A simple course in home economics for rural schools

Cook these ingredients until jelly-like, then add 1 egg — well beaten Remove from fire. Cool — spread between layers of cake. Cover cake with icing. To Bake Potatoes in the Open Fire Cover the potato entirely with a coating of moist clay and bury in the hot ashes. Allow about forty minutes for baking. To Broil Meat Out of Doors Cut long, green, forked sticks and sharpen the fork tines. Place meat on the fork, and broil over the live coals until thoroughly cooked. Bacon is delicious if broiled with a piece of apple on each side and all of it used as filling for a sandwich. Jelly Sandwiches Any jam or jelly may be used for the filling in making a sweet sandwich. . Meat Sandwiches Cold, thinly sliced ham, tongue or mutton may be used for sandwich filling. During lettuce season — a leaf of crisp lettuce makes a good addition. 142 Bulletin of tlie University of Texas Cheese Sandwiches Cream cheese or homemade (cottage cheese) may be used. Cottage cheese is made by pouring well-soured clabbered milk into a cheesecloth bag, allowing it to drip until dry (usually 12 hours). Remove cheese from cloth, mash with silver fork until smooth, and add salt to taste. A few tablespoons of sweet cream or melted butter improves the flavor. For the sandwich filling, nuts, a little mayonnaise, or a few chopped olives, either the ripe or green ones, may be added to the seasoned cheese. Egg Sandwiches Use hard cooked eggs. Chop whites, rub yolks through a seive, and season with salt, melted butter, vinegar, lemon juice, or mayonnaise. Ginger Bread Liquid Mixture: % C. butter — creamed 1 C. sugar — added gradually, then add 1 Q^g — well beaten % C. molasses 1 C. sour milk. Dry Mixture: 2 C. flour — sifted before measured 1 t. ginger 1/4 t. cinnamon Yz t. soda Mix these ingredients and sift. Combine the two mixtures. Bake in individual cakes or in a sheet in a moderate oven. Simple Courses in Home Economics 143 » Sponge Cake Liquid Mixture: 2 egg yolks — well beaten 1 C. sugar — added gradually 1 T. lemon juice — continue beating until light and lemon colored, then add % C. water. Dry Mixture: 1 C. flour — (sifted before measuring) 2 t. baking powder Mix and sift. Add the flour mixture to the yolk mixture. Fold in 2 egg whites — beaten stiff Bake in moderate oven 45 m. 144 Bulletin of the University of Texas TABLE SETTING AND SERVICE Subject ]\Iatter It has been often said that the most important room of the house is the dining-room. It is not only a place where the family is nourished, but it is in many households the real social center of family life. In thase busy times, the family has little time when all may meet together in the living-room, but at least twice a day they meet at meals, and most of their social intercourse is at the table. Every care should be taken that this meeting should be as conducive to happiness and good cheer as possible. It is not only necessary that nutritious and well prepared food should be served, but that it should be served in a cheerful room and as attractively as possible. It is a well known fact that food is more easily digested when served under such conditions. A wholesome, well served meal which satisfies the outer as well as inner man is a potent factor in the formation of character, and is one that an efficient homemaker will not overlook.