Foods That Will Win The War Part 13

Mix and bake in greased dish for 30 minutes. Serve hot or cold. This is a very nouris.h.i.+ng dish.

CHOCOLATE BLANC MANGE

1 pint milk 1/3 cup cornstarch 1/3 cup corn syrup 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/8 teaspoon salt 2 oz. grated chocolate

Mix cornstarch with 1/4 cup cold milk. Scald rest of milk. Add cornstarch. Cook until thick. Add a little of the hot mixture to the chocolate when melted. Mix all ingredients and cook 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Chill and serve with plain or chopped nuts.

OATMEAL FRUIT PUDDING

2 cups cooked oatmeal 1/8 cup mola.s.ses 1 cup raisins 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup chopped nuts 1 egg (beaten)

Mix well. Bake in greased baking dish 30 minutes

JELLIED PRUNES

1/2 lb. prunes 2-1/2 cups cold water 2 tablespoons granulated gelatine 1/2 cup corn syrup or 1/4 cup sugar 2 teaspoons grated lemon or orange rind

Soak washed and scalded prunes in 2 cups cold water 10 minutes. Simmer until tender (about 10 minutes). Soak gelatine in 1/2 cup cold water.

When soft, add to hot prune mixture. When gelatine is dissolved, add other ingredients and place in mold. Chill, and stir once or twice while chilling to prevent prunes settling to bottom of mold.

APPLE PORCUPINES

Core 6 apples. Cut line around apple just through skin. Fill center with mixture of one-quarter cup each of dates, nuts and figs or marmalade, to which has been added one-quarter cup corn syrup or honey. Bake 30 minutes with one-quarter inch water in baking pan.

Stick outside of apple with blanched almonds to make porcupine quills.

SCALLOPED FRUIT PUDDING

2 tablespoons melted fat 2 cups crumbs 1/2 cup of fruit juice or water 1/4 cup corn syrup 2 cups of left-over canned or cooked dried fruit

Put one-quarter of the crumbs on the bottom of a b.u.t.tered baking pan.

Cover with one-half the fruit, one-half the corn syrup, one-half the liquid, one-quarter of the crumbs; the other half of the fruit, juice and corn syrup, and the rest of the crumbs, on top. Bake 20 minutes in a hot oven.

PRUNE FILLING FOR PIE

1/2 lb. pitted prunes 1/3 cup corn syrup, or 2 tablespoons sugar 1 cup water 2 teaspoons lemon rind 1/2 tablespoon fat 1 tablespoon cornstarch

Wash and scald prunes. Soak ten minutes in the water. Simmer until tender. Rub through colander. Add other ingredients, well blended.

Bring to boiling point. Use as filling for pastry.

APPLE AND DATE FILLING

2 cups apples 1 cup dates 1 tablespoon, fat 1 teaspoon lemon rind 1/4 cup water

Mix all and use as filling for double crust, or cook until apples are tender. Mix well and use as filling for tarts, etc.

LEMON FILLING FOR PIE

1-1/2 cups corn syrup 1-1/2 cups water 1/3 cup cornstarch 2 eggs 1 tablespoon lemon rind 1/2 cup lemon juice (2 lemons) 1/8 teaspoon salt

Mix cornstarch and 1 cup water. Add to corn syrup. Cook over direct flame until thick. Cook over hot water 20 minutes. Mix other ingredients. Add one-half cup water and add to other mixture. Cook 5 minutes and use as filling--hot or cold.

SOUR CREAM FILLING FOR CAKE

1 cup sour cream (heated) 1 cup chopped nuts 2 tablespoons corn syrup 1 teaspoon gelatine 2 tablespoons cold water

Soften gelatine in cold water. Add heated cream and when dissolved add other ingredients. Chill and use for cake filling. This is a good way of using up leftover cream which has turned.

MOCK MINCE MEAT FILLING FOR PIE

1 cup cranberries, chopped 1 cup raisins 1 cup corn syrup 2 tablespoons flour mixed with 1/4 cup cold water 2 tablespoons fat

Mix all. Bring to boiling point and place in double crust pastry or cook until thick and use as filling for tarts.

PUMPKIN FILLING FOR PIE

2 cups stewed pumpkin 1 cup corn syrup 1 egg 2 tablespoons flour 1 teaspoon cinnamon 3/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon allspice 1/8 teaspoon ginger 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/8 teaspoon salt 1-1/2 cups milk

Mix all ingredients and bake in double crust pastry, or cook and serve in cooked single crust with meringue.

MERINGUE FOR CHOCOLATE, LEMON OR PUMPKIN PIE

2 egg whites 2 tablespoons corn syrup

Beat whites until very stiff. Add corn syrup by folding in. Do not beat.

WHEATLESS, EGGLESS, b.u.t.tERLESS, MILKLESS, SUGARLESS CAKE

1 cup corn syrup 2 cups water 2 cups raisins 2 tablespoons fat 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon nutmeg 1-1/2 cups fine cornmeal, 2 cups rye flour; or, 3-1/2 cups whole wheat flour 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder, or, 1/2 teaspoon soda

Cook corn syrup, water, raisins, fat, salt and spices slowly 15 minutes. When cool, add flour, soda or baking powder, thoroughly blended. Bake in slow oven 1 hour. The longer this cake is kept, the better the texture and flavor. This recipe is sufficient to fill one medium-sized bread pan.

SOUR MILK GINGER BREAD

2 tablespoons fat 1/4 cup mola.s.ses 1 egg 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup sour milk 1 teaspoon soda 2 cups whole wheat flour 1 teaspoon ginger