Evening star., 1947-05-08

Slze0 potato. Wnen the tat starts
a gentle boil slip In the raw potato
and let 1t cook until it comes to
the top, all nice and brown. Lift
out the potato and set fat aside to
cool. When partially cooled, strain
into glass jar and allow to cool thor
oughly, covered but not tightly so.
Refrigerate. This makes a shorten
ing richer than vegetable shortening
so be sure to use it accordingly.
Ambassador Black Bottom Pie:
Crust, IA ginger cookies rolled fine,
5 tablespoons melted butter. Mix
well. Bake in slow oven 10 minutes.
Filling: One tablespoon gelatin,
2 cups milk, tablespoons cold water,
"a cup sugar, ~ tablespoons corn
starch, 4 egg yolks.
Chocolate Layer: One and a half
squares chocolate, melted, ! tea
spoon vanilla.
Rum Favored Layer: Four egg
whites, Y cup sugar, II teaspoon
cream OF tartar, l teaspoon rum
extract or other flavoring.
Topping: Two tablespoons confec-
toners sugar, l cup whipping
cream, u square chocolate shaved.
Method: Soak gelatin in cold
water. Scald milk. Add beaten egg
yolks. Then add combined sugar
and cornstarch. Cook until mixture
generously coats spoon. Remove
from fire. Pour / cup Of custard
over the melted chocolate. Beat well
with rotary beater. When cool,
blend in vanilla. Pour into cooled
crust and chill until firm. While
remaining custard is still hot, blend
in the gelatin. Then cool, but do
not allow to stiffen. Make stiff
meringue Of egg whites. Beat until
frothy, then add the cream of tartar
and beat until stiff enough to hold
a point: then gradually beat in the
sugar. Beat until very stiff. Then
add to custard. Fold in carefully
and also add f1avoring. AS soon as
chocolate custard begins to set, cover
1t with the fluffy rum custard and
chill a few minutes until this sets.
Spread with whipped cream sweet
ened with confectioner's sugar.
Sprinkle shaved chocolate over top.
BOOKS AND READING.
from Mrs. P. J. F., WashingtonJ
One Of your readers asked for
suggestions for reading for self i'm
provement. I recently found a small
book that may be helpful to her, en-
titled, "Have You Read 100 Books?"
It contains Is famous reading lists,
including those of st. Johns Col
lege, Columbia College, number
of well-known scholars, as well as
one or two lists Of modern books
From these there Is compiled mas
ter list Of 1000 books, from the latter
a selected list Of 100. Practically all
the titles are available at the Pub
lie Library and the book mentioned
above may be also. II not, 1t can be
found at local book stores.
May I add a word about reading
in general? AL members of our
family are enthusiastic book worms
and we spend most evenings in this
pastime. Usually we read sepa-
rately but we also do quite a bit OF
reading aloud. Such books as Life
With Father" practically demand
that they be shared. We read aloud
many Of the classics. Jane Austen,
Dickens, Bronte, Twain, Kipling,
ETC., taking turns at the reading.
do not know Of pleasanter, quiet
er way for the whole family to
share an evening.
We borrow many books from the
library but, Of course, we also own
quite a few. We have had to make
a rule about buying books because
otherwise our shelves fill up toe
fastl Our rule Is this: Never buy
q book unless you want to read 1t
more than once" This rule has
kept our shelves full Of better books
The 25-cent books do not come