Arrange the halves of canned pears, round side up, on lettuce leaves, which curl closely about the pear and have the effect of a hood. Place cloves in the pear for eyes, blanched almonds for ears, and slip thin slices of canned pimento into cuts made for nose and mouth. The expressions may be varied. Put salad dressing around the outside of the pear to represent hair and arrange a bow of red pimento under the chin of the sunbonnet baby. These salads are very effective and easy to make.
Nut Bread (Twenty-four sandwiches)
1½ C-graham flour
2 C-white flour
4 t-baking powder
1 C-"C" sugar
2 t-salt
1½ C-milk
2/3 C-chopped nut meats, dates or raisins
Sift together all the dry ingredients, add the nut meats and fruit. Add the milk. Stir well, and pour into two well-buttered loaf pans. Allow to stand and rise for twenty minutes. Bake three-fourths of an hour in a moderate oven. Use bread twenty-four hours old for the sandwiches. "C" sugar is light brown sugar and gives food a delicious flavor.
Lemon Sherbet (Ten portions)
4 C-water
2 C-sugar
¼ C-lemon juice
1 egg white
Boil sugar and water ten minutes. Cool, add lemon juice and strain. Freeze, and when nearly stiff, add beaten egg white and finish freezing.
Icing (White Mountain Cream)
2 C-sugar
½ C-water
2 egg whites
½ t-lemon extract
Boil the sugar and water without stirring until it threads when dropped from the spoon. Pour slowly into the whites of the eggs beaten stiffly. Beat until it holds its shape. Add the flavoring and spread on the cake.