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Show I nomsiioM I Question? Season Lightly Be .careful when doubling a recipe not to double the seasoning. Use it sparingly spar-ingly at first, then add more if needed. Eggs in Potatoes Bake potatoes. pota-toes. Cut off tops, scoop out centers cen-ters and season with butter, salt and a little pepper, mashing thoroughly. thor-oughly. Half .fill shells with potato pota-to mixture and drop a raw egg, salt, pepper, a little grated cheese and one teaspoon butter in each. Put back in hot oven for four minutes to set egg. Eliminating Food Odors A small quantity of charcoal in a container on the top shelf will help eliminate food odors from the refrigerator. re-frigerator. Rhubarb and Figs To one pound rhubarb, after peeling and cutting, add half pound good figs, cut into smallish pieces. Place in a saucepan with a very little water wa-ter and about a dessertspoon golden gold-en syrup or sugar and gently stew till tender. Serve with a rice or sago mold or hot milk pudding. Hole in Tablecloth If a small hole is burnt or worn in an otherwise other-wise good white tablecloth, it can be "mended" most effectively by stitching a motif in fine crochet over it and cutting away the spoiled fabric underneath. Add one or two more motifs so that the necessary one does not look odd. This is certainly more decorative than an obvious darn! Unwrap Food Food should not be stored in the refrigerator while wrapped in paper because the paper pa-per prevents the cold air from circulating freely over it. Keeps Cauliflower White A tablespoon ta-blespoon of sugar in the water in which cauliflower is cooked will keep it while. Glazing Liquid for Cookies A mixture of two tablespoons of sugar sug-ar and one-fourth cup of milk makes a good glazing liquid for cookies. Apply on the surface of the dough with a pastry brush before be-fore baking the cookies. To Keep Frosting From Running Run-ning A half teaspoonful of baking bak-ing soda added to boiling frosting will keep it from running. i WNU Service. |