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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1925)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1925 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM, OREGON PAGE SEVEN CAPITAL JOURNAL COOKING CHOOL LOCAL DEALERS IT Local dtnlors are' lending every fcooneratIon to the Capital Journal In making poesiblo the First An nual KlecLrlc Cooking School, The prizes Is most port havo been con tributed by locnl merchants who wore ablo to see the benefit that would bo derived for the ladles of 8a lorn by having the school held hero. The first prize for the best cake will be a Hot Point electric range by the Portland Electric Power Co. Second In the cake division Is a forty-two piece Bet of dishes by the Stiff Furniture Co.;; third prizo for the cake division will be a caso of assorted American Club canned goods by the Willamette Grocery Co.; fourth will be a nine pound can of Crisco; fifth a six pound can of Crisco by Proctor & Gamble Co. In the pie division the prizes are au follows: first a Eureka Vacuum, cleaner, complete with attach ment by the Eureka Vacuum Clean er company; second, .ah electric Grill by the Bronnell Electric com pany; third, a forty-nino pound sack of Princess, flour by the Willamette- Crocery company; fourth, a nine pound can of Crisco; fifth, a b1x pond can of Crisco; sixth, a three pound can of Crisco by the Proctor Gamble Co. The contest will feature the last day of the school, Nov. 25, en tries will bo made between 10 n. m. and two of that day and the prizes will be awarded immediately after the class. MENUS Every M&a. likes Pie To mako good pastry have at! Ingredients cold. Use plenty o( shortening, as little water as pos 511,1c just enough to hold the pastry together. Handlo as little as possible and bake in a piping hot oven. Custard pies are bet ter flavored if baked in a baked plo Bhell. Do not stretch pastry when putting it into pan. Api)le Pie Plalu Pie Paste 2 cups flour, 2-3 cup shortening, about li ta blespoons cold water and lh toa poon salt. Sift flour and salt, chop in shortening and sprinkle In water. 4 to C tart apples Ji cup. cold water 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon butter Bako 60 minutes. Heat oven to 450 degrees, leave pit In at this heat for 20 minutes and then re ntuce hcot to finish baking. Delicious Apple Tarts 1 cup apple pulp. 1 tablespoon butter Sugar to tasto 1 teaspoon lemon juice -1 teaspoon grated lemon rind Pilo all ingredients Into a vrell baked pio shell, garnish with whipped cream and candied ener gies. Banana Roll Peel bananas and cut into halves crosswise. Roll puff paste to one-eighth thickness. Cut Into pieces. Dip each piece Into ice water and then wrap .it around a piece of the banana. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. Place the side whero the- crust meets down in tho baking pan. Serve with fruit sauce. Honolulu Pineapple Pie To make a good fat pic. use: 3 cups of grated, drained pine up pIg of a cup of sugar 3 tablespoons corn starch 3 egg yolks 3 tablespoons of butter Mix the corn starch and the su gar together. Heat tho pineap ple. Then add tho dry ingredi ents and then tiie egg yolks and cook until It- has thickened. Re move and add tho butter, and when cool pour into a baked pie Bhell. Cover with meringue made of the three egg whites and 7 tablespoons sugar. Delicious. Crabapple Puffs Line muffin tins with puff paste, fill with crabapple jelly, cover with paste and bake for bout 15 minutes at 400 degrees. Remove from tine while hot and erve with melted crabapple jelly. Custard Pie 4 eggs ' . 1 t-jaspoon vaniila cup sugar ' 2 cups of milk teaspoon nu'inog Pinch of sale F.t eggs and sugar together antil lemon colo.'vl Ad i nutaieg ftn-l vnnilla to mi tic and add to tho egg and sugar mixture. Pour this mixture Into an unbaked pie paste; and bake for about 40 mnutes. Put plo into a hot oven ( 4 f0 de grees) for 15 mt:iutea or until crust begins to brown, then re duce heat and finish baking until custard is firm. MISCELLANEOUS HECIPES Eees in Bacon Rinus 6 long slices of bacon .. 