Hard Sauce With Dates.Take one
half cupful of stoned and chopped
dates. Cream two tablespoonfuls of
butter, add one and one-half cupfuls
of powdered sugar gradually with one
third of a cupful of cream and one
half teaspoonful of vanilla and a
speck of salt fold in the dates, add
ing more cream, if needed. A dash of
lemon Juice adds variety to this sauce.
This may be used as cake filling.
Celery Stuffing for Meats.Take
two cupfuls of bread crumbs, one cup
ful of diced celery, one-half cupful of
walnut meats, one teaspoonful of poul
try dressing, one teaspoonful of salt,
cayenne to taste, one teaspoonful of
grated onion, one teaspoonful of bak
ing powder and two tablespoonfuls of
butter. Soak the bread crumbs and
squeeze dry, add other Ingredients. Put
hamburg steak and this stuffing
In layers In a baking pan, cover the
top with stuffing. Bake 40 minutes.
Date Loaf Cake.Take one pound
of dates, one pound of walnut meats,
one cupful of flour, one cupful of
sugar, two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, four eggs, one teaspoonful
of vanilla, salt to taste. Use the
dates and nutmeats whole, sift over
the flour, which has been sifted with
the baking powder and- again with
the sugar. Beat in the egg yolks, add
vanilla and salt and fold in the stiffly
beaten whites bake one hour.
Cucumber Ringe.Peel and slice
the cucumbers, then with a vegetable
cutter take out the centers, leaving a
ring. Put them on ice for an hour,
dry and then fry in deep fat. Serve
with tlmbales of chicken.
French Pudding.Bake a pastry
shell and fill with nicely seasoned ap
ple sauced Cover with a merlngne, us
ing two egg whites and bake until the
meringue is a delicate brown.
