COOKERY HINTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 240, 7 October 1916, Page 17

COOKERY HINTS.

BAKED BEANS Soak jib of haricot beans in water overnight. Next morning place ~a" small piece of pickled pork or bacon, in the centre of casserole or earthenware jar, and pour the beans around; add sufficient water to cover, and leave in a moderate oven till cooked, not forgetting to cover the jar. BOILED BEANS. Soak ili> of butter beans overnight in sufficient water to cover; nest day add three-quarters of a pint of water "ana 3 good-sized onions, boil for '2"" hour*, just before dishing add 1 tablespobnful of grated cflieese; if the water boila away in the cooking, add a little more; put in salt and pepper to taste. If cheese is objected to add a little chopped bacon. COCOANUT ICE. Sugar, two breakfast cups; milk, one breakfast cup; butter, one tablespoon; cocoanut, two tablespoons.. .Put .sugar, mflk, and butter into a saucepan,' bring to boil, stirring all the time. When it thickens test by taking a little on a knife and holding it in cold water. If it balls it ie ready to take off the fire. Add cocoanut, divide in half, colour one-half pink, stir until it thickens, pour into shallow buttered dieh, and cut when cold. ... _ SOME TOMATO RECIPES. :: MACARONI WITH- TOMATOES. • Cut -up into • small pieces three good-sized onions;' and , put on to boil in cold water; with three-quarters of a cup of macaroni. Just cover with the water, and when the macaroni has swelled lift the : lid off the pot and let boil till the water hae boiled away, stirring occaeionally,--' l so that. macaroni "does" not' 'adheres "to. "tie pot. Take mscarbßf'-"be-fore quite done,-and place in" with salt and pepper, layer of onions and macaroni, then one of peeled tomatoes, and so on till all the macaroni and onions are need up. Top it with bread crumbs or any cold potatoes you may have left over from a meal. Beat up an egg, add 2 tahlespoonfule of milk and distribute over top of potatoes or breadcrumbs., Place in moderate ! oven -Sot. half an hour. . .. .- '";.'".'.' \. .- OHEESE AND TOMATOES. ;£,: Prepare onions and ■'■ macaroni eun« way as for : " macaroni with tomatoes, , * only add a little grated cheese to each layer, over -which spread' a "little" mustard, and sprinkle with celery salt, milk, and mixed through it. Keep a little back and just spread over the top of crumbs or potatoes. '■..- ■'■-'■' ■■■ --'. EGGS AND TOMATOES. "T Ingredients.—'Three good-sized tomatoes, one onion, one tablespoonful butter half-cup of water, three or four eggs, salt and pepper to taste. Slice the' onion and tomatoes (peel tomatoes); melit the buttery and try onion tin brown; then 'add the tomatoes, pepper, salt; and water, and simmer for a quarter of an hour. Boil the eggs hard, eat them in quarters lengthwise, lay them on a hot dish, cover with tomato eatice, arrange a few pieces of toast round it, and serve hot. '' r.z.t HQW TO PEEL TOMATOis*. ""^'- Cover them with boiling water half a minute; then lay them m cold water until perfectly cold, and the skin can be peeled. off .without difficulty, fearing, the tomatoes as firm as they..were before being scalded. > - - .