TO-DAY’S RECIPES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 439, 3 December 1930, Page 2

TO-DAY’S RECIPES

To make peanut butter, put some shelled peanuts in a pan in a slow oven, leaving the door slightly ajar and allow them to remain until they aro so dry that the hulls rub off easily. Put into a bag knead with the hands until the husks arc well loosened. Separate the husks from the nuts by turning into first one dish and then into another. Grind the nuts through a mincing machine and cook for several hours in a double boiler without any water. Adil a little olive oil and salt to the nuts, work into a paste and then seal down in jars-

Children who arc too young to cat meat cooked in the ordinary way can have it minced but, of course, the meat should be fresh, not cold, cooked meat, before it is minced and cooked for the children’s dinner. Serve it with plenty of gravy and mashed gro t The mincing machine can be used a good deal when cooking for chihire' For instance when adding currants to puddings and cake mixtures—and it is well to add them on account of the mineral salts they contain —put them first through the mincer to render them more digestible.