Household News
DOES LENT CHALLENGE YOUB COOKING ABILITY?
(See Recipei Below)
SPEAKING OF LENTEN
VEGETABLES
Ye«, speaking of Lenten vegeta
bles reminds us that the Lenten sea
son has again returned—that season
when Lent challenges us as good
cooks to produce something new and
different—something which will en
tice the appetite of the family
something that will perchance be
come so great a family favorite that
H will remain a “must" on our rec
ipe list all through the year.
Such is the list of new ideas for
cooking vegetables as contained
in thii column to
day. Not only will
you like these
new ideas tor
cooking vegeta
bles — but also
equally as much
I think you will
like some of the
ideal for serving them. Note the
canned peas as shown in the photo
graph above. Look good enough for
any company dish, do they not, yet
all that was done to dress them up
was simply to surround them with
onions and carrots and the carrota
were garnished with tiny sprigs of
fresh parsley.
Thus It is that everyday foods—
foods full of nourishment and of
food value become new favorites.
Please from time to time, try each
one of these recipes—you'll like all
of them, I know.
If you’ve strange guests coming
for dinner and don’t know what
vegetables they like, cover your
confusion by letting them choose
their own from this attractive ar
rangement of canned peas, onions
and carrots.
French Fried Onions.
Use Spanish or large Bermuda
onions. Peel and cut in slices V«
inch thick. Separate slices Into
rings, soak in milk for a few min
utes. Drain and roll in flour. Fry
in deep fat, which has been heated
to 360 degrees F. hot enough to
brown a cube of bread In 1 minute.
When onions are golflen brown, re
move from fat and drain on ab
sorbent paper. Serve very hot with
broiled steak.
Vegetable Rice Ring.
1 cup rice
2 cups peas
Vi cup tomato puree
1 teaspoon celery salt
Vi teaspoon curry powder
Vi teaspoon paprika
Vi cup butter
Cook the rice in boiling salted wa
ter until tender and drain. Place in
ring mold and dry slightly in oven.
Heat peas. Remove rice ring from
mold and heap peas in the center.
Cover with sauce made of the to
mato puree, seasonings and melted
butter. Serve very hot.
Orange Sweet Potato Baskets.
Cut large navel oranges in half
and scoop out centers. Cube the
pulp and fold In
hot mashed sweet
potatoes. Fill the
orange shells and
bake in a moder
ate oven (350 de- ■
grees) for ap-'
proximately 10
minutes. Then top each hall orange
with a marshmallow and continue
baking until marshmallow is puffy
and golden brown. Remove from
oven and serve at once.
Baked Tomatoes and Shrimp.
5 fresh medium-sized tomatoes
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons diced green pepper
2 tablespoons minced onion
1 No. 1 can shrimp—diced
Hollow out tomatoes. Melt but
ter in frying pan and add diced
green pepper, onion, and shrimp.
Brown mixture very lightly and All
tomato shells. Sprinkle with but
tered cracker crumbs and bake un
til tomatoes are tender.
Stuffed Baked Onions.
3 large onions
1 cup soft bread crumbs
ft teaspoon salt
Dash pepper
4 slices bacon, minced and cooked
Buttered bread crumbs
Remove the outer skin of the on
ions and cut in half horizontally.
Cook in boiling salted water, uncov
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ered, until onions are almost ten
der (approximately 20 minutes).
Take care to preserve shape of
onions while cooking. Drain, and
arrange cut side up in a buttered
baking dish. Remove the center o!
each onion and chop fine. Mix with
the soft bread crumbs, salt and pep
per, and bacon. Fill onion halves
and top with the buttered bread
crumbs. Cover bottom of the bak
ing dish with water and bake in a
moderate oven (350 degrees) until
onions are tender and bread crumbs
have browned, approximately Vfc
hour.
Cauliflower a la Parmesan.
1 head cauliflower, cooked
3 tablespoons grated cheese
1 cup white sauce
% cup buttered bread crumbs
Place cauliflower In greased cas
serole. Pour white sauce over cauli
flower, and sprinkle with cheese and
bread crumbs. Bake in moderate
oven (375 degrees F.) 30 minutes,
or until crumbs are delicately
browned. Serves fl.
