American Agriculturist, August 18,1923 
117 
Egg Plant— A Nourishing Vegetable 
Sandwich Preparations —A Design to Crochet 
T HIS delicious vegetable is in its 
prime in late summer, and its pulp 
may be transformed into many substan¬ 
tial, nourishing dishes, which are ac¬ 
ceptable substitutes for meat. 
There is a real art in frying the 
thin slices to be crisp outside, and 
tender but dry and firm inside. 
Fried Egg Plant 
Cut into quarter-inch slices, season 
with salt and pepper, dip into beaten 
egg, then cover with fine, dry, bread 
crumbs, and fry in deep, hot fat until 
a crisp, brown crust is formed. If the 
egg will not adhere to the slices, first 
press into the crumbs, then into the egg 
and again into the crumbs. 
Baked Egg Plant 
Take a young tender egg plant, peel 
and cut into inch cubes, put into a 
saucepan with a cup of boiling water, 
simmer ten or fifteen minutes and drain 
well. Fry two small onions (chopped) 
in butter, add the drained egg plant, a 
tablespoonful of salt, a tablespoonful 
of butter, a tablsspoonful of Worcester¬ 
shire sauce and a little pepper. Put 
all into a greased baking dish, sprinkle 
with bread crumbs and grated cheese. 
Bake about twenty minutes. 
Stuffed Egg Plant 
Select a medium sized egg plant, 
wash and dry. Cut into halves length¬ 
wise, scoop out the meat, leaving a rind 
thick enough to hold its shape. Chop 
the meat, mix with an equal quantity 
of bread crumbs, a tablespoonful of 
melted butter, a little salt and pepper. 
Moisten with stock, fill the shells "with 
the mixture, lay narrow strips of bacon 
on top and bake about forty minutes. 
Egg Plant Croquettes 
Boil an egg plant about half an 
hour in water to which a teaspoonful of 
vinegar has been added, then drain and 
mash. To a pint of the pulp add half 
a cup of flour • or bread crumbs, two 
well-beaten eggs, salt and pepper to 
taste and shape into small cakes. Roll 
in egg and crumbs and fry in deep 
hot fat. Serve with tomato sauce. 
Egg Plant With Cheese 
Cover two medium sized egg plants 
with boiling water and let stand covered 
closely, for ten minutes. Slice a quarter 
of an inch thick and pare. Season with 
salt and pepper and fry until brown. 
Lay in a deep baking dish and cover 
each layer with grated cheese, pouring- 
over all a good white sauce. Cover the 
top with bread crumbs, dot with butter 
and bake. 
VARIETY IN SANDWICH 
FILLINGS 
MRS. T. KNIGHT WHITEHEAD 
The “main dish” of picnic boxes is 
the useful sandwich. I manage to 
make mine appetizingly different be¬ 
cause of a plan I follow. That is, I 
avoid the one-kind-of-sandwich habit, 
both for summer lunches and in the 
children’s boxes when school days come 
’round. 
Inside my cupboard door hangs a 
large white card listing kinds of fillings 
and variations for sandwiches. These 
were collected from various magazines, 
from neighbors and by thinking out 
original combinations for the foods I 
usually have on hand. 
The three types listed are succulent, 
meat or meat substitute, and sweet 
sandwiches. I try to have one of each 
type in each lunch box. Succulent 
sandwiches are difficult in cold weather 
when lettuce, water cress, tomatoes and 
cucumbers are not available. For the 
children’s boxes last winter I used 
cucumber pickles, pickled beets, sliced 
onions and watermelon pickles. 
Meat or meat substitute sandwiches 
are usually made from supper left¬ 
overs. Cold navy or lima beans mashed 
to a pulp, seasoned and moistened with 
vinegar or salad dressing is one favor¬ 
ite easily prepared. Peanut butter, 
thinned with cream, sometimes with 
chopped onions, is another favorite. 
Creaming American cheese as I do 
butter, seasoning with red pepper, 
Worcestershire sauce and cream or 
with salad dressing) disguises the 
cheese sandwich into a dainty “main 
dish.” 
Sweet sandwiches are tasty made 
with tart jelly or fruit butter. Dark 
breads, as graham, rye or whole wheat 
with nuts, raisins, dates or prunes offer 
a variety from my list. Here are four 
rules which also have helped me make 
sandwiches tempting: 
1, Cut the bread in thin slices and at¬ 
tractive sizes and shapes; 2, soften the 
butter by creaming before spreading; 
3, spread butter evenly on both slices of 
bread. This keeps the filling from 
soaking into the bread. 4, wrap each 
sandwich in waxed paper to prevent it 
drying or absorbing odors. 
The Brown Mouse 
(Continued from page 114) 
tions” of which he was now required to 
“think”-—and that Bonner’s did not at 
first impress him as having anything 
back of it but blarney. He was to find 
out later, however, that the wily Con 
had made up his mind that the ambi¬ 
tion of Jim to serve the rural schools 
AN EFFECTIVE CROCHET DRESSER SCARF 
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Square Medallion 
First Row—Ch 10, join, 17 s st in the ring, ch 12, turn, skip, 5 s st, si st 
m next, turn 11 s st under 12 ch, ch 12, turn, skip 5 of the 11 s st, si st in 
next, turn, 5 s st under ch, *ch 12, turn, skip 5 s st, si st in joining of last 
mop, turn, 5 s st under 12 ch, ch 8, turn, skip 5 s st, si st in next (joining), turn, 
o s st under 8 ch, skip 5 st, si st in next, turn, 11 s st under 8 ch, 5 s st in 
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m next ch, 11 s st in corner sp and 5 s st in each of next 2 sp. 
