Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 216, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1913 — GLEANINGS. [ARTICLE]

GLEANINGS.

Housewives who understand the nature of the omnipresent microbe are rejoicing because so many bakers now wrap up their loaves In paraffine paper covers. Some bakers are actually advertising the fact, thereby Showing that It is the popular as well as the proper thing to do. A carefully tested recipe for oldtushtoned ginger cookies calls for a cupful of molasses, a cupful of sugar, three-quarters of a cupful of shortening, a cupful of hot water, an egg, a scant level tablespoonful of soda, a neaping teaspoonful of ginger, a level tsaspoouful of cinnamon and flour enough to roil out Put the ingredients together in the usual way and bake quickly. An ambitious young housekeeper has recently purchased a very large and gorgeously bound scrapbook in which she Intends to paste all the promising recipes she finds in magazines or papers. From her country neighbors, too, she has gleaned many a secret of jelly and wine making, a 8 well as many meat dishes that they describe as “tasty.” From her Southern friends and relatives come old and tried recipes tor making hot breads, canned fruits, fruit cakes, pies and Christmas drinks. She also has a long list of homemade polishes for Silver, furniture and floors, as well as hints on butter making and the keeping of vegetables.