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Requested Recipes
twnn Roast One pound can of
Idnoy beans, or equivalent quantity
cooked beans, one-nau youuu ut
wfnPA cheese, ureuu uiumwo, iw
rash the beans or put them tlirough
meat grinder. Add tne cneese aim
tm crumbs enough to make the
sixture sufficiently gtiff to be formed
ito a roll. Bake In a moderate oven,
isting occasionally wjtth putter or
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other fat, and -water. Serve with
tomato sauce. This dish may he
liavorettwim chopped onlonsr other
rat ana a very little water.
African Stew One and one-half
cups kidney beans, one-half cup
macaroni or rice, one cup tomatoes,
one onion, four tablespoons drip
pings, seasoning to taste. Wash and
soak beans nover night. Cook until
tender. Brown sliced onions In fry
ing pan with drippings, add to stew
with tomatoes, seasoning and tho
macaroni, broken into bits. Cook un
til macaroni is well done.
Gingerbread (such as mother used
to make) Mfk together a half cup
each of molasses and brown sugar,
stir in a tablespoon of melted fat and
a teaspoon each of ground ginger and
cinnamon. Set the mixing bowl con
taining these in a place where they
will become blood warm, then re
move from the heat, mix and beat
with an egg beater until the mixture
Is light brown. Then stir in a cup
of sour milk, three cups of sifted
flour and a teaspoon of soda dissolved
in a tablespoon of hot water. Beat
hard for two or three minutes, and
bako in deep muffin pans or in a
shallow baking pan. For currant
gingerbread add to the above mix
ture half a cup of dried currants that
have been carefully washed, soaked
for half an hour in warm water,
dried in folds of a towel and dredged
with flour. For raisin gingerbread
use same amount of seeded raisins
halved and dredged with flour.
Bran Muffins One egg, 1 cup
fuls milk, 1- teaspoonf ul salt, 2 table
spoonfuls molasses, 2 tablespoonfuls
melted butter or drippings,, 1 cupful
bolted corn-meal, 1 cupful bread
flour, 1 cupful bran, IVz teaspoon
fuls soda, 3 teaspoonfuls cream of
tartar. Mix in the order given, hav
ing the egg Well beaten and the soda"
and cream of tartar sifted with the
corn-meal and flour. Turn into woll
oiled muffin pans and bake thirty
minutes in a moderate oven.
. Virginia Baked Ham Six or 8
pounds of smoked ham, pound
peanut-butter, & pieces, celery, or 1
teaspoonful celery-seed, whole cloves,
4 bay-leaves. Soak ham over night,
drain and bring to boiling point. Re
move skin, dot over with peanut
butter, stick in a generous number
of cloves, and place fat- side up in
the roasting pan. Put a little more
peanuttbutter" in the pan together
with the celery and bay-leaves, and
put to cook in a hot oven. Reduce
the heat and after a few moments,
put a little water in the dripping
pan, and roast slowly for three hours.
Serve with a sauce made or the drip
pings in tho pan. The peanut-butter
gives a flavor like that of the hams
ffrom the peanut-fed hogs of West
Virginia.
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burning tho fat and tl'io unpleasant
odor is minimized.
You can keep pumpkins in tho
cellar all winter without their bo
coming moldy if you cover tho stalk
which was attached to the vino, with
sealing wax.
Instead of grating an onion to ex
tract the juice, simply press ono side
with the dull edge of a kntfo after
peeling and cutting the onion in half.
When you bako a spongy cake, like
an angel cake, whip the whites of
eggs, with a wire egg-beater. For a
fine grained cake use the regular egg
beater.
Chloroform is preferable to gaso
line for removing Btaifrs because it
leaves no lasting odor.
When you go out motoring does it
annoy you to have the raindrops on
the windshield obstruct your view?
Jusjfc rub tho surface of tho wind-
snieia witn Kerosene uuioro yuu stun
and the rain will roll right off.
You can make your satin or taffeta
dress look like new if you spongo it
easily be brushed away. Freah air ad
mitted to tho room a&o'uld prevent
a recurrence.
To iron unstarched" laco, place it
tho right side down upon a pad of
Ironing board covered with several
thicknesses of white flannel. Ovor
this spread carefully a damp cloth'
and press with a IiQt iron until tho
Tho bacon will not bo too salty If
you put tho rashors into boiling
water for two or throe minutes be
fore frying them. . .T
Try baking soda to remove tho
stains or ourncu ioou irom mo
earthenware baking dishes.
