Show Household New S TU lets have a picnic when skies are blue and cloudless and the weathers warm a picnic basket is the passport to fun it may be a spur of the moment picnic with a simple lunch prepared from supplies on hand in pantry and refrigerator or it might be a steak fry or barbecue with the food cooked on the picnic grounds but its more likely to be an old fash boned family style picnic tor for a half dozen to a hundred hungry guests with plenty of good tasting food of delicious variety whether your picnic is planned tor for a family a sunday school class or a lodge find these foods prime favorites with the guests recipes are given here in in quantities to serve a family for a larger number the difference is a simple process of multiplication ti cream salad dressing 1 teaspoon mustard I 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons flour 1 teaspoons sugar dash cayenne pepper 1 1 teaspoon butter 1 egg yolk vi cup vinegar vi cup heavy cream mix all dry ingredients together thoroughly add butter egg yolk and vinegar place in double boiler and cook stirring constantly until mixture thickens cool told fold in cream stiffly beaten and serve with cabbage salad baked beans serves 6 I 1 pound navy beans pound pork from the shoulder 3 cups water 34 cup brown sugar 6 tablespoons molasses 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon dry mustard soak the navy beans over night in water to cover in the morning cut the meat into 2 inch pieces and brown well add the 3 cups water and cook slowly for about hour add beans and continue cooking tor for 2 hours or until both meat and beans are tender add remaining ingredients place in a baking dish and bake aake in a moderately slow oven degrees for about 1 hours if necessary add more water to the beans while cooking camp coffee early in the day measure the coffee into a sugar bag allowing 1 tablespoon ble spoon per cup place this in the coff coffeepot depot with a little cold water and let it stand all day then when nearly time to serve pour boiling water which has been previously measured into the pot boll boil 5 minutes remove the bag and your coffee is ready to serve it will not harm i it to let it stand for a while ai you ou will find that this unusual way of making coffee will give you a most delightful full flavored beverage cabbage salad serves 6 2 cups cabbage shredded fine 1 stalk celery cut fine 3 apples unpeeled diced dicea 2 to 3 green onions sliced vt teaspoon salt mix all ingredients in order given add cream salad dressing and garnish with paprika cup cakes makes 18 small cakes cup water cups sugar 2 eggs separated 2 cups cake flour 2 teaspoons baking powder vi 14 teaspoon salt 34 cup cold water 1 teaspoon vanilla cream the butter and gradually add about halt hall of the sugar beat the egg yolks until very light add remaining sugar ile and beat well combine with the 4 first mixture sift together the flour baking powder and salt and add to the batter alternately with the water beat egg whites until stiff but not dry and fold into the batter add vanilla bake in well greased muffin pans in a moderately hot oven degrees for about 25 minutes cool and frost with boiled icing sprinkled generously with cocoanut coco anut tired of the same old sandwiches for lunch boxes picnic baskets and party meals then be sure to see eleanor howes column tn in next weeks paper and I 1 learn how to take the sameness out of sandwich making get your vow copy of this new book this clever little book by eleanor howe will give you simple easy to use practical tried and true helps for everyday housekeeping how can I 1 substitute sour milk tor for sweet milk in my favorite chocolate cake recipe how can I 1 wash my son sons I 1 s wool sweaters without shrinking them what can I 1 do to prevent small rugs from slipping the answers to these and other puzzling questions will be found in this ne new W book send 10 cents in coin to household hints eleanor howe north michigan avenue chicago III and get your copy of household hints now released by western newspaper union |