6 eggs Salt and pepper and parsley Arrange the slices of bacon Around tho inside of muffin pans or small ramekins. Break an egg Inside of each bacon ring and sea ton with salt and pepper and bake until egg is set but not hard. Remove carefully so that eggs re main inside bacon rln. Garnish with parsley. Bake at 350 de grees for about 15 minutes. Apple Omelet 5 tart apples tablespoon butter 1 cup sugar 2 eggs Cinnamon or other spices Cook apples till very soft and then mash. Add the butter, the ngar, eggs and apices. Bake In shallow pudding dish. Bake at 300 degrees for 20 minutes. Plain Fluffv Omelet 4 eggs 4 tablespoons hot water and tutter Salt and pepper to tasto Beat the egg whites until tiff; beat the yolks until light nd lemon colored, beat Into the egg yolks and hot water and then add thi) oalt and the pepper. Then fold in the beaten whites. Place batter Into a thoroughly warmed, oiled pan. Cook slowly until puf fy and then place in the oven un til drv. When top can be touch ed without sticking, crease and fold over. Current Mint Sance 2-3 cup of currant jelly 2 tablespoons of chopped fresh mint and shavings from orange rind. Separate the Jelly but do not beat It. Add the chopped mint and tho orange shavings. Serve around roasts. ; Jelly Sauce 1 glass jelly (currant or grape) 1 teaspoon dry mustard Beat the jelly to a foam and then add the mustard and beat thoroughly. MONDAY Thickened Milk The basis of many eoupd, creamed meats, fish, croquettes, vegetables, cooked ealad dressing, puddings: Melt two tablespoons butter in upper part of double boiler, add two tablespoons flour, one cup of milk, seasonings according to use. Add boiling water to lower part of double boiler steam thirty minutes. Surface heating unit "High' in starting, then "Low." Noodle Souffle White sauce, use above recipe, adding one teaspoon salt to mix ture. When sauce is done, add 3 egg yollis. Remove from holier, Told in three cups cooked noodles, rice or mararont. Season with little onion, pepper, celery salt. Beat whites of eggs stiff and fold into mixture. Pre-heat Hotpoint Electric Oven to 300 degrees. Turn upper unit "Off." Set "Heat Control" for 350 degrees. Bake forty minutes. If possible, hake In rlug mold and fill center with peas, shrimp, etc. Tuna Fish Croauettea Prepare white eauce as for Souffle, using two tablespoons butter, four of flour, one cup of milk, one teaspoon salt. Flake large can of tuna, combine, shape croquettes, roll in flour, dip in di luted egg and roll in shredded wheat crumbs. Pre-heat deep fat on surface heating unit "High" until bread crumbs become a golden brown in forty seconds, reduce burner to "medium." Fry croquettes, place on brown paper to absorb fat. Fill noodle ring with the cro quette balls. Grapenut Filling for Bell Peppers Six large, sweet bell peppers, 3 fresh, ripe tomatoes, 1 teaspoon salt, teaspoon celery salt, U teaspoon white pepper, 6 table spoons grapenuts, 6 fresh eggs, G teaspoons melted butter (cooled), Vz cup warm water. Stem and seed the peepers. Cover closely and let stand in boiling water 10 minutes. Peel tomatoes and cut into smell pieces, add ealt, celery salt, popper. Place peppers up right in baking dish. Put 'ft table spoon of grapenute In each pep per, add 1 tablespoon of tomato mixture, carefully break an egg and add; follow with 1 teaspoon melted butter and sprinkle grape nuts over top. Add cup warm water to baking dish. Preheat Hotpoint Electric Oven to 400 de grees, set "Heat Control" at 400 degrees and bake 25 minutes. Steamed Stuffed Cabbacre One solid head cabbage, 1 pound left-cver meat, 1 cupful breadcrumbs, 1-4 cup milk, 1 egg, teaspnon mace, salt and pep pert Select a well-shaped head of cabbage, weighing about 3 pounds. Cut a slice off the top and hollow out the cabbage, leav ing a thin shell. Make a stuffing of the other Ingredients and pack into the cabbage. Fill only full. Tie In a cheesecloth to pre serve shape. In the Cooker pot add 1 pint of water, bring to the boiling point on "High." Place cabbage In tho cooker, continue "High" 15 minutes then "Low" for one hour. Serve with tomato sauce. . Orantre Biscuits Two cups flour, 4 teospoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 3 tablespoons lard or other fat, cup sweet milk. Sift together dry ingredients. Add shortening and cut into flour until well blended. Grate rind of orange and blend. Add milk; mix with a fork to a soft dough. Turn on a lightly floured board, knead lightly. Roll to -lnch thickness and cut Into small biscuits. Into a cup place juice of orange. Immerse small cubes of sugar and when moist place cube of sugar In center of each biscuit. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Turn upper unit "Off," Bet "Heat Control" at 450 degrees and. bake ten minutes. Pyramid Sandwich (Commencing at Base) 1st round 3 inches In diameter, spread with currant Jelly. 2nd round 3 inches In diame ter, spread with cottage cheese and finely chopped almonds. 3rd round 2 Inches in diam eter, spread with slice of tomato, lettuce and mayonnaise. 4th round 24 inches In diame ter, spread with white meat of chicken, lettuce and mayonnaise. 