Spinach Not Ring.
(Serve* 6)
3 cup* cooked spinach
3 eggs (beaten)
14 cup bread crumbs
V4 cup nut meats (cut One)
y« cup bacon fat
V4 teaspoon salt
Va teaspoon pepper
Chop the spinach and add the
beaten eggs and other ingredients
in the order giv
en. Turn into
a greased ring
mold and bake in
a moderately hot
oven (375 degrees
| F.) about 30 min
utes, or until it is
firm. Turn out on a hot, round
platter.
Savory Glased Carrots.
Cook until onions are tender:
2 tablespoons onion, chopped
2 tablespoons butter
Flour carrots and saute with on
ions and butter (or 10 minutes:
9 or 10 whole carrots, scraped (5 to
0 inches long)
2 tablespoons flour
Vi teaspoon salt
Then pour on:
1 can consomme, diluted with
Vi cup water
Cover tightly and cook until car
rots are tender. Sprinkle with
chopped parsley Just before serving.
Corn Souffle.
4 tablespoons butter
6 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
2 cups canned corn
1 tablespoon chopped pimientos
1 tablespoon finely chopped onion
2 tablespoons chopped celery
4 egg yolks
4 egg whites, beaten
Melt butter and add flour, salt
and milk. Cook until very thick
sauce forms. Stir constantly. Add
; corn, seasonings and egg yolks and
I beat three minutes. Fold in egg
whites. Pour into buttered baking
dish, set in pan of hot water and
bake 40 minutes in moderate over:
(350 degrees F ).
Brussels Sprouts
Select light green, compact heads.
One quart will serve six. Remove
wilted leaves and soak for 15 minutes
in cold water. Drain and cook un
covered for 20 minutes in boiling
water. Add salt the last 10 min
utes. Drain and serve with Hoi
landaise sauce.
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NATIONAL
AFFAIRS
Rtvitwtd by
CARTER FIELD
Collapse of opposition to
*Lend-Lease' Bill due to
attitude of Senators' con
stituents . . . Statement
of Britain's war aims
helpful only to Hitler.
(BeU Syndicate—WNU Service.)
■■■■ " :
WASHINGTON.—Most people out
in the country think that the opposi
tion to the lease-lend-aid-Britain bill
conducted a long-drawn-out filibus
ter. There is a surprising amount
of sentiment that the delay in the
passage of this measure was In
excusable.
Putting to one side the merits of
the opposition, the fact remains that
the crumbling of the opposition, the
sudden collapse which permitted the
final passage of the bill by the sen
ate on March 8, was a surprise and
totally unexpected. Sen. Burton K.
Wheeler, spearhead of the opposition,
had been so confident in January
that he was sure he could hold off a
final vote until June! He missed his
guess by three months.
The question is WHY?
There was no lack of filibustering
power. The debate could have been
indefinitely extended.
Innumerable amendments could
have been proposed, and each one
of the opposition senators could have
talked to the limit of his physical
capacity on each one of them. There
was no other plan than to do pre
cisely this when the debate opened.
What caused the abandonment of
this fierce resolve on the part of
Wheeler and his colleagues?
WATCH ‘HOME’ SENTIMENT
To find out why the filibuster col
lapsed one has to look outside of
Washington, and outside of New
York. The simple answer Is that
the men conducting that filibuster,
for that is what it started out to be
despite all the denials, did not like
what they heard from back home
about the reactions
A man doesn’t get to be senator,
except at rare intervals, without
knowing a good deal about politics;
without knowing Just what a politi
cal organization can do and what it
cannot do. Voting the way a partic
ular constituent wants you to vote
on some particular issue does not
mean that he will vote for you next
time you come up. But when you
vote AGAINST what that constituent
wants, particularly if he happens to
think that particular issue is the
most important thing in the world,
is very apt to make him vote against
you the next time you run regard
less of everything else.
Too many people, in too many
states, thought this lease-lend bill
and its bearing on the war the most
important thing in the world. Lots
of them did not bother to write let
ters, but every senator has plenty
of listening posts. In a nutshell,
that's the answer.
a * m
President Roosevelt Opposes
Statement of 'War Aim«*
Nothing is so annoying to Presi
dent Roosevelt and his lieutenants
in the field of war activities as the
frequently repeated demand of
many so-called intellectuals and
commentators that the British gov
ernment state its war aims.
“It reminds me,” one very close
and trusted advisor of the President
stated, “of two men grappling in a
death struggle. Each has almost
reached his opponent's jugular vein.
A casual passerby shou*s for one of
the men to stop and sti te what he
is fighting about As though he
could stop and face the fact that in
that pause his enemy would almost
certainly kill him.”
There is no secret about this view
of such demands in the administra
tion. Authorized spokesmen in high
positions are saying it to small
groups in off-the-record talks every
few days. They are doing their best
to make the country understand,
without coming right out and saying
so, that nothing in the world would
serve the purposes of Hitler much
more successfully than to have a
statement of British war aims right
now.
POLICY 18 UNSOUND
It takes only a few moments' con
sideration of this problem to see
why. Years back President Cool
idge was fond of saying to inquirers
about a certain policy: “I will tell
you what I have decided to do, but
not the mental processes by which
I reached that decision. You may
agree with the decision, but you
might not agree with the mental
processes.”
Take a look back at the last war.
Obviously a majority of the people
of the United States were in favor
of going into it.
<- strong minority, consisting of
most of the German-Americans and
pacifists, were opposed.
But suppose that the eventual
terms of the Versailles treaty had
been announced at that time! Then
remember how many national
groups in this country were bitter
against Wilson in 1920 because of
1 those terms!
I On the other hand, what would be
gained by a statement of war aims
at this time? Whom would it please,
save the Nazis and a few critics,
most of whom have been opposed
to U. S. aid for Britain anyhow.
PATTERNS
) SEWQNG COIRCIE
/^\NE little, two little, three little
fashions—all in one easy pat
tern (No. 1313-B) that even inex
perienced-at-sewing mothers can
make with more fun than effort.
This design includes a sleeveless
Had Hen but Been Long on
Legs and Short on Neck!
The landlady glanced round the
table at her twelve hungry board
ers before starting to carve the
rather sad-looking chicken.
In rapid succession she asked
each which part of the fowl he
preferred. Ten of them decided
on legs.
The carver dropped her knife
with a clatter on the dish.
"What do you imagine this is?”
she said, sarcastically, pointing to
the chicken. "A centipede, or
what?”
"Oh, no,” replied the boarder
who had been served. "Judging
by the piece of neck I’ve got, I
should imagine it was a giraffe.”
Before the Facts
Sit down before every fact as a
little child. Be prepared to give
up every preconceived notion, fol
low humbly wherever and to what
ever abysses Nature leads, or you
shall learn nothing.—T. H. Huxley.
pinafore, a brief trifle of bolero
and a sunbonnet, all as cute as a
baby in a bathtub! In the flaring
pinafore alone, your tot can be as
carefree and hoydenish as she
could wish, playing on the sands
or the greensward or her own
backyard. When she adds the bo
lero, she’s as demurely dressed for
a visit to grandma as you could
wish. The eye-protecting bonnet,
of course, goes beautifully with
either or both. Thus, by repeat
ing this one pattern time and
again, you can outfit your small
daughter for spring and summer
fun.
This little outfit looks adorable
in red-checked gingham, flowered
percale, plain or striped seersuck
er and buttercup yellow cham
bray, outlined with bright ricrac
braid to match or contrast.
• • *
Pattern No. 1313-B la designed tor sizes
2. 3, 4. 5 and 0 years. Size 3 requires
2% yards of 39-inch material without nap
and 8 yards oi ricrac. Send order to:
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN OEPT.
Room 1324
211 W. Wacker Dr. Chicago
Enclose 15 cents In coins tor
Pattern No.. Size.
Name .
Address .
„ TIPS to
(jardeners
GARDENING AS HOBBY
^"^ARDENING as a hobby can
_ be made to pay excellent div
idends. As an example, a Mis
souri woman reports she made a
net profit of $300 from her two
thirds-acre garden in a single sea
son. Figured at market prices,
food used fresh was $230; food
canned, $80; and food stored, $71.
Seed and sets cost her only $20.
There are two major requisites
to obtaining garden profits of this
kind. They are, willingness to
work and the use of quality seed.
It is important also to devote
considerable space to multiple pur
pose crops like beets, onions, and
tomatoes—crops that can be used
in a variety of ways.
Here, briefly, are the uses of
principal multi-purpose crops; On
ions — green, as relish; mature
bulbs fried, stewed, or as season
ing; bulbs for pickle, and relish
making; tops for seasoning; bulbs
for storage. Tomatoes — fresh
fruits for slicing or stewing, for
immediate table use; for canning,
or for making tomato juice, or to
mato catsup; green tomatoes for
frying, or for use in pickle rel
ishes, or in pie filler (like mince
meat); yellow fruits for preserves,
juice, or immediate table use.
Cabbage—fresh in slaw, or sal
ad; cooked for table use; canned
as kraut, or stored. Beets—tops
for greens; roots cooked fresh,
canned, pickled, or stored.
A CTf ^ F A Quiz With Answers
“ / Offering Information
^[QTn RR I on Various Subjects
_- - ■ ■■■■■ . — A --—
The Questions
1. Who has charge of the Great
Seal of the United States?
2. How does the size of an elec
tron compare with that of an
orange?
3. Tweedle-dum and Tweedle
dee are characters in what story?
4. Who was the first king of the
house of Windsors?
5. Can eclipses of the sun occur
in any month of the year?
6. What does a caryatid repre
sent?
7. What American city is called
“The Queen City of the Lakes”?
8. What is a serape?
9. How many states of the Unit
ed States border on the Pacific
coast?
10. What does it mean when a de
fendant in a criminal case makes
a plea of nolo contendere?
The Answers
1. The secretary of state has
charge of the Great Seal.
2. If an electron and an orange
could be magnified equally until
the orange was as large as the
earth, the electron would still be
too small to be visible to the un
aided eye.
3. “Alice’s Adventures in Won
derland.”
4. George V. The name of the
British royal family was changed
to Windsor in 1917.
6. Eclipses of the sun, visible at
some parts of the earth’s surfaces,
have been recorded in every
month of the year.
6. A woman (a woman’s figure
used as a column in architecture).
7. Buffalo, N. Y.
8. A blanket worn as an outer
garment by Spanish-Americans.
9. Three: California, Oregon and
Washington.
10. A defendant in a criminal
case may make a plea of nolo con
tendere, which means that he,
while not admitting guilt, will ac
cept a conviction and the resultant
punishment. Moreover, such a
plea does not debar him from
pleading not guilty of the charges
in further proceedings.
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Think Twice
Think twice before you speak or
act once and you will speak and
act the more wisely for it.—
Benjamin Franklin.
COLDS
quickcy
Economy a Revenue
Economy is of itself a great rev
enue.—Cicero.
Supporting Misfortunes
It is better to employ our minds
in supporting the misfortunes
which actually happen, than in an
ticipating those which may happen
to us.—La Rochefoucald.
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you’ve always wanted
Buy them from your local dealer
Trouble’s Interest
Worry is interest paid on trouble
before it is due.—Dean Inge.
Overcautiousness
He that is overcautious will ac
complish little.—Schiller.
TOBACCO PACKAGES CAN SURPRISE
YOU, TOO—THE P.A. POCKET TIN IS
GOOD FOR 70 “MAKIN’S” SMOKES
• Prince Albert’s "crimp cut” packs down in the tin —packs
smoothly and evenly in your papers. Rolls fast, easy without
fuss, fumbling, or spilling. Smokes grand—smooth, mild, good
tasting from first smoke to last. (Same in pipes, too!)
• The post that’s furthest away
looks largest, doesn’t it? But get
out your ruler and measure all
three. You’ll agree that the posts
are exactly the same size!
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. THIN SPOTS. FASTEST ^
rollin' and
MILOE5T SMOKING
I KNOW—AND WHAT
». J. Bypoldi TUncw Co—piny. Wlosloa-Salwi. North Carolina
In recent laboratory “smoking bead**
I testa. Prince Albert burned
DEGREES
COOLER
than the average of the 30 other
«f the largest-selling brands tested
...coolest of afff