Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1917 — Mother’s Cook Book. [ARTICLE]

Mother’s Cook Book.

If your apparel speaks too loudly it will drown the voice of your personality—R. W. Helms. Good Things for the Family. For a make-believe apple pie to serve in a hurry, the following will be a success: Cut a few well-flavored, tart apples, put into a deep granite pie plate, season with sugar, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg or in any way to suit the taste of the family. Over the top place slices of buttered bread, set into the oven and bake until the apple sauce has absorbed and softened’’ the bread. Serve with cream and sugar. Such a pie will be found harmless for the childrenls dessert. It is also a eoyd way to use left-over slices of bread. However, we are not supposed To have left-over slices of bread these days, as the old custom which was common in grandmother’s day is being revived, that of cutting the loaf as the bread is needed on the table. A very economical way of avoiding left-overs.

Prune Ice Cream. Cover a cupful of prunes with cold water, and. let them stand over night. In the morning cook, in the same water until soft, remove the stones and put the fruit through astrainer. Add a cupful of sugar, four tablespoonfuls of lemon juice, a pinch of salt and one and a fourth cupfuls of heavy cream, whipped. Freeze. New England Thanksgiving Pudding. 801 l crackers to measure a cupful and a fourth. Pour over them a quart of scalded milk and let stand until cool; then add one cupful of sugar, four eggs, lightly beaten, one-third of a cupful of melted butter, a teaspoonful of salt and one-half a grated nutmeg. Cook a cupful and a half of raisins in just enough fruit juice to cover, or boiling water may be used. Remove when soft and plump. Mix all together and turn into a deep buttered pan. Set the pan in another containing water and bake In a slow oven three hours. Stir after the first half hour to prevent th? raisins from settling. Turn on a serving dish and garr'sh with lemon slices or cubes of jelly, serve with hard sauce.

Beans Without Pork. Now that pork of all kinds issp expensive try baking beans with (fl|e foil or the still cheaper corn oil, callen Mazda. To a plnt.of beans parboiled, add three tablespoonfuls of the oil, a teaspoonful each of salt and mustard, an onion dropped in whole and buried In the beans, and two tablespoonfuls of molasses. Add boiling water and bake as usual, at least half a day. Baked Pears. Put pears, unpeeled but cored, into a baking pan, and sugar, butter, lemon juice or vinegar and baste while baking. Bake in an earthen dish in a slow o’ en for several hours. The syrup to serve with the pears will be rich and brown by the long cooking.