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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCQRMCK, S, C^ < yH^RSDAY, APRIJL 3, INVITE THEM ALL—AND HAVE BAKED POTATOES (See Recipes Below) LET’S SERVE POTATOES Guests are coming for dinner. You have your meat and vegetables, and you have planned your dessert. You have potatoes on hand. But have you decided how you’re going to pre pare them? I’ll wager you haven’t. It's an oft- repeated story in kitchens from Washington to Florida, Maine to Cal ifornia. Because the POTATO is such an old standby, you perhaps wait ’til the last minute to decide its preparation. Then it’s too late to try “something different.” t Don’t treat the potato as though it were the CindereDa of the vegeta ble kingdom. Re member, it re- ’ sponds well to careful treatment. While it is usual ly considered to have a bland flavor, proper cooking will bring out its subtleties. Although there are only three ba sic ways of cooking potatoes—bak ing, boiling or frying them in their raw form—there are innumerable new and different things to do with this vegetable. I wonder if you have ever tried frankfurter- or sausage-stuffed pota toes, potato croquettes, pancake po tatoes, Idaho Suzettes or potato doughnuts? • If not, resolve to use these reci pes. I guarantee they’ll help you “get the most out of your potatoes!” *Quick Dutch-Stuffed Baked Potatoes. (See picture at top of column) 6 medium-sized Idaho potatoes 6 link sausages or frankfurters Scrub the potatoes and with an apple corer make a hole lengthwise through each potato. Stuff with a frankfurter or sausage. Bake at 400 degrees F. for 45 minutes, or until potatces are done. For an even richer flavor, stuff with a mixture of finely chopped sweet Spanish onions and ground meat. Put a slice of bacon or salt pork over the potatoes and bake as usual. Length of baking time de pends on size of potatoes. Nut Potato Croquettes. 2 cups hot mashed potatoes % cup cream or milk % teaspoon baking powder % teaspoon salt Pepper to taste 1 cup crushed nuts To the potatoes add the cream or milk, baking powder, seasoning and half the nuts. Spread mixture on plate to cool. Shape, roll in nuts and cook in deep, hot fat (390 de grees F.) until golden brown. Drain on soft paper. Pptato Doughnuts. 2 cups flour Itfe teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons baking powder % teaspoon nutmeg or cinnamon 1 cup riced potatoes 1 tablespoon butter 2 eggs 1 cup sugar Sift flour, salt, baking powder and spice together. Put the hot riced potatoes in a mixing bowl, add the butter and stir until the butter is melted. Cool until lukewarm. Add i LYNN SAYS: Baking potatoes is perhaps the most healthful method of prepar ing them, because steam escapes from them and results in a mealy product. No valuable minerals are lost, and, if the skin is also eaten with the contents, all bene fits of the potato are realized. If you are not quite ready to serve your potatoes when they are ready to come out of the oven, cover them with a towel so that moisture will*be absorbed, and at the same time warmth will be retained. Sweet potatoes bake in less time than white potatoes. It is important to retain vita min C in potatoes, as well as in all vegetables. In order to do this, store them in a cool place; peel just before cooking; cook whole, if possible; have the water boiling rapidly before plunging them in; use a small amount of cooking water; cook only until tender. MENU OF THE WEEK Tomato Broth *Quick Dutch-Stuffed Baked Potatoes Buttered Beets Molded Fruit Salad Bread - Butter Berry Pie Beverage ♦Recipe given. the unbeaten eggs and sugar; mix well. Stir in the sifted dry ingredi ents; mix until smooth. Place mix ture on a floured board; roll until % inch thick, cut into rounds with a floured doughnut cutter. Cook in deep, hot fat (370 degrees F.) until golden brown. Drain on soft paper. Sprinkle wit^j powdered sugar. Idaho Suzettes. 6 medium-sized Idaho potatoes % cup hot milk 2 tablespoons melted fat 6 tablespoons buttered crumbs 1 tablespoon grated cheese 6 eggs Salt and pepper Select medium-sized or large po tatoes; scrub and bake at 459 de grees F. until each is soft when you pick it up and squeeze with a cloth. When done, reAove a piece of skin from the side of each potato to make it boat shaped, or cut large potatoes in two, lengthwise. Scoop out the inside, being careful not to break the shell. Mash the pulp thoroughly, or put it through a ricer. Add butter, salt and milk and beat well. Pile the mixture lightly back into the shells. Refill the shell to the top and make a de pression in the center of each pota to. Break an egg into each depres sion, season with salt and pepper and sprinkle with buttered crumbs that have been combined with grated cheese. Bake in a slow oven (250- 350 degrees F.) long enough to set the egg and brown lightly—for 6 to 10 minutes. Belgian Baked Potatoes. Wash and peel potatoes and cut into eighths lengthwise. Dry be tween towels. Dip cut pieces in melt ed shortening and lay in a shallow pan, being sure that they do not overlap. Bake in a quick oven (400 degrees F.) until brown on top. Turn carefully and continue baking until they resemble french-fried potatoes. Baste them with more shortening during baking, if necessary. When done, sprinkle with salt and serve piping hot. Franconia Potatoes. Use uniform medium potatoes. Pare and parboil 10 minutes. Drain, place around roast, and bake 40 min utes, or until soft, turning often and basting with fat in pan so that they will brown. Old-Fashioned Scalloped Potatoes. 4 large potatoes, pared 1 small onion, thinly sliced % teaspoon salt Dash of pepper 1% tablespoons flour 1 tablespoon butter 1% cups milk Cut potatoes in %-inch slices. Place potatoes and onions in but tered baking dish sprinkling each layer with salt, pepper and flour, and dotting with butter. Add milk and cover. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees F.) 2 hours, or until potatoes are tender, uncovering them during the last 30 minutes of baking. Serves 4. Lyonnaise Potatoes. 