Evening star., 1946-06-27
Readers Clearing House

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ironed when dry with a steam iron
look like new. If you sew, it does
a beautiful job of pressing and so
easily! Distilled water is required in
steam iron. 1t costs Is cents a
gallon at the drugstore. A gallon
lasts long time. When I add wa
ter my iron heats in less than a
minute. Apparently Mrs. H. H. r..
and do not have the same brand.
In buying one, therefore, it would
be well to check, to make sure one
can use it as regular iron as well
as steam one. I've had mine five
years and as I see it, I've had all the
advantages of regular electric
iron plus the added ones of a steam
iron. While on the subject of
irons, let me say that those asbestos
cloth ironing board covers are well
worth their cost.
Pressure cookers are worth their
weight in gold. Make two your
goal. The first one you buy should
be four r-quart as you can use it
for both large and small amounts
of food. A one or two quart size Is
very nice for cooking small quanti-
ties, specially for vegetables, and it
is also most convenient to have two
cookers to use during the meal prep
aration. The four-quart size can
also be used for sterilizing baby's
bottles (four at time-cook three
minuteD and sterilization of jelly
glasses, canning. If you think you
would ever be interested in the lat
ter feature, it would be well to
check to see which kinds hold three
pint jars. One of the best-known
kind does. 1t is amazing how much
canning one can do, three pints
now, three pints then. And one
doesn't have to make a day OF can
ming! In addition the pressure
cooker steams puddings and brown
breads, and cooks meats in such a
short time and so deliciously, too.
I have just discovered a good way
to give aspirin to = small child.
Crush tablet fine and add a few
drops of hot water from the tap.
Then mix with small quantity of
tomato juice. The tomato juice IS
thick enough to keep the tiny par
ticles of aspirin in suspension and
they don't settle out the way they
do in orange juice, grape juice, etc.
Gauze diapers dry so quickly and
are so soft. With a winter baby, I
think the quick-drying feature is
an important one to consider.
RE: ADOPTED DAUGHTER,
(From G. R. r., Washington.)
Answering Mrs. M. H., Arlington,
I have had the experience OF raising
two children. It's been a thankless
job. But the pleasure I would not
have missed even for the heart
aches. Your prayers for her may
be answered and she may be guided
Alright. Live your life in a way
that you can pass the period of a
heavy heart. This takes time and
forget the past. After a time you
will look back and thank any one
for this advice. Think how much
you did do for her even if you feel
you have or may have lost her in
this way.
CHOCOLATE CAKE RECIPES.
(From Mrs. P. W. B., Washington. }
For Mrs. B. F.. H., Arlington:
Devils food cake-One cup grated
chocolate, u cup sweet milk, 1 cup
brown sugar, yellow of l egg, /
teaspoon vanilla. Cook slowly, set
aside to cool.
Batter-One cup brown sugar, y
cup butter, 2 cups flour, II cup
sweet milk, egg yellows.
Cream butter, sugar and yellow of
eggs together. Add milk and sifted
flour, add whites of eggs beaten
stiff. Add custard, teaspoon soda
dissolved in little warm water.
Another moist chocolate cake and
perhaps less trouble is the follow
ing: Two cups flour, l teaspoon
soda, " teaspoon salt, u cup but
ter, l cup granulated sugar, 2 eggs.
Cream yellows with sugar and but
ter, 2 squares Of unsweetened choc-
olate melted and cooled. One Gun
buttermilk, teaspoon vanilla mixed
in milk. Beat whites Of eggs add to
creamed sugar and butter before
adding milk and -four.
Hope these will prove helpful.
(From Mrs. J. M. j., Washington.
Although the mixing method of
the following chocolate cake is Diff
ferent from the one Mrs. B. r. H.
Of Arlington asked for, it is moist
and a never-fail one, and the best
part Of all can have all ingredients
put in bowl indiscriminately and
beaten up at one time and still
turns out as well as though mixed
in the manner described below. It is
three layers.
Two cups pastry -four, 2 cups
granulated sugar, ~ teaspoons
salt, sift. One and one-haf tea
spoons soda added to / cup sour or
butter milk, 2 eggs beaten together,
" cup cooking oil or shortening, l
cup water, " cup coca. Water and
cocoa cooked till rather thick and
add to above. One teaspoon vanilla.
Chocolate icing: Melt 3 squares
chocolate 1h cups cold milk In top
of double boiler. Beat till smooth
then add small amount to 4 table
spoons flour. / cup granu1ated sugar