5th round 2H inches in diam eter, spread with green pepper, lettuce and mayonnaise. 6th round inches In diameter, spread with chopped olives, finely chopped nuts and a little mayon nalse. Cooking Authority Here I WIS 'MWml Kit M ilw "Miss Bernico Lowen, Domestic Science Expert, who arrived here to day to opeu the Capital Journal Free Electric Cooking School. With tho arrival of Miss Low en, Domestic Science Expert and National Cooking Authority, ar rangements for the Capital Jour nal Free Electric Cooking School reaches a climax. Everything Is in readiness at tho Salem Armory for the opening class Monday aft ernoon. Musical Program Although tho doors will be open at 12:30 p. m., the actual program will not commence until 1:00, when tho opening feature will be enacted by Sherman, Clay selections& Co. A wonderful new Duoarts self-playing piano will render a few numbers for the au dience, and Viola Hofman will play several violin selections, and then promptly at 2 p. m. Miss Lo wen will bo Introduced and will proceed with her duties according to the opening day's program. PATRONESSES READY True to her profession, no soon er had Miss Lowen arrived In Sa lem than she was checking up on tho various advance details at the classes and baking contest with an efficiency which denoted wide experienco In tbo handling of public affairs of this kind. ... SEATS FOB ALL Anticipating a largo attend ance at the classes, tho Capital Journal has provided ample seat ing capacity In tho Armory. No seats will bo reserved, so those who como early will havo their choice of seats. QUESTION BOX A school would not be deserv ing of the name unless questions wcro asked and answered. The Free Electric Cooking School will provido for answers to nil ques tions without embarrassment to the person desiring tho informa tion. Each guest will bo handed a program as they enter the school room. At tho bottom of this program will be a detachable question card, which when filled out may bo dropped In tho ques tion box. The answer will be given by Miss Lowen on fho fol lowing day. 7ht round 1 inches in diame ter, spread with cottago chceBe piled in a sort of point and topped with a tiny pieco of pimento. Uso white bread. Hold sand wich upright by using toothpicks. On side of plato a tiny piece of lettuce and on this place an olive. Sandwich Loaf Trim crusts from a loaC of white bread and cut lengthwise In four slices. Between first two spread a mixture of hard-cooked egg, bacon, all diced, seasoned and mixed with mayonnaise. For tho second layer uso chopped wal nuts, stuffed olives and mayon naise. Fill the third layer with and sugar sifted separately 4 times. Moisten angel food pan, with cold water, shako free frem water and pour In tho mixture. Place cake In Hotpoint Electric Oven the oven being cold. Set "Hoat Control" for 350 degrees. Turn on lower switch and bako one hour. Fruit Salad Four tablesnoona Kranulated gelatine, 1 cup cold water, 6 cups uouing water, I'fe cup sugar, ya cup lemon juice, Vs cup orange Juice. Soak gelatine 6 minutes In cold water, dissolve In boiling water, strain and add sugar and fruit Juice. When about to harden add any kind of fruit desired and turn into center of cake to mold. Royal Icing' 1 Two cuys sugar, 2-3 cup boil ing water, 1-16 teaspoon cream tartar, 'a cup sugar, 5 egg whites, 1 teu?oon lemon Juice. Placo 2 cupa of suirar in saiieonan and add boiling water. Use. sur-j race heating un t "Hiirh." Stir until sugar dissolves, then wipe uuwn siues oe pan. Cover until boiling point is reached, then add cream tartar and boll until syrup spins a thread. Beat egg wiiues very stur and gradually add the V2 cup sugar. Add syrup gradually to egg whites. i -ce pan over steam and recook until Icing will hold form. . Monte Carlo Salad Arrange on chop plate a head of cauliflower which has been steamed, seasoned and saturated with the first' dressing given be low. Around tho cauliflower, ar range a border of shrimp, next a border of egg yolks (hard cooked) next a border of egg whites, and edgo of lettuce and parsley. Serve with the second dressing given be low. Boiled Salad Dressing Four tablespoons sugar, 4 table spoons flour, 1 teaspoon salt, I teaspoon mustard, U teaspoon red pepper, 1 cup boiling water s eggs, l-i cup lemon juice or vln egar Mix and sift dry Ingredi ents. Add water gradually, stir ring constantly. Cook In double boiler until thick and smooth. Beat eggs slightly; add to cook ed mixture and let cook 1 minute. Add lemon juice or vinegar and beat well. Mayonnaise Dressine A double boiler of tho 3-pint size Is most convenient in mak ing this mayonnaise. Placo ice and