Evening star., 1945-11-20
RECIPE FOR TWO.
HOUSE PLANTS?

HOUSE PLANTS?
from Mrs. B. F. r., Washington. J
I think some of the other newly
weds might appreciate recipes foI
two. I like this baked custard which
I usually plan to serve with mea,
loaf and Drowned potatoes. If the
custard is made just before the meal
loaf, it will finish cooking and have
time to chill by dessert time, and the
oven need be heated only once.
CustaFd: Add slowly "a cup scald-
ed milk and u teaspoon vanilla to
! slightly beaten egg, 1h table
spoons sugar and a pinch of salt
Pour into 2 custard cups, sprinkle
with nutmeg. Bake in pan of hot
water in 325-350- degree oven TIL
mixture doesn't adhere to knife
about 80 to 40 minutes. Serve either
warm or cold.
hope some one can help me with
my house plants. I have a large
Christmas cactus which bloomed
beautifully twice last winter. 1t has
lots of new Shoots" but the ole
branches are "sprawling" out, in a
rather unattractive manner. I'd
like to know how to start new plants
for some OF my friends, and if the
old branches could be cut back
without harming the plant.
A large garde1ia plant presents
another problem. 1t had a dozer
or so blooms when 7 first had it
and I watered it under the shower
about every third day, as instructed
Although the plant seems healthy
grows fast and has lots of buds, just
before they burst into bloom they
get a spot of brown dry rot just
where the bud springs from the
plant, and drop off. I haven't ever
noticed any bugs on the plant, and
have syringed it with warm water
and sprayed it once or twice with
an oil-type spray. yet for six months
1t has produced dozens of buds, and
not a single bloom. I'd certainly
appreciate any help on this.
Would some one recommend the
best type of ivy to be grown in small
vases on wall brackets, which do not
receive any sun?
think the discussions on home
construction, automatic washers
etc, are most timely and interest
ing, and enjoy the RICH very much
indeed, :,
G'm one of those who think it
should be a seven-day featureD
SAUERKRAUT?
ffrom Mrs. F. M. F. Washington. J
Would like recipe for a true anc
tried" Sauerkraut. One that is really
good.
PUNCH RECIPE.
(Front Mrs. r. L. S., Frederick. Md,
At recent meeting of our WON.
en- of the Church" we served punch
that I thought might interest soms
of your readers-it is easily pre-
pared, is sugarless, requires ne
preparation ahead of time and il
can be proportioned to the size OF
your group.
Three 46-ounce cans orange ano
grapefruit juice. Two 18-ounce cans
pineapple juice. Twelve quarts GIN
ger ale. Put a piece of ice (3-5
pounds) in a 5-gallon container, put
in juices, ginger ale and mix. Pour
into tumblers containing cracked ice
Cor ice cubes. This amount will
serve from 80 to 100 people, at cost
of less than s2.75.
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POEM WANTED?
fFrom Mrs. c. G. H., Siluer Spring. J
If some one can furnish them, !
would be glad to have the words of
this old poem which my mother
sang to me when I was child, over
20 years ago!
Here is the first verse as I remem-
ber it:
IT wandered through the attic. listening
A. :. to the falling rain
the window pane:
Peeping oyer chests s and nd. boxes. which with
Saw I. in the farthest corner, what was
once my trundle bed
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LINT-CATCHING COAT?
SCOTTISH RECIPES?
(From Mrs. D. M, Washington.J
Will some one please advise me
what to do with black coat that
catches lint badly? Can I treat it to
give it hard finish?
Can some one please give us some
good Scottish recipes?
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LEMON CHEESE CAKE FILLING.
(Fron1 Mrs. r. c. B., Washington. J
For Mrs. L. L. c., Takoma Park.
Am glad to send recipe for lemon
cheese cake filling direct from Geor-
gia where it is favorita.
Ono pIIp orop1,Iated Sriror iIIicc of