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Show 1 1 II Quick Spinach ONE of the reasons why Mother is grieved when Johnny won't eat his spinach, is that it has taken so much lime to prepare. Even if she has a special spe-cial little hose for washing it, minutes and morale are needed to do a good job of getting rid of all the sand Mothers who know about food values and believe in saving time and temper often u e canned spinach which is cleaned on a grand scale while it is sail dewy, and is ready to use, giving Mother some extra minutes to prepare it in ways that even the most anti-spinach child will lind hard to resist. For instance: Tomatoes Stuffed with iiinach : Drain half a can of spinach (about one cup), add one tablespoon lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste. Have small ripe tomatoes toma-toes peeled and scooped on. into cups and well chilled. Sprinkle the inside of the cup v;ith salt and stuff with spinach. C !:''' xiil ready to use. Carrots in Spinach Nats: V,oi until tender two cups new dicei,' carrots aud one green pepper, diced. Drain and add to a cup and a half white sauce. Heat the contents con-tents of one No. 2u can spin:;c'i thoroughly, and pile iu individual mounds, on hot platter. Make a depression in each mound ami till with creamed vegetables. (Jarn-ish (Jarn-ish with bacon curls Mid crisp celery. For Older Children Spinach a7id Bacon an C: :';! Dice two slices bacon and tr them brown. Add the contents v one No. 2 Vfe can oE spinaf-'t seasoned with an eighth of .- spoon pepper, one teaspoon few grains nutmeg, an eighth u. . teaspoon of paprika, and half ; teaspoon chopped onion. Atit em beaten egg yolk, and piie in a buttered baking dish. Cover with buttered crumbs and sprinkle one tablespoon grated cheese ovc top. Bake in hot oven 4-0 degrees de-grees for fifteen or twenty minutes. min-utes. This serves four to &ix. Spinach served on rounds of toast which have been spread with deviled ham also appeals to ynng palates and old ones, too." |