The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-08
THE DAYS FIRST MEAL.
MRS. C. A. CREEVY TELLS HOW BAD
1T SOMETIMES is.
BY Way OF Contrast She Then Describes
an Ideal Breakfast, One Which a
GrumbIing Husband Pronounced the
Best He Had Ever Eaten.

pitable. They give elegant dinners and
receptions, but their every day table is,
| to say the least, queer. | know, for l
was their invited guest one week. Our
! dessert was invariably cut up oranges
and sugar. have never wanted cut up
oranges and sugar since. But the break
! fasts have left a lasting impression on
my mind, especially has that Of Sunday.
| First we had a saucer Of half cooked oat-
meal, and very thin milk. Even the de-
sire to be polite could not induce me to
eat mine. Then there were chops and
slices Of brown bread. The count was
accurate. Chops averaged one apiece,
and none over; slices Of bread one apiece
and one over. Presently Frank reached
| for the one over sice of bread.
Frank, said his mother reprovingly,
"leave one piece for Hannah"
why" said Frank, cant 1 have all
! the bread I WANT"
But he couldn't, and, like myself, went
| hungry tc church.
This is fact, not fiction.
Doubtless breakfast is the meal that
suffers most from Indifferent housekeep-
ing, and many wives sigh for the CONT
mental rolls and coffee in place Of the
substantial meal that custom and climate
demand of Americans.
Mrs. Plummer, a charming young
married woman, told me, with tears in
her eyes, that Tom had spoken his first
cross word to her-dear Tom, who
vowed to love and cherish-and the
honeymoon was dimmed and life was
dreary. Tom had said that the break
fasts were only fit for boarding house,
and he might as well not be married.
Now, Tom was heartless, but his wife
did brave and good thing. She deter
! mined to make study Of breakfasts and
rise above the level Of q boarding house
keeper. So we talked it over and to-
gether made few purchases.
The next morning when Tom came
down to breakfast the table presented
an inviting appearance. 1t was covered
with pretty red cloth. At each place
were fruit plate, covered with red
napkin, and finger bowl. On one side
of the plate lay saucer and spoon; on
the other the white napkin, knife, fork,
salt bottle and butter plate. In the CEN
ter of the table was basket of Newtown
pippins, grape fruit and bananas. Tom
looked pleased. He was soon in the
middle Of crisp, mellow apple, giving
small pieces delicately pared to his wife.
How do you eat these things" said
Tom, holding up grape fruit as big as
babys head.
"Cut through the middle, across the
sections, and give me one half"
Tom did 50.
"Now look" and Mrs. Plummer dex-
terously removed the pulp with spoon
into the saucer.
You must not get a seed or any of
the white part OF the rind into your
mouth. They are very bitter" con-
tinued Mrs. Plummer
owe will have raw apples and grape
fruit or oranges every morning, Tom"
The grape fruit is a compromise be-
tween a lemon and orange and deserves
to be universal favorite.
Tom liked it, After cleansing their
fingers and wiping them on the red nap
kins, the fruit dish, apple parings and
all, were removed.
Tom took up his morning paper to
hide the frevn Of disgust which the
thought of half sodden oatmeal had il
voked. The girl entered with dish Of
''rolIed wheat, and red glass pitcher of
cream. only the tops of two bottles"
exclaimed Mrs. Plummer. 1.-The rest
of the milk IS just as good for cooking"
This is the way Mrs. Plummer prepared
her wheat. A baked bean pos, as it was
called, had been purchased on the pre-
vious day. At in the afternoon she
put two cups of wheat mixed with one
teaspoon of salt, and a quart and pint
of boiling water into this pot. Without
covering or stirring il was placed in
hot oven and baked several hours. 1t
was then taken out and allowed to cool.
In the morning after the fire was made
it was put back into the oven till wanted
for breakfast Then, stee1ning hot, it
was lifted in solid Jumps of sweet, ten
der kernels crowned with two inches of
starch or jelly into the dish for the
table
This is the incest stuff ever ate,"
said Tom rs he passed his saucer for
the third time. Really, Milly, 1 don't
want much else TO eat" added he.
'Don'teverfeed me upon oatmeal again;
it's plebeian dish beside this
And 50 cheap. too, murmured Milly;
"only two and half cents for all this. -
The last course of this breakfast was a
small rolled omelet, cooked for one
minute on the gIiddle in the fat Of bacon.
-Four eggs well whipped, little salt and
one-third of cup Of milk composed this
dish, which would have been far less sa-
worry cooked in the usual way as one
large, fat omelet.
Tom ate his with . crisp slice Of bacon
and bit of bread and butter, drank his
coffee, then going straight 10 Milly, took
her IN his arms, kissed her, and said:
Tn sorry l WAS cross to you yester-
day. You are first rate housekeeper,
and the dearest little" etc.
know the next time saw Mrs. Plum
mer that love had returned.
4 favorite dish Of the Plummers is
fish hash. Il Is prepared by soaking the
fish over night, boiling it in the morn
ing with twice as much raw potatoes for
half al hour. The water Is then drained
OF; butter, tiny pinch Of summer sa-
worry and a few drops WoroezserShire
sauce are added. II IS then paoased into
frying pan with beef drippngs and
brownsd slowly on the range.
Ms. Pluznme- bought dozen earthen
shells and baked her eggs for breakfast.
This is hsr rlle: Drop Al egg into the
sheQ or saucer, sp-inl-le little salt and