Cereal with Fruit

¾ cup Wheat Germ

¾ cup cold water

2 cups boiling water

1 teaspoon salt

½ lb. dates, stoned, and cut in pieces

Mix cereal, salt, and cold water; add to boiling water placed on front of range. Boil five minutes, steam in double boiler thirty minutes; stir in dates, and serve with cream. To serve for breakfast, or as a simple dessert.

Fried Mushes

Mush left over from breakfast may be packed in greased, one pound baking-powder box, and covered, which will prevent crust from forming. The next morning remove from box, slice thinly, dip in flour, and sauté. Serve with maple syrup.

Fried Corn Meal Mush, or Fried Hominy