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Surprise Dish

SCALLOPS AU GRATIN,

THIS is the month in which to

catch scallops at their best. If the scallops were not pre=" pared by the fishmonger cut of Ethe beard and black part and- wash them thoroughly. Stew +them slowly in mlik in a double. saucepan for five minutes. There +fah turn to leather if cooked.

fast.

Place Uhem in their deeper) shells, which have previously, been washed and dried. Season with salt and pepper.

Make a white sauce from the Imilk in tohich the scallopa were stewed,, nour this over them, Isprinkle with breadcrumbs, · doćj Fugth butter, and bake in a mode-

rate oven for a quarter of any Thour.

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LIVER

DISHES

L

IVER is the most valuable

of all foods for anaemia.

It is rich in vitamins and iron; and its protein value is high.

The liver should be aliced, fried in a little bacon fat, and used as required when the busy housewife is anxious to time.

Liver Soufle

BAYC

Chop 1 cup cooked liver ẞnely. Melt 1 tablespoon butter In stew- pan, add liver, and stir til butter is absorbed.

Make a sauce with 1 tablespoon butter. 1⁄2 tablespoon flour, 3 táble- spoons good stock, and 2 tablespoons cream.

Press the incat through a wire sleve, and add it to the sauce and the yolk of an egg.

Mix well, season, and fold in stif- fly. beuten white of egg. Turn into a greased dreproot dish, and buke In hot oven 10-15 minutes, ll firm In centre.

Scrambled Liver and Eno

Scramble an egg in the usual way. and when beginning to set, nur in 1⁄4 cup finely chopped cooked liver, Season well, and serve on toast, garnished with chopped parsley. Liver and Macaromi

Boil 2 ozs macaroni. When ten- der, drain, add 1⁄2 tin tomato soup. Brown a dessertspoon minced onion in a little butter, chop 1⁄4 lb cooked ilver, and add onion and meat to the macaroni. Seuson well.

Turn into fireproof dish, and bake til brown on top.

Liver and Rice Mould

Grease a small basin, and the line

with

with

Meet BOBBY BEAR'S

NOTE TO Knitters-

Materials required. —2oz. fewn, foz. bluc, loz, white d-pły doublé knitting wool, 1 pr. No, 11 steel knitting needles, žyd, red ribbon Jin. wolle, few yards fine black wool, for cues and waistcoat buttons, a little kapok. Abbreviations-K, khit; top.. to='

vether; incu

increase; sta..

¿stliches; rpt., repeat.

Welow! Bobby Bear's own

THAT an engaging little

first cousin., A. plump, soft, cuddly toy for Baby. It is quite easy to. knit, too, if the instructions are carefully fol- lowed.

You can vary the colours chosen, of course, but the little fawn-col- oured bear here, with blue coat and white waistcoat, attractive.

is very

The work begins at the base of the toy and is worked throughout in plain krilling.

How to Knit It

How With fawa wool coat on 40 sta. K 10 rows. How 11-K V sis., put these on n' pin får foot (31). Cast of sta. Krowa (29), Now 13.---K frat 2 sts, log. (28), Row 14.-K. Rpt. these 2, raws twice (20).

How 19-K & rows. Row 25,-K first

3 sts, tog, (25).. Row 26-K last 2 sis, tog. (24). Rpt, these rows twice (20). Row 31-Inc. in first at. (21).

Row 32.-Inc. lu last st. (23). Row 33. Join blue wool for coat. K. 18 rows. Row 51,-X Bats. Put these on a pin. Cast off 4 sts. for armhole. K remaining 10 nts.

Row 12.-Work 15 rows on these 10 sta. Put these ata, on a pin. Row 67— Pick up the @ sts. from pin, joining wool to where the 4 sis, were cast off. K 10 rows.

How 82-K first 2 sis. tog., pick up the 10 sts. from pin, K them (17). Rew 81.-K.

Row 84.-Join white wool for collar. K 2 st. tog, at beginning, middle and end of row (14). Now 85-K 6 rows, Row 90-Join fawn wool for head. Cast on 2 sts. Inc. in middle and end sta, (18), Row $1-Inc, in first, middle and end sta. (21). How $2.—Ine, t first and that at. (23). Now 03.-K. Now B1.—Inc. in first st. (24). Now 95. -K 15 rows.

Now 110.—Cast off 5 als, for nose. K. 2 rows (19). Row 112-E. first 2 sla

BITS TO

CUT

cooked rice. Fill the centre Boiling Over

finely chopped cooked liver,

onlon, and lemon juice.

OUT

well seasoned with salt, pepper, TTAVE you ever been boiling Then add a layer of breadcrumbs, milk and turned round to

H

an egg slightly beaten, and enough find it rapidly rising to the top water to moisten. Cover with of the saucepan, and although greased paper, steam 45 minutes, and turn out Coat with tomato. you turn_the_gas_down_it_still_

sauce.

Savoury Liver

Here is a favourite family dish:

I lb liver.

2 ozs white breadcrumbs.

