Show occasional DISHES on state occasions when one likes to serve a whole ham try the kentucky way of serving it as follows C h a amerle ba bacod ked han ham the ham must be at least two years of 0 I 1 d thoroughly mellowed and flavored scrubs scrub and scrape well then cover with cold water to which good sharp hurp vinegar has been added to flavor vor well soak over night in the m orning morning drain and dry yvell well cover with a paste made of two quarts of flour with water to make a paste to roll out one half inch thick wrap the ham in this wetting the edges and pressing them well together place the ham in a hot oven and bake until the crust is s well browned then lower the heat ana bake for four or ove hours according to the size of the ham usually twenty minutes to halt half an flour Is used per pound when tho the baking Is finished remove the bilked baked crust skin and trim the ham brush with beaten egg cover with brown sugar and decorate with cloves sprinkle with white pepper and mustard well mixed and return botho to alie oven to glaze serve garnished with parsley cut into very thin slices when serving Plomb lere scald a pint of milk and add a tablespoonful of gelatin in the old days sea moss was used add one fourth cupful each of shredded citron candled and preserved pineapple seeded chopped raisins one cupful of sugar a few bits of candled candied ginger chopped a teaspoonful of almond extract and one halt half teaspoonful of vanilla extract stir well then cool and pour over four stiffly benten beaten egg whites mix until it begins to thicken then add a pint of whipped cream and pour into an tee ice cream freezer stir until nearly frozen then pack in a mold to ripen alpen several hours when servo serve with whipped cream and chopped candied fruit blitz kuchan take one and one half cupfuls of sugar two cupfuls of flour dour one half cupful of butter cream this thoroughly until well mixed like pastry then take outs out one cupful add two teaspoonfuls of baking powder to the reni remainder of the mixture two well beaten eggs three fourths of a cupful of milk one teaspoonful of lemon flavoring bent beat this thoroughly for uye lye minutes pour flour out into two small square pans or one targe large one sprinkle with the crumbs over the top adding a little cinnamon and chopped nuts or coconut bake in a moderate oven stuffed vegetables during the winter when there Is much entertaining the following dishes will be invaluable for they permit the housewife to spend the afternoon away from home with the feeling that the dinner ci evening meat meal will be ready prepared sweet potatoes stuffed and glazed cut baked I 1 ah sweet potatoes length iv i v wise scoop out the potato and pass through a ricer or mash well to each cupful of mashed potato add one tablespoon ful ul of cream one teaspoonful of melted butter a scant half dalf teaspoonful or of salt and a few dashes of pepper beat until light wid and fluffy place lu in a saucepan one cupful of brown sugar one cupful of butter and one cupful of finely chopped pecan incurs cool cook together for three minutes return the mashed potato to the shells anif and cover with tile the nut mixture place in a 0 brisk oven to brawn hake bake one more potato than will be ba needed this will he be used to round up the lilting in the shells tills this glaze ghize will bo be lent for six large halves swe sweetbreads Sweet et breads in pepper cups select six medium sized peppers uno and pro pare r ali for stu fulling fling as soll soak two small sweetbreads sweet breads or one large one in cold auter fur for an hour drill drain arid and cover with cold writer with a ten spoonful of salt and one of lemon juice bring to the holling point and simmer for ten minutes drain and plunge into cold water train drain again cut into small pieces discarding nil all the membranes place two tablespoonfuls of butter in a 11 saucepan with one fourth cupful of chopped celery one holt half cupful of shredded almonds one dozen shrimps scrimps cut into pieces and the pre prepare pareO sweetbreads sweet breads cook aoh ooh slowly for five fire minutes add one tinly teaspoonful of salt and nil the pepper cups set the peppers into gem pans with will a little water and cover the peppers with buttered crumbs hake bake twenty minutes in III a moderate oven lobster crab rt meat or oysters may be used instead of tile the shrimps scrimps corn southern style to one can of corn add two eggs slightly beaten one teaspoonful of salt one half teaspoon ful of mustard two table tablespoonfuls spoonfuls poon fuls of melted incited butter one teaspoonful of worm worcestershire sauce and one pint of hot milk hake bake coperet co covered with buttered crumbs in a slow oven until inn firm ux |