Show 51 01 sponge a refreshing dessert see recipe below fruit magic when lazy warm weather comes upon us and foods don t tempt the appetite mrs homemaker is hard pressed to provide her family with enough nourishing food to sustain them families seem to prefer the lightest of food and it sometimes is hard to build up the calorie count on salads and cold meats but fruit and rich milk or cream can come easily to the rescue when other means fall fail there are so many delectable refrigerator des aerts made of fruit and berries and cream that it will take more than a season to try them all first of all there s the shortcake variety bake your biscuits golden brown split and butter them and then drizzle luscious crushed and sweetened fruit or berries between the biscuits drown them in cream either plain or whipped and watch them disappear then too there s an amazing va clety of frozen desserts which take their share of fruit and cream these take but a few minutes to make and keep well for several days in the refrigerator if you re shy on sugar use pre serves or fruit sauces and you wont won t have to dip into the sugar bowl at all TRY SOME of these recipes and your warm weather problem will be solved apricot sherbet makes I 1 quart 1 cup evaporated milk thoroughly chilled 3 tablespoons lemon juice acup 1 cup apricot preserves whip chilled milk very stiff beat in lemon juice then fold in pre serves pour at once into cold freezing tray and chill tor for several hours variations strawberry cherry or peach preserves or marmalade may be substituted tor for apricot preserves apple sherbet makes I 1 quart 1 cup evaporated milk thoroughly chilled 2 tablespoons lemon juice 2 cups sweetened applesauce chilled dash of nutmeg whip chilled milk very stiff beat in lemon juice fold in applesauce and nutmeg pour at once into cold freezing tray and chill well orange ice cream serves 8 20 marshmallows I 1 cup orange juice grated rind of 2 oranges juice of I 1 lemon pint whipping cream add 2 ta tablespoons of water to t the e marshmallows and place them in the top part of a double boiler stir constantly until the marshman marsh mal Is lows are half dis solved remove from heat and stir until creamy cool add orange juice rind and lemon juice whip cream until thick and add to the mixture place in tray and freeze stirring often un til firm LYNN SAYS good housekeeping secrets when cooking cabbage or onions the objectionable odor may be elim mated if the vegetables are cooked in half milk and half water use any excess liquid for making cream sauces or soups if you like crisp skins on baked potatoes scrub clean and then rub with a metal sponge and bake to retain color in green legeta bles cook in an open pan with a minimum of water and watch cook tag ing time carefully LYNN CHAMBERS MENUS broiled lamb patties scalloped potatoes tomatoes with cream gravy perfection salad biscuits with jam beverage grapefruit sponge recipe given butterscotch ice cream makes I 1 quart 3 tablespoons butter cup brown sugar I 1 cup milk 1 tablespoons cornstarch 2 tablespoons cold milk pinch rinch of salt ya teaspoon vanilla 1 cup heavy cream whipped cook butter and sugar in top of double boiler until butter Is melted and well blended with sugar add milk and heat to boiling mix corn starch with cold milk and stir into butter and sugar mixture add salt and cook until thickened cool and add vanilla fold in whipped cream and turn into refrigerator tray and freeze stirring once during freezing marshmallow delight serves 8 to 10 pound marshmallows 1 cups diced or crushed pineapple I 1 pint whipping cream 2 tablespoons sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla ya cup maraschino cherries cut up cut marshmallows into quarters add pineapple and place in a cov ered container overnight whip cream add sugar and vanilla fold whipped cream into marshmallows and pineapple add cherries pour into freezing tray and allow to chill thoroughly or partially freeze be fore serving grapefruit sponge serves 6 3 eggs separated ya cup sugar 1 cup canned unsweetened grapefruit juice I 1 tablespoon unflavored gelatin ya cup cold water berries beat egg yolks until light add ya cup sugar and beat weil well add grape fruit juice and cook mixture over boiling water until it coats a spoon stir constantly soften gelatin in cold water for 5 minutes add to hot grapefruit juice mixture and cool until slightly thickened beat egg whites until stiff but not dry gradually beat in remaining sugar fold into cooled mixture and pour into a one quart mold chill until firm on a plate and serve with sliced or crushed ber her nes ries in season fresh peach cream serves 8 to 10 2 cups fresh peach pulp I 1 cup granulated sugar 24 teaspoon almond extract I 1 tablespoon lemon luice juice 3 tablespoons cold water 1 cups coff coffee ee cream combine peach pulp sugar ex tract and lemon juice add coffee cream pour into tray and freeze remove tray and stir once during freezing process the stirring may be done in the tray 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