Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1910 — HINTS FOR THE BUSY HOUSEWIFE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HINTS FOR THE BUSY HOUSEWIFE

Convenient Pan and Pie Plate Lifter.

Nowadays every little thing is taken into consideration by those who design kitchen utensils Even the fact that the edge of a pie crust is easily broken was considered by the Illinois man who invented the pan and plate lifter shown above. The lifter is made of wire. There is a long piece with a handle on one end and the other end bent into two hooks which fasten over one side of the plate. Slidably mounted on this long piece Is a jaw which fits under the opposite side of the plate and can be pushed up till a good firm grip can be obtained on ibe whole affair. The pan or plate <.-in then be handily carried about without fear of burning the fingers if it is hot or damaging the contents Beefsteak Chowder. Cut a Slice of salt pork into small bits, with one onion minced tine. Cook until a nice brown Add obe quart of boiling water and let simmer for five minutes, tben add one pound of round steak cut into strips half an inch thick and two inches long. Bring this quickly to a boil, then simmer until the meat is tender. Add four or five pared and sliced potatoes, season with salt and pepper, add more boiling water, and when rhe potatoes are tender add one and a halt cupfuls ot good rich milk or cream. Split six or eight crackers. put them into a soup dish and pour the chowder over them, serving at once. . • Pork and Onion*. Two pounds of fresh |x>rk cut from

the shoulder, as it to lean; three onions. four or five potatoes, two tabtoepoonfuto ot butter or dripping. Pot the onions and dripping into a frying pan and cook until the onion* are brown. Add . the meat. cut into small pieces. Peel and slice the potatoes and cover the meat and onions completely with them. Add salt and pepper and about half a cupful of water. Cover tightly and let simmer gently about ah hour. Don’t let it cook too hard or it will cook dry. if it does add a little water. Mocha Cake. , One cupful sugar, small piece butter, two eggs tightly beaten, pinch of salt, one cupful flour with one teaspoonful soda and two teaspoonfuls cream of tartar, one reaspoouful vanilla, one cupful boiling milk with one teaspoonful butter melted in ft. Add ingredients as they are printed in order. This makes a very thin dough, but puffs up lightly. Filling: One-half cupful butter melted, one heaping cupful powdered sugar, two tablespoonfuls strong coffee, two tablespoonfuis cocoa, one teaspoonful vanilla. To Clarify Ham Fat. Pour into a pan the liquor in which ham has been boiled and let it cooL When cool skim off all fat and place In a pan with a pint of water and heat to a boiling point. Let this cool and a second time remove the grease. Melt and strain, hot. through a thin cloth. Cool and use for any purpose for which lard is used. It can be used in place ot butter or in equal parts with butter in the cheaper grades of cakes. - > ?■ Baked Tomatoes. Select smooth, ripe tomatoes, cut off the top and scrape out the pulp. Put this in a bowl with half a small onion and chop fine, tben add half the quantity of breadcrumbs and season highly with butter, pepper and salt. Rub the inside of the tomato shells with salt, fill with the mixture and put od the covers. Bake three-quarters of an hour in a moderate oven. Milk Soup, Put a quart of water in a kettle on the stove: add two onions, chopped fine, and three or four chopped potatoes When the vegetables are tender add a pint of rich milk and let it come to a boiling point but don’t boil. Remove from rbe stove and add a good piece of butter, salt and pepper. Chipped Pear*. Eight pounds of pears, four pounds of sugar, four lemons and one-quarter pound of Outon ginzer. Cut the pears into small pieces. Put the sugar and ginger into them and let stand one night In the morning add a lemon cut small and without seed*. BoU three or four hours. Subscribe for The Democrat,