Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 12, Number 43, DeMotte, Jasper County, 4 September 1942 — Household News [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Household News

by Lynn Chambers

Prepare for Week-Ends

Lazy days with first signs of fall tn the air, wilted appetites and

the whole family home for the week-end are a heavy drain on the homemaker. If she expects to spend any time with her family, Madame House-

wife must scurry around and plan a preparedness campaign which will stock her refrigerator with foods that can be pulled—like the traditional bunny out of the hat—and still keep her reputation as the “best cook around here.” Remember, you can do more for your table by arranging Concord grapes tastefully with a few golden

pears, blush red apples on rich brown leaves or in well polished pewter, copper or brass vessels than rare, expensive flowers that your family does not

know how to appreciate. Then, of course, if you have a few yellow or deep red chrysanthemums in your fall garden, let, them fall gracefully in and out amon£ their own leaves in a burnished bowl, and you leave nothing to be desired. Here’s the mousse which you can have as a main dish. Make it the night before and it’s all ready to serve just with unmolding: ♦Chicken-Ham Mousse. (Serves 6) 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten % teaspoon salt 1% cups chicken broth l¥t cups ground, cooked chicken cups ground, cooked ham *4 cup salad dressing 1 minced scallion *4 cup whipped cream 1 package lemon-flavored gelatin. Add salt to egg yolks, then broth. Cook over boiling water, stirring constantly until mixture coats a spoon. Pour over gelatin and stir until dissolved. Cool. Fold in remaining ingredients. Place strips of green pepper, sliced olives, sliced hardcooked eggs on bottom of oiled mold. Pour in mousse. Let chill until firm. Unmold on lettuce and garnish with romaine, endive and tomato wedges. Dispositions will all' be the merrier when you serve these bran-blue-

berry muffins because the B-vita-mins, often called morafc builders, in the bran and themagnesium in the . blueberries, which is reputed to create kindlier

feelings toward your fellow men, really get together and do their best for the system: Muffins. (Makes 12 small muffins) 2 tablespoons shortening ¥, cup sugar 1 egg 1 cup all-bran % cup milk 1 cup flour ¥3 teaspoon salt 2H teaspoons baking powder ¥3 cup fresh blueberries Cream shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add egg and beat well. Stir in all-bran and milk and let soak until all moisture is taken up. Sift dry ingredients and add blueberries.

Add to first mixture and stir just until flour disappears. Fill greased muffin tins until two-thirds full and bake in a moderately hot (400-de> gree) oven about 30 minutes. ♦Julienne Salad Bowl. (Serves 6) 1 cup cabbage 1 cup carrots ¥3 cup green peppers % cup red radishes Garlio Curly endive or shredded lettuce Shred all the vegetables fine. Arrange mounds of them in a bowl, and toss french dressing over them. Rub the bowl in which they are served with garlic. A main dish that will go Well with the Julienne Salad is this Baked Bean dish: Baked Bean Rarebit 1 can baked beans % pound American cheese, grated 3 slices bacon, fried crisp ¥2 green pepper sliced Mix beans, green pepper and crumbled bacon with grated cheese and pour into a casserole. Bake in a oven 35-40 minutes. A cake that’s a tasty sugar saver is this one: ►Whipped Cream Sugarless Cake. 2% cups sifted cake flour 214 teaspoons double acting baking powder % teaspoon salt 14 cup butter or shortening 1 cup light corn syrup 2 eggs, unbeaten ¥2 cup orange juice 2 teaspoons grated orange rind 1 cup cream, whipped Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder and salt, and sift dry ingredients together three times. Cream shortening, add orange rind, and then syrup beating well after each addition. Add of flour and beat until smooth and well blended. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each. Add remaining flour in thirds alternately with orange juice, beating after each addition for best results. Bake in two greased 8-inch layer pans in a moderate (375-degree) oven 30 minutes. Cool. Spread whipped cream between and on top of layers. (Thai are your food problems? Cake making? Bread making? Pickles, jams, jellies? Children s lunches? Miss Lynn Chambers will be glad to give you expert advice on your particular problem, if you write her explaining what you want to know, at Western Newspaper Union, 210 South Desplaines Street, Chicago, 111. Please enclose a stamped, addressed envelope for your reply. Released by Western Newspaper Union.