Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 269, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1918 — Mothers’ Cook Book [ARTICLE]

Mothers’ Cook Book

What to Eat. Thare ain’t nobuddy but a butterfly kan liv on buty and git phatt.—Josh Billings. Bananas, like everything else in the food line, have soared in price, but when they can be bought- by weight they are not very expensive in the average market. Variety is the spice of food as well as life, and we need to vary our menus as much as possible. i Baked Bananas, Belgian Style. Remove the peeling from eight small bananas and scrape each to remove the coarse threads. Lay them side by side in a baking, dish suitable to serve from. Grate over them the rind of an orange and half oi a lemon; mix the juice of half a lemon, an orange and a half cupful of honey; pour over the bananas; bake in a quick oven until soft. Serve from the dish. One banana will make a serving. Baked Bananas, Sultana Sauce. the banana from the skins, scrape and return to its original place in the skin. Set bananas in an agate saucepan to cook until the skin is well blackened and the pulp is soft. About 20 minutes will cook them in a moderate oven. An hour before preparing the bananas put three-fourths of a cupful of sultana raisins with a cup of boiling water on to cook, adding more water as needed. Mix a half cup of sugar and two teaspoonfuls of cornstarch, a teaspoonful of butter and a grating of lemon peel with the juice; cook until smooth and pour boiling hot over the peeled bananas. Bananas added to a custard pie or riced bananas put on top of a fresh custard pie and served at once make a very tasty pie. Mashed bananas in whipped cream for cake filling is delicious, adding sugar to sweeten. '.

Bananas Fried In Crumbs., Remove the skin from six bananas, scrape and remove the coarse threads; cut in halves lengthwise, then crosswise. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, lemon juice, dip In flour, egg and crumbs and fry in deep fat. Drain op brown paper and serve garnished with lemon and parsley. Serve with lemon sauce. •' Bananas as a salad are so well known that it needs but a reprinder that rolled In nuts and served with a ' good dressing they are well liked. The peeling Itself may be used for a nest, when serving. Httut