Evening star., 1948-03-24
COOKING LIVER; PAINTING
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from Mrs. N. c. g., AIenamdrid.)
I am tempted to answer Mrs. vi
B. HIS request for liver recipes as
every one likes the way I cook 1t as
taught by my mother. I use and
prefer beef liver. If it Is exceeding
ly nice looking I just use 1t "as is;
If doubtful, I dip 1t In boiling water
for a good minute. If you want
brown gravy and onions with 1t, fry
the onions slowly in the skillet first.
I always use oil for al frying, either
olive oil, peanut oil or corn oil.
When onions are brown and tender
take them out and fry the liver
in the pan to give 1t the flavor of
the onion, but slowly and only about
five minutes on each side, sailing
the side after 1t has been cooked.
Remove liver from skillet, add one
heaping tablespoon flour to oil.
When blended, add sufficient water
to make gravy Of consistency de-
sired and add small amount of
kitchen bouquet to give gravy that
rich brown color. Then return the
onions and liver to the gravy and
simmer about five minutes. Cook
liver just so it is done through and
no longer If you want 1t tender and
not like an old piece Of shoe leather.
Cooking liver and corn is the same
as boiling an egg, the longer you
cook them the harder they become.
Cooking with a low, low flame Is
very important especially in frying
fish. They will not break up 50
easily.
Thank you for the suggestion
many weeks ago, for removing lint
from an upholstered chair with
adhesive tape. I had tried every
thing and was just about ready to
call in professional cleaners.
Here is another suggestion with
the painting season coming on:
Enamel Is very sticky and hard to
apply but try putting the can Of
enamel in a large pan Of hot water.
It will flow on easily and smoothly.
from Mrs. Z. X, Washington
Pour hot water over liver and let
stand about minutes then pull skin
of and salt and roll in flour. Put /
tablespoon of butter and about /
tablespoon Of vegetable shortening
or bacon drippings in skillet. When
hot add liver and brown on both
sides, then turn fire low, add /
tablespoon Of hot water, cover and
cook slowly about Is minutes.
If you want onions with it, brown
the onions as you brown the liver.
Don't let them brown too much and
let them cook slowly with the liver.
Take liver out and make gravy
by adding one tablespoon Of flour
shaken in cup of water. Salt and
pepper to taste, pour over liver
and serve.
For the lady that wants to know
about redoing her floors: Mrs.
G. D., Washington. I have just
had 3 rooms and hall upstairs sand
ed, waxed and polished. They were
very old floors and now they look
lovely. A machine can be rented,
but I think it would be much bet
ter to have them done by a pro-
fessional. My floors are soft pine,
but now they look like hardwood
floors.
(Fron1 Mrs. W. j., Arlington.)
Have the liver cut not too thin,
salt, pepper to taste and dot with
butter or margarine and place under
high flame In broiler just long
enough to scar, pull out broiler pan,
turn liver over and dot that side.
Cook under not so high flame. How
well done your family like liver will
determine length of time second side |
is cooked. Be careful, It cooks fast. |
I broil the liver after all the dinner
is on the table.
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EUROPEAN SHOE SIZES.
From Mrs. W. r. Van O., Bethesda
To Miss M. T. s., Gaithersburg:
According to list of comparative
shoe sizes, which I have, the Eu-
ropean size 40 would be our Ameri-
can size 7. However it is safer to
send half size larger and to ask your
European friends also to send you
an outline of their bare foot on a
piece OF paper. Sales people are
most helpful and willing to get the
right shoe, If you bring their out
line along as well as the American
size of the shoe. According to a
very helpful article written by Betty
Miles in The Star you can obtain q
list Of comparative sizes Of clothing
(shirts too as well as shoes by
writing to Mrs. Virginia Collier,
Textile and Leather Division, De-
partment Of Commerce, Room 1916,
Commerce Building.
To Mrs. r. s. L., Washington.
Thank you for writing about the
reduction Of postage rates for the
relief packages. Have written to
the Foreign Relief Committee and
asked my friends to do the same.
Like Mrs. M. T. S. Of Gaithersburg
I would like to send much more If
the postage rates were not so ter
ribly high.
(Front Mrs. !. M. G., Washington.
To Miss M. T. s., the man in
Austria requesting a size 40 shoe
will take size in our American
footwear. I believe they use French
measure, and some high-class foot
wear in this country Is so marked.
Just subtract 80 from the given
number and If a third number (5)
Is added. it would be a half size,
thus 1886 size 61a shoe.
(Fronr Mrs. J. J. c., Arlington.)
For Mrs. M. T. S., Gaithersburg.
A mans shoe, size 40 in Austria COR
anywhere in Europe) is size 81, C
width, in this country. We, too,
have adopted families overseas and
I have chart of sizes.
From DR.. C. J. D., Washinqton.
European Size. American Size.
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