To All up nail holes in the wood
work make a stiff paste of sawdust
and glue. Press thltf into the hofea
and after painting or varnishing they
will be undlscerniblo.
If baby's bue stockings have faded
try a hot bluing water in which a
littlo alum has been dissolved. Dip
the stocking into this one or more
Things Worth Knowing
A steel knitting needle is indis
pensable in the kitchen. For testing
potatoes and all kins of vegetables
while cooking It is invaluable. It
has no equal for testing cake.
To remove scorch marks from flan
nel cut an onion in half, rub it up
and down, keeping the flannel quite
straight, and tho marks will gradual
ly disappear; then wash in lukewarm
water to remove the smell.
To clean a flatiron place a piece of
beeswax between two old pieces of
flannel. Dirt will thus be removed
trom tho iron, which will be found
to run very smoothly afterward.
When hanging casement curtains
an excellent plan it to draw the
finger of an old glove over the end
of the rod before running it through
the hem of the curtain. This pre
vents the possibility of tearing the
material.
Use the double boiler for frying
.out fat, There will be no danger of
with a strong tea to which a littlci3 unUl tIie l ,s restored.
ammonia has been added and press
it on wrong side over a damp cloth.
When packing away delicate white
gowns or laces sprinkle bits of white
wax among tlie folds. This will keep
the garments from becoming yellow.
You can cut the frosted cake with
out, anv dii?lculty if you dip the knife
into boiling water.
Don't put vinegar or lemon juice
Into a milk sauce when ty is hot, or
you will curdle it If you want a
lemon" flavor in a milk sauce, get It
by boiling the lemon rind in the
milk.
When you clean your leather cov
ered furniture use castile soap and
lukewarm water. The oil in the soap
will act as a preservative to the
leather.
Household Helps
Washing combs ften injures the
color. A good way to clean them is
to use a small brush and by pulling
a piece of cotton through the teeth,
changing this as it gets soiled. Then
rub with a clean cloth.
If the shirts and overalls will not
get clean soak them, after washing,
for an hour 'in a weak cold water
starch. Then wring and dry. You
will find next time you wash them
the dirt will come out easily.
Wheh boiling old potatoes add a
mtiA milk to the water in which ,
they are boiled. Besides improving
You can avoid the annoyance of
sticking corks on the bottle of glue,
mucilage and similar substances if
you grease the corks well with vaoe-
llino or lard when you draw them
out the first time.
The linoleum' will keep bright and
last longer if you apply white shellac
with a clean paint brush once or
twice a year. The linoloum should
be thoroughly cleansed and dry be
fore shellac is used. Be careful not
to lap tho strokes in putting on the
shellac
bleel wool Is a convenience that
should bo part of every kitchen
equipmont. It is an excellent clean
sing agent. Get a package of No. 0.
and use it for cleaning the inside of
pots and kettles. It can be usedpa
aluminum utensils. ;
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RHEUMATISM
RECIPE
I trill Kindly send any Hhoumatism hu
feror i Simple Herb Hecipe Absolutely
Freo that Completely Cured m& of a ter
rible attack of muscular and inflamm
atory Rheumatism of long- standing after
everything else I tried had failed mo. I
have given it to, many uuirorurH who bo
'icved their cases hopeless, yet (boy found
relief from tneir suffering by taking
these simple herbs. It also relieves Sid-
thA flavor this prevents them from . atica promptly as well as Neuralgia, and
i.ne .,,... i, THfr is a wondenful blood purifier. You are
fiiminer dark in the cooking
When the glue dries up in the
bottle add a little vinegar and it will
resume Its liquid state.
On discovering mildew on the in
ner walls of a house, open the win
dows and doors, keep fires alight for
a few days, and the mildew may
most welcome to this Herb llecliM If you
will send for it at once. I believe you will
consider it a God-Send after you have pwt
jt to the test. There is nothing: injurloun
contained In It. and you can see for your
self exactly what you are taking. I will
gladly send this Recipe absolutely free
to any sufferer who will send name and
addrcss.plainly written. V. F. SUTTOK,
SttiO aiBsaolia Ave., Lom Angeles, Calif
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