Evening star., 1944-12-05
LADY FINGERS:
OTHER SUGGESTIONS

HItt8tStOU./
To Mrs. S. F. S., Falls Church.
recipe for Lady Fingers: Three egg
whites, Is cup powdered sugar, 2
egg yolkS, Il cup sifted all-purpose
Hour, Is teaspoon salt, y teaspoon
vanilla extract. Beat egg whites
with electric beater until stiff but
not dry. Add powdered sugar grad
ually while continuing to beat until
mixture stands up in peaks. Fold
in egg yolks, which have been beaten
until thick and lemon colored. Then
fold in flour and salt which have
been S1fted together. Stir in vanilla.
using a pastry bag with a plain
hole tube, shape dough into strips
l inch wide and Az inches long on
a cookie sheet covered with plain
or parchment paper. Sprinkle with
powdered sugar and bake in a mod
crate oven of $50 degrees for IL
minutes or until lightly Drowned
Cool slightly then remove from
paper with Spatula. Cool on a cake
rack. Makes about 20 lady fingers.
To Mrs. A. j. S., Washington on
uses for Okra.
Stewed Okra and Tomatoes: Two
cups okra (12 pound, cup boiling
water, IA teaspoons salt, 2 cups
fresh diced or canned tomatoes, "a
cup minced onion, 2 tablespoons but
ter or margarine, Il teaspoon pep
per. Wash okra thoroughly, cut off
stems and cut in z inch slices. Add
boiling water and salt. Cover and
cook until almost tender (about 10
minutes. Add tomatoes and onion
and simmer about 10 0minutes or un-
til excess moisture Is almost evap-
GRATED. Add butter and pepper.
Serves four.
II any of you readers have a down
comfort and it needs cleaning try
washing it, using your favorite soap
powder. 1t will puff up just like new.
To Mrs. T. H. NJ, Washington,
Creole Rice Stuffiing: One and a
half cups raw rice. cups boiling
water, 215 teaspoons salt, 2 seeded
green peppers, minced; y cup
minced onion, 2 cloves garlic, peeled
and minced: 2 tablespoons fat or
salad oil, No. 2 can tomatoes (2h
cups, Is teaspoon pepper. Cook
rice in boiling water with salt IS
minutes. Saute peppers, onions and
garlic in fat until tender. Combine
all ingredients. Cook over low heat
20 minutes, stirring frequently.
Stuffs crop and body cavity Of a
duck of about 31a pounds drawn
weight.
DECOUPAGE?
(Requested by Mrs. G. S. G.,
SilUer Spring.
Will somebody please tell me how
to do decoupage work? I had this
information from a magazine but
misplaced it. Especially want to
mount on mirrors.
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PATTY SHELLS?
(ReQuested By Mrs. E. C. G.,
WdShington.)
I desire directions for forming
patty shells. Those made on in
verted cup cake pans Fastened to-
gether in set) cannot be fashioned
smoothly enough to suit me. I can
fashion them well on inverted Gus
tard cups (separate), but the pie
crust sticks so that they break when
removed from cup.
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VANILLA ICING?
REQUESTED By Mrs. R. v,
Washington
Could any one give me a recipe
for vanilla icing that stiffens enough
so that it will not pull off the cake
when wrapped in waXed paper? I
would prefer the uncooked type.
X X X
ORIENTAL FRUIT CAKE.
(Thanks to Mrs. F. NJ. B.,
BerUyn, Md
Your suggestion of changing the
name japanese Fruit Cake" to
Oriental Fruit Cake" is splendid
In reply to request by Miss M. G..
for this cake, I am sending recipe
which has been used in our family
for number of years:
One cup butter, 2 cups sugar, l
cup milk, Y teaspoon salt, 3 cups
-four, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 6