Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 153, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1920 — Mother's Cook Book [ARTICLE]

Mother's Cook Book

To keep a household running smoothly, provisioned, cleaned, made sweet and cheerful always, and to do it incidentally as it were, with a hundred other activities .filling her thoughts, is an accomplishment not sufficiently appreciated in this world.—David Grayson. Today’s Food. For a meal which Is a meal In itself be sure to try Spaghetti Par Excellence. Take one package of spaghetti, break into small pieces and cover with boillug salted water; stir lightly until all Is boiling. When tender pour of! the water, drain in a colander, pour over cold water to make the spaghetti firm. Take one can of tomatoes, strained to remove the seeds, add a can of tomato soup, two large onions cut In bits, one fourth of a teaspoonful of cayenne pepper and a teaspoonful of chill powder, four tablespoonfuls of sugar, three teaspoonfuls of salt, six slices of bacon diced and fried. Mix all together and add the bacon fat Put In layers In a baking dish with the spaghetti. Bake two hours. Cranberry Salad. Soak one package of gelatine In a pint of cold water until well softened, then pour over this two quarts of boiling cranberry juice, add the. juice ol one lemon and sugar to taste. When cool add one cupful of shredded blanched almonds and one cupful ol celery. When cold slice and serve with mayonnaise dressing.

Head Lettuce With Sherry's Dressing Prepare the lettuce, draining well and dry carefully to remove all watei Take one cupful of olive oil —corn oil will answer —two tablespoonfuls each of minced green and red peppers, one small Spanish onion chopped, one tablespoonful each of minced parslej and powdered sugar, and one-fourth of a cupful of vinegar. Shake in a mason jar for five minutes. Place on ice for an hour and do not serve on the lettuce until the last minute as it wilts the lettuce. , Salmon Rarebit. Heat one-fourth of a cup of buttei or butter substitute; when bubbling hoi add two tablespoonfuls of’flour, rut and mix until perfectly smoth. ther add a pint of milk and when thickened a can of salmon, with all bones and skin removed; one egg beaten with t pinch of salt and a dash of cayenne Serve on toasted crackers or thir slices of toasted bread. (Copyright. 1920, Western Newspaper Union.)