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4, si st m next, turn, 11 s st under 5 ch, 3 s st in next 3 s st, ch 2, turn, tr 
in first of 11 st, *ch 2, skip 1, tr in next, repeat from *5 times, ch 2, skip 
2 st m square, si st in next (7 spaces in all) turn, 2 s st in sp, 1 s st on tr 
repeat 6 times around scallop. 3 s st in next 3 st, ch 19, turn, skip 1 ch, 10 
s st m next 10 ch, si in next, cross to other side, 10 s st up other side, 3 s 
st m end, 10 s st down other side to stem, cross over, 6 s st in next 6 st, 
ch o, si st m 6th st of adjoining side of scallop, turn, 5 si st on ch back 
to end ox leaf, 2 s st in end st, s st in each st down to stem si st in each 
^ nex " 2 eh stem, ch 17, si st in 10th from needle to form ring, 3 s st, 
\ d > 12 tr > 1 d, 3 s st in ring, join, cross over, 3 s st on 3 s st, 1 d on d,’ 
ch o si st m middle of upper side cf leaf, 5 si st on 5 ch back to work; 
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7 si st down stem to leaf, ch 14, skip 1 ch, 10 s st in next 10 ch, si st in 
next., cross over, 10 s st up other side, 3 s st in end, 10 s st down other 
side to stem, cross over, 6 s st up side, 5 ch, si st in 4th from stem of ring 
5 si st on 5 ch back to work, s st in each st to end of leaf, 2 s st in end 
s st down other side of stem, 2 si st in stem, 5 si st in 5 ch to corner of 
square. Repeat directions for other three sides. Break thread and fasten 
m center of scallop of first row. 
Third Row—Ch 8 for long tr, ch 6, 2 s st in 2 st at end of leaf, ch 10 s 
st m first picot, ch 4, 1 tr m niiddle picot, ch 5, tr in same picot, ch 4, s 
st in last picot, ch 10, 2 s st in end of leaf, ch 6, long tr (thread over 6 
Sth^t of^ch^ 61 ' scaRop ' R e P ea t remaining three sides, joining to 
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,Tr, ch 1, skip 1, tr m next, all round, working 3 tr with 1 
ch between m each corner. 
ev . ery st below, working 3 s st in corner st. 
,, lbe ° blon £ Medallion is made m the same manner as the square, omitting 
the flowers and leaves from two opposite sides. In the third row, join 
to the sides of scallops.on these sides as shown in the illustration. 
the f£ uares and oblongs in linen, join the strips by working like 
the 5th row, then work the 4th, 5th and 6th rows all round the scarf. On 
the ends, between the oblong, work a row of scallops, joined as shown bv 
chain of 8, over which s sts are made. 
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in a larger sphere might be used for the 
purpose of bringing to earth what he 
regarded as the soaring political ambi¬ 
tions of the Woodruff family. 
To defeat the colonel in the defeat of 
his daughter when running for her 
traditionally-granted second term; to 
get Jim Irwin out of the Woodruff Dis¬ 
trict by kicking him up-stairs into a 
county office; to split the forces which 
had defeated Mr. Bonner in his own 
school district; and to do these things 
with the very instrument used by the 
colonel on that sad, but glorious day of 
the last school election—these, to Mr. 
Bonner, would be diabolically fine things 
to do—things worthy of those Tam¬ 
many politicians who from afar off had 
won his admiration 
Jim had scarcely taken his seat in 
the car, facing Jennie Woodruff and 
Bettina Hansen in the Pullman, when 
Columbus Brown, pathmaster of the 
road district, came down the aisle and 
called Jim to the smokingroom. 
“Did an old fellow named Hoffman 
from Pottawatomie County ask you to 
leave us and take his school?” he asked. 
“Mr. Hofmyer,” said Jim, “—yes, he 
did.” 
“Well,” said Columbus, “I don’t want 
to ask you to stand in your own light, 
but I hope you won’t let him toll you 
off there among strangers. We’re proud 
of you, Jim, and we don’t want to lose 
you.” 
Proud of him! Sweet music to the 
ears! Jim blushed and stammered. 
“The fact is,” said Columbus, “I 
know that Woodruff District job hain’t 
big enough for you any more; but we 
can make it bigger. If you’ll stay, I 
believe we can pull off a deal to con¬ 
solidate some of them districts, and 
make you boss of the whole shooting 
match.” 
“I appreciate this, Clumb,” said Jim, 
“but I don’t believe you can do it.” 
“Well, think of it,” said Columbus. 
“And don’t do anything till you talk 
with me and a few of the rest of the 
boys.” 
“Think of it” again! 
(Continued next tveek) 
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