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Favorite Dishes in Famous Homes: Yolks

Filling Yolks 3 eggs, cupful sugar, 1 cupful milk, 1 tablespoonful (scant). cornstarch Heat milk in a double boiler, add eggs and cornstarch, cook till it thickens, add pinch of salt and any flavoring desired, and put between layers of cake.

From Mrs. A. C. Shallenberger, wife of Governor of Nebraska.

Amber Cream. 1 quart milk, package gelatin, 1 cupful sugar, Yolks 6 eggs, Whites 6 eggs, 1 teaspoonful vanilla.

Dissolve gelatin in a little cold water, let milk come to boiling point and melt gelatin in it. Add sugar and well-beaten yolks of eggs, stirring constantly till well blended, cook in a double boiler till it thickens, then turn in whites of eggs whipped to a stiff froth. Flavor with vanilla. Pour into cups or a fancy mold and set in a cold place over night. When ready to MRS. CURTIS'S COOKBOOK serve, turn out on a plate or sauce Almond Cream. dish.

From Mrs. John F. Shafroth, wife of Governor of Colorado.

Cucumber Mangoes (Prize recipe).

Soak in strong brine nine days as many large green cucumbers as you wish to use. Then lay them fortyeight hours in clear water. Cut a slit lengthwise in each, scoop out seeds, wipe dry and fill with stoned raisins, lemon cut in long, thin strips, and 6 or 8 whole cloves. Sew up slit, pack cucumbers in a stone jar and cover with a boiling sirup made after following recipe: Add to 1 quart vinegar 5 pounds sugar, also mace, cinnamon, and cloves to taste. Reheat sirup and pour boiling hot over cucumbers for nine successive mornings. From Mrs. J. S. Sanders, wife of Governor of Louisiana.

Strawberry Ambrosia.

Select large, ripe strawberries. Arrange in a glass bowl with alternate layers coarsely chopped pineapple.

Sprinkle between layers plenty of powdered sugar and freshly grated cocoanut, then pour over top 1 cupful orange juice. Set on ice, and serve very cold.

From Mrs. M. R. Patterson, wife of Governor of Tennessee.