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Recipes and Other Valuable information
of Particular Intermit to Women Folks.
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UNUSUAL RECIPES.
Cauliflower and Beans, -Ono oau.-
lifiower, one pint of butter beans,
one pint of white sauce,, grated
'cheese to taste. Soak the beans
over night, boil until perfectly ten-
der in just water enough to cover,,
Let the water boil away toward the
end of the cooking, and salt to
haste. Put the cauliflower in a
little boiling water and boil 'gent-
ly for about twenty minutes, then
break into small sprigs. Mix the
beans and cauliflower gently to-
gether so as not to mash them, turn
them into a buttered earthenware
baking dish, pour over the pint of
white sauce, add a generous layer
of grated oheese, and put into the
even to brown. Just before taking
hem the oven add a teaspoonful of
tarragon vinegar.
Comet Salad.-Soalk one-half box
of gelatin in one-half cupful of cold
water for five minutes; add one-half
cupful of mild vinegar, the juiee of
one lemon, one pint of boiling
water, one-half cupful of sugar,
and ore teaspoonful of salt. Strain
.and when beginning to set add one
•cupful of finely shredded cabbage,
two cupfuls of celery cut in small
pieces, and one-fourth can of sweet
red peppers finely cut. Turn into a
mold. and chill. Serve on lettuce
leaves with mayonnaise dressing or
cut in dioe and serve in cases made
of red or green peppers, or the mix-
ture may be shaped in molds lined
with pimentos.This is a delicious
accompaniment to cold sliced chick-
en or veal.
Peanut Chops. -One glass peanut
butter, pinch of salt and a
dash of paprika; soften to a creamy
consistency by adding a little milk;
cur twelve slices of bread, spread
six of them with a thick layer of
the creamed peanut butter, cover
with the remaining bread as if for
sandwiches; beat one egg, add two
tablespoonfuls milk and a little
salt; dip the bread in the egg, roll
in bread crumbs :and brown in deep
fat, using a frying basket, or, if you
haven't the basket, a pancake grid-
dle can be used, though deep fat is
always more satisfactory. These
chops make an excellent substitute
kr meat at a quarter the cost, as
the peanut butter can be bought
freshly ground at the tea and coffee
stares for 10 cents a glass. Serve
on a hot platter, garnished with
chopped parsley and you will find
them delicious.
DESSERTS.
Pineapple Fritters. -Make a bat-
ter with one egg, beaten separate-
ly. To the yolk add one-half cup
of milk, pinch of salt and enough
Stour to make a stiff batter, the bea-
ten white and one-half teaspoon of
baking powder. Open a can of the
'best sliced pineapple. Cut each
slice of pineapple in two, dip in the
batter, and fry in hot lard. Drain
sprinkle with powdered sugar, and
serve. Fresh fruit is much nicer
if obtainable than the canned.
Pineapple Souffle, -Melt two
ounces of butter in a stew pan, put
in three ounces of fine flour, mix
-with half pint of milk, boil until it
thickens; have ready three ounces
of pineapple .cut small, the same
quantity of sugar; put with the
cooked mixture, add one by one
the yolks.. of three eggs, then the
whites beaten to a stiff froth; make
„erlauce with ono cup of pineapple
juice, half cupful of cut pineapple.
Cook the pudding three-quarters of
au hour.
Pineapple Cream. -Select one
ripe pineapple, pare, remove the
"eyes " grate' add sugar (pound
tor pound, or a little less, but it
must be, sweet, as freezing destroys
some of the effects of the sugar).
Allow one pint of cream to each
pint of pulp and sugar, and freeze.
Bo sure ancl have all the ingrecli-
ents icy cold before combining
them.
PineappleLogCabin.-Select a
large ripe pineapple, pare, eye and
cut into slices about a fourth of an
inch thick. Cut these across into
halt inch strips, Sprinkle thickly
with sugar and set in a cold place
until time to serve, Then careful
ly drain off the syrup and arrange
the strips, six deep, in log cabin
fashion on small china plates:
Sprinkle each strip with powdered
sugar and freshly grated cocoanut,
Fill the center with line ripe red
raspberries and pour over them the
syrup which has been drained from
the pineapple.
PINEAPPLE.
Pineapple and Rhubarb Jelly. -
The pineapple season is here and
every good' hour'vwife is always fig-
uring how theodaget the best re-
sults, and to accomplish this with
pineapples, and to make the work
.01 easy as possible, pool your pine-
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