Seeded lexias, sultanas or currants mixed with fondant, cut
into blocks and dipped in chocolate, make a healthy sweet.
Equal amounts of chopped raisins and nuts moistened with
orange or lemon juice make a delicious and nutritious sandwich
filling.
Add a few chopped raisins to Hamburg steak or to any
meat croquettes. The food value is increased, and the flavour
is improved.
Save all scraps of bread and dry them in the oven after
the baking is done. Put them through the mincer, and they
are ready for cutlets, brains, fish, ete.
When using the gas oven, if there is room, any saucepans
with vegetables, etc., may be brought to the boil, and then con-
tinue cooking in the bottom of the oven. This is a saving.
To “Plump” Raisins or Sultanas.
Put required quantity in a small basin and cover with boil-
ing water. Place a plate on top, and let stand till cool.
Yo Render Fat.
When using up cold meat, or preparing meat for stews, cut
off all fat and put in cold water. Boil till it seems shrivelled,
and then strain. This will be nice and white, and may even
be used in cakes. Fat rendered in the oven is apt to become
dark or burnt.
To Stew Raisins or Sultanas (Nice with Milk Puddings).
4 lb. seeded raisins or sul- 1 slice orange or lemon rind.
tanas. Cold water to well cover.
Put fruit and water in saucepan and bring to boiling point.
Add slice of orange or lemon, and cook for 20 minutes. Sugar
is not necessary. Stewed raisins, being very rich, should be
served in small quantities.
“SUNSHINE” BISCUITS: 100 varieties to choose from.
(39)
SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR AFTERNOON TEA
1. Egg and lettuce sandwiches, cut with white bread.
Ginger and raisin sandwiches. Use brown bread, and mince
ginger and raisins finely.
Sponge sandwich, filled with whipped cream, and_ nicely
iced and decorated.
Stuffed monkeys.
Raisin shorts.
2. Ham sandwiches cut with white bread.
Celery and cheese sandwiches made with brown bread.
Columbia cake.
Queen cakes. Make half quantity plain, and then ice them
half pink, half white. Cook the other half with some cur-
rants added.
Cream puffs.
Brain sandwiches made with white bread.
Egg and curry, made with brown bread.
Fruit cake.
Ginger sponge.
Butterfly cream cakes. Make queen cake mixture without
currants. When cold, cut a little piece out of the top of
each cake with an old sharp teaspoon. Fill the cavity with
whipped sweetened cream. Cut the little top piece in half,
and arrange in the cream to form “wings.” Dust with
sieved icing sugar. .
A cake that pleases the children, and also saves baking if
time is a consideration, is made by using the two halves of a
sponge sandwich separately. Set a rather stiff jelly in the cake
tin, and when cake is required, spread thickly with whipped
cream, and turn the jelly on to it. This requires some care,
but it is worth the trouble. A red and yellow, or a red one and a
green one, make the party table look very bright.
oN
TABLE OF MEASURES.
breakfast cups of flour 1 Ib. 1 tablespoon of rice
3 = Sp Oz
2 breakfast cups of sugar — 1 Ib. 1 tablespoon of oatmeal — 1 oz.
1 breakfast cup of water 1 tablespoon currants = 1 oz
(2 gills) 1 eRe me eDING 1 tablespoon lexias = 1 02.
8 tablespoons of liquid . = 3 gill 1 tablespoon sultanas —— 1 On:
1 tablespoon of butter F202.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Seeded lexias, sultanas or currants mixed with fondant, cut into blocks and dipped in chocolate, make a healthy sweet.
Equal amounts of chopped raisins and nuts moistened with orange or lemon juice make a delicious and nutritious sandwich filling.
Add a few chopped raisins to Hamburg steak or to any meat croquettes. The food value is increased, and the flavour is improved.
Save all scraps of bread and dry them in the oven after the baking is done. Put them through the mincer, and they are ready for cutlets, brains, fish, etc.
When using the gas oven, if there is room, any saucepans with vegetables, etc., may be brought to the boil, and then continue cooking in the bottom of the oven. This is a saving.
To “Plump” Raisins or Sultanas. Put required quantity in a small basin and cover with boiling water. Place a plate on top, and let stand till cool. Yo Render Fat.
When using up cold meat, or preparing meat for stews, cut off all fat and put in cold water. Boil till it seems shrivelled, and then strain. This will be nice and white, and may even be used in cakes. Fat rendered in the oven is apt to become dark or burnt.
To Stew Raisins or Sultanas (Nice with Milk Puddings).
4 lb. seeded raisins or sul- 1 slice orange or lemon rind. tanas. Cold water to well cover. Put fruit and water in saucepan and bring to boiling point.
Add slice of orange or lemon, and cook for 20 minutes. Sugar is not necessary. Stewed raisins, being very rich, should be served in small quantities.
“SUNSHINE” BISCUITS: 100 varieties to choose from. (39)
SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR AFTERNOON TEA
1. Egg and lettuce sandwiches, cut with white bread. Ginger and raisin sandwiches. Use brown bread, and mince ginger and raisins finely. Sponge sandwich, filled with whipped cream, and_ nicely iced and decorated. Stuffed monkeys. Raisin shorts.
2. Ham sandwiches cut with white bread. Celery and cheese sandwiches made with brown bread. Columbia cake. Queen cakes. Make half quantity plain, and then ice them
half pink, half white. Cook the other half with some currants added.
Cream puffs.
Brain sandwiches made with white bread.
Egg and curry, made with brown bread.
Fruit cake.
Ginger sponge.
Butterfly cream cakes. Make queen cake mixture without currants. When cold, cut a little piece out of the top of each cake with an old sharp teaspoon. Fill the cavity with whipped sweetened cream. Cut the little top piece in half, and arrange in the cream to form “wings.” Dust with sieved icing sugar. .
A cake that pleases the children, and also saves baking if time is a consideration, is made by using the two halves of a sponge sandwich separately. Set a rather stiff jelly in the cake tin, and when cake is required, spread thickly with whipped cream, and turn the jelly on to it. This requires some care, but it is worth the trouble. A red and yellow, or a red one and a green one, make the party table look very bright.
oN
TABLE OF MEASURES.
breakfast cups of flour 1 Ib. 1 tablespoon of rice
3 = Sp Oz 2 breakfast cups of sugar — 1 Ib. 1 tablespoon of oatmeal — 1 oz. 1 breakfast cup of water 1 tablespoon currants = 1 oz
(2 gills) 1 eRe me eDING 1 tablespoon lexias = 1 02. 8 tablespoons of liquid . = 3 gill 1 tablespoon sultanas —— 1 On: 1 tablespoon of butter F202.