder If the readers have ever
made a Ragged Ann plate? Cut
cooked eggs in half and place
fat side on salad plate lined with
crisp lettuce. Place two allspice in
eggs for eyes, use mayonnaise for
hair, red pepper for mouth, meat
cake or cole slaw under lettuce leaf
for skirt, one-half sweet pickle for
Evening star., 1944-01-27
FEEDING PETS.

Thanks to Mrs. P. W. S., Bethesda.
In regard to the request for name
for the Airedale pup, I would Ike to
submit the following: Whimpy.
Whimpy was the name of our Aire-
dale. We had him for 10 years and
the name seemed to particularly suit
him.
I hope the lady from Charleston
will like her Airedale as much as we
liked ours. OF all the pets we have
had, our Whimpy seemed the most
near to being human. He was every
inch a gentleman, and though he
never picked fight, he never went
out Of the way to avoid one, and,
needless to say, he was always the
victor. I wish the lady would let
the readers know her choice in a
name for the pup.
If any one owning pets Is having
difficulty in feeding them, I have
found fresh horse meat (Which can
be gotten in Washington for 20 cents
q pound and no points, has proven
very satisfactory and was recon-
mended by veterinarian. If any
one is unable to locate a store that
sells horse meat, I would be glad to
have them call me at Wisconsin
1908.
KEEPING SANDWICHES?
(Requested by T. v. A., Washington
Can any one tell me how to keep
sandwiches moist? I make them in
the morning and serve about 8 pm.
They are always dry.
SOUTHERN AMBROSIA;
FRIED RABBIT;
CHEESE SOUFFLE.
Thanks to Mrs. N. o. T,
Washington.)
For Mrs. A. G. E.-Southern am
brosia for six people,: Remove all
rind and fiber from large oranges
Place sections in glass bowl, add
slices canned pineapple cut in small
pieces, "a cup pineapple juice. Add
more juice if oranges are not very
juicy. Sweeten to taste, add one
small package Of coconut, or use
about one cup Of fresh coconut
shredded. Serve very cold.
Cheese soufae: This is a splendid
recipe If you can get the cheese
New York State cheese is best, but q
roll Of American cheese will do.
Over q low flame melt 3 table
spoons butter, 3 tablespoons flour
QeveD. Stir and add slowly / cup
warm milk. When mixture is thick
add "a cup grated cheese (packed
firm); when melted, add yolks OF
2 eggs well beaten. If eggs are
small, use 3. Salt, pepper, little dry
mustard.
Cook about one minute after add
ing yolks. Let mixture COOL Stir
constantly. Butter souffle molds
Beat egg whites stiff, fold whites
into mixture, add little cayenne
pepper on top. Set molds in pan OF
hot water; cook in moderate oven
about IS minutes. Never let q
souffle stand, but serve at once
Half cup cooked ham cut in small
pieces added to above souffle is de-
ncious.
Here is my recipe for fried rabbit
with sour cream gravy: One young
rabbit cut in five pieces. Clean
we'll, Place rabbit in covered nan
Add 2 cups warm water, 3 bay leaves
broken up. Simmer very slowly for
two hours. Remove rabbit and
place in following mixture for two
hours Halt cup wine vinegar, "a
cup white wine, 2 cloves of garlic
crushed, a little chives. Remove
rabbit, roll in flour, add salt and
Evening star., 1944-01-27
CLEANING BRICK:
GIFT SUGGESTIONS

Yorktown Villdge)
Long ago some one asked in you,
column about how she could make
bricks on the fireplace hearth ap-
pear less dingy. Repeated hard
scrubbings with all sorts Of agents
brought little results for me-tha,
hateful film seemed to come to the
surface before the cleaning agent
had dried. So. nowadays, after
scrubbing the bricks and being sure
they have dried. apply a very little
red wax-the sort put up for use on
cement floors-with a small, stiff
brush. The wax should be used
sparingly so as to avoid an artificial
too-red effect. The effect lasts for
a month or so. Hope this suggestion
is not too late.
Another reader asked for sugges-
tions for homemade gifts. One OF
my favorites Is a bridge set con-
sisting Of yard-square cloth and
four napkins. I make up two at q
time.
Materials needed: Three yards OF
36-inch material - gingham, linen
rayon and linen, or other similar
materials.
Method: Fold 3-yard length into
thirds and cut. Fringe two Of the
yard-square pieces about "a of ar
inch to form an eoging. It Is not
necessary to whip the edges where
fringe begins, unless the material i
very loosely woven and trays easily
Some may prefer to machine stitch
before fringing, although I do moi
do this.
The third square forms nine nap.
kins. Fold the square three timel
lengthwise and three times cross.
wise. Cut on folds. It is q gooc
idea to pull threads to be sure Of q
true square. A cross-stitch initia,
in the corner is attractive II plain
material Is used.
WARNING: Do not make the
mistake Of thinking l yard and q
half will make one set. It takes q
full yard to make the 12-inch-quart
napkins, which are a nice size, II
seems to me. OF course, material tc
make one cloth and four 12-inct
napkins can be bought, and left.
overs used for something else.
Fingertip towels are another pop
ular gift in sets of or 4 pastel
shades. One-half yard of 36-inct
material makes 8 such towels. Meas
ure and draw threads across thu
width of the material 80 you have :
pieces 12x8. About 8 inches from the
bottom draw threads and hemstitch
either double or single, or varietie!
OF them are nice. Then roll ant
hem around all four sides. Oh yes
cambria linen Is the most satisfac.
tory for these, but any fine materia
will do if this is unobtainable.
NETTING.
(Thanks to M. M, Ldurel.)
In answer to Mrs. j. B. M. I car
net and I would be very glad tt
teach any one who would like tx
know how to tie the knot. It woulc
only take a few minutes. Phone
Laurel 497.
X X
BURNED PANS.
Thanks to P. X, Wdshington.)
I use 2 or 3 tablespoons of wash.
ing soda in the pot, and little very
strong cleansing powder; then fl
with water and let the water boi
with the soda in it. Then after i,
has boiled and cooled I scrape al
the burned part away and put 9
little dry cleaning powder on agar
and rub with steel wool. The pot.
always look like new again.
I also use the cleansing powder
in washing spots from my coffee
maker and it makes my drinking
glasses shine. Just put q little
in the glass and wash.