Lamp Wicks - To insure a good light, wicks must be changed often, as they soon become clogged, and do not permit the free passage of the oil. Soaking wicks in vinegar twenty-four hours before placing in lamp insures a clear flame. Felt wicks are best.

Persimmon Pudding

Jo Harrison

10-15 very ripe persimmons

1 sweet potato

1 teaspoon nutmeg

21/2 cups milk

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon cinnamon

2 eggs

1/2 teaspoon soda

1/2 teaspoon cloves

1 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon salt

Piece of butter the size of egg



Put persimmons through a colander with milk, add eggs well beaten with the brown sugar. Grate the sweet potato - add. Sift the flour with the spices - add. Melt the butter - add. Pour into pan and bake in oven at 350 degrees. Bake for full hour.

Then there is Winnie who made a really special persimmon pudding for one family party when they lived in that fine house in Grossmont. - MLS

Chocolate Mousse

Mrs. Haas

1 6 oz. pkg bits of chocolate

3 Tablespoon hot strong coffee

3/4 cups scalded milk

2 eggs

1 Tablespoon Kirsch or rum



Place ingredients in blender and blend at high speed for 2 minutes. Pour into 4 dessert glasses. Top with whipped cream. Add Kirsch and grated orange rind.


Dale & I had dinner with the Haas' at the Naval Postgraduate School and she served this. - VHL




Lemon Bisque


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