Evening star., 1946-04-17
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spot which disappears within min
utes when 1t is wiped dry.
The secondhand bureau dates
back about IL years. At first did
nothing to change it from the gold
en- oak because it didn't clash too
badly with its surroundings and
thought 1 wouldn't want it when l
left. The piece has unique draw
pulls, and was quite spacious. When
l wanted it walnut, I took off the
original finish with a paint and
varnish remover, and then sand
papered with coarse and fine sand
paper and washed off the dust thus
created with turpentine. 1t must
have used plenty of turpentine as
l remember. Then I proceeded as
with the table and chairs. If you
finish your own furniture, be con-
servative in the color and stain
used. l think in the long run
those pieces which are finished
more nearly like conventional fur
nlture create less of the impress
sion of a home made job. One al
ways recognizes furniture painted
In colorS as originally unpainted
ware while that stained walnut,
mahogany or maple can pass as
real furniture if it has been care
fully finished. To my mind, the
real trick is in the sandpapering
and steel-wooling. Don't rush it.
Be satisfied to use a fine Sandpaper
and 60 over it more often. A coarse
sandpaper will make more scratches.
Ihe same is true of the steel wool.
WAFER BANANA PUDDING.
(From NJ. E. NJ, Washington.
Two cups scalded milk, q cup
sugar or honey, sirup, u teaspoon
salt, % cup flour, eggs separated,
li2 teaspoons lemon Juice, vanilla
or lemon, spice, ginger, etc. Three
medium sized ripe bananas, sliced,
waters. Scald milk in double boiler.
Blend sugar, or sirup or honey, salt,
flour. Add scalded milk gradually,
stirring until it thickens. Cook IS
minutes, stirring occasionally. Pour,
stirring slowly, on the beaten egg
yolkS, then back into double boiler,
stir, cook minutes longer, add
lemon juice, cool. Line bottom of
7-lnch pudding dish with waters on
edge around the side of dish, then
add layer of sliced bananas over
waters in dish, pour over half of the
custard, add layer of waters over
the bananas, then a layer of sliced
bananas, pour in the remaining Gus
tard, dish should not be full up to
top. Break enough waters in half
to stand up around inside edge all
around dish. Then heap over pud-
ding meringue of whites of eggs
beaten into peaks with tablespoons
sugar, sprinkle with lemon juice.
Bake 300-degree oven, 1920 min
uteS. Serve cold from dish.
GINGERBREAD?
(Fron Mrs. A. D., Washington
VIII some one send in her recipe
for old-fashioned dark gingerbread,
the lucious kind that is filled with
Walnuts and raisins?
CONSERVATION HINTS.
from Mrs. C. E. s., Bethesdd.)
am much interested in the uues-
tions and suggestions regarding
food conservation for I am deeply
concerned over the plight of the
people the world round who are
suffering because of the present
food situation. And so I want to
pass on two suggestions. On look
ing over my recipe for lace waters,
1 suddenly realized how it admira-
bly, answered the demands of the
current crisis, 1t produces delicious
cookie but takes almost no wheat or
fat. Two tablespoons shortening,
l cup sugar, l tablespoon flour, 2
eggs, Il teaspoon salt, y teaspoon
nutmeg, 2l2 teaspoons baking pow
der, l teaspoon vanilla. Cream
shortening and sugar together. Beat
eggs and add. Add salt, nutmeg
oatmeal, flour and baking powder
and mix we'll Add vanilla. Drop
by teaspoonfuls on creased cookie
sheet, about 2 inches apart as they
spread while baking Bake at $50
degrees, IL to IS minutes or until
lightly Drowned. Remove at once
with spatula or bread knife.
Secondly, with regard to uses for
stale bread, l have discovered that
fine crumbs lend themselves to other
types of cookies than the regular
bread crumb cookie. l experimental
with the chocolate chip cookie and
found I could make most accept
able cookie by substituting l cup
bread crumbs and Z cup flour for
the IA cups flour called for by
the original recipe which came from
the chocolate chip package. From
my success with this I should not
hesitate to make similar substitu-
tlons in other cookie recipes.