Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1911 — A NUTRITIOUS DINNER. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A NUTRITIOUS DINNER.

Turkish Soup.—Cook a fourth of a Cup of rice in five cups of soup stock until soft. In one and a half cups of tomatoes cook a bay leaf, two slices of Onion, one teaspoon of pepper corns, a fourth of a teaspoon of celery salt for fifteen minutes. Combine mixtures, rub through a siev'e and thicken with two tablespoonfuls of butter and a tablespoon and a half of flour.

Beef Steak Pie.—Cut remnants of cold broiled steak or roast beef In small pieces, cover with boiling water, add a half an onion and cook an hour very slowly. Remove 'the onion and thicken with a little flour stirred into cold water, season with salt, pepper. Add half as much potato as meat, cut in cubes and parboil until nearly soft. Put into a buttered pudding dish and when cool cover with baking powder biscuit. Steam until the crust is cooked, then bake in the oven until "brown.

Russian Salad.—Prepare each of the vegetables separately and marinate (season) with French dressing. Take one cupful each of cold cooked carrots, potatoes, peas, beans and arrange in four sections on lettuce leaves. Cover each section with mayonnaise dressing. Garnish with hard cooked egg whites cut in rings and the yolks put through a ricer, and sprigs of parsley.

Mock Macaroon Ice Cream. —Mix together one tablespoonful of flour, a cup of sugar and one-eighth of a teaspoon of salt; add a beaten egg, then gradually two cups of scalded milk. Cook over hot for twenty minute?, stirring constantly at first, then add a quart of cream, a tablespoonful and a half of vanilla. Cool and freeze; when half frozen add a cup of dry brown bread crumbs.