Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 211, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1916 — Mother's Cook Book. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Mother's Cook Book.

“The mother who uses her intelligence to keep up with the world, is the mother who will retain her Influence.” Rice in Various Forms. ' Rice is such a wholesome food, especially good for children, that it should be served oftener and in greater variety. Peas and Rice. Boil- a cupfufof rice and a pint of green peas separately or they may be equally good as left overs. Chop two onions fine and fry in butter until light brown. Add the cooked peas and rice, season vvith salt and pepper and serve hot. Boiled Rice Pudding. Wash a handful of rice, add a cup- • ful of stoned raisins, cut In hajves, add a little salt, tie in a cloth, leaving room for the rice to swell, and drofl into boiling water, to cook two hours. Serve with bard sauce. Savory Rice. Fry a tablespoonful of chopped onion In two tablespoonfuls of butter until It is light brown, add a cupful of rice and cook until it is slightly colored, then add a pint of chicken stock and cook in a double boiler until the rice Is tender. > Rice With Fruit. Rice Is especially good with peaches, pears, or in fact any not top acid, fruit. A small mold of plain cooked ‘rice, garnished with sliced fruit or berries with cream and sugar makes a most satisfying dessert Meat and Rice Loaf. Line a buttered baking dish with rice, fill with seasoned chopped meat and cover with rice, then cook by steam or in the oven for SO inlnutea, unmold and serve with any desired sauce, such as tomato or an onion seasoned brown sauce.' Rice a La Riston. • -finely chop two thin slices of bacon, add to a half of a medium sized cabbage, finely chopped, cover and cook siQjfly 30 dffnutes. Add a fourth of •

cupful of cooked rice, one-half a teaspoonful of chopped parsley and salt and red pepper to taste. Moisten with half a cupful of stock and cook 15 minutes. ' " Rice Jack. 801 l together a cupful of sugar, a cupful of molasses, und two tablespoonfuls of water. When nearly done add a tablespoonful of butter and a quarter of a teaspoonful of soda. When a soft ball Is formed as It Is dropped In cold water, pour It over three cupfuls of puffed rice, spread In a buttered dripping pan to cool. f