Evening star., 1950-12-22
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PUMPKIN PIE.
From Mrs. j. B., Falls Church,
Three and a half to 4 pounds
fowl, u cup flour. 3 tablespoons
salad oil or vegetable shortening.
"a cup sliced onion, 12 cup green
pepper, cut in strips; cloves gar
lie. finely minced; l No. 2 can to-
matoes, l can tomato paste. u
teaspoon chilli powder, l bay leaf,
"a teaspoon thyme, Y teaspoon
salt. Brown chicken in fat and
remove. To fat, add onions, green
pepper and garlic Cook until
lightly Drowned and add toma-
toes, tomato paste, seasonings and
chicken. Cover and simmer over
low heat for 1l2 to hours.
Thicken sauce if necessary and
serve over spaghetti or rice.
Tasty pumpkin pie: Crush 20
ginger snaps with rolling pin until
fine. and pour crumbs into
bowl, and add "a cup softened
butter or margarine and "a cup
sugar and blend we'll. Pour mix
ture into 9-incr pie plate. Press
firmly against bottom and sideg
of plate. Bake in a moderate hot
oven for 8 minutes (375 degrees).
Cool and add this filling:
One cup canned pumpkin. 3
eggs, separated; 1a cup sugar,
cup milk, "a teaspoon salt, "a
teaspoon ginger, "a teaspoon nut
meg, teaspoon cinnamon, 2 ia
blespoons melted butter, envelope
Il tablespoon plain gelatin, "a
cup cold water and u cup sugar
Cook pumpkin in top of double
boiler over boiling water 10 min
utes, stirring occasionally. Mi
together egg yolks, sugar and milk
Add to pumpkin with salt, spice
and melted butter. Stir and cool
until of custard consistency (abou
Is minutes) Remove from hea
Soften gelatin in cold water an
add to hot mixture, stirring unit
dissolved. Chill. When mixtul
begins to stifen. beat egg white
stiff. gradually ac5 NJ the remain
ing p cup ,u"ar; fol into pump
kin mixture. Pour into crumb crust
and chill until firm.
MOTHBALL CENTERPIECE.
From Mrs. HAM,, Falls Church,
In answer to an inquiry for a
formula using moth balls as a
table decoration. here is an ex-
cellent one which appeared in the
Kansas City Star last January. 1t
is called dancing snowballs".
Fill transparent glass vessel,
preferably a round fish bowl, with
one quart of water. Add two
tablespoons of sodium bicabonate.
Add one half to one ounce of cit
ric acid. Drop in about a dozen
naphtalene balls. A wreath of
holly placed in the bottom of the
bowl makes an attractive Christ
mas decoration. A plastic snow
man may also be placed in the
bottom of the bowl.
The interaction of the soda and
acid releases carbon dioxide gas
which affects the surface Of the
moth balls, making them lighter
than the solution and causing
them to rise to the top of the
container. At the top, the gas is
released and the balls make a re-
turn trip to the bottom. The pro-
cess continues for hours, rapidly
at first, and gradually slows to a
halt. When more soda and acid
are added. the mothballs again
become affected.
fFron, A. NJ. W., WdShington.J
To Mrs, j. H: Add teaspoon
citric acid and l teaspoon soda to
each quart water. When snow
balls (mothballs) stop bouncing
renew same amount of citric acid
and soda.
Holiday greetings to the best
section of The Evening Star.
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COOP NURSERY.
(From T. W., Greenbelt.)
Would you please put this notice
in the RICH for those who might
be interested.
The Greenbelt Co = operative
Nursery School has openings for
3 and 4 year olds in its morning
or afternoon sessions. Contact
Mrs. Paul Lentz, 9-M Research
road, Greenbelt, Md, or call
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