Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 252, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1912 — GOOD FOR BREAKFAST [ARTICLE]

GOOD FOR BREAKFAST

VARIOUS DELICACIES TO APPEAL TO MORNING APPETITE. Enjoyment of First Meal Means Starting the Day Well and These May Help to Accomplish That Desired End. Beaten Biscuit —Sift cne tablespoonful of salt with one quart of flour. Add one tablespoonful of lard. Use equal quantities of milk and Ice water to make a stiff dough. Beat and work until it is of a velvety smoothness and beginning to Blister, at least a half hour. Roll to one-half Inch thickness. Cut with small cutt,er. Bake in moderately quick oven. Prick well with fork before baking. •Rice Cooked With Egg—One cup of rice. Wash in warm water, then hot water to get the flour ouV Turn four cups of boiling water onto the rice and a teaspoon of butter (heaping). Cook in double boiler. When done salt and add an egg and stir briskly. Eat with sugar and milk. It is nice without the egg. Aunt Rice Cakes —Boil rice until it is soft, and while warm make into cakes or flat balls. Dip the balls Into beaten egg and then into Indian meal till thoroughly coated. This done, fry them in lard, which is better than butter for this purpose, Serve them with sauce or butter, or with cream and sugar. Breakfast Coffee —Break an egg into a glass'Jar. A bacon jar is best, as it is fitted a cover. Add as much cold water as there is egg, and beat together. Use a tablespoonful of this, mixing it with theAdry coffee and cold water. It will last several days if kept in a cold place. Breakfast Dish —Take one cup of finely minced tongue, veal or lamb, and to it add three tablespoons of grated bread and sufficient cold milk to moisten; season, butter muffin rings or gem pans and half fill with the mixture, packing it in closely. Break a fresh egg on each; sprinkle with salt, pepper and a few cracker crumbs, and put a small lump of butter on each. Bake until egg has set.