Evening star., 1946-07-02

the grease is poured off from time
to time. When the process is com,
pleted, the cracklings should be dry
crisp and brown in color. This i,
the method which remember seeing
used in the kitchens of my grand.
mother and mother, and I can testi.
fly as to the excellence of the result
especially when the cracklings were
combined in a corn pone, locally
known as "cracklin' bread" / never
heard of using bacon rind for crack.
lings. In fact, never saw anything
but fresh pork used. AS for frying
the bacon rind in fat, this Woulc
seem to be carrying Goals to New.
castle, since the object of the whole
process is to get rid of the excess
fat and to render the product as
dry and crisp as possible.
I have consulted several expert
enced housewives in this vicinity
and they all agree that cracklings
should be made from fresh pork and
that the method I have outlined
above is the correct one. l trust
this will answer your correspondent S
question. Where she will find pork
to experiment upon is another mat
ter, to which I can offer no solution
at the present time.
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ANTIQUE BED?
TEMPERATURE TIP.
From Mrs. C. H. D., Arlington)
I would greatly appreciate it if
some one could tell me how an an
tique bed with poles for ropes and
a feather mattress could be set ur
to fit the modern-day springs >and
mattresses. Supporting the springs
and mattress on the poles makes the
bed much too high.
Here is a time-saving hint that
some mother may find helpful. In
taking my children's temperature ]
have series of eight nursery
rhymes that take me just two min
utes to recite. Thus I don't have to
always hunt the clock for accurate
time on taking temperatures.
The Clearing House is my reason
for taking The Star. You have done
a wonderful work!
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Information sent in by the fol-
lo10tng has been forwarded to the
Individuals for tChom it toas in
tended.
Mrs. C. Van B., Falls Church.:
Mrs. K. E. A. W, HydttsuiUe; A.
c. S., Chicago, H.. Mrs. c. H. H.,
Mount Rainier; Mrs. G. E. W.. Sr.,
Ldnham; Mrs. J. B., Arlington;
H. F. B., Mrs. A. L. A., Mrs. S. L.
K. Mrs. r. H. ~. Washington.
Our thanks to these readers,
1Dhose contributions ,Uere similar
to others previously receired:'
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Mrs. N. J. De j., Takonla Park;
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COMMENTS
From Mrs. E. NJ. c., East Riuerdale. }
Things happening in the world
about us today seem pretty deep
and tangled up, don't they, Mama?
That's how they were to me a cou-
Pile of months ago, but now they
are clearer. And one thing is very
clear-we must get our faith back
in God, Fellow Man, the Supreme
Being, the Universal Law, or any
thing you want to call ut" "It"
being something much bigger than
Faith is very necessary
for a democracy to be a success.
And there are many simple, every
day ways of sharing our faith.
Now is the time to eat starches
other than bread so the easily
shipped wheat can go to Europe. AS
some well-known man pointed out
Dulles perhaps if We sit over here
and eat what and all we please and
let people starve in Europe. they
will naturally lose faith in working
up an idealistic form of government
and turn to the materialistic COM
nunism. Democracy, term ideal
stic for 1t calls for men to have
faith and sincerity in themselves
and to ask that their fellow country
men have those and other good
qualities, too When your children
come in for bread and jelly snack,
ell them in sincere and matter
of-fact sort Of way where the wheat