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Denton Record-Chronicle from Denton, Texas • Page 24

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--COOK OSGOOD PIE FOR HUBBY When Mrs. John W. Reeves starts to prepare a dessert she has several favorites of her family to choose from. For her husband, she baked her delicious Osgood Pie, while her 17-year-old son, Willis, liked his mother's chocolate puddingr. SEVERAL FAVORITES Reeves Family Likes Dessert By JEANETTE HOLEKAMP The John W.

Reeves family has several tavorite desserts which tney would like to share. Reeves live it Egan and Mr Reeves is a druggist. They have a daughter, Ann Ma rie. a. graduate ot -TSCW who is working at the Denver General Hospital in Denver, and son.

Ebb Willis, who is a freshman at North To please the man of the house, Mrs. Reeves will bake his favorite Ogood Pie. To this pie, Mrs. Reeves 2 cups sugar 4 eggs 1 cup raisins 1 cup chopped nuls 1-2 cup buUcr vin 2 vinegar or lemon juice 1-2 teaspoon cinnamon 1-2 teaspoon nutmeg Cream butter and sugar, then add beaten egg yolks, nuts and raisins. Stir in beaten epg whites.

Put in pie crust and bake slowly for 40 or 45 minutes at 325 de- grees. The ingredients are enough for two pics. Mrs. Reeves has had this recipe for 15 or 20 years and was given to Ihe family by a The pie has a tart flavor, and the egg and cinnamon combine to form a delfcious crust. Seventeen-year-old Ebb Willis likes his mother to fix his favorite pudding which is chocolate and made with vanilla wafers.

Mrs. Reeves uses an average sized box of vanilla wafers and: 3 egg yolks 2 cups sugar 2 tablespoons flour 1 1-2 squares of baking chocolate 2 cups milk 1 teaspoon vanilla Beat the egg yolks, add sugar and mix well. Then add melted chocolate. Hour, milk and the rest of the ingredients. Cook until the mixture thickens, not quite as thick as a regular pie tilling.

Mrs. Reeves uses a large pyrex pie plate and about half of the vanilla wafers or. the bottom and covers it with half of the chocolate pudding. Then add another layer of the wafers and add the rest of the chocolate. Cover the pudding with meringue, then bake in Th slow oven until the meringue browns.

Salads are popular with the Reeves family. They especially like a fruit salad to eat with baked chicken or other meats. Mrs. Reeves fixes her own salad dressing to mix with such fruits as a mixture of apples and bananas. 1 egg yolk 1 teaspoon 1-4 to 1-2 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons flour 1-4 cup vinegar 1 tablespoon butter 1-2 cup milk Mix all ingredients together except the vinegar and heat.

Add the vinegar when the mixture is healed to avoid curdling the milk. Heat until as thick as desired. Mrs. Hilz Has Baked-Fried Chicken Kecipe By JASIMINE FRY Mrs. Joe Hilz of Pilot Point offers a recipe for chicken that will add variety to the usual baked and fried chicken.

Yet it is combination of the two kinds. Since she sometimes prepares the dish ior the Pilot Point fire boys, it has become a favorite ot many and a popular chicken recipe. A native of the town, Mrs. Hilz enjoys sharing her recipes as well as her cooking with her friends and neighbors Mrs. Hilz Favorite Chicken Ttpper and salt to taste a three pound chicken.

Roll each piece in flour and dip in three well-beaten eggs. Drop In hot grease until own. Then carefully transfer to a. roaster and roast for about half an hour. Be careful, while cooking, to keep the chickcu a nice golden brown.

Serve while piping hot. With the chicken, Mrs. Hilz Ukes to serve creamed potatoes, English pets, green salad, sliced tomatoes, and gravy, all topped off with a favorite dessert and beverage. Eyes twinkling happily, Mrs. Ililz says there is nothing she likes better than to cook for hungry people especially when she ran prepare just exactly what she wants to serve.

Mrs. Hilz says that she has learned to cook since lier riage and feels that really liking to cook and having plenty of good Ingredients available are import a in being a good cook. ALMOST READY TO EAT--Mrs. Sam Robison, 902 West Hickory, puts the finishing touches on a chocolate cake shp lias just baked. The icing is Mrs.

Robison's chocolate frosting that can be left in the refrigerator while the cake cools. PARTY DISHES FUN Chocolate Layer Cake Is Favorite By JASIMINE PRY Mrs. Sam Robison, 902 Wes Hickory, enjoys making party dishes almost as much as she en- Joys arranging flowers for parties A favorite of Mrs. Robison is her recipe for chocolate layer cake. Chocolate Layer Cake 1 1-2 cups 1-2 cup shortening 2 eggs unbeaten 1 3-i cups sifted flour 1-2 cup cocoa 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon cream of tartar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1-2 teaspoon salt 3-4 cup milk 3-4 cup hot water Cor slightly less) Cream shortening and add sugar gradually.

