EXCELLENT, SEASONABLE AND TESTED RECEIPES.

Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 43, 3 April 1930, Page 2

EXCELLENT, SEASONABLE AND TESTED RECEIPES.

Butterscotch Biscuits,

PJaee one cup of butter where it mil soften but not melt. Add 2 cups brow* sugar, 2 well-beaten eggs, 3$ cups flour, sifted with, one teaspoon bicarbonate soda and 2 teaspoons cream of tartar, 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 tablespoon of vanilla. Mix together thoroughly, using the hands if necessary,-make into rolls of desired size, place on a tray and leave in ice-chest all night. In the morning cut off thin slices and bake on a, greased pan until a pale brownabout 6 minutes in a quick.oven. Cocoanut Cheese Cakes. Melt together 4 ozs butter and 8 ozs sugar,- boil for 2 minutes and t&en pour out to cool. Mix 4 ozs grated eocoami* with sugar and butter and add the grated rmd of a lemon, 4 beaten, eggs and a little milk. Line small patty tina with puff paste, fill with the mixture 'anxLbake in .a brisk oven. Dry Apples Now. Now is the time'to dry apples fo* the winter. Feel, core and slice the apples thinly as for a. pie, then dip t&e slices into a bowl of water in which a handful of salt has been dissolved. "Cover a large tray vpith a clean clotlt and spread the slices upon it. Put the tray in direct sunlight foT a few days, bringing it in each night. Turn apples occasionally so "they will dry through. When they are thoroughly dry put into a new calico bag'and hang in a dry place.

- When Chickens are Scare.

The art of preparing pork so that it tastes like chicken is simple but worth, knowing. Select a piece from the loin, weighing about 2slbs, cover with 9 quarts boiling water, add 2 pieces of celery, * an onion, 1 carrot, 2 sprig* parsley (all cut fine), 1 teaspoon pepper corns, 1 whole clove and 1 teaspoon salt. Simmer very slowly for 2$ hours. "When cold the meat can be served, cut into slices, as imitation cihicken' croquettes, creamed on toast, or in pattyshells. It can also be served as salad with1 plenty of diced celery, or as a soufQer.