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THE MANITOBA HEALTH COOK BOOK

Rhubarb Pie

1 gt. rhubarb Pinch of salt 2 T. cornstarch
14 or 2 ¢. sugar
Cut rhubarb into inch lengths without removing skin and
place in the lower crust. Mix sugar, cornstarch and salt and

sprinkle over the top. Cover with a top crust and bake in oven
about 45 minutes at 450' deg. F.

Rhubarb and Date Pie

Line pie plate with rich paste. Lay on it a layer of dates and
fill up with rhubarb, | c. sugar, and bake in oven with an upper
crust, about 40 minutes at 450 deg. F.

Butterscotch Pie

1 ¢c. b-sugar me 4 T. flour Y%, t. salt
3 eggs 2 c. milk 1 t. butterscotch
2 T. butter Baked pie shell flavoring

Sift sugar, flour and salt and adc well beaten egg yolks.
Scald milk and pour slowly over first mixture. Return to double
boiler and cook, over hot water until filling is thick, stirring fre-
quently. Add the flavoring and butter, and cool. Pour inte
well baked pie shell. Beat egg whites until they are stiff. Add 6 T.
brown sugar and |4 t. salt. Continue beating until mixture stands

in peaks. Spread roughly over top of pie.and brown in slow, 325
deg. F. oven about 20 to 25 minutes.

Fresh Strawberry Pie

3 c. streevberries 1 c. sugar , t. vanilla
2 T. quick tapioca 2 T. butter

Line pie pan with rich pastry. Wash and hull strawberries
and cut them in quarters. Mix sugar with ingredients and turn into
pie pan. Sprinkle tapioca over berries, dot with butter and addi
vanilla. Cover with top crust of pastry. Cut 2 or 3 gashes to
allow the steam to escape and bake in hot, 425 deg. F. oven for
about 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 375 deg. F. and continue bak-.
ing for about 20 minutes longer, or until crust is well browned
Serve warm. °

Lemon Pie

14 c. lemon juice 1 c. boiling water 3 eggs
2 whites for frosting Rind of 1 lemon Pinch of salt
1 c. sugar 3 T. flour 1 T. butter

Take salt, sugar, flour and butter and stir smooth. Then add
water. Boil until thick. Add grated rind and juice of lemon and

- beaten eggs to cornstarch mixture. Pour into baked pie shell
Beat whites stiff, add 4 T. sugar and brown in oven.

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