Evening star., 1948-10-20
ANADAMA BREAD.

ffOW a. LIZ, WuSfLLUytOH.J
In response to request by Mrs.
M. F. j., Rockville, am sending
q recipe for Anadama bread I have
tried it and it results in moist
bread of fine texture such as the
one she describes. Anadama bread
originated in Rockport, Mass. The
story goes that poor fisherman
in the town tired of the corn meal
mush and molasses which his wife
served him for his supper. One
evening he added -four and yeast
to it and baked it and muttering in
protest against his lazy wife,
Anna, damn her" The delicious
bread became famous in the neigh
borhood and was called "Anadama.
Mrs. NJ. F. j. will f1nd a recipe
for it in the cookbook Blacksmith
Shop Specialties," collection of
favorites of Rockport restaurant.
Here Is recipe. I find the bread
even more delicious the day after
it is baked. One-half cup corn meal,
2 cups boiling water, 2 tablespoons
shortening, / cake yeast dissolved
in u cup warm water. cups bread
flour, teaspoon salt, u cup mo-
laSses. Stir the corn meal slowly
into the boiling water and let steam
very slowly over a double boiler
for an hour. Add the shortening,
molasses and salt. Cool. When luke
warm, add the yeast dissolved in
warm water. Add -four and knead
for 10 minutes. Keep in a warm
place till it rises to more than
double its size. Shape and place in
two bread pans and let rise until
light. Bake in hot oven, 400 de-
grees for one hour
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TORTILLAS?
CHILD'S HAIR.
(From Mrs. M. c. ~. Alexandria,
Can any one tell me of a market
or place where I can get tortillas
(uncooked? We have just moved
to Alexandria from West Texas,
where there are quite q few Mexi-
cans. and these can be purchased
at any store there by the dozen,
however, have not seen any around
here. We are very fond of Mexican
food and would really enjoy a good
Mexican supper at home, especially
= that cool weather is now here.
To the lady who inquired about
cutting her child's hair, would
like to pass on my experience. When
about 4 months old my daughters
hair began to turn up in little
duck tails" on the back of her
head. AS she grew older 1t began
to curl but only on the ends, not
next to the head. About the time
she was a year old it began to
straighten out as her hair is not
too thick and the weight was pull
ing the curl out. I trimmed it to
the length that I thought it would
curl best and for two or three weeks
had to roll 1t on bobby pins every
day in order to get 1t to curl again.
If any one has ever tried that on
a-year-old child they will know it's
no snap job. However, her hair
curled again and she is almost 4
now and it is still curly. I trim
1t Just q little about every two
weeks as it grows pretty fast. In
damp weather it doesn't require
any rolling, usually in the summer
once a week is sufficient. If the
party who inquired is hesitant about
doing it herself, would suggest a
good shop specializing in ladies'
and children's hair, then with care
and intention believe it will curl
again. I have come to the conclu-
sion that naturally curly or wavy
hair only needs a little training
and 1t will curl whether cut or not.
CUTTING SLIPCOVERS?
from Mrs. C. S., Cheuy Chase.)
Have any of you ever attempted
to make slipcovers by following
the old slipcover? That is, cut the
new one out from the old? With
the price of custom-made covers
(and I have yet to see ready
made one that fits properly, I
simply can't afford to have the
several that I need made. Won
dered ii it would be possible to make
new ones from the pattern of the
old. I'm not experienced enough or
talented In fitting and cutting them
myself, but thought perhaps I could
rip up the old covers and use the
pieces for patterns.