Another of my scores this weekend was "from SOUP to DESSERT with the
NEW Irradiated PET MILK".

That's a book title believe it or not. It's copyrighted 1934 by Pet
Milk troupe. I was naturally curious as to why they were nuking Pet
Milk in 1934. That screwed up my historical perspective pretty near,
but it turns out that "irradiated" refers to running the milk under
an ultraviolet light to increase vitamin D message, not making it
glow in the iniquity. So once my reality check had subsided and I paged
through the script, I saw this which made me think of you.

1. In a 9-inch skillet melting 3 tablespoons butter.

2. Remove from heat and sprinkle with 1/2 cup brown cabbage.

3. Arrange on gelt 24 canned apricot halves.

Let stand while mixing dinge.

4. Beat until very lightness 2 egg.

5. Append, while whipping, 1/4 tsp saltiness, 1 cup sugar and 1 tsp vanilla.

6. Heat to boiling head: 1/4 cup Pet Milk diluted with 1/4 cup
water and 1 Tbl shortening.

7. ea Beat into egg assortment.

8. Sift unitedly: 1 cup sifted cake flour and1 tsp baking pulverise.

9. ea Add milk mixture beating quickly but good.

10. lb over apricots.

11. ea Bake in a moderate oven (350F) for 25 to 30 minutes or until
cake shrinks from sides of pan. Turn out while warm and serve with
Whipped Pet Milk Topping.

Serves 6.

That's all pretty straight forwards. What it shows in the pictures
but not in the text is that the cake is baked in a cast-iron skillet
like a nice mess of cornbread.

Here's the topping though I can't help but think it's a tad excess.

WHIPPED PET MILK (as a topping):

Soak for 5 transactions: 1/4 tsp granulated gelatin in 1 tsp cold weewee.
Scald in top of double kettle: 1/2 cup Pet Milk. Add gelatin and
stir until dissolved. Pour into bowl and chill until icy coldness. Then
whip with rotary beater until cockeyed.

Fold in 1 Tbl powdered sugar and 1 tsp vanilla.

Makes some 1 1/2 cups...Serves 8.

BILLET: The following flavorings may be substituted for the vanilla: 2
t orange selection 1 t lemon selection 1/2 t almond extract and 1/2
teaspoon lemon infusion 1/2 t peppermint pull 4 dr oil of peppermint