Evening star., 1946-03-25
Readers Clearing House

lset her jar or pail Of sugared honey
into pan of water and heat 1t, the
liquid form will be regained and 1t
will be just as good as ever.
SOUR DOUGH FRENCH BREAD.
(From Mrs. S. H. E., Chevy Chase
For the lady who wanted a real
sour dough French bread here is
recipe: Scald n cup milk and COM
bine with cup boiled water. Cool
to lukewarm. Break l cake yeast
into "a cup lukewarm water and add
tablespoon sugar. Measure into
large mixing bowl cups all-purpose
-four, 2 teaspoons salt, n tablespoon
sugar. Make hole in the center Of
the flour mixture. When the milk
water mixture is lukewarm add
yeast mixture and III tablespoons
shortening. Mix well and pour into
hole in flour. Stir thoroughly, but
do not knead. Dough will be soft.
Cover and let rise about 2 hours
Break down and pinch off handful,
placing in a tightly covered bowl in
the icebox. Shape remaining dough
into 2 loaves, cutting diagonal slits
with scissors. Place on buttered
cookie sheet. Let rise till over dou-
BILE in bulk. Heat oven to 400 de-
grees. Place pie tin filled with boil
ing water on bottom of oven. Bake
is minutes at 400 degrees, then 80
minutes at $50. Five minutes before
finished brush with glaze of beaten
egge white and l tablespoon cold
water. The result will be plain
French bread. The dough left in
the icebox will serve as leavening
for the sour variation. It should be
used within 3 or days Give left 1t
a week If tightly coveredD and may
be continued indefinitely, with in
crease Of the sour flavor. Simply add
the sour handful of dough to the
whitewater mixture after 1t has
cooled to lukewarm. Let stand in
warm place for 2 hours. Proceed
with other instructions, leaving out
the yeast. This dough will take
longer to rise. 1t may be allowed to
rise overnight If desired.
This Is real" French bread and
is far superior to the ordinary kind.
I've never found 1t except In Cali
fornia.
SPAGHETTI RECIPES.
(Fron Mrs. J. S. F., Annapolis, Md.
For E. T. of Arlington. italian
spaghetti for 16 from a native Ital-
ian. -Four pounds imported spa
ghetti, 6 pounds ground meat, 2
large cans tomatoes, cans Salso.
" pound diced mushrooms Cor
cam, l pint red wine, 2 medium
onions, p pound butter, salt and
pepper and l pound grated Par
mesan cheese. Melt butter and
chopped onions, brown lightly and
add meat. Simmer IS minutes, STIR
ring frequently. When light brown
and crumbly, add tomatoes, mush-
rooms and wine. Simmer slowly
hour. Boil spaghetti in salted wa
ter, rinse with cold water, reheat,
add sauce and serve with grated
cheese.
If dried mushrooms are used, add
= cup hot water and steep, after
the mushrooms have been rinsed 4
or 5 times to remove sand.
A simpler form given me by an
old Italian woman: Put 4 table
spoons of oil (olive or butter) in fry
ing pan, add large onion chopped
fine and u pound ground round
steak. Brown lightly, stirring fire.
quently, add couple cans Madona
paste, about 2 teaspoons worcester
shire sauce and little cayenne.
Thin with l can beef or chicken
bouillon. Il use cubes dissolved in
hot water, but use less salt with
these.) Salt and pepper to taste.
Sometimes add a half or a whole
can of tomato soup slightly diluted.
I always use ground leftover roasts
this way and most guests like it
very much.
Bread and cake-WHY any one
would want any other recipe than
Betsy Caswell's "neverfaii rolls" II
can't understand (and I have vari-
Gus excellent recipes for breads
For cake the hot milk cake pub
lished in this paper is fine. One
can add ~ squares chocolate for
chocolate cake or cinnamon cloves
and ginger for a spice sheet, with
preferred frosting.
SUGGESTIONS WANTED?
(Fron, Mrs. H. A. Br, Cherry Chase
Maybe some of the readers of the
RICH can suggest use for several
dozen House Beautiful" Amer
ican Home" and Better Homes
and Gardens" magazines. They are
in good condition and cover a pc
riod of several years. I hesitate to
dispose Of them as waste paper, as
they are full of ideas and excellent
reading. will be grateful for any
suggestions.
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES.
From Mrs. v. T. D., Washington
To Mrs. E. D., Fairfax. This list
was taken from an old dictionary
and have seen other lists which
are different, but I hope this will
help.
First, cotton; second, paper: third,
leather; fourth, fruit and flowers;
firth, wooden; sixth, sugar; seventh,
woolen; eighth, India rubber; ninth,
willow; 10th, tin; 18th, steel; 18th,
silk and linen; 18th, lace; 14th,
ivory; 18th, crystal; Goth, China;
21st, silver; 30th. pearl; 40th, ruby;
50th, golden; 18th, diamond.
X X X X
WEDDING AND BIRTHDAY
SUPERSTITfONS.
from E. v. p, Mount Rainier, Md.