Evening star., 1947-02-14
GE.ATTNE SALAD.

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In reply to Mrs. j. M. G., Lees
burg, the directions I follow for the
gelatine salad are: One envelope
plain gelatin and one envelope fruit
Favored drink, one third or less cup
sugar, 2 cups water, dash of salt.
Soften gelatin in u cup cold wa
ter, add IL cups hot water and stir
until dissolved, then add the fruit
favored powder and sugar and stir
till dissolved. Set in refrigerator un-
til about half set if you wish to add
fruits; otherwise let it set until firm.
This is not the recipe I cut from
an ad. It did not prove firm enough
or tasty enough as it was first hall
the amount of gelatin and fruit
favor.
In a grape-favored salad use
celery, apples, raisins and nuts. In
orange I use whole apricots stuffed
with cream cheese and nuts. Use
the apricot juice in place OF water,
or with it.
In the cherry I stuff bing cherries
with cream cheese and ground nuts.
use this juice also instead of all
water.
Orange is nice with cocoanut and
cubed oranges, nuts and dates. Cot
tage cheese makes nice creamed
Jelly salad with fruits. All through
the war years I used, and still do,
the pink and white marshmalloW
tops from those cookies for my
sweet potato dish. The cocoanut
adds to it. This, of course, is for
topping Discard or eat the cookies.
i CORRECTION.
From Mrs. G. W. B., GroDeton, Va.)
To Mrs. G. E. R., Alexandria, the
phone number given for the Wom-
ans Exchange, zoos King street,
Alexandria, recently was incorrect.
The correct number is Alexandra
1856.
NON-TWISTING SHEETS.
(From Mrs. r. M. T., WaShangton.)
i Re request from Mrs. M. S. T.,
) Mclean, for hint on how to keep
sheets from twisting in washer.
Grasp sheet approximately by the
middle, shaking it out so that the
corners hang free. Put middle part
in water first and press the rest
down on top of it, the corners going
in last, making sure entire sheet is
immersed before setting tub in mo-
ton.
Since having hit on the above
system my sheets seldom twist. I'd
be interested to hear what results
Mrs T gets.
from Mrs. c. G., Fairtar.)
Directions for putting sheets in
washing machine:
Pick up sheet by the center,
tentwise, and shake it so there are
no air pockets. Then fold once, over
your arm, midway between the point
and the ends and place in cylinder
, and the ends on the right. Be sure
the fold follows the clockwise mo-
ton of the cylinder ahead of the
ends of the sheet.
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RINSING HINT.
. REQUESTS?
From Mrs. c. S. S., Vienna.
I have found that vinegar in the
first rinse water (about two table
; spoons to a gallon of water) is very
. helpful in removing the soap curds
from diapers. This same rinse is
also good to use after baby woolens
have been washed with soap.
/ There are two questions I would
like to have answered. Is there
some book or other literature, pre-
ferably with colored illustrations, on
Swedish peasant-type art?
Is it possible to have steam iron
cleaned if tap water is used instead
of distilled water?
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, OUTDOOR FIREPLACE?
I DROP COOKIES.
: From Mrs. C.. E. r., Arlington.)
I wish to appeal to your ever
i helpful readers for information as
/ to how I can secure some plans and
l directions for good looking but sim
/ pie outdoor fireplaces. We would
like to find something easy enough
/ for the most amateurish to build
r with professlonal-looking results.
: Here is recipe for delicious
j cookies.
Pineapple Drop Cookies: Two