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Otago Witness, Issue 3400, 14 May 1919, Page 58

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A SIMPLE RABBIT SOUP. Clean and wash the rabbit, and cut it into Joints. Dry these on a cloth, and lightly brown them in melted dripping, with three or four sliced onions, two or three inner Btalks of celery, and a breakfastcupful of turnip. When all are nicely coloured, pour in not quite three quarts of warm water. Cover, and boil up; stir in a tablespoonful ©f oatmeal, moistened in water, and boil »gain slowly for about three hours. Season with salt and pepper, and it may then be served with the rabbit or strained through a •olander, in which case the rabbit and vegetables will form another dish. ONION SOUFFLE,. Be sure and serve this as soon as cooked, tr it sinks and loses its tempting, puffy look. Required: One pound of hot mashed potato, half a pint of chopped stewed onions And their liquor, one egg, |oz of grated cheese, salt, pepper. See that . the potato is free from lumps. Stir into them the onions and liquor—half a pint of the two mixed together, just as you scoop them out of the pan. Cool a~little, then add the yolk of an egg and the cheese. Season well. Beat vigorously for a minute or so. Beat the white of the egg to a very stiff froth. This is best done on a plate with a clean knife. Froth the white well, but lightly, into the other mixture. Turn into a greased piedish, bake in a quick oven for about half an hour, or till well puffed up and browned. BEEF STEAK PUDDING. Cut into convenient-sized pieces ljlb of tender steak, and season with salt and pepper. Make a batter with 6oz of flour, 2 eggs, and not quite one pint of milk. Pour a small portion into a greased piedish. Put a layer of steak, a little minoed parsley, a teaspoonful of minoed onion, and a little seasoning. More steak, etc., then pour in the remainder of the batter, and bake for an hour and a-half in a steady oven. POTATO TEACAKE. Required: Four ounces of flour, 4oz of mashed potato, not quite Joz of yeast, half a teaspoonful of sugar, half a teaspoonful of Bait, water or milk to mix. Put yeast and sugar into a basin and work together till liquid. Add four tablespoonfuls of tepid water. Mix flour, salt, and potato slightly together; if done heavily the potato clogs in' lumps. Stir these into the yeast. Mix and add as much more tepid milk or water as is needed to form a stiff dough. Put into a greased caketin. Leave in a warm but not hot place till risen to about twice its original size. Then bake in a quick oven for about half an hour, or till firm and set. fiat cold, or sliced, toasted and buttered. A DELICIOUS APPLE CAKE. Required: Four ounces of flour, 4oz of wholemeal, 2oz of cornflour, 3oz of dripping, Jib of apples (peeled and cored), one teaspoonful of baking powder, saltspoonful of powdered spice, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, e, gill of milk, one fresh egg. Well mix the dry ingredients. Shred and rub an the dripping lightly; add the apples, chopped in thinnish pieces. Beat the egg well. Mix it with the milk, and stir it in. Turn into a greased tin, and bake for about ant-hour in a fairly hot oven. If the mixture seems too dry before baking add a little more ?iquid, but remember that the apples will ■make a little juice when cooked, so it shouldn't be very moist.