Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1912 — Emergency Beef Tea. [ARTICLE]

Emergency Beef Tea.

One pound of shredded beef, one pint of water, place the meat in a saucepan with cold water, stir it to separate the meat, and allow the water to extract the juice. Leave foi ten minutes, V l ® ll place over a moderate fire, and stir till it simmers, then pour off the liquid, remove the fat from the surface with paper, anr serve at once. LITTLE SPICE CAKES—The house keeper who has plenty of sour cream at her command can quickly make these delicious little spice cakes. Put together in the order given a half cupful of butter, one cupful and a half of sugar, one-quarter of a teaspoonful each of mace and cloves, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, a scant half teaspoonful of salt, one cupful of thick sout cream, a half teaspoonful of scda dissolved in a teaspoonful of warm water, one egg, one-quarter of a cupful of corn starch mixed with one pint of entire wheat flour and one cupful of seeded raisins Bake this in gem nans in a hot oven BOILED DRESSING—Beat two eggs, add a half cupful of warm water, a half teaspoonful of salt, a dash of cayenne a quarter of a teaspoonfui of sifted dry mustard and four tablespoonfuls of cider or tarragon vinegar Stir over a slow fire in a double boiler until smooth and very thick, add one-quarter of a cupful of butter, stir until it is absorbed, then strain and chill. When needed, thin a portion of the dressing with cream, or stir Into it an equal amount of stiffly whipped cream. The latter mixture is especially good with an apple and nut salad.