Evening star., 1946-03-06
BAKING PIE SHELL:
MEALS FOR TWO:
FUSSY EATER2

Concerning shrinking pie shells
Prick the shell with fork to allow
the escape of any air between crust
and pan. Bake on the upper shelf
of an oven preheated to $50 degrees
to set the edges quickly and prevent
the shell from shrinking. Transfer
to the lower shelf of the oven after
the crust is set if the edges are in
danger of getting too brown before
the rest OF the crust is baked. If
the shell bulges during the first mo-
ments Of baking, prick it again.
Once the pastry has set it will not
bulge.
To Mrs. F. H. H, Washington.
There is very complete chart on
buying and cooking meat for two
people in the February issue of Good
Housekeeping.
About three weeks ago my IL
month-old girl began refusing to
eat any vegetables, eggs or meat.
Ever since I have been consistently
denying her anything sweet CAS- that
seems to be all she wants. except
fruit. do manage to get an egg
day down in her morning cereal.
Besides that she eats a piece of
bacon and small amount of toast
for breakfast. Orange juice, mid
morning and afternoon (no crackers
since her Campaign" started |
cereal, fruit and milk for supper.
And each day at noon I offer her
a different vegetable buttered and
salted (really tastes goodl-she |
takes one taste and quits, so I put |
her down, try again in an hour with
the same result, then forget it till |
supper time. BY that time she Is |
SO hungry she does nothing but cry
so do feed her a bit earlier. Have |
also tried offering her vegetables |
again for supper-but she again
refuses them and screams and
I just don't know what
to do and would appreciate any sug-
gestions.
from Mrs. C. D. F., Wdshington. } |
The following information Is for
Mrs. M. D., Washington:
In order to Keep pie crust from
slipping in the pan when baking it |
without filling in same. This hint
comes from my husband and you
must have two pie plates of the
same size. Place your dough in the
pan as usual, then place the other
pan over same and place the pans |
upside down in the oven to bake. |
This is never-fail with him. Hope
you find it the same for you.
(Fronl Mrs. B. K. W., Arlington.) |
A suggestion concerning baking of
pie shell.
This information I received from
a demonStrator in the homemaking
of one of the New York
City stores: After you have rolled
out the dough, lay it loosely in the
pie tin and let it settle-do not pull
it to make it cover the surface of
the tin. Roll the dough large enough
to more than cover the tin.
If you don't wish to wait for it
to settle, push the dough down into
the tin, lay up the side loosely and
make the ridge around the rim. BY
giving the dough some slack or
looseness, there is room for the
drawing up caused by the heat in
the baking. There is room for the
of the dough, so to speak.
Prick holes all over the surface of
the dough so blisters will not form
I have followed this suggestion
ever since I saw the demonstration,
and my crusts, or shells, have been
an improvement, indeed. 1 hope
this will help you.
x x
JUNKET;;
COFFEE GROUNDS DOWN SINK?
From Mrs. j. S. c., Washington.J
I have not seen reply to a re-
quest for preventing junket from
getting Watery. 1t always will once
it is cut into. By making in indi- :
vidual dishes this is avoided. Only
when it is all to be used at one
time should it be in one dish.
am interested in Mrs. w. w. DIS
suggestion for slowly running coffee
grounds down the sink to keep the
drain from clogging. A plumber
suggested this, but seeing the packed
mass of grease and coffee grounds
his SNAKE" brought up I thought
he was looking for more business.
So I am skeptical. Has any one
else had similar good fortune with
grounds? 1 have used mine for
compost. There is some plant food
in them
I thought it impossible to improve
the RICH not even by increasing its
number of daily appearances. But
the separation of gardening notes
from the others is great improve
ment. Would further classification
be practical?
ED. Note: Thanks for the
suggestion. What do you other
readers think about thiS?)