Evening star., 1952-05-02
DRESS FORMS;
MARINATING FISH:
UNFINISHED CHEST:
BATTER


From Mrs. r. j., Siluer Sprin1)
Mrs. w. r. NICK, Washington:
Dress forms to individual meas
urements can be made from a kit
obtained at well-known sewing
company beginning with S.
Mrs. j. r. B.. Arlington: A good
marinade for marinating fish is
made by mixing 3 tablespoons oil.
3 tablespoons each lemon Juice
and vinegar. / teaspoon salt, "A
teaspoon peper and u teaspoon
onion juice. Soak fish in this.
Mrs. r. r., Silver Springs: I
bought an unfinished chest at
the large department store in Sill
yer Spring and plan to finish it
to match my birch bed. saw this
same chest finished at the down.
town store and they told me this
finish was three or more coats of
clear lacquer, each lightly rubbed
down with finest steel wool. The
finish appears to match the birch
bed
Be sure to put on lacquer. If so
it should be cleaned with turpen-
tine and steel wool and smoothed
to stain smooth with fine sand
paper.
To the lady who asked about
batter cooked on an iron, I think
she means timbale cases made as
follows:
Three-fourths cup -four, u tea
spoon salt. l teaspoon sugar, I
egg, " cup milk. l tablespoon oil.
Mix oil with dry ingredients. then
add egg and oil. Mix well.
Have ready a small deep kettle
OF fat. place timbale iron or irons
in it and heat to 370 degrees, or
until a piece of bread browns
while counting to 60. The fat
should be deep enough to cover
mold end of iron. Take out heated
iron. remove excess fat with alb
sorbent paper. and imerse "a of
way into batter. II only a thin
layer Of batter adheres, put iron
into batter again and repeat If
necessary until there is a smooth
layer of partly cooked batter.
Plunge quickly into hot fat and
cook 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from
fat. slip case from iron onto alb
Sorbent paper and continue until
you have required number Of
cases. If cases are not crisp the
batter should be thinned with q
little milk. These may be filled
with any creamed dish or if filed
with sweet filling and topped with
whipped cream make a dainty des-
sert. A fluted iron is easier to use
than plain as case does not slip
of until thoroughly cooked. A
properly cooked case should slip
easily from mold.
BLOTTERS WITH MAPS?
(Fron, Mrs. d. H. r., Lake WORTH
Can some one tell me to whom
to write to obtain desk size blot
terS with the map Of the United
States thereon? Innumerable
towns were also printed. I am
now using my last one which was
bought some years ago, and I
found later that they were not
then obtainable. The colori1g
used Is very attractive.
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FLEAS IN RUG?
KEEPING GREASE?
(From Mrs. M. C. O., Washington
Can any one tell me what to
do about dog fleas in our rug?
We can't sit down without being
bitten by them.
Also, does any one have any
suggestion as to keeping grease
in an electric deep fat fryer from
splitting all over. I have found
that food does not brown as well
with the lid on it.
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SHORTS?
(From Mrs. J. A. c., ArlingtonJ
Can any mother who sews for
a teen-age daughter, please help
me locate a pattern for the shorts
favored by the teen-agers. This
style has shorter and tighter legs
than the regulation type.
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SALAD DRESSING?
(From Mrs. D. L. D., Alexandria
Can some one please send me
a recipe for a good sour cream
salad dressing? There Is also q
spice dressing made with q base
of sour cream, which I would like
to have.