Add one egg at a time and stir until well blended. Next mix Hour, cocoa, salt, soda, ere cm of tartar, and sift three times. Add reamed mixture last and blend well. Sake in two cake pans in 350 degree" oven 25-30 minutes. This mixture is tender and the pans should be oiled and lined with waxed Chocolate Frosting 3 tablespoons shortening 1 1-2 tablespoons butter cup cocoa 7 tablespoons scalded milk 1-2 teaspoon salt SHE BAKES HOT BISCUITS Mrs.

Tomberline of Pilot Point Also Makes Her Own Mayonnaise By JASIMINE FRY Mrs. J. H. Tomberline, of Pilot Point likes to cook and her husband likes to eat. That, she 1-2 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon, vinegar 1-2 teaspoon paprika Beat egg until lemon colored.

says. Is sufficient reason to take A dry ingredients followed by the time and. trouble to make her- thc Add vlnogar and lcm biscuits. on Uict and mlx wlth an i ec tric A young matron, Mrs. Tomber- mixer until the dressing is of me- line has been cooking since she dium thickness.

Tlie paprika adds was a tiny child following her; color, mother around the kitchen. She baked her first cake standing on an apple crate so she could reach the cabinet top. She likes home-made mayonnaise far better than any commercial type, and finds her recipe always successful. She makes two cups from the following measurements: Mayonnaise 1 egg I 3-4 cups salad on I teaspoon dry mustard This is Mrs. Tomberline's biscuit recipe: Biscuits 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt Shortening to make mealy mixture Milk to make mixture stick to side of bowl Mix all ingredients and pat out.

Cut and bake in hot oven at about 425 degrees if you make small biscuits. 3 cups powdered sugar (1 box 1 teaspoon vanilla (you may add 3 drops peppermint if desired) Melt butter, shortening and cocoa. Pour hot milk over sugar and salt and -stir until dissolved. Add vanilla and beat until smooth. This icing can be made as cake bakes and put in refrigerator until the cake cools.

Tlie Robisous toured the eastern United States on their vacation last summer and tried to eat the interesting regional foods at place tliey visited. One of each their favorites was corned beef on a poached egg served on tenrt, but a favorite at home is meringua cookies. Meringue 1-2 cup butter creamed well 1-2 cup sugar i teaspoon vanilla Add 2 egg yolks and beat this mixture. Then add: 1 34 cups cuke flour Pinch of salt Spread mixture on cake pn.n. Take the whites of 2 eggs and beat well.

Add 1 cup brown sugar and 1 cup pecan meats. Spread over first mixture. Cook in very slow oven 45 minutes. Top should be golden brown Cut la squares tn serve. Frojr.rn Strawberry Dessert 1 box frozen strawberries 1 pint whipped cream 1 1-2 cup crushed macaroons 1 tablespoon lemon juice 3 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla Crush berries and add lemon juice.

Place in bottom of tray. Add macaroons, sugar, and vanilla. Place on top and freeze. FOR A SUMMER PICNIC C. A.

Crowson's Slang Jang Recipe Is Reminiscent of 'Good Old Days' says the Slang Jang By JASfMINE FRY Reminiscent of the "good old days" is the recipe of C. A. Crowson of Sanger for Slang Jang. The recipe was brought from Honey Grove. Texas, where Slang Jang parties were a regular thing during the summer picnic months, and in the fall when picnics moved inside.

Crowson were popular at lodges and at the fire department on meeting night of the volunteers. It was not at all unusual to see groups of working men go together, buy tlie ingredients at a local grocery store, borrow a pan from the grocer, and have Slang Jang for lunch in lieu of the usual lunchbox fare. All the grocers around Honey Grove kept pans especially for it were willing to help make the dish. Slang Jang 3 small cans of cove oysters 1 No. 2 can of tomatoes 1 small grated onion Salt and pepper to taste 2 tablespoons vinegar 2 cups cracker crumbs Mix all the ingredients, and put around a chunk ot ice in the center of a large bowl.

Slang Jang can be served as a ercktail spread or as a main dish, depending upon the occasion. At the old-time Slang Jang suppers, nothing else was served bul the main dish and crackers. It was made in with ladles to big new dishpans dip it out. only men were present, everyone ate 1 out of the same pan, but if Indies were there they attempted to serva it in individual portions. Whatever else differed from time to time, the chunk of fee in the middle was never missing.

Crowson, an ardent baseball fan and city secretary of Sanger, terms himself, "a village clerk." Hi? office has become the meeting place of opinions on everything from political questions to the latest Fort Worth vs Dallas score. For Simger people, it's city government with a smile and sometimes a Joke, or even a good baseball story. Calavo Salad Is Good Sunday Dish Salmon and Tomato Chowder Pilot Crackers Calavo Salad Hot Buttered Finffer Rolls Fruit Tarts Beverage Calavo Salad Ingredients: 2 calavos, lemon juice, creamed cottage cheese. DC' can nutmcats (broken), dalad greens. French dressing.

Method: Cut the cnlavos in halves lengthwise, remove seeds, and peel. Sprinkle cut surfaces with lemon juice. Stuff cavities with creamed cottage cheese that has been mixed with broken pecan uutmeats. Serve on salad greens with French dressing. 4 servings.

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