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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1939
OATMEAL MEAT PATTIES
See Recipe Below.
When the Allowance
Is Low
. Lucky is the homemaker who has
tudked away on her pantry shelf a
package or two of oatmeal, and in
her recipe file a half-dozen clever
suggestions for using it in her
menus. For oatmeal is a quick
change artist, and with a little in
genuity you can turn out a whole
array of tempting, unusual dishes as
delicious to eat as they are inexpen
sive to eat.
For example, have you ever tried
making light, flavorsome raisin muf
fins with oat
meal! Or have
you used oatmeal
in a thick, hearty
vegetable soup
to give it that
“stick - to - the-
ribs” quality so
much to be de
sired for active
families? Had you
thought of using
it to stretch the
meat budget, by
making a little meat go a long way
in meat patties or meat loaf? You’ve
used oatmeal for luscious, soft,
chewy cookies, of course, but have
you tried it for making the crust for
a delectable apple pudding, or have
you substituted it for nut meats in a
rich-tasting torte?
You see, besides adding interest
and variety to meals, and doing a
first-class job of budget stretching,
oatmeal may be trusted to add a
large amount of low-cost food ener
gy to the diet. Oatmeal, moreover,
js an excellent source of vitamin B,
modemly called thiamin. This vita
min is absolutely necessary to en
able the body to transform food (es
pecially carbohydrates) into muscu
lar energy. Thiamin stimulates the
appetite,' too, and it helps in over
coming constipation, and acts as a
prevention of nervousness.
7 Here, then, is a brand new series
of carefully tested recipes, all of
which contain oatmeal, all of which
will be family favorites in your rec
ipe box.
Oatmeal Apple Torte.
(Makes eight servings)
CRUST:
2 cups flour
% cup oatmeal (uncooked)
% teaspoon salt
1 cup brown sugar
% cup butter (melted)
Combine the ingredients in the or
der in which they are listed. Re
serve one cup of this mixture for
the top. Pack the remainder into
the bottom of an eight-inch square
nan.
FILLING:
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
Vi teaspoon salt
1 cup water
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups apples (pared and chopped)
Combine the sugar, cornstarch
and salt. Add the water and butter,
and cook over a
low flame for
about 10 minutes,
stirring frequent
ly. Cool and add
the vanilla and
apples. Pour the
filling over the crust, and cover with
one cup of crust mixture reserved
for this. Bake in a moderately slow
oven (325 degrees) for about one
hour. Serve warm with plain or
whipped cream.
Oatmeal Raisin Muffins.
(Makes 16-18 small muffins)
1 cup general purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
% teaspoon salt
2 Jablespoons sugar
2 Mps oatmeal
% cup seedless raisins
1 egg
1 cup milk
3 tablespoons shortening (melted)
Sift together the flour, baking pow
der, salt and sugar. Add oatmeal
and the raisins. Beat the egg, add
milk and melted shortening. Com
bine with dry ingredients and mix
very lightly. Pour into greased muf
fin pans and bake in a hot oven (400
degrees) for approximately 20 min
utes.
Vegetable Oatmeal Soup.
(Serves eight)
2 pounds soup bone (% bone, %
meat)
2 tablespoons fat
2 quarts water
4 teaspoons salt
Vi teaspoon pepper
2 cups tomatoes (canned)
1 cup carrots (cubed)
Vi cup onion (chopped)
% cup celery (chopped)
Vz cup oatmeal or 1 cup regular
rolled oats (uncooked)
Remove part of meat from
cracked soup bone, cut meat into
cubes and brown lightly in hot fat.
Place meat, soup bone, water, salt
and pepper in soup kettle. Cover
tightly and simmer approximately
two hours. Cool, strain, and chill
sufficiently so that excess fat may
be skimmed off. There should be
6% cups of soup stock. Return stock
to kettle aqd add vegetables. Bring
to a boil, then slowly add oatmeal.
Cover and simmer approximately
Vi hour, or until vegetables are ten
der. Soup meat used in making the
stock may be cut in small pieces
and added. Serve with finely
chopped parsley, if desired.
Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies.
(Makes five dozen)
% cup shortening
1% cups dark brown sugar
\Vi cups general purpose flour
Vi teaspoon salt
Vi teaspoon soda
3 cups oatmeal
% cup sour milk
Vi teaspoon vanilla
Cream the shortening and sugar
thoroughly. Sift together the flour,
^ salt, and soda,
and combine with
. _ V^./ oatmeal. Add to
the creamed mix-
ture, alternately,
with the milk.
