Evening star., 1948-05-21
Readers Clearing House
TENDER BISCUITS; QUERIES?

TENDER BISCUITS: QUERIES?
From Mrs. X. B. NJ, WashingtonJ
For Mrs. L. c. L., Vienna, who re-
quested a recipe for light, tender
biscuits: I am happy to offer my
recipes for hot biscuits and feel that
if you will follow certain instruc-
tions which I will offer, you, too, can
attain success. The oven must be
preheated to $50 degrees F. Use
level and standard measurements
always, and clean the spoons and
cups used in order to get every bit
of the ingredient. You will find the
rubber scraper invaluable for this
job and it costs only l dime. Sift
the dry ingredients together three
times as you would do for the finest
cake you would bake. Use a spoon
for mixing. 1 feel that using the
hands tends to melt the shortening
and is messy. Beat your biscuit
dough; this dough recipe is soft and
requires a little more liquid than
most and you can beat it and
should. Light cream patted on the
top of each biscuit before baking
makes it golden and blistered and
very pretty, too. use either of the
recipes with equal success, and it is
nice to have both as I don't always
have milk and buttermilk on hand
Buttermilk Biscuits: Two cups
sifted flour, 2 teaspoons baking
powder, "a teaspoon soda, y tea
spoon salt, 4 tablespoons shorten
ing, l cup buttermilk.
Sweet Milk Biscuits: Two cups
sifted flour, teaspoons baking
powder, u teaspoon salt, 4 table
spoons shortening, l cup sweet milk
Method: Sift the dry ingredients
together 3 times; using a pastry
blender cut the fat into the dry in
gradients until very fine. Add the
liquid, stirring all the time and
then beat for minute or two. Turn
out onto Toured board and knead
very, very lightly. Pat or roll at
least a Inch thick and cut into de-
sired shape, place fairly close to-
gether (touching) on creased pan,
pat tops with cream, bake 1915
minutes in 425 degrees preheated
oven. Do not open the oven door
until at least 10 minutes of the bak-
ing time has passed, If you must
peek.
I have only been cooking a year
and have no failures on this and
feel sure you will be pleased. Let me
know, please.
Will some kind reader please tell
me how to make picked eggs? I
am referring to the kind in garlic
favored vinegar. Other season.
ings are used, too. My husband
VOWS they are made with beets, but
not where I come from; just clear
vinegar highly seasoned. None of
my many recipe books give any rec
ipe.
Have any of you ladies tried the
baby wash along with the diaper
services here? I plan to use diaper
service and understand they also do
baby clothes; this will be used only
in emergency as I will be free Of
doing diapers and should have
enough time for laundry, but am in
terested in hearing.
This column certainly Is Joy and
has been of untold help and pleas
ure to me. May it be long lived!
Thanks, too, for the recipe for crab
cakes. They were excellent.
CLEANING FIREPLACE?
HOUSEHOLD HINT.
From Mrs. T. E. R., Siluer Sprtno.l
I am wondering if any Of you
readers could please give me some
tips on cleaning a fireplace for the
summer. We moved into our new
home last fall and the fireplace has
been in constant use since that
time. AS you can well imagine, it is
very black, and will appreciate any
and all suggestions as to how 1t can
be cleaned.
have a household hint to pass on
now that spring cleaning Is upon US:
When cleaning windows and or
woodwork use a piece of sponge as
you will find you use much less
liquid (the sponge doesn't absorb
like a cloth does. I then use a
cloth to wipe away the dirt. I