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Show RAISINS GOOD FOOD AND HEALTHFUL, TOO The housekeeper who studies food values has great respect for tho raisin. For she knows that a pound of raisins has a food value as great as thrco pounds of milk or flvo pounds ot bananas, and thoy are more easily easi-ly digested than either milk or Bananas. Bana-nas. She also knowB that they havo medicinal qualities and they aro excellent ex-cellent blood purifiers. Ono of tho several good ways to uso raisins Is in raisin gingerbread. This Is tho reclpo: Cream 1 scant half cup of butter or lard with halt cup of brown sug-ar sug-ar add a pinch ot salt and ono cup of black molasses, suit spoon of cinnamon and oven teaspoon of gin-gorv gin-gorv To ono cup of holllng wator add two ovon teaspoons of soda. Sift two and a half cups of flour and add half of It to tho molasses and butter mixture Then add half tho water, beating thoroughly to avoid lumps. Add tho rest of tho flour and ono cup ot seeded raisins. When all this Is thoroughly mixed add remaining half cup of water, Boat two eggs very light fold Into tho dough, turn Into well greased dripping pan and bake In a very slow oven for fortj minutes. |