Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-19

! wanted for breakfast. The stove can be
emptied, fire laid. table neatly spread and
food made ready More dishes than two
/ and fruit cloy the eye and detract from APP
petite. Put nothing but necessaries on
the breakfast table, except flowers. Break
fast is where the family cook usually serves
rewarmed dishes, which is fit enough, but
they should be served in new form. Mashed
potatoes, rice, germea, oatmeal, all
cereals "left over" look better and
| taste better when nodded into small cakes,
rolled in flour or crumbs and fried brown.
whole potatoes should be sliced, salted, a
small, finely-chopped onion or bit of
parsley added, and inclosed all night in a
tight tin can. By SO doing they are ready,
thoroughly seasoned, kept moist and the
house free from odor. In frying eggs,
have the grease hot first, and do not cook
in jumbled mess. Let each harden its
white ere another is added, and arrange
them ON platter, instead Of deep dish,
to be broken or smeared in serving. Keep
kitchen windows open from the top, to
avoid overhead, smoke, "dors, and insure
| appetizing air.
| "DowN IN OLE yARGINNY"
Nanny Sue used to say: " | 'clar to de
| good Lawd, | got such roomatiz dis
mawnin' KANT pear to git roun' nowhar.
Deed me, doan know how massa gwine
ter get him ham lettuce this mawnin'. l
like mighty well eff i knowed two nice
| chillens nd go outen de gahden an get
bout fo' little ingens an fo' lettuces fore
dere pa come down to breakfus' / low
deres sumpun mighty nice in de llubbud,
E, when | fines two nice little chillens to
hope dere old NANNY whats raised 'em
up, an dere pa likes de ham lettuce"
| Who could resist such insinuations
Not childish hearts, surely, and forthwith
the greens appeared. She used to fry in
a "spider" thin slices of ham, previously
boiled, and lay them in nice platter, very
popular with "two nice little chillens .
because of its plain red band She
chopped the green onions into the dry
squeezed lettuce, stirred all into the hot
ham-fat, with little spiced vinegar, and
spread the salad around the meat. With
it she served eggs in the shell, wild black
berries and cornbread, which made a
| breakfast mighty nice in de summah's
day"
CULINARY CONTRAST
Did you ever notice the similarity be-
tween marriage and hash? They are alike,
in this that when carelessly compounded
nothing is so disappointing, but when re-
| sulting from judgment nothing is so soul
| fully intense as it were. Discussion of
marriage is secondary, as we can make OBJ
seryations on others experiences, while
| hash is something solved only by internal
proofs. During the pliocene, tertiary or
some other remote period, the writer
| hereof came home from boarding-school
and the mother said: "Child, HE thee
| hence within the kitchen walls, where culi-
nary glory waits, and crown thyself by
getting lunch while erst the maid doth
wash" Of course. Nothing easier.
| Mary, what is there to have for
luncheon ?"
"Plaze. Miss, there's hash to make"
And how do you make it, Mary?'
Sure, Miss, that's aisy enough. Jist cut
up tagaither Everything We finds cowld in
the panthry."
The family's survival of my maiden
effort proves that the innocent sometimes
/ are guarded by special interpretations of
Providence. Since then | have studied
hash in all its forms, and acquired repu-
tation for excellence therein that gives me
the entree to our best hash-eating families.
Numerous amateur cooks have vainly
sought the secret of my success, which will
now for the first time be donated to all
who are not too mean to eat hash.
FRIED TRIED AND TRUE.
Trim the meat perfectly free from girls
tie, but leave some fat, and in chopping
watch to throw out tough bits as they seE
pear. First put an onion into the bowl
and chop to jelly, then the meat, and
chop very fine; also a tart apple. Prefer
mashed potatoes. Ifwhole ones, chop very
finely, salt and pepper well, adding meat
gravy or soup to moisten. If onion is dis
liked, use summer sayory from the drug
store, nice with all recooked meats. Mold
the hash into cakes and let it stand over
J night in a covered vessel. Roll in crumbs.
! fry in an uncovered pan, serve on a green
garnished platter, and it will prove but too
internally utter. The above may seem to
contain nothing new, but depends on fine
chopping and thorough amalgamaiing of
its ingredients.
LA MERE.
Only blind or soulless man could epiov
breakfast with his wife at table in soiied.
perhaps ragged frock, dirty kitchen
apron, no collar, sleeves up and hair in a
struggling, unkempt twist. If mother
must do her own cooking, her industry is
commendable; but her example for neat
! ness Is quite as necessary. Five minutes
will suffice to at least brush up loose hair,
to substitute white apron-above all to
| put something white around the neck.
Three-fourths of yard of calico make
sham sleeves that pull off and on instantly.
They save good garment from wear and
tear, and insure neatness.
Train your little GIRL also the boy, to
be helpful. Any woman should be ashamed
who comes to marriageable years without
having learned housework If you 'don't
want to bother" do not complain when
( they no longer wish to learn.
PARA Los NINos.
Little folks, there are many things YOU
can do to make breakfast merry meal.
Go to bed the first time mamma tells YOU.
then you will surely get enough sleep so as
to jump up right away at her first morn
ing call. Dress at once neatly for the day
so you will have time to eat breakfast
without hurrying off for school, Come at
once to table when called and encourage
Others to do so that all may be together as
one family, not string along like tramps. If
there is any dish you do no. like make no
remarks. Let others enjoy it if they wish.
Do not say, at made me sick once" or at
does not agree with me-" Nobody wants
to hear reasons. Just say, 81 do not care
for it." Leave all drinks stand until
through eating. Avoid stirring, also noise
with your breath or lips like an animal.
LITTLE BOY COOKS.
There are men in Paris who make for
tunes dealing in stale bread They go
daily with carts buying from restaurants,
hotels or families, stale bread which is
toasted brown in ovens. 1t is then crushed
with rolling pins, put into tight glass jars
and sold again. Everybody buys back
their roasted bread, rolling in crumbs
everything fried, using them also for stuff
ing, bread pudding, soups, etc. Mamma
would find such crumbs very convenient
and be glad for you to make them if you
are careful about tidying her kitchen again
NEAT LITTLE GIRLS
Can fix oranges so everyone will want
some for breakfast. Use sharp, small
knife but do not be awkward and cut your
hand. Take an orange for each person
and a couple to spare. Pull the skin off
downward and the white inner rind comes