Evening star., 1947-04-07
Readers' Clearing House long ago
and have found the resulting cake
truly delicious. My children and
husband love it.
TEXAS Chilli.

husband love it.
~ Il II
TEXAS CHILL.
from Mrs. A. E., Alexandria, J
To the lady who wanted the chill
recipe:
Ny Texas-born husband says this
recipe, which evolved from obser-
vation and testing, comes nearest to
real Texas chilli.
Brown / pound coarsely ground
beef chuck or steak in 2 tablespoons
fat in heavy skillet or Dutch oven.
Add " cup tomatoes, sauce or juice.
/ cup water, bullion cubes, ! large
Glove garlic, chopped, l tablespoon
chill powder, " teaspoon cayenne,
/ tablespoon vinegar and ! teaspoon
paprika, salt II. needed. Simmer
slowly for to 4 hours, stirring and
adding water occasionally to prevent
sticking. One cup Of red chilli beans,
pinto beans or kidney beans, soaked
and cooked until done but not mushy
should be enough for this recipe.
Serve chilli and beans In separate
dishes and allow each person to
mix the two to his own taste.
This will serve two to four people.
For your digestion's sake, serve with
carbonated beverage or beer and a
large vegetable salad.
For chilli mac, use spaghetti In
stead Of beans and sprinkle grated
Parmesan cheese on top.
Chill Is supposed to be very high
ly seasoned, SO add more chill pow
der to your taste. I use much more
than / tablespoon but we like ours
very hot and rather soupy.
RED FOX FUR?
(Fron, Mrs. C.. L. w., Rockpilte.)
I would like some advice on how
to keep the fur from falling from
a red fox fur piece This is very
annoying because the fur gets all
over my clothes.
"LASAGNA."
from Mrs. G. E. L., AleTandrfd.)
To Mrs. P. A. S., Arlington. One
pound macaroni, wide and fiat Il
make egg noodle dough and cut in
squares1, 2 cans tomato paste. can
tomatoes, / green pepper, chopped;
/ large onion, chopped; Glove gar
lie, tablespoons oil, l pound beef,
pork and veal. chopped and mixed;
/ pound ricotta cheese, l pound
mozzarella cheese, cup grated
cheese Italian), 8 hard cooked eggs.
Prepare sauce in advance. In a
heavy skillet place 2 tablespoons OF
oil. Heat and saute the Glove OF
garlic Ito be removed, then add
onion and green pepper, the meat in
y Inch meat balls, or if you prefer,
mashed in with a fork, tomatoes and
tomato paste. Bring to boiling point
and turn down to simmer. LET
SIMMER FOR THREE HOURS.
Add a little water if needed. Season
to taste near end of cooking period.
Cook macaroni in boiling salted
water to cover. When just tender
but not mushy drain and pour cold
water over to chill.
Grease large roasting pan. Spread
the fiat pieces of macaroni over the
bottom of pan to cover, place over
this thin slices of mozzarella cheese,
spread ricotta cheese, some of the
crushed meat or meat balls, grated
cheese, a layer of eggs (sliced very
thin and repeating the layers start
ing with the macaroni until you
have several layers Put one-half
the sauce carefully over the top of
this and put grated cheese over all.
Place In moderate oven $50 de-
grees for As minutes. Cut in squares
or oblong pieces. Serve with re-
sauce and grated cheese.
Serves 4 to 6.
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ANTT-GOSSIP.
(Front I. G. D., Siluer SPRING.
ooh! That mine eye might closed
be to what concerns me not to see;
that deafness might possess mine ear
to what concerns me not to hear:
that truth my tongue might always