Evening star., 1953-09-24
Report to the Hon1emoker
Bumper Honey Crop;
LocoI Grown Melons

melons with a wedge of lime
or a sprinkle of powdered ginger.
We thought they couldn't be i'm
proved upon when left as is,
They'll be available locally until
frost hits the area.
By Popular Vote
Certain of honorable mention
/ in the cookbook Mrs. Robert j.
McCray is assembling for the
benefit of the Waterford Foun-
dation, Waterford, Va, is Mrs.
Edgar Beans coconut cake.
Over in Loudon County this cake
goes wherever there's a party,
community picnic or church ba-
zaar. Although she doesn't take
credit for originating the recipe,
every one calls it Margaret
Beans cake. 1t goes like this:
BEAT eggs until very light and
lemon-colored. Add gradually,
beating constantly, / cup sugar
and l teaspoon vanilla. Sift to-
gether 3 or 4 times l cup cake
-four, 2 teaspoons double-acting
baking powder and H4 teaspoon
salt. Add to first mixture. beat
ing only until thoroughly mixed.
Scald la cup milk and add l
tablespoon butter; add to batter,
beating for about half a min
ute longer. Pour latter into
9X13-inch cake pan that has
been creased and Toured. Bake
in 375 degree F. oven for 35 min
utes. Cool slightly, then spread
over the top the following mix
ture: S tablespoons melted but
ter. tablespoons brown sugar,
4 tablespoons cream, Il cup
shredded coconut. Place cake
under broiler (about 6 inches
from source of heat) until top
ping is nicely Drowned.
Busy Bees
Another bumper crop of honey
is reported by the United States
Department of Agriculture. The
years output is expected to total
from S to 10 million pounds
above the -million-pound
average of the past five years.
The abundant supply of this
time-honored sweet puts it on
the list of plentifuls for both
September and October. With
lots of honey due to appear at
retail markets, plan to use it
1 freely. 1t makes a good running
mate for fresh fruits, adds a
new flavor to sandwich filings,
and is ideal as a sweetener for
beverages. In baking, remem-
ber honey takes up moisture
from the air. This quality makes
it especially good in the prepa-
ration of foods which you want
to stay soft and moist such as
fruit cakes, steamed puddings,
some kinds of cookies and can
dies.
Here and There:
I In recipes calling for a table
spoon of unflavored gelatine, use
the full envelope. The envelope
is the electronically measured
amount required to solidify 2
cups of liquid at refrigerator
temperature. The quarter
pound stick of cartoned butter
equals u cup or 8 tablespoons.
To vary the butter garnish for
use on vegetables, try piquant
touch of tabasco. Add "a tea
spoon of the peppery sauce to 2
tablespoons of melted butter. . . 4.
Reach to your shelf of canned
foods for this quick-as-a-flash
casserole. Open a can of franks
(12 ounces) and cut 6 franks into
1-inch pieces. MIX with l can
UA cups) condensed cream of
mushroom soup, / can q cup)
whole kernel corn, cup crushed
cheese crackers, and / small
onion Cminced). Put into cas-
serole. Cut remaining franks in
sticks and arrange on top of corn
mixture. Bake at 400 degrees F..
about 80 minutes, or until cas-
serole is heated and franks light
ly Drowned. 6 servings. It's
neat trick to frost a cake with
out messing up the plate. Ar
range squares of waXed paper on
cake plate so they will extend
about an inch under cake and
completely cover plate. Frost,
then carefully pull out papers,
leaving plate perfectly clean.
Here's an easy way to serve a
vegetable with gourmet touch.
Mix drained pound can of cut
green beans with e cup sour
cream and 2 tablespoons mayon-
naise, and heat. Season to taste
with salt and pepper. :. Foods
and vegetables to be frozen in
tin cans may be placed in the
freezer Immediately after seal
ing and labelled. A wet indelible
pencil. china pencil or gummed
label secured with Scotch tape
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