... QMd Interesting cakes from simple ingredients AMERICAN CREAM CAKE Ingredients. Three tablespoonsful of sugar, one breakfastcupful of flour, a piece of margarine half the size of an egg, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, half a teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, quarter of a cupful of milk, and two reconstituted eggs. but the soda and cream of tartar with the flour; rub the butter well into ...

... CAKES AND BISCUITS SALLY'S SCONES J lb. plain flour I teaspoonful sugar i teaspoonful each of 2 oz. dripping saltand mixed spice 2 teaspoonfuls currants J teaspoonful baking (optional) powder Sour milk to mix. Mix dry ingredients well together and rub in the fat. Add sour milk to make a soft dough. Form into scones. Heat girdle well, sprinkle with flour and bake scones about five minutes on ...

... salads By A. H. Ada i r In my opinion there are only two kinds of salads in summer time a plain salad of crisp, fresh green stuff, dressed in the simplest manner with olive oil, wine vinegar, salt, pepper and sprinkled with chopped herbs like parsley, chervil, tarragon, chives, spring onions; or a really elaborate mixture luxuriously sea soned with a good salad cream. There are some things ...

... Drinks are always important in our lives, especially in hot weather. Let them be long or short, sweet or sharp, with or without a kick. But if they are meant to be cold, see that they are really cold. Here are some exciting summer thirst quenchers. Grapefruit Punch Grapefruit juice. Kia-Ora. Sparkling white v/ine. Castor sugar. Ice. Put a good layer of crushed ice in a large glass bowl and add ...

... BY A. H. ADAIR Garbure Bearnaise Potatoes, carrots, onions. Cabbage, tomatoes, haricot beans. Thyme, parsley, garlic. A ham or bacon bone, bacon fat. Peel, wash and cut up those of the vegetables which require it, washing and cutting the others. Quantities need not be strict, say about a pound of mixed vegetables for four people and a cupful of haricot beans If these are fresh they can be put ...

... FEBRUARY SALADS BA I AVIAN SALAD I Batavian endive; French dressing; 1 shallot (if obtainable); I tablespoonful chopped Heart of celery; parsley or chervil. Wash endive thoroughly in several waters and dry in a cloth. Chop shallot and celery finely and put in the salad bowl. Scatter parsiey over. Make French dressing (if you have no olive oil you will be well advised to reverse the usual ...

... Alohe AMD UKt U Too many people who live alone get slack about cooking. They think any food will do. They think it is not worth making an effort to cook for themselves, less worth making an effort to cook for other people. It is easy enough to get into this state of mind which leads to the sausage-on-a-tray-each-night meal which, admirable as it is occasionally, is really rather monotonous. ...

... BOTTLING AND PICKLING I PICKLED CABBAGE Use only the heart of very white and firm cabbage; shred finely. Have ready one or more 7 lb. earthen ware jam jars and pack in the cabbage as tightly as possible. Bring to the boil enough salted water to cover the cabbage (allow 2 oz. of cooking salt to every quart of water), leave to cool off, and fill the jars. On top of the cabbage place a bouquet of ...

... OFF TE Nation mcat THESE lesser brethren, the unrationed meats, are apt to be regarded with indifference or even distaste, but without them menus would suffer and they can provide some very delicious dishes, if carefully treated and efficiently cooked. Such meats as liver and kidney, if cooked quickly, are hard and unpleasant in taste. Hearts should be given good gravy and stuffing, or they ...

... Qood Jood Tour Christmas Table ROYAL TURKEY Sauté in deep margarine three prunes, a ¼ lb. of sausage meat, 3 tablespoonfuls of haricot bean puree mixed with raw, chopped onion, 2 slices of bacon, and half a cooked pear, if available. Chop up the liver and gizzard of the turkey and mix with the other ingredients. Add ½ glass of vinegar and use this as a stuffing. First braise the turkey for ¾ ...

... Home Made Sweets And Biscuits CHOCOLATE MALT TART Cream 4 oz. ot margarine with l oz. or sugar and 1 tablespoonful of milk; add 4 oz. of sieved flour, and work all the ingredients well together. Take two-thirds of the pastry mixture and roll it out, not too thinly, on a floured board. Lay it over the bottom and sides of a tart tin, and spread 2 dessertspoonfuls of chocolate spread on the ...

... By HARRIET M U I R 1 Carefully bone a large boiling fowl (or try and persuade the poulterer to do it for vou as it isn't easy), remove the leg sinews, season the inside with salt, pepper, a pinch of powdered mace, and cayenne spread on it 1 A lb. of sausage meat, and on this arrange strips of bacon, and 2 or 3 mushrooms that have simmered until tender in a little stock. Make into a neat roll, ...