Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1920 — Mother’s Cook Book [ARTICLE]

Mother’s Cook Book

A pound of patience and- Belt-control With words of honey sweetEndurance a quart and energy roll : —ln-an"Y6ira&BTretb"eat. When'mixing a cake be not a machine. And learn from lessons of sorrow-"hy-glene” But study the why and the how, The effects of all you allow. —Mary C. Upham. re— Dishes to Tempt the Appetite. Shape rich bread dough in sticks similar to bread sticks. Place on a buttered sheet, cover and let rise in a warm place 15 minutes. Brush over with the white Qf egg diluted with a tablespoonful of water. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and chopped nuts. Bake in a hot oven about ten minutes. These are delicious served with coffee or chocolate. They are called "flutes.” Baked Banana With Sultan Sauce. Cook one-half cupful of sultana raisins in 1% cupfuls of boiling water for 30 minutes. Mix well one-half cupful of sugar with two teaspoonfuls of cornstarch, then stir into the raisins and water which should measure a cupful. Boil six minutes, add one teaspoonful each of lemon juice and vanilla. Serve poured around baked bananas.

Apple Souffle. Pare, core and stew four tart apples In just enough water to keep from burning. Put through a sieve. To one tablespoonful of butter in a saucepan add four tablespobnfuls of cornstarch and one tablespoonful of flour, one-fourth of a teaspoonful of saltfour tablespoonfuls of cold water and cook until clear. Add one cupful of hot apple pulp, e and one teaspoonful of lemon juice. Remove from the fire and add three wellbeaten egg yolks, then cut and fold in the whites beaten stiff. Pour Into a well-buttered baking dish and bake until puffed and delicately brown.

Blanquette of Chicken. Make one cupful of cream sauce, put It in a double boiler and add one pint of cooked chicken cut in bits and one k tablespoonful of minced parsley. When hot beat the yolks of two eggs, add two tablespoonfuls of milk and stir into the chicken. Serve in a rice or potato border. Home-Made Breakfast Food. Take three-fourths cupful each of graham and wheat flour, mix well, add salt and winter and cook as usual to a thick mush. Serve with cream and sugar.