Evening star., 1945-11-12
RICE PUDDING.
1IIOE ODD1IN1,
MOUNTAINEERING DESSERTS.


At last I am able to contribute
something to this wonderful page!
To the lady requesting how to make
rice pudding. (This was such a fire.
quent dish on English tables! But
not so frequent now, as rice is on
points" over there Still)
BARELY cover the bottom of a
shallow baking dish with rice. Add
tablespoonful of sugar. Fill up
dish with milk and little cream il
desired. Put five or six "blobs" OF
butter or margarine into dish (they
will float on the milk. Sprinkle Y
teaspoonful nutmeg on top and bake
in very cool oven till a nice brown
blanket" forms on the top of pud-
ding.
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER
A very small amount of rice, and
a very cool oven. Puddings usually
take 2 hours to cook.
I am an English girl recently
married to an American soldier, SO
please, fellow readers, keep sending
in those recipes! I cut out every
single one and am particularly
anxious to have recipes for nonfat-
tening desserts.
CRIB WALKER
from Mr.. w. E. A., Washington. J
Until baby can lift the crib, re-
move the casters and screw a half
inch of one-inch screw in the floor
where each rested, with or without
q rubber coaster. My bed is con-
tent to stay put with only the
coasters, but my parents taught me
not to bounce the bed when I was
small and at II I still heed my par
ents' advice. If baby ever bounces
through the bed bottom, the need
for the retaining device will end Gn
the old days we had thin wooden
slatS.)
Put warm pajamas on baby, pin
the covers to the bed sides at the
four corners, take away the pillow
and baby will be all right. Mine
worked up to the top of the bed and
occasionally Had to be pulled back.
AS Maj, H. A. w. intimated, we
fathers occasionally have to supply
the mechanical remedy for baby S
natural eccentricities. Later, you
may have to anchor the dinette
table, so it will not follow baby
when the highchair goes over back
wards. ANY one who says bringing
up children isn't interesting, should
try it. For additional information
read "Helens Babies"
TIME SCHEDULE.
(Fronl Mrs. D. G. L., Tdkonla Park,
Md
In response to the appeal of Mrs.
P. N, Washington, I am sending a
copy of my own schedule. I have
revised it from time to time until it
works ideally for me, and, of course,
Mrs. P. N. would have to adjust it
to her own special needs. but it may
give her a working basis on which
to start.
You may notice that there is no
provision for breakfast for myself or
husband. This is because we are up
at Sis am. and he leaves for work
at 6. I have picked up the schedule
from there.
I have two children of my own
aged 71a years old and one 7 months
old. and TWO children whom l room
and board, aged 81 and 2ila years
old. I do all my own work with
the exception of heavy laundry
such as sheets, tablecloths, etc. and
my husbands shirts. If Mrs. P. N.
must watch her finances closely, she
may find it pleasant to care for,
perhaps by day only, little boy the
age of her own little son. This is
not only offering services desperately
needed in Washington, but helps the
"pocketbook" and she will find that
her own little boy will play con-
tentedly with another for long pc
riods, without so much tagging after
mother and disrupting her plans
(The extra money might be used for
diaper service. saving much time.)
I do all my baby's laundry and
the other children's dresses, socks
etc.
The schedule attached gives near
1y Az hours day devoted to house
hold tasks other than cooking and
actual care of the children and 1A
hours of free time. Don't cheat
yourself on this unless absolutely
necessary, as this time gives you a
release from pressure and is more
beneficial than you realize unless
you skip it for a day or two.
In my own case, my daughter
aged 71a, arrives from school at 3
and she knows she can count on the
time from 3 to $3.50 to discuss with
me any school or other problems
that have arisen to trouble her dur
ing the day.
My heavy marketing is done or