Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1917 — Mother’s Cook Book [ARTICLE]

Mother’s Cook Book

Delicious Buttermilk Dishes. Buttermilk may be used in various ways for food, making most wholesome dishes. The Welsh people have a fondness for buttermilk soup made as onedoes any cream soup, using the buttermilk instead of the milk, not allowing it to become overheated, however. As a drink there is nothing that takes the place of good flavored buttermilk. It is refreshing in summer when served cold, and is equally as good in winter, serving as a food as well as a beverage. Buttermilk Is prescribed by many physicians as a curative for many digestive ills. For those who are fond of its snappy, appetizing flavor it is no hardship to live on buttermilk for days at a time. There have been many experiments made in the use of buttermilk in various comblnatlons.With fruit Juice, eggs and sugar, when frozen, it makes a most delicious ice cream which has the advantage of"being tnoSt wholesome as well as nutritive.

Buttermilk Cheese. Heat the buttermilk to 130 or 140 degrees Fahrenheit, stirring all the time. This is best done in a double boiler. After heating, the curd settles to the bottom of the dish and most of the whey may be easily poured off. The remaining whey may be removed by draining through layers of cheesecloth. Season with salt or salt and- caraway’ seed;-—Tilts cheese may be made into cakes and served cut in

slices. It has a fine mild flavor, Is finer grained than cottage cheese and needs no addition of cream or butter to make It palatable. If desired it may be warmed slightly and mixed with one-fourth its weight in butter, making a sandwich cheese.