let's Have A Pienic 



By NELL FLATT GOODMAN, 

 Home Bureau Editor 



^^V^HREE large rocks and a sheet 

 ^— ^ of tin will serve very well 

 ^/ tor outdoor cooking, says Mrs. 

 Raymond Norton, of Piatt county. The 

 lack of a well-built fireplace needn t 

 stop any one from having a picnic. 

 She knows, too, becau.se with Mr. Nor- 

 ton and their group of friends they 

 have tried it many times. 



In their sheet of tin. they made a 

 hole at the side for the .smoke to es- 

 cape. They use long handled skillets 

 for the hamburg, steak, or bacon and 

 egg meals. Yes, the smoke sometimes 

 blows back in dieir faces, but what is 

 a picnic without a bit of smoke.-' 



A message to come to a Farm Bureau, 

 neighborhood, or 4-H club picnic finds 

 Mrs. Norton prepared and ready. In 

 a good-sized paper shopping bag she 

 keeps a supply of paper plates, tups, 

 napkins, and eating utensils. A large 

 l^nnic basket, kept conveniently near. 

 ni.iy be filled with the necessary food 

 Several small towels are set aside es- 

 pecially for use on these occasions. 

 VC'iKlher it is a dres.sy picnic, or an im- 

 promptu get-together, these supplies 

 are ready and may be picked up on a 

 minute's notice. 



Like most men, Mr. Norton prefers 

 fried chicken for the main dish at 

 picnics. For many years Mrs. Norton 

 raised around a thousand chickens lor 

 family use and to sell through the 

 Fanners Market. The farm account 

 books show that as many as a thousand 

 chickens have been dressed and sold 

 from the farm in a year. This year, 

 however, since Baby Donna Rae Norton 

 came to live with them. Papa and 

 Mama Norton are arranging to get 

 along with a mere four hundred fries. 



For their neighborhood get-togeth- 

 ers, the family which has butchered 

 recently or has fresh meat in cold stor- 

 age takes that part of the picnic; the 

 others furnish the buns, pickles, coflee. 

 etc. By taking turns this isn't a hard- 

 ship for any one. Mrs. Norton finds 

 convenient, too, the canned tenderloin 

 mixed with pickles, egg, and mayonaise 

 lor sandwiches. If there is time, chick- 

 en and noodles, cooked and carried in 

 the pressure cooker to hold the heat. 

 Is another speciality. A cake safe, or 

 i^arrier, keeps deserts fresh and apart 

 from other foods. 



MRS. RAYMOND NORTON 

 "You can't beat a big freezer of fiome- 

 made ice cream." 



With a chocolate cake, or a batch 

 ot cookies, under that hd, 1 feel more 

 comfortable and ready to go, ' Mrs 

 Norton confessed. I don t like that 

 feeling that I have nothing to t.ike to 

 a picnu. 



Snowballs, a desert whieh tan be 

 made the day before, are easy to make.' 

 .Mrs. Norton said. They are good for 

 Home Bureau all-day meetings. These 

 require vanilla wafers, whipped cream 

 and coeoanut. Whip the cream very 

 stiff, sweeten to taste, and flavor. Spreaii 

 thickly over one wafer, top with an 

 other, spread cream again, and still the 

 third wafer. C over all with the whipped 

 cream. Roll in the cocoanut. and let 

 sMnd in the icebo.x o\er night. 



Molded chicken salad, which is diced 

 thicken, cooked mayonnaise, telery and 

 pimento, mi.ved in gelatine, is another 

 dish Mrs. Norton says is easily handled 

 and may be made the night before. 

 For luncheons this may be made at- 

 tractive by using individual molds and 

 garnishing with rose radishes, olives 

 or fan pickles. 



Mrs. Norton has led food tlubs of 

 i-H girls for several years. They studied 

 meal planning, specializing on break- 

 fasts, lunches and picnics. Fach year 

 the girls planned and prepared meals 

 with the mothers ,is guests. 



"If you are planning for girls.' Mrs. 

 Norton said. you can't beat a big 



freezer of homemade ice tream. They 

 like that best of all. For our own 

 family I use the electric refrigerator 

 ice cream because it is simpler. The 

 recipes included with the refrigerator 

 are very satisfattory. I have been add- 

 ing fresh peaches lately. Speaking of 

 ice cream, if you want to be prepared 

 when youngsters come, keep a supply 

 of ice cream tones Thev are tertain 

 to please ■ 



PRIZE CONTEST 



li you liad five dollars a month to 

 dress up or furbish your home, how 

 vrould you spend it? Would you in- 

 vest the whole sixty dollars for one 

 item or would you divide it up among 

 the various rooms in the home? 



The Home Department of the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association REC- 

 ORD is offering prizes for the best let- 

 ter of 300 words on this subject. Any 

 one from a Farm Bureau or Home Bu- 

 reau family is eligible. Tell your 

 story in as few wrords as you wrish. 

 but use no more than 300 words. The 

 first prize. SS.OO. second S2.S0. 



On this page is published a letter 

 from an Illinois farm woman who had 

 only SI a month for the home which 

 may give you some ideas. 



Now sit down and write your letter, 

 start it this way — 



"If I'd five dollars a month to spend 

 to make my home more attractive. I'd 

 spend it " 



Go ahead and tell just how you 

 would spend it. to the last penny. It 

 will take you only a few minutes and 

 you may be the lucky one. 



Itriglili'iii'd llii* Hnnii* 

 Uith Si u Miiiith 



l;\eiy iiioiith Junnj; tilt leai \'!--'. I 

 ^4Uttv.e^.l "ne li.illar fnim a huJi;t-t on »hith 

 I used a m.iunityini; j;lass btNiic Id llu tour- 

 ai;c to call it a bud.Ctt And I >ptnt e\tr> 

 l.isr pinn\ •■n lioiiu- lurbishini;. 



H<>niL- tuihisliin^ ' Thai's y.trnislnnt: and 

 hiii;littiiiiii; up tilt- linme su that vmi and vour 

 t.imily will wain to rush hatk every cluncc 

 viju >;et .md stay as limt as you can. Its 

 i;arnishini; tlit lionie in the same way that 

 >t>u decorate a platter ot tried ham with 

 parsli-y or a howl ot iol<ir!fss potato salad 

 with a dash ot hrii;lit ii-d pimento \<m lan 

 live without rhtst turhisiu-s. hut iifc tsn t 

 nearly so inicrestini; 



Tilt tirsi niMntli I tried iin pl.in was Ian 

 nary, I htu.iii on lire kitchen. The walls and 

 teiliim were p. tinted a neulrai mt\ wiiitc. the 

 woiKJ work. iM'H'. Not a spc-tk of color, lust 

 .1 told i!iii:li.-s oini. hven the linoleum, 

 ix-caust «it trequcin struhbinfi. fi.id lost wiiat 

 little color It ontc had. I sat down by tlie 

 kitchen t.ihit and looked about me. One 

 dollai ' \.\'h,ci louki I do witli SI. small a 

 sum ' 



I tt a little corner tupbiurd in my kitclun 

 that 1 ve always liked. 1 sttpptd into the 

 p-mtrv and hioin;lit out a pitcher ot Mexican 

 potteiv which a t'ric-nd >;jvc me last summer 

 This I set on one ot the cupboard shelves, 

 stepped Kick and studied tlie effect The rich 

 orantt. rcd-hiown and tan sliades. splashc-vl 



K.fii'UntitJ ■ n />.j.c't :(!> 



AUGUST. 1938 



