Home Makers' Column

White Ribbon, Volume 18, Issue 6, 1 July 1946, Page 7

Home Makers' Column

A GOOD WINTER DISH 1 shin of beef, sawn through the bone only, in three places. 1 head of celery. Onions, carrots, turnip, pepper corns, herbs, ketchup or sauce. Put the shin in a large saucepan or casserole, with skewers tmd*r it to keep it off the bottom. Almost cover with water and bring to the boil, and when scum rises, remove. Put in a bundle of herbs, and the celery cut up. Add four onions, and pepper corns in a bag. Cover closely, and simmer for three hours. Add sliced carrots and swede, and a number of small onions. Stew slowly for another hour. Use a pint of the liquid only for serving. Thicken this, season with sauce, salt, pepper, etc. The rest of the liquid makes good soup.

ORANGE CREAM Two tablespoons flour. 1 tablespoon butter, 1 small cup sugar, yolks of two eggs, juice and rind of two oranges. Put all in saucepan, mix well, and add two cups boiling water. Cook a few minutes, stirring all the time. Remove from the stove and add stiffly beaten whites. Cool.

WATER MELON CAKE (Nice for children’s party.) Beat to a cream 1 teacup sugar. 3 tablespoons butter or cooking fat, add 3 eggs and beat well, 1£ cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, h teacup milk to mix. Take one-third « f mixture and colour with cochineal, adding a few sultanas to represent the seeds. Line a small tin with greased paper, and put the pink part in the middle; then lay the white part around and over the pink. Bake 3 of an hour. (Contributions to this column will be welcomed. —Ed.) __