4 teaspoons butter or bacon fat 2 onions, sliced 3 cups cooked potatoes Salt and pepper 2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley Heat the fat in a frying pan and cook the onions in it a few min utes. Add the potatoes and cook slowly, stirring occasionally until all sides of the potatoes are golden brown. Season with salt and pep per. Press flat with knife and shake over low fire until brown on bottom. Turn like an omelet. Serve on a hot platter with finely chopped pars ley sprinkled over the top. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) .IMPROVED”' 11 UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAYl chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D. Dean of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.* (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for April 6 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. CHRIST PROMISES POWER / ■■ ■ — LESSON TEXT—Acts 1:1-12. GOLDEN TEXT—But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me, both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.—Acts 1:8. * Important things bear repetition. Luke, who wrote both the Gospel and the Acts, presents the ascension of Christ, His promise of power, and His command to witness, at the con clusion of the Gospel and at the beginning of the Acts. “The one is all suffused with evening light; the other is radiant with the promise of a new day. The one is the record of a tender farewell; in the other, the sense of parting has almost been absorbed in the forward look to the new phase of relationship which is to begin.”—(Alexander Maclaren). I. The Proof of Christ’s Resurrec tion (vv. 1-3). Before telling of “the day in which he was taken up,” Luke makes it clear that the ascended Christ, who had made the promise of power to His disciples, was the very one who died for our sins, but who could not be holden of death or the grave. He arose, of which there are indeed “many infallible proofs” (v. 3). At Easter time we recall the fact that leading historians and experts in the field of evidence have declared that the resurrection is the best estab lished fact in all history. The fact that for forty days after His resurrection Christ was among His disciples, speaking to them of the things of the kingdom of God, is significant and conclusive proof in itself. As the indispensable dynamic of their service as His witnesses, He now assures them that they will receive power. II. The Promise of Christ’s Power (vv. 4-8). They were to tarry In Jerusalem until the power of the Holy Ghost came upon them. This took place on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2) when the Holy Spirit come to abide. We no longer are called on to tarry for the Holy Spirit to fall on us, for the moment we believe. He comes into our lives in blessed abiding presence. But we do need to tarry, to wait for His fullness of power, before we attempt to minister for Christ. We need to yield to Him for His fullness, bringing out emptiness that He may fill us and then use us. The disciples had an important question to ask (v. 6) regarding the restoration of the kingdom. The re ply of Jesus turned their attention from that future matter to their present obligation to witness for Him and their need of power for that wit ness. This does not mean that His followers are to lack interest in the Kingdom which Christ will one day establish, nor that they should fail to be interested in prophecy and its fulfillment. It does clearly mean that we must leave times, seasons and dates to the Lord and be dili gently about the business of witness ing for Him. How greatly the little band of disciples needed power in that day to face a hostile, unbelieving world, sunken in bondage to Satan, and bring to it the convicting and con verting message of the gospel. They received that power, and in spite of every hindrance the gospel through the centuries has made its way to the hearts of men, and won its vic tories for God. We need that power today. The Holy Spirit is here to give it to us, as we yield our lives to God. There are many Spirit-empowered men and women in the Church today, but relatively their number is small. Who is ready to yield to His control now, and thus swell the host of faith ful and effective witnesses? III. The Pledge of Christ’s Return (vv. 9-12). We mentioned last week that ser mons are seldom preached on the ascension of Christ, although it has an important place in the Bible. Even more glaring and disturbing is the failure of preachers and teach ers to declare the truth of the sec ond coming of Christ. The promise of it is written large on the pages of the Bible, but some men seem to ignore it. How plain and understandable is the promise in this passage. “This Jesus”—not some other—“shall so come”; that is, personally, literal ly, and visibly. There is no ground here for spiritualizing, to say, for example that He comes in death, or that this was but a metaphorical expression. The text is very plain and em phatic. In agreement, we find, among others, such texts as Luke 21: 7; John 14:3; Philippians 3:20, 21; I Thessalonians 1:7-10; I Thessaloni- ans 4:16; II Timothy 4:8; Hebrews 9:28; Revelation 1:7. Unless we re ject God’s Word, we must receive this truth, and should receive it with joy, for it is the blessed hope of the Church (Titus 2:13). He is coming again! 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The best results are obtained by rubbing them with a paste of whiting and water. Then polish with a dry chamois to remove the powder. • • • Grease can be removed from an iron by rubbing cornmeal over it. • * # Sauces shouldn’t be added to boiled onions, cabbage or celery until time to serve. * * * To beat egg whites quickly add a pinch of cream of tartar before starting to beat. The eggs will froth more quickly and hold their shape a longer time. • • * To remove a fresh grease spot from a rug cover with blotting paper and press with a hot flat iron. Cover the spot with pow dered magnesia and rub off after a day or two. A judge was pointing but that a witness was not lifecessarily to bo regarded as untruthful because ho altered a previous statement. “For instance,he said, “when I entered this court today I could have sworn that I had my watch in my pocket. 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