Evening star., 1948-08-12
SQUASH

the squash you speak OF. 1t Is called
vegetable spaghetti. When ready
for cooking they are . pale greenish
yellow. Some are quite large. Put
one in kettle and cover with water
and boil 20 or Is minutes. The skin
usually cracks open. Remove from
water, split and take out seeds.
You'll notice the inside will come
out In shreds If eased out with
fork. Season with butter, pepper
and salt and you'll find 1t very
tasty.
QUERIES?
(From Mrs. M. F. O., Washington
I am interested in finding q dia-
bette cook book. Does any one
know where I can purchase gluten
-four other than the health food
stores, where everything is SO ex-
pensive?
CRAB IMPERIAL?
(From Mrs. F. r. c., Laurel.)
I would like to know If some one
can give me a good recipe for max
ing crab imperial Also does some
one have a good apple dumping
recipe with sauce?
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RECIPES WANTED?
(From L. c.. w., Washington
I would appreciate a recipe for
chocolate cake, and one for pine
apple pie.
GINGER PLANT.
FROM Mrs. l.. C. D., BelleUie,D, Fla
Mrs. w. D. r., In answer to j. A.
S., jr.. spoke about ginger plant"
she brought from Florida. I think
she means ginger lily, also called
butterfly lily, from the shape of the
flowers, which are like snow-white
butterflies, 81 inches across very
sweet, each flower stalk terminal
ing in one spray of blossoms. Sew
eral flowers are open each day, and
they keep opening for two or more
weeks. More stalks of flowers are
constantly coming up and the dis
play here In Central Florida lasts
for months; the first blossoms
opened June IS this year, and prob
ably will keep coming until cold
weather, which may mean anywhere
from late November. We are not in
[.frostless Florida" 50 the bloom
ing period depends upon when the
first cold weather comes, not neces-
sarily frost.
The New Garden Encyclopedia
lists this plant as Hedychium Chee-
dik'-i-um) and is of the ginger
family, but that the ginger of COM
merce is dried rhizomes of Zingiber
of1cinale, grown commercially in
East and West Indies, Jamaica gin
ger being considered best. Wild
ginger, Asarum, is found in Eastern
States woods, a low herb with kid
ney-shaped leaves and chocolate
colored flowers, born close to the
ground, Is a good cover plant for
moist, shady places.
The Hedychium grows in open
ground in frostless regions, and in
greenhouses elsewhere; under glass
can be had in bloom almost con-
tinuously. They require rich soil,
preferably peaty loan with a little
sand and generous proportion OF
we'll rotted cow manure. Plenty of
water must be given and complete
immersion of the pot occasionally
during the growing season. Liquid
manure should be applied at in
tervals, and while growing needs
abundant light and a moist atmos-
phere. After blooming (out of doors,
1 suppose, in cold climate) the root
stocks are lifted, dried of gradu-
ally, rested in q cool place and re-
potted in new soil in spring or early
summer. Propagation is by division
just before repotting.
The encyclopedia says the butter
fly lily has various colored blooms
white and cream through orange
and pinks to scarlet, but every cat
alogue we have seen lists only the
white. Does any one know where
any or all of the various colors'
can be had? We grow the white
out of doors and 1t is entirely
trouble free, no pests Of any kind.
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QUERIES?
fFron, Mrs. C. C. S., Vienna.)
Do any Of you readers raise mush-
rooms? We are so fond of them
and would like to raise fresh ones.
Is there a booklet available on
training little girls hair: would
like to know how to set pin curls
as their hair has a tendency to wave.
Has any one compared the wheel
type and the conventional type Of
pinking shears? What type is bet
ter for the ordinary homemaker?
f Saws