water In lower part and in sert upper. part. Drop In tea' spoon of mustard, V teasnoon salt, few grains cayenne, 1 whole egg. Beat with Dover beater, Gradually add 2 cups of olive oil, very slow at first but more rap Idly later on. At finish add I tablespoons lemon juice. Fold in whipped cream when ready to serve. Garnish with paprika. Nut and Orange Lnnf Sift together 5 cups flour, 1 cup graham flour, 1 teaspoon salt, Coolidge Cook Preheat upper oven unit on "High" for 10 minutes. Place broiling pan and rack about 1 Inch be'ow tho upper coll, and when quite hot, remove and place tho steak upon the rack, placing as close to upper heating unit as can bo conveniently handled. Sear first surface of steak and turn; continue on "High." Let brown well, turn again and brown. Re move to plank, season with salt, pepper and butter. Open vent en tirely for broiling and always "High" heat Tor beefsteak. Time for broiling this steak will aver age 10 minutes to 12 minutes. Gar uish planY with mashed potatoes poppors, timbalea, tomato and parsley. , .,; , Cranberry Jelly Wash 4 cups cranberries and add- 1 cup water. Cook on sur .faco unit "high" until tender, about 15 minutes. Remove and press through colander adil 2 cups sugar and boll about 2 min utes or until jelly. Fill moulds and set asldo to cool. Winter's ! ' vrjsr jxri mm a r ri m Via Quick Relief for Old and Ijoung DISTURBANCE IN A LOCAL THEATRE The patrom of a local show houss wer ry much disturbed and annoyed by the con tlnuous coughing of a person In the audi ence. Don't be a nuisance because you h.ivo a cough or cold. A few doses of Foley'g Honey and Tar Compound taken .promptly will brine ipo'ody relief. Un, W Clary, White Plains, va writes! "We have used Foley's Honoy and Tar Compound for colds and Dad coughs wih splendid results." JOURNAL WAN! ADS PAY Leon a Baldwin, of Mont pelier, Vt., will head a group of Girl Scouts to the White House, where she will direct them in the preparation of the Coolidges' Thanksgiving dinner. The turkey, raised on the Baldwin farm, will grace the table. 0 teaspoons baking powder, 1 cup sugar. Add 'k cup candled orange and cup chopped pecan nut meats. Mix thoroughly. Beat 2 eggs, add 1 cups milk and add gradually to .tlrst mixture. Turn into an oiled bread pan. Thla makes ono largo or- two small loaves. Preheat Electric Oven to 350 degrees. Turn upper unit ''Oft," lower unit "Medium," with tem peraturo control set tor 350 de grees. Bako one hour. Boiled Porterliouso bteaK Wlpo a 1-lncli or moro porter house steak with pieco ot chees cloth wrung, from cold water. Skewer together, It necessary. v.v.v.w.v.v.v.w.v.v.'.v;. J lutchenware . ;j A wonderful collection of labor saving devices ' to lighten the labor for the good housewife. Call any time and talk it over with us. , Use our Kasy 1'aymcnt I'lan to equip your kitchen and dining room. celery And chicken chopped and mixed with mayonnaise. Replace tho top slice, and Ice tho whole with Philadelphia cream cheese, moistened to a spreading consis tency with croam and lemon juice Sllco at tho tablo In SA inch slices TUESDAY Ane-el Fond Caltt Whites of 11 eggs, 'A teaspoon sail, lyz cups or graulated su gar, 1 teaspoon crenm tartar. 1 cup pastry flour. 1 teasnoon lem on extract. Add solt to egg whites and when halt beaten, sift in crenm tartar; continue to beat nnd when stiff, spoon in tho au- Dj , llivu UUU ll'IIIUU UXUUCL, KUU 1 last fold in flour slowly (flour W.-W.V.V.V. V..V.V iss Lowen For Her Daily .WAv.v.v.v.v.v.v...v..vv.v.v.v...... Has. Selected enu . M Sherman, Clay & Co. presents the INCOMPARABLE DUO-AKX REPRODUCING PIANO In concert daily from 1 to 2 p. m.( at tho Salem Armory Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday Solos played by tho world's greatest art ists, Paderewakl, Hof mann, Corot and many more, on tho Duo-Art will bo given each day and tho Duo-Art will also be used as ac companist to Viola Vercler Holman play--Ing the violin In solo. A cordial invitation is extended to hear the Duo-Art in these special con certs or at any time at our store. SkermangfayS'Co. .'.V.V.V.VAV.V.'.V.V.V.V.V.V.W.V.V.' FONTANA NOODLES . WHITE STAR TUNA . AMERICAN CLUB PEAS AMER. TINY REF. BEANS DELMONTE FRUITS ASPARAGUS TIPS PINEAPPLE A cooking expert such as Miss Eevnicc Lowen surely; realizes the necessity of using good materials. You will learn many cooking ideas from her lectures at the Cook ing School next week and, incidentally, j'ou would do well to note the brands of products she uses. Willamette Grocery Co. "Wholesale Grocers" If your grocer does not happen to have them in stock. he will get them for you if requested.