pieces and
1 tablespoon celery cut in small pieces, and mix thoroughly.

THOUSAND ISLAND DRESSING

Add to
Russian Dressing just before serving
1/4 cup cream, beaten stiff.

1921 CHILI SAUCE

Force through food chopper
3 green bell peppers
1 red bell pepper and
4 large onions. Put in saucepan with
12 large tomatoes or
1 quart canned tomato
1 quart vinegar
1 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon oil of clove
1/4 teaspoon oil of cinnamon
3 tablespoons salt
3/4 teaspoon allspice
3/4 teaspoon mustard
3/4 teaspoon soda and
1 tablespoon table sauce.

Cook until soft and rub through puree sieve, getting through as much as
possible of the vegetables. Cook again until thick and of the desired
consistency.

ORANGE BISCUITS

Sift together
2 cups bread flour
5 teaspoons baking powder and
1 teaspoon salt. With tips of fingers rub in
2 tablespoons shortening. Twenty minutes before the meal is to be
served add
7/8 cup milk, mixing with a knife. Roll out 3/4 inch thick and cut with
round cutter 1 inch in diameter. Place close together on a greased tin
sheet. Break
16 lumps demi-tasse loaf sugar in halves and squeeze the
Juice of 1/2 orange. Dip pieces of sugar one at a time in the orange
juice and push a piece down in the center of each biscuit. Grate
Orange rind over the biscuits and bake 15 minutes in a hot oven
or at 450 degrees F.

PLAIN PASTRY

Put in mixing bowl
5 tablespoons shortening
3 tablespoons ice water and
1/2 teaspoon salt, and work until creamy, using wooden spoon. Add
1 cup pastry flour and mix by cutting with a knife.
Sprinkle pastry cloth or board with
2 tablespoons flour. Pat with rolling pin and roll the pastry to fit
a large pie plate. Line the plate with the pastry and build up a fluted rim.

MOLASSES PIE

Put in mixing bowl
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour and
1 teaspoon salt and mix well. Add
1 1/2 cups molasses
3 egg yolks slightly beaten
3 tablespoons melted butter
3/4 cup nut meats cut in fine pieces. When well mixed pour into the
unbaked crust. Bake 10 minutes in a hot oven, 500 degrees F., to cook
the crust and set the rim. Then reduce the heat to 350 degrees F. and
bake 40 minutes. Cover with
Meringue. Bake 12 minutes. Cool before serving.

[Illustration: MOLASSES PIE]

MERINGUE

Beat
4 egg whites until stiff and dry. Beat in gradually
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt an