The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923, September 11, 1908, Page 11, Image 12
-(tm t jwnpi -swn -PT ,, . SEPTEMBER 11, 1908 The Commoner. 11 1 ec tlon of the ruinous weeds you men tion, put a bunch of thrifty shoats to pasture on the ground for several months. If the weeds are in patches, make a hog-tight fence, turn in the shoats and give the "rooters" full swing, until the ground is bare, then feed them Qn the ground for a while, letting them turn tho soil upside down as they will. A movable fence is least trouble. S. M. A woman is wise to show herself willing to wait upon her hus band to a reasonable extent; but if the husband imposes upon her, not only allowing, but expecting her to drudge beyond her strength, she is doing both of them an Injustice, and she is exceeding her wifely duties. A wife should be helpful, but there are limits beyond which she is fool ish to go. She has her own work, andi'the husband his. Some Contributed Recipes Apple Snow Bake two sour ap ples until done; then take tho pulp of. these, one cupful of fine white sugar, the white of one egg, and beat tho mixture together for fifteen min utes; serve as a dressing for apple pie, baked with or without a top crust. Tho amount is enough for two pies, and is not unlike whipped cream; it may be used for puddings. Apple Dumplings One cupful of lard and butter mixed, one quart of flour with a half teaspoonful of salt and three teaspoonfuls of baking powder sifted with it; mix with sweet milk, or cold water about two thirds pint. Prepare and core some nice, tart apples; roll out dough enough to make one dumpling, and put the apple in the dough with a tablespoonful of sugar, pinch the dough together, and lay in a pan with water enough to half cover the dumpling, and sprinkle nutmeg over the top. Put into the water in the pan a half cupful of sugar and but ter the size of an egg. Put into the oven and baste the dumplings while MOTHER AND CHILD Both Fully Nourished on Grape-Nuts cooking about three-quarters of an hour. Servo with a nice sauce. Corn Oysters Scrapo sweot corn from the cob, or grate it; take one cupful of corn and two eggs and make a batter with this by adding a little milk and flour to have the bat ter sufficiently thick to lift with a spoon, and fry it in butter to a nice brown on both sides. Potato Loaves Take finely mash ed Irish potatoes, mix with them a teaspoonful of finely chopped onion, a dash of salt and a dusting of pep per to taste, with melted butter enough to moisten the mass. Roll into small cones and set under a roast of meat for about twenty min utes before it is done. Tho cones should receive the drippings of the meat. Servo with tho meat. "When roasting mutton, lay sliced ripe iomatoes over the roast to add to the flavor and neutralize the grease. Vegetables- may -be cooked to a mush, rubbed through a sieve, with stock enough added to thin, and served as a puree. The value of this famous food is shown in many ways, in addition to what might be expected from its chemical analysis. Grape-Nuts food is made of whole wheat antf barley, is thoroughly baked for many hours and contains all the wholesome ingredients in these cereals. It contains also the phosphate of potash grown in the grains, which Nature uses to build up brain and nerve cells. Young children require propor tionately more of this element be cause the brain and nervous system of the child grows so 'rapidly. A Virginia mother found the value of Grape-Nuts in not only building up her own strength but in nourish ing her baby at the same time. She writes: After my baby came I did not re cover health and strength, and the doctor said I could not nurse the baby as I did not have nourishment for her, besides I was too weak. "He said I might try a change of diet and see what that would do, and recommended Grape-Nuts food. I bought a package and used it reg ularly. A marked change came over both baby and I. "My baby is now four months old, is in fine condition, I am nursing her and doing all my work and never felt better in my life." There's a Reason." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. TCver read the above letter? A nnv one appears from time .to .time. iicy arc genuine, true, and full of "unmii interest. Somo Sweet Potato Recipes Sweet p'otatoos are best baked in the oven, second best steamed, and third best when boiled. The follow ing are a few ways in which the vegetable is voted as "very good." Glaced Sweet Potato Bake tho potatoes for one-hour having them all as near of a size as possible; pare off the skins and cut into halves or quarters, dredge with flour and lay in a bake pan, flat side down. Spread over them bits of butter and sprinkle them with white sugar, set the pan in the oven for twenty min utes and serve when nicely browned. Fried Wash and scrape off the outer skin; bake for half an hour, then cut into slices and season with salt and pepper. Heat in a frying pan some pork or ham fat and on this lay tho slices; let cook until one side is browned, turn and brown the other side and serve hot. Sweet Potato Pie Bake six sweet potatoes for half an hour, then grate them; beat half a cupful of butter and one cupful of sugar to a cream, and .add the beaten yolk of three eggs, the grated rind and juice of one lemon, and add to this by de grees the grated potatoes, beating. To this add a half a gill of sweet milk, put the mixture in a deep pie dish, and bake for twenty minutes; cover with the beaten whites of the three eggs as a meringue, and brown in the oven for a few minutes. Creamed Potatoes Scrape the skins from two pounds of sweet po tatoes, slice them thin lengthwise, and lay them in a bake pan; sprinkle over them four tablespoonfuls each of sugar andc softened butter; dust with flour, and pour over them a half a cupful of water and the same of sweet milk; set in tho oven and bake for one hour. Serve hot. Plain Baked Potatoes Wash and scrape the skin from large, smooth sweet potatoes, and lay in a mod erately hot oven, and let bake for ono hour, or longer, according to size. When soft, take out of the oven and cover with a towel to keep from getting hard on the outside. Serve with butter. tho middle of the plaid or stripe and see that tho checks or stripes are alike on the edges. The same should bo done when cutting a circular skirt. Place the edge of tho cut gore on the width for a circular skirt to tho uncut material and match the crosswise stripes, moving the gore up or down a block or stripe until It matches exactly. Then lay the cut edge of the second gore to tho uncut material and match as be fore, continuing this until all the skirt is cut out. In stitching hems on table cloths or sheets, begin a little way from the edge of the material, sew back to tho edge, down the opening In tho hem, and then on In tho usual man ner. This will prevent tho ragged frazzle seen on so many corners when tho stitches break or come loose. Make the children's gulmpcs on waists to which the little petticoats may be. buttoned, to prevent tho gulmpo 'slipping up abovo tho droBa. Cheap muslin can bo usod for tho lower waist. If tho hems on thin material aro turned by hand and pressed with a tint Iron, ono enn sow closer to tho edge, and sow laco on at tho snmo time. In folding a skirt, closo tho placket fastening and place it flat against tho exact middle of the front breadth, bringing a fold down each side of tho garmont and leaving tho front breadth flat and smooth. 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