Evening star., 1948-08-03

From Mrs. C. S., Chevy Chase.)
I would appreciate it SO much il
some one of the readers would senc
in tried -and-true recipe for orange
bread. My cookbooks all call fol
such elaborate preparations and
such huge amounts. There are just
two in our family, as I'd like recipe
that would just make one loaf pan
of bread
In return, I'll pass on my favorite
recipe for eggless DEVILS food cake
which is a godsend when eggs are
IS cents a dozen.
Cream together one cup sugar,
tablespoons shortening. Add S table
spoons cocoa, level, added to Il cup
hot water, l cup sour milk plus !
teaspoon soda. Sift II teaspoon salt
with 134 cups -four and / teaspoon
baking powder. Add vanilla. Bake
in medium oven, 350-375 degrees
for 80 minutes.
This cake stays moist and fresh
for over a week if you can keep II
that long! I usually make a boiled
icing for it, or if 7 decided on a
layer cake by pouring in 2 tins and
baking IS minutes instead of 80, ]
use the ready-mixed icing and ado
strong coffee instead of water. This
makes a delicious mocha icing, but
you need 2 boxes of the mix in
stead of /.
This recipe never fails me and ]
have had many compliments on it
1t makes a very rich, black, moist
cake.
And a hot weather cooking hint;
I boil lots and lots of potatoes in q
huge pot during the morning. When
cool, store in the icebox and they
can be used the rest of the week in
salad, creamed, hashed brown, with
onions, etc. 1t saves time and surely
is help during the hot spells.
have even mashed them and heated
in a double boiler.
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(From Mrs. J. p, Washington.)
Somewhere seem to have gotten
the impression that African violet
seeds are available late in the fall,
about October, I think. Some OF
the dealers send out lists of what
ever they have available, so I don't
hn 4
less the seeds were on hand.
looked up the care Of poinsettias
and here is all the information ]
found. When the leaves begin to
turn yellow and drop of Gin the late
winter gradually dry off and store
at about 60 degrees. Cut plant back
to 6 inches about the middle OF
April, repot in fresh soil, and water
thoroughly. Place in sunny win
dow and go easy on the water until
the new shoots are 6 inches long
After the weather is settled. place
outdoors. shade for few days, then
plenty of sun. Plunge the pot to
the rim in sand or soil, turn 1t every
few days, so roots will not get into
the soil around the pot. If they are
taken out of the pots they make too
much growth to be put back In when
fall comes.
The author says the Best way is
to start up the growth of the old
plant in April, without repotting.
then take cuttings when the shoots
are about S inches long, and start
new plants. He says these usually
turn out better than the old cut
back plant.
If any one wants information
about the cutting will be glad to
look it up.
My book says the small gnats or
flies around the house plants come
from a kind of maggOt that lives on
the organic matter in the soil and
is entirely harmless. If it is annoy
ing to people, it can be disposed of
by pouring a solution Of nicotine
sulphate spray Il teaspoon nicotine
to l gallon water, no soap into the
pots, and spraying the adult flies
with your favorite fly spray. But
don't spray an oily spray on your
plants if you want to keep them.
1 have only recently learned how
to get my washrags and dishrags to
come out of the wash in q usable
condition. thought I had tried all
the detergents and water softeners
on the market, but none was en-
tirely satisfactory. One day our
grocer was out of the kind I had
found best, so sent over another
brand and asked me to try it. 1t
is a coral-colored powder (perhaps
fine crystals would be more like it,
that turns the water pale green and
really softens it better than any
thing I have tried. put it in before
I add the soap, and also in the first
rinse water. My towels and wash
rags come out softer and whittier
than they had for years, and no
boiling is necessary. do boil my
dish rags, and I always boil the
hankies before I put them in the
machine. If you are careful to wash
and rinse your dish rag thoroughly
each time you use 1t, squeeze 1t as
dry as you can and spread it out
to dry, in the sun if possible, then
wash it when you do your laundry,
I think you will have less trouble
with Shiny dish rags. I have several
and they go in the machine as regu-
larly as my dish towels. To be
truthful, I much prefer square of
old cotton blanket to any of those
I've ever bought, and just throw
them out when they get to point
where they need it.
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