Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 124, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1920 — MOTHER'S COOK BOOK [ARTICLE]

MOTHER'S COOK BOOK

• “Babes are not all born free and equal; some come into the world buoyed up with the mental and physical traits that they have inherited from moral, healthy ancestors ; others weighted down by the degrading predilections and physical deformities transmitted by weak and sinful progenitors.’' < All children should be born free and equal, but the sad fact remains that they sure not. Bimple Economical Dishes., When not too rich, a. pudding Is wholesome and takes the place of pastry or cake more difficult to make as well as digest 1 . Creamy Rice Pudding. Take one-half cupful of well washed rice, one quart of sweet milk* one-half cupful of sugar, one-half, cupful of raisins, a pinch of salt. Bake siowly until the rice is done and it is of a creamy consistency. Wator with nutmeg or any preferred flavor and serve hot with hard sauce. Spice-Pudding. Take one-half cupful of good molasses, one-quarter cupful of shortening, one-half cupful of goat milk, one-half teaspoonful of sosi|ggplt and spice, one and ,6ne-half cupfuls of flour, one-half capful of seeded raisins; place in a pudding dish In a steamer and steam two hours; Serve with any hind of favorite sauce. T■' Suet Pudding. Take one cupful of chopped suet; - one eupful of sweet milk, one cupful of molasses, one capful of chopped raisins, three cupfuls of flour, one teaspoonful of soda; steam two and one-half hours; serve with an * egg sauce. l . Brown. Betty. This may be made of any ffiflt, btfl chopped apple is tbeone most commonly Used. Put a Idler of guttered bread crumbs to a buttered bsitof

by Nellie Macnell

sprinkling of sugar, with a dusting of nutmeg or' cinnamon; repeat until the dish is full. Add one-half capful of water; bake in a moderate oven; servewlth a sauce or cream and sugar. ■ . ’* Pudding Bauce. Take one-half cupful of sugar, one cupful of water, two teaspoonfuls of cornstarch and- a pinch of salt; mix and cook until well done. Add a little butter, nutmeg or any flavoring extract and a tablespoonful of vinegar. Chicken Tamale. Take one cupful of corn meal, scald with one cupful of boiling water, *add one tablespoonful of Butter or bacon fat, one tablespoonful of onion juice,' one cupful of tomato, three tabl# spoonfuls of oil, one cupful of cooked chicken chopped fine, one cupful of. chopped stoned olives, four tablespoonfuls of catsup, cayenne pepper and salt to taste.. Put in a buttered baking dish'and bake half an hour. (Copyright, ltjo. Western Newspaper Union.) — O ~ The huge bills of toucans are light, as they are filled with air cavities, m —o— — t ■