Evening star., 1945-08-01

nation about the party.
Editors Note: The copies OF
the program hare been for
t0arded to Mrs. II. L. H. jr.)
(From Mrs. r. M. E., Takonla Park
D. c.
If Mrs. H. L. H., jr., of Washing
ton will call me by phone, Shephere
30l7, can give her the plans for {
poverty party.
PEACH LEATHER;
VERSES WANTED?
From Mrs. C. N. M, Washington.
My grandmother also made peacf
leather when I was a child, but i
was not a baked dessert. 1t wa:
made by putting very ripe oper
stone peaches through a colander-
draining them thoroughly and ther
sweetening them somewhat with
sugar.
This dry peach pulp was ther
spread about third of an incl
thick on huge squares of clotf
probably cheesecloth-sprinklec
lightly with cinnamon, mace anc
nutmeg or other spices, and driec
for several days hand running ir
the hot sunshine.
I remember that the bees alway,
lowered on the outside of the net.
ting which was used to cover the
fruit, and sometimes there wert
yellow jackets which were attracted
by the fragrance Of the drying fruit
Often we were stung by these!
After the drying process the peach
leather, and it did look just like
leather, was peeled from the cloth
in diagonal spirals which resembleo
nothing so much as an overgrown
stick of cinnamon. Then it was
dispensed to the waiting children to
be eaten much as children today
eat chocolate bar.
1t was a priced delicacy and the
children went to grandmother
every year for the express purpose
of wheedling her into making peach
leather. IF you will be very, very
good children" she would say. And
we tried to be good children just
to get that special treat.
I enjoy the poems which have
been contributed. Does some reader
have the poem-also about cooking
which ends up:
I'VE can live without learning and live
But civilized man cannot live without
My thanks to Mrs. G. H. L. OF
Berryville, Va, for the very fine
recipes she sent in for watermelon
rind pickle and preserve.
X y n y
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Our thanks to all the readers
loho uere so kind to offer copies
of the requested issue OF Time
Magazine to Mrs. B. M. w.,
Washington. The ones sent In
to this Office haze been for
warded to her, and zoe are sure
she wiu be most dpprecidtipe.
Our thanks, too, to the fol-
IolDing readers 1ohose contribu-
tions ,Dere similar to others pre-
utously recetued:
Mrs. B. H., Elpood, Ind; M. C.
M, Chevy Chase, Nd; E. M,
Mrs. c. M. H., B. C. S., Mrs.
A. M, Mrs. T. w. L., Washington.
Information submitted by the
follo,piug has been forwarded to
the readers for ,Dhonl it iDas in
tended:
Mrs. c. McI., Fredericksburg,
Va. Mr.. B. N. S., p. r, G., Mrs.
G. II. ", Miss H. L. S., Mrs.
H. S. c., jr.;: Miss E. B., Mrs.
C. II. o., Washington.
Applications Jor the future
RCH book haze been filed for
Mrs. p. H., Silper Spring; Mrs.
F. S. L., Bethesda; A, M, Wash
ington.
KOSHER GREEN TOMATO
PICKLES; DRYING OKRA?
(Fron, Mrs. c. H. ", Rockville, Md. J
Last year there was a request
for recipe for kosher green tomato
pickles. ! saw no response that
sounded like the one I learned from
an old lady born in Russia. We
have loved them for Is years, and
dill is heading now in my garden for
this falls use. Measurements are
approximate and should be varied to
taste, after trial. The brine should
not be too salty, and after a few
days is almost good enough to
drink! Tomatoes should remain
firm and crisp. In midwinter take
some from the open crock and put
in large jars, covering with brine
and sealing cold. 1t lessons the
work as scum continues to form in
the open crock. This must be
SKINNED of, and the cloth covering
kept clean, especially while fermen-
tation Is going on.
Select small well shaped green to-
matoes. Wash and pack in crock
or barrel with other ingredients be-
tween the layers. Cover with brine
using coarse (not table, salt at the