Nut Souffle

2 Cups Soft Bread Crumbs.

1 Cup Scalded Milk.

1 Cup Finely Chopped Nuts.

1 Teaspoon Salt.

Few Grains Pepper. 5 Beaten Whites of Eggs.

Cook and stir the crumbs and milk over the fire until smooth; remove from fire, add the seasonings and nutmeats. Fold in the stiffly beaten whites. Turn into a well greased baking dish and bake in a quick oven until puffy and quite firm, about 15 minutes. Serve at once.

Nut Cheese

1/2 Cup Almonds. 1 Cup Roasted Peanuts. 1 Cup Pine Nuts.

1 Cup Filberts. 1 Cup Pecans.

Raisins, figs and dates forced through a chopper, may be added, using 1/2 cupful of each. Knead, then pack in glass jars. This may be used for sandwich fillings or sliced and served as meat.

Cookies And Beverages

Preparation Of Rolled Cookies

All batters and doughs are more or less alike. Cookie mixtures are really stiff cake mixtures. Usually too much flour is added to cookie mixtures - this does not make as good cookies as when less flour is used.

Rolled Cookies

MATERIALS:

Sugar Cookies

1/2 Tablespoon Butter. 1 Tablespoon Sugar. 1/2 Tablespoon Beaten Egg. 1/2 Teaspoon Milk. 3 Tablespoons Flour (plus enough to make a dough). 3/16 Teaspoon Baking Powder. Few Grains Salt. Few Grains Nutmeg.

Coffee

2 Level Tablespoons Coffee. 1 Teaspoon Beaten Egg. 1 Tablespoon Cold Water. 1 Cup Boiling Water.

Sugar Cookies

The above recipe is for plain sugar cookies; richer cookies may be made by using more shortening. The recipe may be varied by the addition of spices, cocoanut, chocolate, etc. A design may be made on top by the use of raisins, almonds, citron or small candies.

Beverages

A beverage is any drink. All beverages contain a large percentage of water.

Use freshly boiled water for making hot beverages.

Use freshly drawn water for making cold beverages.

Beverages are: 1. Water. 2. Natural Fruit Juices. 3. Aromatics. Examples: Tea, coffee, cocoa, chocolate.

Tea

Tea is a native of China, Japan and Northeast India, but is grown in this country - ex., South Carolina.

Tea is made from the leaves of an evergreen plant.

Tea leaves have to be wilted, rolled and dried by artificial heat in order to develop their flavor.

Green Tea is made from freshly picked young leaves, which are prepared by drying them by heat or steam; later they are sweated or roasted soon after gathering. Example: Gunpowder, Hyson and Japan.

Black Tea is made from the leaves left in a heap on the ground in the sun, allowing them to ferment, in order to darken and develop a different flavor before being rolled. Example: Oolong, English Breakfast, etc.

Tea contains a stimulating substance called THEIN, and TANNIN.

Do not use a tin teapot, because of the tannin in the tea.

Tea increases perspiration, and helps tired nerves to recover.

People who do severe muscular labor are refreshed by a cup of tea.

Coffee

Coffee is made from the seeds of the coffee plant grown in Africa, Mocha, Costa Rica, Brazil, Ceylon and Jamaica.

The seeds of the berries of the coffee trees are roasted in order to develop the aroma.

COFFEE contains a stimulating substance called CAFFEINE, and TANNIN. Tannin is the injurious substance found in tea and coffee. It is extracted by boiling, therefore tea should always be infused and not allowed to boil or steep too long. Filtered coffee is preferable to boiled coffee. Children and young people who have not stopped growing should not drink tea or coffee.

Tea and Coffee should never be taken on an empty stomach unless for medicinal purposes.

Cocoa And Chocolate

COCOA and Chocolate are prepared from the seeds of the cocoa beans dried and roasted.

Cocoa Beans contain so much fat when ground they become not powder, but paste. This paste forms Chocolate.

Cocoa is made by grinding the Cocoa Beans, extracting the oil, leaving a dry powder.

Chocolate and Cocoa are a food as well as a stimulant. They contain theobromine, a substance similar to caffeine.

Working Directions To Be Followed By All Odd Numbered Girls

In today's lesson yon are to cream the butter and sugar for the cookies and prepare the coffee.

See Recipe on Front Page.

Measure the butter and cream it with a wooden spoon in your bowl. (See FIGURE 1.) Add sugar gradually. Continue stirring until all the sugar is added.

Pass it to your partner.

Measure 1 cupful of water, put it over the fire to boil. See FIGURE 2.

Measure 1 tablespoon of coffee into your custard cup. Add the teaspoonful of egg mixed with 1 tablespoon cold water.

Add the coffee mixture to the boiling water in the saucepan over the fire. Cover closely; let boil 3 minutes.

Add 1 tablespoon cold water. Turn out the flame. Let stand 2 minutes. Pour into a heated cup.

Serve some adult person, as children should drink neither tea nor coffee.

Cream and sugar may be added.

You are to WASH the dishes today, according to directions already learned.

FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 2.

Note Book Work

MATERIALS:

1/2 Cup Butter.

1 Cup Sugar.

2 Eggs, beaten.

2 Tablespoons Milk.

3 Cups Flour.

2 Teaspoons Baking Powder. 1/4 Teaspoon Salt. 1/2 Teaspoon Grated Nutmeg.

Sugar Cookies Cut Into Fancy Shapes.

Working Directions

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually. Add well beaten eggs, milk, and the flour mixed and sifted with the baking powder and the nutmeg. Add flour to make a stiff dough. Place small portion of dough on a well-floured board, pat and roll to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut, place on a buttered baking tin, and bake in a moderate oven until light brown. One egg may be omitted, and then less flour will be required.

Cost of preparing Home Recipe of Sugar Cookies - I:

Working Directions To Be Followed By All Even Numbered Girls

In today's Lesson you are to finish preparing the cookies after your partner has creamed the butter and sugar.

See Recipe on Front Page.

Measure and add the beaten egg to your partner's mixture. Beat until creamy, measure and add the milk.

Measure, mix and sift the flour, baking powder and spices.

Add them to the butter and sugar mixture.

Cut in enough flour (see FIGURE 1) so that the dough will not stick when touched gently with your finger.

Toss and roll out on a floured board. (See FIGURE 2.)

Cut with a cutter dipped in flour.

Place cookies on a buttered pan.

Sprinkle with sugar.

Bake in a moderately heated oven until a light brown.

Serve your partner and yourself.

You are to WIPE the dishes today, according to directions already learned.

FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 2.

HOME RECIPES. SUGAR COOKIES - II.

1 Cup Sugar. 1/2 Cup Lard or Butter. 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice.

1 Teaspoon Soda in 2 Tablespoons Milk. 3 Eggs, beaten.

Flour to make dough stiff enough to roll.

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and well beaten eggs, lemon juice, soda and milk, and enough sifted flour to roll. Cut and bake.

Vanilla Cookies.

Substitute 1 teaspoon vanilla for the nutmeg in Sugar Cookies I.

Chocolate Cookies. Add 3 tablespoons grated chocolate or cocoa to Recipe I.

Cocoanut Cookies.

Add 1/2 cup shredded cocoanut to the dry ingredients in Recipe I. Roll 1/4 inch thick.