^ Stir in the vanil-
la. Roll out to %-
inch thickness on
a lightly floured board. Cut into
2%-inch rounds with a floured cookie
cutter. Bake on a greased cookie
sheet in a moderately hot oven (375
degrees) for about 10 minutes.
Meat Patties.
(Serves six)
6 slices bacon
Vi pound beef (ground)
Vi pound pork (ground)
1 egg (beaten)
1 tablespoon onion (chopped)
1 cup tomatoes (canned or fresh)
Vi cup milk
Vi cup oatmeal
Vi teaspoon salt
Dash of pepper
Line six muffin tins with strips of
bacon. Combine remaining ingredi
ents and mix well. Put into the
muffin tins. Bake in a moderate
oven (350 degrees) for approximate
ly one hour.
As a Breakfast Food.
Modern homemakers serve oat
meal porridge often and for variety
add chopped dates, figs, seedless
raisins, or dried prunes or apricots
(cut in strips) while cooking.
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An old license plate comes in
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IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
S UNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for June 18
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
PAUL WRITES PERSONAL
LETTERS
LESSON TEXT—n Timothy Phile
mon 1-7. 21, 22.
GOLDEN TEXT—Study to Snow thyself
approved unto God. a workman that need-
eth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the
word of truth.—H Timothy 2:15.
Letters—what interest we all take
in them! We go to town to get the
mail, or we stop our work at the fa
miliar signal of the postman. Too
little thought is given to the possi
bility that our letters may be a
means of blessing in God’s hand.
Paul has given us model Christian
epistles.
In considering our lesson it is dif
ficult to indicate specific verses, but
the reader can readily identity the
truth taken from the lesson under
each division.
I. Remembrance.
Paul did not write letters which
were impersonal and distant in spir
it. The warmth of a loving heart,
the refreshing recollection of past
fellowship, a genuine interest in the
joys and sorrows of his brethren
put love into every sentence of his
letters.
We need to learn the art of writ
ing letters. Even so-called business
communications may often carry a
touch of encouragement or inspi
ration. Personal letters should
certainly be a constant medium of
keeping bright the flame of affec
tion between parents and children,
brothers and sisters, and Christian
friends separated by distance.
‘Observe that the remembrance of
Paul had to do with both personal
and spiritual matters, and note how
naturally and easily the two blend.
There should be no need of being
offensively “preachy” in writing let
ters. The personal and spiritual in
terests of our lives should be so
close together that we normally
and without effort can put them
forth as one in spirit.
n. Inspiration.
Who has not had the unforgetta
ble experience of receiving a letter
just when its cheering word was
needed. Many a man has been saved
from despair and possible destruc
tion by such “a word fitly spoken”
which is “like apples of gold in pic
tures of silver” (Prov. 25:11). “A
word spoken in due season, how
good is it!” (Prov. 15:23).
We enjoy receiving such letters—
do we make an effort to write them
to others? Or do we excuse our
selves by saying, “You know I am
such a poor letter-writer! ” when the
fact is that we are probably lazy or
indifferent to the needs of our
friends?
Notice that Paul’s inspiration and
instruction to his friends revolved
around two points—his constant
prayers on their behalf and his faith
ful presentation of the teaching of
God’s Word. If we would follow his
example we must first really pray
and then study God’s Word for our
selves before we shall be ready to
pass it on to others.
HI. Admonition.
Scolding has no place in a letter,
but kindly admonition is quite in or
der. Paul improved every oppor
tunity to urge his readers to per
sonal piety, Christian fellowship, at
tendance upon the means of grace,
prayer, and the study of God’s
Word. He also urged his young
brother in the Lord’s service to “stir
up the gift of God” which was in
him. The influence of the world,
the pressure of work, or some bur
den of spirit might cause a man to
bog down in the slough of despond
or of mediocrity. A letter from a
true Christian friend at such a time
might well be the means in God’s
hand of renewing holy resolves and
of stimulating renewed endeavor. Do
you think of someone who is waiting
for that kind of a letter from you?
IV. Co-operation.
Friendship and fellowship are not
one-sided. The very words demand
the existence and interaction of two
personal beings. “A man that hath
friends must show himself friendly”
(Prov. 18:24). Paul recognized this,
and when he wrote to Philemon he
gave him opportunity to respond in
loving obedience to a request while
at the same time he shqwed the
highest degree of Christian consid
eration and courtesy toward Phile
mon. The epistle is a “masterpiece
of persuasive tact and delicacy and
an enduring model of truest Chris
tian courtesy” (Ellicott).
