Household Uses for Vinegar - # 6

A teaspoon of white distilled vinegar for each quart bowl of drinking water helps keep your pet free of fleas and ticks. The ratio of one teaspoon to one quart is for a forty-pound animal.

Tuna Casserole

Make a white sauce of 2 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons flour and 2 cups milk. To this sauce, add 1 can mushroom soup, 1 can tuna, and salt and pepper to taste. Combine the above mixture with 1/2 package noodles, cooked until tender. Bake in a buttered baking dish at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Homemade French Dressing

1 1/2 cups ketchup
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup salad oil
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon salt
Dash of black pepper
1/2 cup vinegar
1/4 cup grated onion

Combine all ingredients in pint jar and cover with screw-on lid. Shake to mix.

Yeast Cornbread

Dissolve 1 package yeast in 1/4 cup warm water.  Scald 2 cups milk and pour over 1/3 cup lard or shortening and 1/3 cup of sugar.  Cool and add 2 eggs, well beaten, 1 teaspoon salt, and the yeast mixture.  Mix well and add 4 cups flour and 1/2 cup cornmeal.  Pour mixture into two loaf pans and let rise until double.  Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

Depression Meat Loaf

1/2 cup milk
2 slices bread
1/4 cup chopped onion
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 pound ground beef

In large bowl, pour milk over bread.  Let stand until milk is absorbed.  Add onion, salt and pepper.  Stir with fork until bread softens and is light and fluffy.  Mix in ground beef.  In a shallow baking dish, shape into a 7 x 3 x 2" loaf.  bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes or until no pink remains.  4 servings.