2 ozs chopped suct.

I teaspoon mixed herbs.

1 teaspoon minced onion,

1 egg: 1 lb tomatoes.

About 8 rashers bacon, Slice liver in 8 pieces. Make stuff- Ing. Skin tomatoes and halve. Lay small ball stuffing on each piece liver, and fold slice in two.

Lay each slice on well greased dish, put on it a tomato cut side down,

rises and flows over?. The next time this happens, as you turn down the gas gently blow into the saucepan; the milk will re- |cede and none will be wasted,

Bumped Yourself?

IF you give yourself a bad

knock and the veins around the place swell and look inflamed, soak a pad of collon wool or u folded handkerchief in vinegar and hoht it on the damaged spot.

Within ten minutes or a quarter

of an hour the swelling and inflam-

and Inya plece of bacon over pormation will be considerably relieved,

tion.

and you will have saved yourself a

Cover all with a piece of greased nasty-looking bruise. paper, and bake In a moderate oven for 30 minutes,

Skinned Inobel

FOR INSECT BITES AND STINGS.

Bites and atings are irritating in

skin tomatces without

plunging them into boiling

water, hold them on o fork over the flame of a gas stove or the red-hot burner of an electric stove.

This is quicker than the method, and the tomatoes remain

firm.

Long-lived Lemons

old

keep a lemon which has been cut, Insert the uncut

end in a little sult and water, chang-

come

Knit this little fallow for Baby's Christmas Stocking.

Log, (18). Row 112-E. Rpt. these 2 rows twice (26). How 118,—–X, first and Instats, tog, (14). Bow 110-X, Rpt. these 2 rows once (17).

Now 122.-K. Arst, middle and end, 2 sts. log. (9), Rpt. this row once (8). Cast off.

FOR FOOT-Pick up the 9 eta from pin, join wool to where the 2 als. were cast off.-K. 3 rows. K. first and last 2 sta, tog. (7). Rpt. this row once (5). Cast off.

Knit another plece in the same man. ner. To ensure that the joining of the different coloured wools comes on the right side of the work, Join the blue wool for cont before knilting row 32; white wool for collar before knitting row 83; fawn wool for head before knit- - ting row sp.

Inside Legs & Chest

Row 1-With fawn wool cast on 43 sts., K. 10 rows.

Row 11-K. D sts., put these on a plu for foot. Cast off 2 sia., K. to end (32).

R

Cousin

Easy-to-Make

Toy for Baby

Rpt, this row once (21). Row 13.-K. first and last 2 sis, log, 119). Now 14. --K. Rpt. these 2 rows twice (15), Kow 19--K. 6 rows.

How 25,--K. first and last 2 sts. tor. .(13). Row 10--K.. Rpt. these 2 rows twice (9). Row 31-inc. in first and Inot sts. (11). Row 82—K

Now 33--Join white wool for waist- coat. I. 10 rows. Row 43,-. Arst and last á sig. tog. (9). Row 44–K, 0 TOWS. Rpt these 10 rows twice (5).

Row 73.-K. Arst and last 2 sts. tog. (3). Row 74.-Cast off.

Pick up the 9 ats. from pln that were left for Icet, joining wool to where the

2 sta, were cast off. K. 3 rows,

K. first and last 2 sts, log. (7). Apt. this row once 15). Cast of.

Work the other foot in the same

manner.

The Arms

How With blue wool cast on 4 sla. K. Row 2-Inc. in first and last sta. (6). Row 3.-K. rpt, these 2 rows U

times (18). Row 18-K. 14 rows. Row 30-Joln'white wool for cuff.

K. 4 rows. Now 34-Join Yawn wool for hand, K, first, middle and. end 2 sts. tog, (15), Row 35.-K. 7

rows.

Row 12-K. frat, middle anu end 2 tog. (12). Rpt this row once (9). cust off. K, another arm the same. 'Soles of Feet

• Row 1.—With fawn wool cast on 4 sto. K. Row Inc. in first and last sta (6), Row 3.-K. RpL. these 2 rows once (8).

Row 4.-K. 4 rows. Row 10-K. Arst and last 3 ats tog. (8). Row 11-K Rpt. these two rows once (4). Cast off Kanother sole in the same manner

The Ears

Row With fawn wool cast o13 4sts, IC. Ita 2,-Inc. in first and last elf. (6). How 3. Rpt, these 2 rowa 3 times (12): Row 10-K. 10 run.

Row 20-K, 2 sts. tog. In middle of row (11). Rpt. this row ques (10), Cast of. K. another ear in the saJTU manner.

Headpiece

Row 1-With fawn wool cast on 3 sts, Krows. Now, B.-Inc, in first. and last sis (5). Row 6-K 5 rows Rept. these Grown twice (0). Row 23.

K 24 rows.

Row 47-K first and last 2 sts, tog (7). Row 48-K 11 rows. Rpt. these 12 rows once (6). Row 71,--K Arst and last 2 sta. tog. (3). Row 72--K 3 rows. Cast off.

