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Pass this with cookies or sandwiches sand-wiches made from items on the emergency shelf. Any large bowl may be used for the punch. Mocha Punch (Serves 12) 1 quart chocolate ice cream 1 quart freshly-made coffee, chilled 12 teaspoon almond flavoring Few grains of salt 12 pint whipping cream 14 teaspoon grated nutmeg; Chill coffee In refrigerator. To prepare punch, pour coffee into punch bowl, add half of the lee cream, salt, and stir until partially melted. Whip cream until stiff, add flavoring and blend. Fold in whipped cream and rest of Ice cream. Sprinkle lightly with nutmeg nut-meg and serve Immediately. What about those easy to bake cookies at the last minute? Yes, refrigerator cookies are wonderful made just before serving because they take less than a quarter of an hour to bake. Have the dough ready for just such emergencies as this. liTNN CHAMBERS' MENU Cold Salmon Salad Potato Chips Toasted, Buttered Rolls Carrot Sticks Radishes Pickle Fans Ice Box Lemon Pie 1 Beverage is blended add the nuts and raisins. Drop by spoonfuls on a greased or oiled cookie sheet about two inches apart. Bake in a moderately hot (375 degree) oven for 15 minutes. Apple Butter Cookies (Makes 24) 12 cup shortening 1 cup brown sugar 1 egg, well beaten 12 teaspoon salt 12 teaspoon baking soda 3 cups sifted floor 12 cup buttermilk 12 cup apple butter or tart Jam Granulated sugar Cream together shortening and sugar; add egg. Sift together the dry ingredients and blend in alternately alter-nately with buttermilk. Chill until easy to handle. Roll to an eighth of an inch thickness then cut with 2 12 inch cookie cutter. Put together togeth-er In pairs with apple butter or Jam in the center. Press edges together to-gether with a fork. Sprinkle with sugar. Place on greased cookie sheet about an inch apart and bake in a very hot (400 degree) oven for 12 to 15 minutes. If the crowd Is hungry you can add some sandwiches to serve with the punch or milk shakes If you are entertaining a crowd of youngsters. Here are sandwiches easy to make with materials easy to keeponhand: Deviled ham and cream cheese with lettuce on whole wheat or rye bread. Egg salad alone or combined with sliced ham or tongue on wheat or white bread. Peanut butter mixed with honey and chopped dates on toasted white bread. Crisp bacon, crumbled and mixed with cold baked beans and chopped mustard pickle on white bread. Cold canned chicken, chopped and mixed with celery, minced and green pepper. Finely diced bologna with finely shredded cabbage, prepared mustard, mus-tard, salt and moistened with sandwich sand-wich spread. Cold meat loaf sliced thin' and spread with chili sauce. Dried beef, washed and minced, then mixed with cream cheese and seasoned with minced onion and a dash of horseradish. Prepared Smithfield ham with cream cheese or chopped hard-cooked hard-cooked eggs or mayonnaise. Ground leftover meat (pork, beef or ham roast) mixed with chopped hard-cooked eggs, grated raw carrots car-rots and mayonnaise. Minced baked or cooked ham mixed with chopped hard-cooked eggs, and seasoned with a dash of dry mustard, mayonnaise and a bit of grated onion and Worcestershire sauce. Deviled ham mixed with chili sauce and softened butter, spread on freshly toasted white bread. Tuna fish and chopped olives, mixed with mayonnaise. Peanut butter combined with orange juice and chopped dates. Released by WNU Feature. Butterscotch Refrigerator Cookies (Makes 50) 12 cup butter or shortening 1 cup brown sugar 1 egg, well beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 12 cups sifted flour 12 teaspoon baking soda 12 teaspoon salt Work shortening or butter until light and fluffy. Add sugar gradually gradual-ly and cream until light. Add well-beaten well-beaten egg and vanilla and mix flioroughly. Sift together dry ingredients. in-gredients. Add gradually blending thoroughly. Shape into a roll and wrap in waxed paper. Chill thoroughly. thor-oughly. Cut in slices 18-inch thick and bake on sheets in a hot (375 degree) de-gree) oven for 10 minutes. Here are other cookies which keep well and are nice to have already in the cookie jar: Hermits (Makes 4 dozen) 34 cup lard 1 12 cups brown sugar, firmly packed 3 eggs, well beaten 2 12 cups sifted flour 14 teaspoon baking soda 12 teaspoon cinnamon 12 teaspoon nutmeg 12 teaspoon salt 1 cup seedless raisins 1 cup chopped walnuts Cream together the lard and sugar. su-gar. Add eggs, and then fold in flour which has been sifted with the spices. Just before all the flour The outside should be wiped daily to prevent an accumulation of dirt. A damp cloth to remove fingerprints finger-prints as soon as they are made will keep the finish gleaming. Wipe spilled foods immediately before be-fore they get a chance to dry and require an extra portion of elbow grease. Dust which accumulates in the unit compartment at the bottom ol the refrigerator should be cleaned out periodically. Ranges will give better service ii pilot lights are always kept cleaned. A LYNN SATS: Equipment Wears Better With Daily Care Refrigerators should be defrosted at least once a week. Excess forming form-ing of ice can be avoided if you keep the door closed. Get what you need out of the refrigerator quickly to prevent air from entering. The interior of the refrigerator may be cleaned with warm water to which is added a bit of baking soda. Never use abrasives on the enamel |