Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-12
Readers Clearing House
HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS.
Thanks to Mrs. S. N. W.,
L0ndODer Hills. Md.

HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS.
Thanks to Mrs. S. N. w,
Landopcr Hills, Nd.
Here is menu for company which
Is cheap, simple, easy to prepare
and is always a success: Hoped
Up Noodles" green salad or stuffed
fresh tomatoes, stuffed celery and
carrot sticks, hot fresh green beans,
hot French or Vienna bread
sprinkled with Parmesan cheese and
paprika, coconut cream pie or ba-
mana cream pie. "Hopped-Up
Noodles: Fry l chopped onion,
meat balls from q pound ground
beef in two tablespoons of butter.
Add one can tomato sauce and / cup
Of water. Add 2 heaping cups of
knocked noodles. Stir and cook
until tender. Add more water when
necessary. Add salt and pepper, l
cup of golden bantam whole kernel
corn, cup ripe olives, q cup grated
cheese. Place in baking dish,
sprinkle with !. cup grated cheese
and soft bread crumbs. Bake at $50
degrees for As minutes. (The cheese
is American, grated at home0 I like
to serve stuffed whole fresh toma-
toes on lettuce halves on a large
platter, using celery stalks stuffed
with cocktail cheese spread, and
carrot sticks as a garnish. Be sure
the latter are crisp and cold. Placing
them in ice water will accomplish
this. For the tomato stuff1ng I use
the tomato pulp, diced celery,
chopped lettuce, salt and a bit of
tuna fish (optionaD, mixed together
with salad dressing. AS for the green
beans, I slice them lengthwise, then
cut in two or three places across.
Add salt, pepper, teaspoon OF
sugar and a tablespoon of mar
garine. Cover with water and cook
Ia to 2 hours. For the French or
Vienna bread: Cut whole loaf
lengthwise, spread with butter or
margarine on both sides. Place to-
gether in oven and heat through,
turning once so the butter will melt
down into each half. Remove from
oven. Sprinkle with grated Parme-
san cheese and paprika, place under
boiler until melted. Takes careful
watching. Slice in thick chunks and
serve with meal. The noodle recipe
serves six people; double recipe for
more.
Here are a few household hints
which may be new to some: l. Use
your pastry blender for MASKING
boiled eggs for deviled egg sand
witches It's perfect. 2. For moth
ers with small babies: Sponge sour
milk spots with baking soda on a
damp cloth and the odor disappears
like magic 3. Small fry love canned
chicken-noodle soup and it's full
of protein and starch both-a good
substitute for egg or cereal or both.
4. Use all fiavors of packaged pud-
dings for pies, merely adding egg
yolks to the pudding and using the
whites for meringue. 5. Cleaners
benZine is marvellous for removing
spots from garments at home-no
rings! 6. A little sugar improves
the flavor of nearly all vegetables,
especially peas, carrots, green beans,
lima beans, sweet corn, summer
squash, zucchini squash. Add with
salt while cooking, then add pepper
and butter and watch the kids clean
their plates!
GLAZED CHINTZ?
requested by C. A. S., WashingtonJ
Will one of your readers please tell
me how to reflnish glazed or semi
glazed chintz? I had an old English
recipe which included alum but have
mislaid it.
KITTEN CARE.
Thanks to Mrs. F. E. c.,
East RtDerdale.)
I have hesitated to offer advice
regarding the feeding of kittens, as
my knowledge Is not professional,
but through experience and because
of great fondness for cats. A kit
ten should be fed lukewarm or ROOM
temperature milk, never ice-cold
milk from the refrigerator. Cats OF
all ages enjoy an occasional beaten
raw egg. When a kittens teeth are
pretty we'll developed he may be
started on a meat diet. Mother cats
carry rabbits and mice, ETC., to their
babies while they are quite young
Be very careful not to leave bones.
even very small ones, in the kittens
meat or fish dinner. Usually cats
prefer raw meat, but in general,
they will not refuse cooked meat. I
believe hog liver and hog kidneys
can be bought without points. Some
cats like odd things such as cheese,
peanut butter and bananas, also
cantaloupes. Sometimes they will
devour dry bread that has been put
out for the birds. They do this to
make the neighbors feel sorry for
them, thinking they are not fed at
home. An occasional treat OF catnip,
either fresh or dried, is enjoyed by
cats. Catnip is considered tonic
for cats. Ever hear of cat having
"catnip jag?
Above all, if the kitten is a long
haired one, insist on brushing him
often, even If you have to put nit
tens on him to prevent his scratch
ing. Last summer I lost beautiful
6-year-old Persian cat because I
wasn't on guard for hair balls. :"
caused by the cats swallowing hair
as he washed himself An added
thought think cats should be fed
twice day.
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CANDY FOR OVERSEAS.
THANKS to Mrs. F. NJ. E.,
Wnsbiunfor