Base for Toy

Row 3-With fawn wool cast on 14 sta, K 30 rown. Row 31.-K first and last 2 sta. tog. (12). Rpt. thila row 3 times 18). Cast off.

To make up the Teddy Dear.-Sew the two sidepieces together, beginning from neck over face to uOSE, Sew along the back. Sew in the headpiece. placing the part where Ühe work was cast on to nose. Sew along face over head to neck.

Sew in the inside of legs and chest. Sew in the soles, Sew up the arms and set lato ninholes.

Sew in the piece for base, leaving about 2 inches open at the back for stuming.

Turn the work and stuff tightly with kapok, using a knitting needle to press this well into the head, arms and legs. Press the kapok well into the body to make the bear look a good shape.

Sew up the opening at the back. Mark the nose, mouth and claws, In fine black wool. Scw large wool knola for eyes. Bew on tho cars. Mark the buttons down the front of waistcoat-with black wool, Sew on the ribbon bow.

This may save

you 100 hours

of work

pastry cutters, egg whisk, grater and

tin opener in it.

MAST an eye over the general arrangement of your kit- chen. Is there a convenient table

UNNING a home is a big job, and housewives cer- placed close to your stove so that tainly work hard.

you can put things into the oven and without having to But some of you are inclined to make your work harder take them out than it need be. Take, for example, a job you do at least 1,000 walk any distance? times a year-clearing the table after a meal. How many times

I..there isn't room, for a table to do you walk from the table to the kitchen each meal? On an stand permanently in this position, have a folding table fixed which will average four times.

drop down against the wall when

Now suppose you use,a wheeled trolley. Only one journey you are not using IL. * ing the water every two or three

What about your cleaning work? days. The lemon will not then be with dirty crockery is required: the dishes on the trolley are to

dry, and will be free from hand ready for washing. You have saved three journeys, used When you are turning out an up- up less energy, cut the time required, and kept your kitchen stairs room how often do you have tidier.

mildew which usually forms,

THE MIRACLE HAS HAPPENED Continued from Page G.)

.

the extreme and the temptation to front of her, and I was a millstone. scratch often outweighs better judg-But she is purposeful. ment.

I was weak. I married her against

all better feeling. What Mary has

to run up and down the stairs to fetch something you have forgotten That wheeled trolley, made and kept for use and not orna- to take with you? These journeys ment, should save you walking about thirty miles and save you use up time and energy. about 100 hours in the course of a year. Those odd yards and

So, keep all your cleaning_imple- ments in bax with a handle. minutes mount up; you'll notice.

When you set out on a cleaning job you pick up the box and know that you have got everything you will need. Do your heavy work in the

П

WHAT about your kitchen? How high is the table at when rubbing at

which you do most of your work? Probably a little when you're doing hard rubbing or polishing think of a dance that you

in getting rhythm into your move- Raise the table a few ments the work will seem a lot

caster,

But it is courting trouble to Jo this, for dirt may easy get into the had to endure through the years with place and blood-poisoning result.

Better by far to trent the trouble not been easy for her.

me, even I do not know. But it bus too low to be perfectly comfortable. It makes you stoop, and enjoyed, because. If you can succeed wisely by applying Sho-ko, Thin

that sometimes gives you n ̧ backache, antiseptic, fragrant ointment, com-

As for me, I was happier than I posed of a blend of curative ingre dients, soothes, cools

Arkl quickly heals.

Keep in of She-ko handy in the life than that I should live for ever home. She-ko is equally good for in this state, cuta, ocratches, abraalons, burns,

had ever been. My bindness did not inches and notice how much more comfortable it is to work at matter. I formed delicious dream- pictures of Mary, of our children, of

our little home.. I asked no more of either. I see that quite clearly,

It is not the face of Mary to which

over. Another point: have you noticed that when n handy man builds himself a work bench he fixes

I owe so much but something finer slotted rack to hold his small scalde, and for skin complaints such

Then Mary brought a surgeon to and deeper burning within her. Sec-tools? When he wants one of them as eczema, ringworm, wet and dry me, and the surgoon brought me here. Ing her will not make me know that in a hurry all he has to do is to

The pain has been terrible, but so for invisible something less than I know reach out his hand.

have managed not to squeal. But it already..

nores, boils, pimples, and for external piles. Chemists everywhere supply

SHE-KO

can

If is not the pain that has really mat- tered to me. It is the fear of dis- Illusionment,

Now, that does not seem to matter,

exist; and for her anko I can surely The risk she spoke of does not carry on with a little more pain un- Ull the miracle is complete,

THERE are probably several other ways of making your

entirely a matter of machines. It is work eastor, Labour-raving: Is not. sometimes a matter of doing a simillar job in a new WDF.:'.'

Get your handy man to fix you As a start, the next time you

working table, so that your small operations a rack in your klichen, near to your make a cake count up the different you go through, and fools will always be handy. Keep then ask yourself whether all of sour measuring spoons, rolling, pin them are absolutely, fiècemary,

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