Evening star., 1946-01-23

each salad and top with a raspberry
or cherry. Serve hot rolls and coffee
if desired.
Gifts: Here's a novel suggestion
or perhaps you're familiar with it.
Suspend as many balloons as there
are gifts. Inside each balloon put a
verse as to where the gift can be To-
Gated. The guest of honor simply
pops one balloon, reads the verse
then sets out to locate the gift. (In
this manner gifts aren't opened SO
rapidly and each gift gets its chance
to shineD We've done this many
times at showers and it's always a
success. And, you don't have to be a
poet. Example: Look behind the
rocking chair, something for baby is
sure to be there"
BISCUITS SUPREME.
(From Mrs. L. E. A., Arlington.)
For Mrs. D. M. D., Silver Spring,
Md: Here is biscuit supreme re-
| cipe. Two cups Of flour, u teaspoon
salt, 4 teaspoons double action bak-
ing powder, u teaspoon cream
OF tartar, 2 teaspoons sugar, a
cup of shortening Il use vegetable
shortening) and % cup of milk Cor
little more. Use standard meas
urements and level. Measure sifted
flour, then sift again with the other
dry ingredients Measure shorten
ing right into the bowl. With pas
try blender or two knives cut it into
dry ingredients quickly until mix
ture looks like coarse crumbs. Scoop
a deep well in flour mixture and add
milk all at once. Stir gently with
fork until -four is dampened. Stir
vigorously, just until dough follows
fork around the bowl. Turn dough
out on lightly Toured board or can
vas pastry cloth. Handle it very
lightly. Now for fast but gentle
kneading, not more than IS or 20
gentle, easy punches with -four
busted hands and the dough is
smooth, light and springy. Roll out
"a inch thickness. Dip cutter in
flour and cut straight down, not
twist. Bake in preheated oven at
$50 degrees II to Is minutes.
MASCULINE COMMENTS.
(From MIR. F. L. S., Arlington.)
Here is one male householder who
reads your RICH regularly. BY the
way, we have had The Star in our
house since 1924!
Old Candles: In addition to the
many helpful suggestions on the use
Of old candles already given, may I
mention method of coloring such
recast candles? Small patches of
used white candles may be prepared
as usual (the wax melted, old wicks
removed, etc.. Then the molten
wax can be colored by using oil
soluble dyes. Do not use food COL
ors, except oleomargarine yellow,
which is an oil soluble dye. Other
oil dyes can be obtained from local
drug wholesalers. Only very min
ute amount of dye is required. The
colored mixes can be cast in cookie
or dessert molds as found in every
ones kitchen.
Some months ago there was con-
siderable discussion in your column
about safe can openers. Any can
opener can be tested as follows:
Clean out an opened can thoroughly,
invert the can over a clean sheet of
paper and then remove the bottom
from the can, using the can opener
in the normal manner. If metal
specks are found on the paper it is
an indication that the can opener
is no good, since in normal use such
specks would go in food!
Norwegian Cookies: If Mrs. C. w.
L. of Washington will visit the
Technology Branch, D. C. Public Lii
brary, Eighth and K streets NV,
or will phone the reference librarian
in the Technology Branch, she will
find many Scandinavian cook books
there.
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CHANGING DIET.
(From Mrs. II. S. S., Washington
To Mrs. P. D. La F.: Try giving
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