Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-06
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Everyday nus of Fare.
ny MARION uARLAND.
In the preparation Of this series fblls
OF fare for family use | have sought 10
accomplish three thingsi
First and chiefly to be practical
Secondly, 10 express my meaning clear
" and fully
Thirdly, 10 rdapt menu and recipes to
the service Of people of moderate means.
GLOW do you make your delicious
chicken saladIn asked one housekecper
of another in the day when the dish was
comparatively new.
"Oh, put in all the good things can
think Of, aud when II tastes just right
stop" was the satisfactory reply Too
many recipes, furnished by practical
cooks and printed for the use Of the mex
perlenced, are constructed on this princ-
pie, and presuppose skill and judgment
In the tyrO Almost Ms serious TX the
blunder Of yielding To the temptation TO
write out SNOWY lists of dishes ~ model
meals for the render whose income Is not
above the average of that of the young
merchant or professional man. The true
cook has in her modest sphere such pleas
ure In recipe making as the musician or
poet has In composition, All three fail of
popularity when they discourage instead
OF animatlng those they would instruct.
The teachers province is not to display
his own proficiency, but TO develop the
pupils powers. Tuition that falls short
Of this end Is failure
The housewife who has fixed and
small allowance for marketing roads in
the Home Corner Of her family ncwspa-
per a breakfast menu that calls for dish
Of meat, one of fish and another OF eggs,
for two kinds Of hot bread, for oatmeal
porridgb potatoes, fruit coffee and
millGd chocolate-and, with q sinking
heart She turns elsewhere Tor help Ia her
attempt to vary the IBonotony OF the FIRST
aud most trying meal Of the day. Recipes
and cook books are not prepared for
mlllionalre's wives. Our prudent man
ager knows as well as does her would-be
mentor that few families even among her
wealthy neghbors sit down daily to
breakfast tables spread ~ layishly as the
imaginary board above sketchcd. TO
encouragement 10 aided contempt for
the printed guide that would assert the
contrary to be the rule.
clever little woman who has a pos
Tive genius for cookery threw up her
hands traglcally when recommended IA
i NhpAll iiNA'i' hhA NHfdp NhN OlNliI liNiiutt
directions for Which ire herewith APP
| pended;
81 have receipt for IL, thank you' II
calls for sixteen ingredients. | counted
them. One OF them IL quart of cream!
| could not put that soup into my tureen
for less than 81 80, not computing time
and labor. do not believe In decent
dinners for six people, but we can't af.
! ford So feustS for every uaV "
A novice brought To- me last week an
article clipped from favoritc weekly, In
which minute instructions were given,
dialogically, for the manufacture of meat
dumpliugs The tale---as tale--hung
well together. But the meat never went
into the pastry. Why and how they were
kept apart was worse quandary than
the kings enigma as to how the nppleAeot
into his dumping.
With this predatory, and, trust, not
tedious laying of the cloth, we will pro.
coed to the business Of the day.
nREAKFAsr.
Wheaton Grits.
| Baked Omrletle with cheese.
flashed Potatoes, Crcamcd.
! Apple ShurtcHkc Grahnm Iiread
Fruit. Tea, Coffee.
Wheaton -Four heaping table.
spooniuls OF cracked wheat, soaked all
! night IN enough water 70 cover IL, on,
quart of boiling wat r, half teaspponful
salt, varying the quantity 10 taste. Heat
the water in q larina kettle; stir In Tho
soaked grits and salt, and cook one hour.
stirring often. Beat up hard before turn.
ing it into deep dish.
Baked omelettc with cheese--Si eggs,
one tablespoonful Of cream or milk
half tcaspooniul Of cornstarch
wet with milk. three table.
spoonfuls of dry grated cheese, san
aud pepper. Beat whites and volks
separately aud very light. Mix them with
| a few whlris OF your ogg.bratcr. This
this should bo done lightly and swiftly.
the seasoning and corustarch going In nl
the same timc. Pour tue frothcd mixture
Instantly into u warm and butiered bake.
! dish and set In q quick oven until
| ~ has phffed high and begins to color
/ family. From i've 10 seven minutes In a
hot oven should do this Draw TO thc
oven door, strew the cheese on the Ton
aud hold rUd-hot shovel so close 10 ii
that II will blaze up suddenly. Blow ii
| out as soon ns Il ignitcs and serve at once
| Grated parmcsan cheese Is put up in bot.
] Ties by Crosse & Blackwell and Is best foI
this dish,
/ flashed potatoes, creamed.- Ten OF
twelve large potatoes cut luiO dice "A
nearly uniform IN size as may be, boilinp
water To cover them well, one Gun N
milk, one tablespoonful Of butter cut on
IN one OF four, salt aud pepper 20 liking,
cook the potatoes tender but not break.
Ing, turn of all water except spoonful
or two IN the bottom Of the kettle, put In