Evening star., 1949-01-31
BOILED RAISIN CAKE.

/
Boiled Raisin Cake Place /
pound raisins. 2 cups hot water, 2
cups brown sugar, 2s cup shorten
ing, 3 teaspoons cinnamon, y tea
spoon cloves, y teaspoon salt in
pan and boil slowly until raisins
are puffed about IL minutes.
Cool, then add teaspoons soda
dissolved in Y cup cold water, /
egg beaten whole, cups all pur-
pose sifted flour. Batter will be
thin. Bake in muffin pans, creased
and Toured or lined with paper cup
liners. You can buy them in S and
10 cent stores in various sizes and
I always use these. Bake u to IS
minutes in moderate oven 375
degrees. Do not overbake! Recipe
yields 48 small cup cakes. This
recipe can be baked in loaf pans,
but prefer small cup cakes. Cakes
do not require frosting, but I some
times frost with Ak vanilla cream
frosting.
The men in your family will love
these delicious tender. spicy, raisin
cakes. These cakes keep as long
as they last!
! VACATION SPOT?
/ (From Mrs. F. NJ. L., Hyattsuille.)
have some friends from Peru
coming to the States, for a vacation.
They have asked me to recommend
place and I'm at loss. They want
swimming, golf and woods at a rea-
sonable rate. There are two chill
dren in the family and they expect
to come up at the end of May. do
not know whether they will buy
car, SO please in your reply state
whether one is necessary. I thought
about the State parks, but know
nothing about them or where to
write.
DRESS DESIGN.
From H. S.. Siluer Spring.
| Re. Mrs. P. B. McC., Columbia,
S. c. The Mccall Pattern Book often
lists books that are helpful on sew
ing. On page SO of spring, 1949, is
sue, Modern Pattern Design" by
Harriet Pepin. IS; is advertised and
seems to be what Mrs. McC. had in
mind-"Learning to Cut Your Own
Design" 1t may be ordered from
Hobby & Craft Book House, Inc,
Department 66, lat West Forty
ninth street, New York 10, N. Y
Add Is cents for postage
ITALIAN COOKBOOK.
From Mrs. w. Fl. S. S., Washington
| A few days ago Mrs. P. c., Wash
ington, asked for an Italian cook
book. When I started housekeeping
1 wrote an Italian friend for some
of her mothers recipes, which, of
course, were touch system" so she
sent me this book, written by an
American who had married an Ital-
ian.
Herbs for the Kitchen" by Irma
Goodrich Mazza, 1912, Little Brown
& Co., Boston.
BASEMENT FLOOR?
TOWEL BAR?
From Mrs. G. F., T1komd Park.)
Some time ago some one wrote in
asking about what could be done to
a basement floor which sheds"
cement constantly. I have not seen
an answer to this. We have the
same problem in our house, as we'll
as many of our neighbors who live
in similar houses. This problem
not only keeps the basement very
dirty but causes the house to be
tracked up continually. Also the
heating system seems to pick up
some of the cement dust and dis
tribute it in the blowing process. I
realize that this is probably a mans
problem but won't some of you
wives ask your husbands if they
know any solution? I understand
this problem is becoming more COM
mon with all the new houses being
built. We are willing to try almost
anything.
/ need to install towel bar in
the bathroom for guest towels. 1t
must be installed either on tile or
plaster and both materials present
problem. I haven't bought the
bar yet because 1 don't know what
kind to buy that could be put up
satisfactorily on either surface.
Could I get some advice on this?
X X X X
SHRIMP, CHINESE STYLE?
From Mrs. D. S., Alerandrta.)
I am daily reader of the Wash
ington Star, and-never do miss
the woman's page. I am wondering
if you would print for me a recipe
which I have been trying to locate
for about one. year. It's shrimp
cooked Chinese style with bacon and
some sort of tomato juice. It's
known as "Wa-Ha-Pi," or in Amer
lean, butterfly shrimp"
I would deeply appreciate your
help in this matter. I shall be
watching your woman's page with
even greater eagerness.
PECAN PIE;
BUENOS AIRES?.
From Mrs. W. E. M, Washington.
For Mrs. E. T. G. Pecan Pie:
One-fourth cup butter, 2s cup brown
sugar, VI teaspoon salt, q cup dark
corn sirup, 3 eggs beaten), tea
spoon vanilla, cup pecan halves.
Cream, sugar and butter together
until fluffy; add the next four in
kgredients. Line pie pan with crust.
Snrirlkle necans over crust. ro,Ir