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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1918)
" The Commoner SEPTEMBER, 1918 15 "-& f- mnrfi than once a day. Milk, butter, eggs; cheeso, flan when absolutely fresh; hard foods which compel thorough chewing crusts, fruits, nuts. Milk and cocoa are nourishing foods as well as hover- What to Avoid. Overeating, eat ing too fast, eating when very tired or excited, too much meat and eggs, unripe fruit, fried foods hard to. di gest, "sharp" relishes often harm ful, alcoholic drinks- always harm ful, tea and coffee especially had for children. Seek variety in food. Don't rely on drugs to aid diges tion. Chew thoroughly everything you eat. Avoid unpleasant talk during meals. Requested Recipes. Green Tomato Relish Two pecks of green tomatoes, one dozen green peppers of the sweet variety, put through the food chopper and mixed with one small cupful of salt and drained over night. In the morning mix with one large cupful of horse radish also put through the finest grinder of the food shopper, one cup ful of hrown sugar, two tablcspoon fuls of mustard seed and two table spoonfuls of dry mustard, one table spoonful of tumeric, and one and one half pints of strong vinegar. Cook for twenty minutes. This is very de licious. Tomato Catsup Two pecks of ripe tomatoes and remove the skins, add half a cupful of salt, one pound of sugar, one tablespoonful of red pepper, three tablespoonfuls each of ground mace and celery seed, two tablespoonfuls of ground cinnamon, and two quarts of vinegar. Boil slowly until reduced one-half, then pass through a sieve, reheat and store in sealed bottles, or in tight closed cans. Meat Substitute Loaf 1 cup cooked salted rice, 1 cup crushed pea nuts, 1 egg, 1 cup cottage cheese, 2 tablespoons chopped onion cooked until soft in cup water, 1 table spoon fat, teaspoon pepper, 1 tea spoon salt. Make into a loaf and bake. Serve hot -with tnmntn cn Honey Cookies 3 cups rolled oats, 2 tablespoons barley flour, 4 teaspoon salt, 2 eggs (well beaten), 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 cup strained honey, cup dates (cut in Pieces), cup shredded cocoanut. Mix all together and drop from tea spoon on greased tin. Bake Jn a moderate oven. Barley and Rolled Oats Biscuit une cup milk, four tablespoons short nIng' l:w eggs, four tablespoons yrup, six teaspoons baking powder, one teaspoon salt, one and one quarter cups ground rolled oats, two XX! ba.Pley flour- MIx miIk' melted 22f , syrup and eESs and mix biJ W h dry tosredients. Bake one nait hour in moderately hot QVen. tmUfIck 9hIli Sauce 2 quarts of cSnS,lnPfU,1P aDd ,ulce'4 onIons' 2"3 vE ofnbrown sugar, 2-3 cupful of Innnga 3 teaspoonfuls of salt, 2 tea- pnnuls P Paprika, 1 teaspoonful rw ' A teasPoonful of cayenne. uiop the onions fine, add them to InL tonlates wit" the mixed season ings and vinegar. Simmer until thick about thirty or forty minutes. Contributed Recipes erIay0ni!aiseDressIne-Three-quart-ers cUp vinegar; fill with water. One- 'ilnn!? 8U,Bar beaten wItl1 one e6g, Hnonn bUUer' ne leVel tableI -nt J! BAaPd Mix witlL a llttle cld 4,1 e?oU flft?m l0 twenty minutes. Pepper CaM.a laSh f CayenUe & n1iPIc.k!ea Cover the bottom of crock with one tablespoon of mixed spiced and dill, then layer of cucum bers packed closoly, add onions on alternate layers of cucumbers. When two-gallon jar is filled, cover with a wreath of dill and cover with brine. To eight quarts water one cup of salt Is sufficient for this brine. Cover top with a clean cloth and a cover that fits .closely with a weight. Grape loaves or cherry leaves may bo added on top if desired. If pickles arc kept in a warm place it will be necessary to wash cloth and cover every day. If kept in a cool place washing occa sionally will be sufficient. Mrs. II. T. D. Apple and Celery Salad At this season when early apples arc obtain able and celery is fresh a salad easily made is as follows: Use equal parts of chopped apple, celery and any de sired nut kernels, servo on lettuce leaf and add cither corn oil salad dressing or a cooked dressing, as pre ferred. An excellent oil, quite as good as olive oil, is much used nowa days for salad dressing and is pre pared as is the French dressing, all ingredients being very cold. Apples for salad should not stand long after being peeled, as they become dark in color. This is known as Waldorf salad. Helen M. Pork Chops and Escalloped Pota toes Fill a baking dish with sliced raw potatoes. Almost cover with water or milk. Lay pork chops on top of these. Season with salt, pep per, dredge with flour. Bake in oven, turning the chops once. The fat from the meat will flavor the potatoes nicely. J. Al. T. Best Seasoned Meat Loaf Through food chopper one-half pound sausage, one pound of any meat and two on'ons, mix with one egg, one-half cup milk, salt, pepper, tiny bit sage. Make in loaf, put in, creased pan, cpv.er with .water, bako. The secret of rich meat loa,f is the sausage, as it seasons so well and makes, it rich and you will have a richer gravy. Mrs. H. It. J, Beet and Cabbage Pickle Chop one quart boiled beets, add one quart finely chopped cabbage, one cup grat ed horseradish, one cup sugar, one teaspoon black paper, one tablespoon salt. Cover with cold vinegar; salt in fruit" jars. M. It. T. Del'.cious Baked Cabbage Chop cabbage to the amount of three pounds, stir into It one tablespoonful of flour, one teaspoonful of salt, one teasnoonful