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\ ( McCORMICK MESSENGER. McCORMfCK. s . c . THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1940 TEMPTING AND TOOTHSOME (See Recipe* Below) What Every Good Cook Should Know There are certain principles of food preparation which every good cook follows, whether or not she’s conscious of doing so, or under stands the reasons on which they are based. To be sure, every so often we find a recipe which seemingly contra dicts every prin ciple of cookery that has ever been formulated, and in spite of it, produces an ex cellent product. I suppose that’s the proverbial exception that proves the rule I ‘'But in general, following defi nite rules of cookery produces the best results consistently. There is, for example, a standard method for mixing cakes. Then there are revolutionary methods such as that which is used in the jiffy cake recipe below. But it’s well to remember that the unusual method which, in one recipe, gives entirely satisfactory results, for an other recipe may not work at all. These-are general rules (with an exception to prove every one, I do believe!) which the good cook fol lows as a matter of habit: 1. When mixing butter cakes or muffins, by the standard method, cream shorten ing, add sugar gradually, then egg yolks. Add sifted dry ingre dients and liquid, * alternately, be ginning and end ing with the dry ingredients. 2. Unless a recipe specifies other wise, mix onty until the ingredients are blended. , 3. Cheese, egg and milk mixtures require a low temperature for cook ing. Too high a temperature is likely to cause curdling. 4. When making pie crust, have the ingredients as cold as possible. 5. When egg white is added to a batter, it should be beaten until it is stiff but not dry, and folded lightly into the batter. The recipes below will give you excellent insults, in spite of the fact that they seem somewhat contradic tory. But remember that the meth ods have been developed for these particular recipes, and they may not work if applied to any other. Grandmother’s Ginger Bread. Vz cup sugar Vi cup shortening 1 cup molasses 2% cups flour 2 eggs (beaten) 1 teaspoon cinnamon Vi teaspoon cloves % teaspoon ginger 2 teaspoons soda Vi teaspoon salt 1 cup hot water Sift together all dry ingredients in cluding sugar. Combine eggs, mo lasses and hot water in which short ening has been melted and add to sifted mixture. Beat for 3 minutes. Bake in 350-degree oven for 45 min utes. Requires 9 by 9-inch pan. Hot Water Pastry. (Makes 1 pastry shell) % cup shortening % cup boiling water cups flour • 1 teaspoon salt % teaspoon baking powder Place shortening in a warm bowl, pour boiling water over it, and cream thoroughly with a fork. Place flour (measured after sifting once), salt, and baking powder in flour sieve and sift gradually into the creamed shortening and water mixture. Mix thoroughly. Make up into & dough ball and chill thorough ly. Roll out and arrange in pie tin. Prick well. Bake in a hot oven (450 degrees) for approximately 12 min utes. Old Fashioned Jelly Roll. 5 eggs » 1 cup sifted granulated sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon baking powder % teaspoon salt Beat the eggs until thick and lem on-colored. Gradually beat in the How true it is that the sauce can make or mar a dish, whether that dish is a cheese souffle or a cottage pudding! In this column next week Elea nor Howe will give you some of her own favorite recipes for sauces of many kinds — sharp tangy sauces for meat or fish, a smooth, mellow sauce to serve with souffles and sauces for ice cream and pudding, too. sifted sugar, and continue beating until the mixture is very fluffy. Add vanilla. Sift together the flour, bak ing powder and salt, and fold into the first mixture. Line a shallow baking pan (about 10 by 16 by 1 inches) with greased waxed paper. Spread batter evenly in the pan and bake in a moderately hot oven (400 degrees) for 12 to 15 minutes. As soon as the cake is removed from the oven, turn it out on a towel which has been wrung out of warm water. Remove the paper, and trim off the crisp edges of the cake. Roll up in the towel. Let stand several min utes, then unroll and spread with filling. Roll again. Custard Pie 2 cups milk 3 eggs % tablespoon salt 5 tablespoons sugar Scald milk. Beat the eggs light, add sugar and salt, and mix care fully. Add scalded milk. Strain into a well-greased pie pan and bake in a slow oven (300 degrees Fahren heit) for about 40 minutes, or until custard is firm. Bake a one-crust pastry shell in a second pie tin ex actly the same size as that used for the custard pie. When the custard .and baked pie shell are both thor oughly cooled, gently slip the cus tard pie into the pie shell just be fore serving. Note: This eliminates the soggy pie crust so often found in custard pies. Jiffy Cake With Self Icing. (Makes one 8-inch cake) % cup butter 1 cup sugar 2 eggs Vz cup milk 1 teaspoon flavoring extract 1% cups flour (cake flour preferred) IVz teaspoons baking powder Vi teaspoon salt Soften the butter by creaming. Then add sugar, unbeaten eggs, milk, flavoring ex tract, and the dry ingredients which have been sifted together. With a rotary beater or electric mixer, beat for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the batter is light and very smooth. Pour into greased pan 8 by 8 by 2 inches square, and cover evenly with the following mix ture: Vz cup sweet chocolate (grated) Vz cup nut meats (cut fine) Bake in a moderate oven (350 de grees Fahrenheit) for 35 to 40 min utes. Maple Syrup Muffins. (Makes 12 muffins) 1 egg Vz cup milk Vz cup maple syrup % cup butter (melted) 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder Vz teaspoon salt Beat egg until very light and blend with milk, syrup and melted butter. Sift dry ingredients and add to first mixture. Blend until the batter is smooth. Pour into greased muffin pans and bake in a moderately hot oven (400 degrees) for about 20 min utes. Send for Your Copy of ‘Better Baking.’ Every good cook needs a copy of Eleanor Howe’s book, “Better Bak ing”! This decidedly practical book offers you a wealth of reliable, test ed recipes—recipes for cookies and cakes, for bread and pastry; reci pes for every day and recipes for special occasions, too. Send 10 cents in coin, now, to get your copy of “Better Baking.” Ad dress your letter to “Better Bak ing,” care Eleanor Howe, 919 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) i improved” UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQU1ST. D. D. Dean of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for March 31 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. THE CONTINUING TASK LESSON TEXT—Matthew 28:16-20. GOLDEN TEXT—Ye shall be witnesses unto me . . . unto the uttermost parts of the earth.—Acts 1:8. World conquest! The dream of dic tators and of national leaders down through the ages is to be accom plished, for there is One who has the authority to claim such a place of leadership who will one day rule, for then “the kingdoms of this world” will have become “the king doms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever” (Rev. 11:15). While we await His coming to take the throne are we to sit idly by? No indeed, for even now Christ has all authority and He has commissioned His fol lowers to go out and to serve Him in all the world by making disciples in every nation. I. The Obedient Disciples (w. 16, 17) . The Lord never fails to keep His ^Ford, but often His followers miss great blessing because they fail to keep their appointments with Him. He had told His disciples that after His resurrection He would meet them in Galilee, and we read that they met Him at the appointed place. One trembles to think of what they anfr we might have missed if they had failed to meet Him. His promise to us is just as true and definite. “Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them” (Matt. 18: 20) applies to us today. If we meet Him at the appointed place, bless ing will come to us and will flow out through us to all the world. Observe that “some doubted,” that is, they were perplexed and un certain about the risen Saviour. If they persisted in their lack of faith we know that it must have shut them out of a great blessing, but at the same time it did not hinder the Lord’s gracious ministry to His oth er- disciples. II. The All-Powerful Leader (v. 18) . Quietly and without any fanfare, Jesus announced that all power was given unto Him; or as the Revised Version more appropriately trans lates the word, “all authority.” He does have all power, but He has more. He has the supreme authori ty which gives Him the right to rule over the entire creation, heaven and earth, spiritual as well as material. No man in his right mind has ever laid claim to authority over even so much as the earth, but here is One who without hesitation or qualifica tion declares that to Him has been given all authority in heaven as well as in earth, that is, over the entire creation. Surely it is God Himself who here speaks to us. III. The Great Commission (vv. 19, 20a). “It is the sublimest of all specta cles to see the risen Christ without money or army or state, charging this band of 500 men and women with world conquest and bringing them to believe it possible and to un dertake it with serious passion and power. Pentecost is still to come, but dynamic faith rules on this mountain in Galilee” (Dr. A. T, Robertson). Such faith and such a commis sion call for a worldwide mission. The church or individual without a worldwide missionary vision assur edly does not have the viewpoint oi Christ. Observe also that it is an evangelistic mission. We are not called to entertain the world, nor primarily to improve the social or der. Our business is to “make dis ciples,” that is, true followers of Je sus Christ, which they can only be come through accepting Him as Sa viour and Lord. Such a ministry will inevitably be a teaching ministry. “Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Rom. 10:17). How foolish is the preacher or evangelist who fails to teach the Word of God. It is His appointed method which cannot fail. Christian baptism is also a vital part of the Great Commission. It was first practiced at Pentecost (Acts 2) and later in the Church (Acts 8 and 10). IV. The Abiding Presence (v. 20b). There is no other statement of fact (for it is more than a promise) any where or by anyone that can com pare with the assurance of Christ that He is with His witnesses al ways, even unto the end of the age. Consider first of all who is to be^ with us, namely, the Son of God, r the risen Christ, the One with all authority in heaven and earth! Then note that He is to be with His dis ciples “always.” How important that is, for as we well know, the inspira tion of even the greatest human leader largely goes with him to the grave. The Lord Jesus, on the other hand, is with each one of His chil dren always. What assurance thal fact brings to every witness foi Christ as he gives himself joyfully to the carrying out of the Great Commission! ATTERN lAAAd Dei \ PARTH ENT $ * 4 HERE styles even if your Spring wardrobe is not entirely settled in your own mind! 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