Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 273, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1918 — Mother’s Cook Book [ARTICLE]

Mother’s Cook Book

The surest road to health, say what they will, Is never to suppose we shall be 111; t Most of these evils we poor mortals know. From doctors and imagination grow. —Churchill. ' Missouri Hoe Cake. Put through a sieve two cupfuls of cornmeal, and a half a teaspoonful each of baking powder and salL Add .one tablespoonful of melted fat and stir in water to make a soft dough. Make into small cakes a half inch thick and bake on a hot greased griddle until well browned on both sides. Barley Popovers. Beat two eggs, one cupful of barley flour, one teaspoonful at 1 sugar, half a teaspoonful of salt' and one cupful of milk; use a Dover egg beater and beat until smooth. Bake about 40 minutes in a hot, well-greased Iron pan. One-fourth of a cupful of rice flour may replace a half cupful of barley flour, improving the recipe some. Cheese and Rice Souffle. .Put one and one-half cupfuls of American cheese through the food chopper, stir into it one and one-half cupfuls of white sauce, season highly with paprika, and when the cheese Is melted add one and one-half cupfuls of cooked rice and the beaten yolks of three eggs. Fold in the whites of the eggs and turn into a, well-greased baking dish, set in hot water and bake half an hour lit ® moderate oven. r —» Liberty Ice Cream. Add one and one-half cupfuls of evaporated milk to one cupful of water and two cupfuls of milk, then scald. Add one cupful of honey and: cool. When cool add one cupful of crushed raspberries and a teaspoonful of lemon extract Freeze as usual. Can apples, apple juice and other fruit juice without sugar. In the winter the apple juice may be heated and sweetened, and it will be as good as if sweetened when put up. This takes no sugar now when it is scarce. A jar of fruit perfectly sterile, win keep fully as well unsweetened. Dry corn. This is difficult to keep when canned, but it dries easily and keeps its flavor. Cook five minutes, just long enough to set the milk. Cut and dry as quickly as possible. Dampen the brush of the carpet sweper before using; it will then take up all lint with the dust