No right thinking person is satis
fied to be the constant recipient of
the love and thoughtfulness of anoth
er with no opportunity to recipro
cate. The smallest child or the hum
blest individual who must receive
help wants to show his loving ap
preciation. A considerate friend will
therefore open such an opportunity,
not as a command or in a spirit of
expecting something in return, but
as an act of Christian courtesy.
God^s Own Spirit
To believe, not because we are
learned and can prove, but because
there is a something in us, even
God’s own spirit, which makes us
feel light and truth as truth—this i*
the blessed faith.—F. W. Robert
son.
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DRAW THREADS-WHIP
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i^TURN NEEDLE
BEFORE DRAWING
THROUGH
Drawn work for turquoise scarves
*"pHIS idea is the result of an ex-
periment. A friend had a set
of sadly out-of-date white linen
drawn work scarves for buffet,
serving and dining table. Her
dining room was being done over
with touches of turquoise blue
in the draperies and wall paper,
so she had the scarves dyed to
match. They were so effective
that the simplest part of the
drawn work design was copied in
coarse linen in various colors for
mats and scarves throughout the
house.
While the turquoise scarves
were especially attractive, those
in golden yellow and a bedroom
set in soft rose were also full of
charm* The sketch shows how the
drawn work is done. If you are
looking for something effective
that is quick to make, here it is.
Just pull out the threads of the
linen to make an open space about
an inch wide. The scarf may be
hemmed at the same time the out
side edge of the opening is being
whipped. Just follow these
sketches. No other directions are
needed. Use either linen or mer
cerized thread in a matching
color.
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Gifts, Novelties, and Embroid
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HOW TO SEW articles by Mrs.
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All-Around Man Was
Worth the Money!
The customer was being shaved
in a country town to which he was
a visitor, when the barber cut him.
The man was all apologies, and
placed a piece of tissue paper over
the gash.
When the shave was finished the
customer—to the great surprise of
the barber—handed over a sub
stantial tip.
“That’s all right,” said the vic
tim, with a smile of forgiveness;
“I don’t often get shaved by a
man who deals in three trades.”
“Three trades?” queried the
puzzled barber.
“Yes,” came the sarcastic re
ply—“barber, butcher, and paper-
hanger.”
ASK ME O
ANOTHER r
A Quiz With Answers
Offering Information
on Various Subjects
The Questions
1. What is a Texas leaguer in
baseball?
2. Who crossed the Rubicon?
3. What is the difference be
tween a savage and a barbarian?
4. What would result if all the
colors were blended together?
5. Among the 12 signs of the
zodiac are four that represent ani
mals. Which are they?
6. Is there any difference be
tween semi-conscious and semi
unconscious?
7. Why was it said that if Cleo
patra’s nose had been shorter the
whole face of the world would
have been changed?
8. How did the dandelion get its
name?
9. What is the significance of the
name “Prospice,” the title of one
of Browning’s poems?
The Answers
1. A short fly that drops between
infield and outfield, out of reach of
both.
2. Caesar and his army.
3. Savage means untamed; bar
barian means the state between
savage and civilized.
4. All the colors of the spectrum
blended together give white.
5. Leo (lion), Taurus (bull), Ar
ies (ram), Apricomus (goat).
6. The first usually denotes go
ing from the unconscious to the
conscious state. The reverse is
the case in the other.
7. To convey the idea that if
Cleopatra had been less attractive
she would not have enslaved Ju
lius Caesar and Mark Antony.
8. From the French “dent de
lion,” meaning a lion’s tooth, re
ferring to the leaves of the plant.
9. It is interpreted as meaning
“Look Forward.”
Uncle
J?clu5:
Our National Spirit
The national anthem makes us
get up and hustle in order to bs
able to sing it.
Diligent work and religion go
well together. In the Bible thero
are many exhortations to labor.
Truth crushed to earth will rise
again. A lie crushed to earth
goes on mumbling for years.
Isn’t It a Pity
Insurance companies are not
willing to take risks on our air
castles.
Kept np long enough, any
merry-go-round becomes as mo
notonous as a treadmill.
Those who in a logical dispute
keep in general terms hide fair
lacy.
Why Start Outside?
Begin the brotherhood of man
with the “brother” next to you
and spread it as you have the
opportunity.
The “please, sir” little boy
seems to have vanished even from
anecdotes.
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