The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-08-08
Hot Weather Diet.

A new publication called Tile Cook,
which is supposed to be good authority
in all cuisine matters, says that house
keeping presents more varied difficulties
to the young housekeeper in summer
than at any other season of the year. 1t
is the season when heavy joints should
be eschewed, and light tempting viandS,
arranged in neat appetizing form, served
in their stead.
Summer menus are much more dittl-
cult to arrange than others, as our Sys-
TENS demand cooling viands. There is
nothing more acceptable than cold
meats, such as cold roast lamb, cold
roast squads and chickens, and among
cold vegetables, cold asparagus. These
if neatly arranged on the dishes and
prettily garnished, ifwith nothing other
than few fruit blossoms, will please
the eye and more easily tempt the pal
ate. Salads present an endless array of
good cheer during summer, and are
most acceptable. A liberal diet of
fresh, thoroughly ripe fruit is of the
highest importance to most of US, but
care must be exercised not to eat too
heartily of it at any one meal. Vast
quantities of liquids should be avoided
when fruit has been eaten.
At no season of the year is it more
important to have good, reliable SER
wants than in summer. If they conde-
scend to remain in the city, it is with
reluctance and an increase of salary.
The summer presents to them visions of
sea beaches, green fields, and flirtations,
not to be cast aside without strong
financial inducements, and even then
they feel and act like Gagged birds Strug-
Cling to be free. Consequently watch
| fulness greater than at other times must
be exercised, to see that they do not
neglect the proper care that food should
receive at this season. ViandS of all
kinds should be purchased from day to
day. and delivered early in the morning
or after sundown. When this is not
possible, one should have good sized
ice box capable of holding good sup
ply of ice. 1t should be so arranged
that milk, butter, etc., are separated
from meats and vegetables. When
huddled together, they lose their iden-
tity, so far as their individual flavors
are concerned, and become tainted with
the flavor of one another. This is par
ticularly true of milk and butter, which
rayidly absorb impure or obnoxious
flavors. Cleanliness is nowhere more
important than in the ice box, which
should be thoroughly scrubbed at least
twice week.
Milk is very important summer diet,
but should be used in moderation, or it
is liable to produce i'll effects. Drink
it in small mouthfuls, and rest
moment between them. Dyspeptic
persons are advised to beat the milk
few moments before drinking. This
treatment breaks the butter globules,
and renders digestion easier. We
strongly recommend skinned milk and
fresh butter milk as summer drinks in
stead of ice water. The ice water dys-
pepsia, a common malady during the
summer months, may be entirely re-
lieved by using small quantities of
freshly churned buttermilk accompanied
by what is known as a moderately dry
diet.
Breakfast should not be heavy meal,
and hot food should be used in moder-
alton. Hot tea and coffee literally par
taken of prevents one from feeling COM
Portable all day. Radishes. ice cold,
oatmeal crackers and milk, dainty
slice Of cold lamb, fresh fruit, and UUld
asparagus, presents breakfast menu
that makes hot weather luxury.