Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 250, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1916 — Notes and. Comment [ARTICLE]

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RECIPES. Maryland Oyster Stew,—One'quart oysters, one pint cream, yolks of three hard boiled eggs, one-half cupful butter, one-half teaspoon whole allspice, lemon juice, salt and white pepper. Mash yolks, add to cream and heat in saucepan. Add butter, lemon juice and When smooth add the OyU~ ter*; cook until plump and serve in small bowls with toasted crackers. Celery Salad. —Two heads of celery, one tablespoon salad oH, one-half tear spoon of vinegar, a teaspoon of granulated sugar, pepper and salt to taste. Wash the celery well, removing any unsightly parts, lay in ice water until wanted, then cut into piecea about an Inch in length. Season with remaining Ingredients. Mix well, line a salad bowl with lettuce leaves, put In celery and serveAngel Cake.—Whites of six eggs, one teaspoon of vanilla, added to eggs before beating, one cup sugar, sifted half-cup flour, sifted four times, add small teaspoon of cream of tartar. Fold flour in with knife, never beat In. Bako in angel cake pans at an elevation of three or four Inches from bottom of oven. Place tin of water in oven while baking; requires a moderate oven. Bake twenty minutes before opening oven door, and twenty minutes longer, making forty minutes in all. Never grease tin, but on removing from oven place bottom up on cake board and it will gradually drop down and out Jellied Peaches.—Drain the ayrup from a jar of peaches and cut the fruit into small pieces. Measure the syrup, and if there is not enough to make one pint add enough water to make the desited quantity. Heat the syrup to the boiling point, stir in one tablespoon granulated gelatin, softened in one-half cup water. Stir until dissolved, add one tablespoon lemon juice, let stand in a cool place until it begins to thicken, then add the peaches, turn into mold, and let harden. Serve with whipped cream. Cocoanut Delight.—ln the bottom of a glass bowl put a layer of sliced and seeded oranges, sprinkle with granulated sugar and then a layer of grated cocoanut. On this put a generous spoonful of sweetened and whipped cream. Now another layer of oranges, cocoanut and cream till the dish is full. The top layer mjuit.beof whipped cream, heaped high in ths center. The fresh cocoanut is best for this dish. e