SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
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oughly, season with salt, pepper and butter, and serve. 
String Beans — Snap the ends from the beans, remove 
any strings, cut into short pieces, wash, cover with boil- 
ing salted water (1 level teaspoon to a pint) and cook 
until tender. The time required will vary from one 
hour to three hours, depending on the age and kind of 
bean. Drain the beans, season with salt and butter, 
and serve. 
Canned string beans should be rinsed, reheated in as 
little water as possible, drained, and seasoned. 
Baked Tomatoes — Select smooth tomatoes* otf even 
size. Wash the tomatoes, remove the thin slice from 
the stem end and remove a spoonful of pulp. Sprinkle 
with salt, pepper and scraped onion, fill the cavity with 
buttered crumbs, place in a pan (preferably one which 
can be used as a serving dish at the table), and bake in 
a moderate oven until the tomatoes are tender. Serve 
in the dish in which they were cooked or remove them 
carefully to the platter on which the Hamburg steak 
is being served, arranging them in a ring around the 
meat. 
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The buttered crumbs are prepared by melting a table- 
spoon of butter or oleomargarine and stirring in six 
tablespoonfuls of dry .bread crumbs. 
Desserts — Most desserts are easy to make if the 
directions given in the cook books are followed exactly. 
Many people take pride in making beautiful cake or 
pie, who are careless about making good toast or bak- 
ing a potato well. 
Apple Betty — Prepare well sWeetened apple sauce 
and thin slices of lightly buttered bread cut in small 
triangles. Fill a shallow baking dish with alternate 
layers of apple sauce and toast, beginning with apple 
sauce and ending with toast. Sprinkle lightly with 
