Pour boiling water over two teacupfuls chopped rhubarb, drain off the water after five minutes ; add one teacupful sugar, yolk of one egg, one teaspoonful cocoanut butter or olive oil, one tablespoonful flour, and three tablespoonfuls water. Put between two crusts and bake to light brown in a moderate oven. CHEESE PIE. Line a pie plate with plain pastry and fill with a custard made as follows : Rub two cakes of Neufchatel cheese thru a sieve, add two well-beaten eggs, a tablespoonful of flour and a little grated nutmeg ; stir, fill the crust and bake. - SORGHUM PIE. To four lightly-beaten eggs add one cupful sorghum mo- lasses, one-half cupful sugar, two teaspoonfuls cornstarch, a pinch of nutmeg. Set into a pan of hot water to thicken. 95 ORANGEADE PIE. Put one-quarter pound butter on the stove to melt slowly so the salt will settle to the bottom. Then pour off the butter and add one-half pound white sugar. Cream them together. Add the juice and finely grated rind of three oranges. Add six well-beaten eggs and two square crackers finely pulverized to give consistency. This will make filling for two pies. BUTTERMILK FILLING. One cupful buttermilk, one cupful sugar, the yolks of three well-beaten eggs, three tablespoonfuls starch. Flavor with lemon. PLAIN CTOTARD. One cupful water to one cupful sugar, one tablespoonful flour, three eggs, one teaspoonful oil✪ Plain Custard. Beat it all thoroly and flavor. Bake in a quick oven. JELLY PIE. Beat the yolks of four eggs and add one cupful sugar creamed with one-half cupful butter. Mix thoroly and add the frothed whites of eggs. Now add one cupful tart jelly and two teaspoonfuls orange juice✪ Jelly Pie. Bake about three-quar- ters of an hour in open crust. FIG PIE. Soak one pound of cured figs, finely chopped, in one pint of sweet cream for two hours. Mash well and add another pint of cream, two tablespoonfuls of grated al- monds, three well-beaten eggs, and a good pinch of salt✪ Fig Pie. Bake with undercrust only in moderate oven. Will prove an excellent laxative if used with bran bread and light cocoa-shell tea, sweetened with fresh cream. Grated co- coanut may be used instead of almonds for a change. 96 PUDDINGS AND CUSTARDS. It is, indeed, a trite but old saying that ''the proof of the pudding is in the eating." Too often the testimony is dearly bought, especially when the burden of proof rests on the digestive organs Hke unto a nightmare. Pure and fresh ingredients other than animal, placed in the hands of an in- telligent cook, may be resolved into "a midsummer-night's dream," with all the paraphernalia to match. The omis- sion of animal fats and corn or other starch, sago, tapioca and arrowroot, from puddings will be a decided move to- ward robbing them of their greater evils. APPLE COBBLER.

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Pour boiling water over two teacupfuls chopped rhubarb, drain off the water after five minutes ; add one teacupful sugar, yolk of one egg, one teaspoonful cocoanut butter or olive oil, one tablespoonful flour, and three tablespoonfuls water. Put between two crusts and bake to light brown in a moderate oven. CHEESE PIE. Line a pie plate with plain pastry and fill with a custard made as follows : Rub two cakes of Neufchatel cheese thru a sieve, add two well-beaten eggs, a tablespoonful of flour and a little grated nutmeg ; stir, fill the crust and bake. - SORGHUM PIE. To four lightly-beaten eggs add one cupful sorghum molasses, one-half cupful sugar, two teaspoonfuls cornstarch, a pinch of nutmeg. Set into a pan of hot water to thicken. ORANGEADE PIE. Put one-quarter pound butter on the stove to melt slowly so the salt will settle to the bottom. Then pour off the butter and add one-half pound white sugar. Cream them together. Add the juice and finely grated rind of three oranges. Add six well-beaten eggs and two square crackers finely pulverized to give consistency. This will make filling for two pies. BUTTERMILK FILLING. One cupful buttermilk, one cupful sugar, the yolks of three well-beaten eggs, three tablespoonfuls starch. Flavor with lemon. PLAIN CUSTARD. One cupful water to one cupful sugar, one tablespoonful flour, three eggs, one teaspoonful oil. Beat it all thoroly and flavor. Bake in a quick oven. JELLY PIE. Beat the yolks of four eggs and add one cupful sugar creamed with one-half cupful butter. Mix thoroly and add the frothed whites of eggs. Now add one cupful tart jelly and two teaspoonfuls orange juice. Bake about three-quarters of an hour in open crust. FIG PIE. Soak one pound of cured figs, finely chopped, in one pint of sweet cream for two hours. Mash well and add another pint of cream, two tablespoonfuls of grated almonds, three well-beaten eggs, and a good pinch of salt. Bake with undercrust only in moderate oven. Will prove an excellent laxative if used with bran bread and light cocoa-shell tea, sweetened with fresh cream. Grated cocoanut may be used instead of almonds for a change. PUDDINGS AND CUSTARDS. It is, indeed, a trite but old saying that ''the proof of the pudding is in the eating." Too often the testimony is dearly bought, especially when the burden of proof rests on the digestive organs Hke unto a nightmare. Pure and fresh ingredients other than animal, placed in the hands of an intelligent cook, may be resolved into "a midsummer-night's dream," with all the paraphernalia to match. The omission of animal fats and corn or other starch, sago, tapioca and arrowroot, from puddings will be a decided move toward robbing them of their greater evils. APPLE COBBLER.

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