of dry mustard, one tablespoonful of butter, a dash of red pepper, and pour over all one-half cupful of water. Put into a buttered baking dish, lay thin slices of bacon over all, cover, until all the water is evaporated. Cut a slice of bacon into bits, fry to a golden brown, add to the fryings a fourth of a cupful of strong vinegar, and the same amount of boiling water, let boil up well, pour over the vegetables and serve immediately. Mary Kramer. Useful Information Drain all boiled vegetables as soon as tender they become soggy if they are allowed to stand undrained after cooking. The water drained off may bo saved for soup stock. Let wilted vegetables soak in cold water to freshen them. If vegetables must stand after paring, covering with cold water will prevent wilting and discoloration. Before cooking, put head vege tables and greens in cold water for an hour, with one tablespoon of vine gar to remove insects, then wash very carefully. White canvas shoes are readily cleaned with the bon ami used for clean'ng. Rob It on the shoes with a wet brush or rough cloth and dry in the sun. Obstinate stains should first be removed with gasoline. Befdre throwing away old shoes cut off the tops and use them an linings for iron and pot holders. Pin a towel to your apron belt while cooking and baking. It will save you many steps. When baking apples fill the core cavity with raisins. It will save sugar and taste delicious. A novel way to use cold mashed potatoes is to mix tho potatoes with the yolk of an egg, form into balls and bako in a hot oven until brown, about ten minutes. Remove from oven, make an indentation in top of each potato w'th tho bowl of a , tea spoon. Fill the impression with tho stiffly beaten whites. Return to oven and when brown serve at once. To remove grease stains from leather apply the beaten white of an egg. Stale bread can bo dried in the oven and ground In tho meat chop per. Keep the crumbs in a glass jar and you will have them at hand to take the place of flour in cooking. To save linen use oil cloth table coverings. The shops are Bhowing at tractive table sets in pretty designs and patriotic housewives arc adopt ing them for general use. To save Ice wrap it in newspaper. This is more effectual and far more sanitary than a cloth. iHKVTJMtll HatJtolHft IVteket Htrm yVntvU S.H) VlfeVJT flssBBnT sEBBMr jPiBsVCr mm II Frult for Children Fruits should bo served in some form to children at least once a day. Fruit juices and the pulp of cooked fruit, baked apples and pears, and stewed prunes arc safest. Whether the skins should be given depends partly on the age and health of the child and partly on the' way the fruit is prepared. If the skins arc very tender, they are not likely to cause trouble except with very young child dren. When apples and pears are baked the skins can be made tender by frequent basting. Simple Spot Remover This is a recipe for the very beat "spot remover" you ever tried: Two ounces of castile soap shaved fine; 2 quarts of pure soft water. Boil till soap is thoroughly dissolved; strain and cool. When cool, add 1 ounce sulphuric ether and 2 ounces of wood alcohol; shake it well and keep it corked. It is now ready for use and will remove spots and stains from your clothing like magic, especially woolen garments. National Magazine. BOOKS RECEIVED The Political Conditions Of Allied Success. A Plea for the Protective Union of the Democracies. By Nor man Angell, Author of "The Great Il lusion," etc. Published by O. P. Put nam's Sons, 2 West 4Gth St., New York. Price $1.50, net. Bairnsfather (Part 5) G. P. Put nam's Sons, 2 West 45th St., New York. Price 50 cents. 13. K. Means. ' G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2 West 45th St., New orY. Price $1.50. The History of the Great War. By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Volume Three. The British Campaign In Flip Out the Time! hi day, iti nifhtf TWO riltf advantage! In thin watch, donigned CKpeclally for tho man who workn "over hero" in a Jumper, or "over there" in a khaki Hhlrt. Ono! 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WAR VimiFT AND PRICKS CU'J? JjIQUOK DRINKING A New York dispatch, dated July 25, says: Alcoholism in New York city lias decreased within one year to less than one-third of the volume nf lnaf Vonr ia rAatiTt nf tte tira). t j, m-.l - in-tt! r, "" '" J" w.j.v w v i..-. TOnceauurmuuBv, WS"IW tice of war-time thrift, the oppor H. ?oran Company, Publishers, New, tunItIes for regular employment, and the increased cost of liquor, accord- York. Price $2.00, net. Why Prohibition, By Charles Stelzle. George H. Doran Company, Publishers, New York. Price $1.50, net. ing to Bellevue hospital officials. The hospital records show that within the last six months 1,079 al coholic cases have been treated, us High Altars. The Battlefields of j compared with 3,375 cases in th Prance and Flanders as I Saw Them. By John Oxenham. George H. Doran Company, Publishers, New York. 50 cents, net. The Great Crusade. Extracts frdm same months of 1917. Although the increase In the cost of liquor may be a factor, Dr. Stephen P. Jewett of (he psychopathic ward at Bellevue said that the war atrrios- Speeches Delivered During the War.lphere and the development of habit By the Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George, of thrift proved the greatest aid tm M. P. Arranged by F. L. Stevenson, sobriety. ." UJI ti 4fl M v V ! 1 t --A 1'U i mi S