THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, AUGUST, 1928 



Melt fat, add molasses and meat, add 

 sifted ingredients; add sour milk and 

 beat. Pour into a buttered pan and bake 

 ?,Q minutes in a moderate oven. 



Old-Faahioncd Sour Crtam Bin(-i(itN 



2 cups flour 



h teaspoon salt 



3 teaspoons baking powder 

 i teaspoon soda 



I cup thick sour cream 



Sift dry ingredients, together, mix with 

 the cream to a dough of the consi.stency 

 to roll, adding a spoonful of sweet milk 

 or water, if too stifi". Cut into biscuits. 

 Place in greased pan and bake in hot 

 oven. (450° F.) 



If you have a favorite recipe for bis- 

 cuits, cookies, cake, that calls for sweet 

 milk, you may modify it to use .sour milk 

 just as well. If the recipe calls for one 

 cup of sweet milk, and two teaspoons of 

 baking powder, simply u.se sour milk in- 



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stead of sweet and add a half teaspoon 

 of .soda, leaving in the two teaspoons of 

 baking powder. Soda should always be 

 sifted with the flour and not added to the 

 milk. Little dark spots in the biscuit or 

 cake show that the soda has not been 

 evenly distributed. This can be avoided 

 if the soda is sifted with the flour. 

 May E. Foley, 

 State Nutrition Specialist. 



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"May beet tops and chard be 

 substituted for spinach?" 

 "At this time of the year, 

 beet tops, chard or any other 

 leafy vegetables may be used 

 in place of spinach. Though 

 no one food ever exactly takes 

 the place of another, it is 

 well to know which ones have 

 the same general composition. 

 If you remember to serve a 

 leafy vegetable or one that is 

 green in color every day, we 

 will not go far wrong." 

 "Should berries be given to 

 young children?" 

 "Berries should be given to 

 young children only if 

 cooked and strained. The 

 seeds may be very irritating 

 to the sensitive digestive 

 tract of the child." 

 "Does the child need cod liver 

 oil in the summer?" 

 "The average child does not 

 need cod liver in the summer 

 when nature provides plenty 

 of sunshine. But the child 

 must be out in the sunshine 

 if he is to get the benefit of 

 it. Sunshine through window 

 panes is not nearly as benefi- 

 cial as direct rays." 

 "Is there any good eff'ect from 

 letting sliced cucumbers stand 

 in salt before they are 

 eaten?" 



"No, there was an old notion 

 that salt sprinkled on the cu- 

 cumber draws out the poison. 

 Now we know that letting 

 them stand in salt only makes 

 them briny and less attrac- 

 tive. We sei-ve them as cold 

 and crisp as possible. Cu- 

 cumbers are not oa.sily di- 

 gested by yourig children and 

 some adults find them dis- 

 tressing. 



May E. Foley, 

 State Nutrition Specialist. 



Strawberries, raspberries, and other 

 garden products taste exceptionally fine 

 at this season of the year when they are 

 fresh, but they taste almost as good next 

 winter, says W. R. Cole, canning special- 

 ist from Massachusetts Agricultural Col- 

 lege. 



In cooperation with radio stations WBZ 

 and WBZA, Mr. Cole has arranged a 

 radio summer canning school for home 

 canners in Massachusetts and other New 

 England states. Each Monday at 6:40, 

 daylight saving time, members of the de- 

 partment of horticultural manufactures 

 at the college will give brief and modern 

 instruction in canning and preserving. 



Starting .July 9 and running until Au- 

 gust 27, the subjects to be discussed are: 

 August 20, Canning Corn; Pears; Pre- 

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