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Show A WHOLESOME SWEETMEAT Mixture of Dried Fruits and Nuts Is Excellent for Children awl Easily Made. For a wholesome sweetmeat to put in the children's lunches the United States Department of Agriculture suggests sug-gests an easily made and easily kept mixture of dried fruits and nuts. Dates may be added or substituted for one of the fruits. Fruit and Nut Confection. 1 pound figs 1 pound dried prunes or sdlss raisins 1 pound nut meats Confectioners' sugar Wash, pick over and stem the fruits and put them, with the nut meats, through a meat chopper, and mil thoroughly. thor-oughly. Roll out to a thickness of about one-half inch (on a board dredged with confectioners' sugar, and cut into small pieces. If this candy is to be kept for some time, the pieces should he wrapped in paraffin paper. A |