When guests arrive at an inopportune moment the housewife who has a store of good emergency recipes can meet the situation unruffled and composed. Emergency hot bread recipes will greatly aid in planning a hasty meal especially in a small town where there are no delicatessen shops from which the housewife may buy her baking. A good pattern baking powder biscuit recipe has many variations which will give variety to a meal as well as supply the necessary bread for lunch or dinner.