The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-03-01
Valuable Recipes.

Valuable Recipes.
To Make Oatmeal Palatable-The Lon
don Queen, approaching the awful
monotony of perennial oatmeal porridge
in the English nursery, dayotes "A column
to recipes which can be used to vary il.
Oatmeal breakfast cakes, "oatmea bis
cults, oatmeal fritters," ara what their
names imply, and not to be especially re-
commended, as they are hot bread, or
fried food. each equally Objectionable.
"Crisped oatmeal" sounds appelizing,
and reads in a wholesome way:
Take q cupful of oatmeal Clarge or
small, as may be needed), mix about half
a teaspoonful of salt with it, put it in
basin and pour on it as much cold water
as will cover il. Let 1t soak for an hour,
then pour of any water that is not abb
sorbed. Take spoonfuls oi this oatmeal
and drop them as quickly as possible on a
baking tin. Bake in a moderate oven ill
brown and crisp"
A combination of oatmeal and apples
should be hearty luncheon dish
Put in q saucepan one and a half pints
of milk, and bring TO a boil; then throw
in gradually about half teacupfuI of oat-
meal. Boil for fifteen or twenty minutes,
then turn il into bowl and add two tea
cupfuls Tor about half a pint of stewed
and pulped apple, or apple sauce, a tea
cupful of sugar, favoring OF lemon and
a couple of beaten eggs. Bake In moder-
ate oven until set. The whole should be
like a thick batter before baking. 1t is
rather difficult to give the exact quantity
OF oatmeal. but throw in enough to make
a thinnish porridge."
While thus encouraging oatmeal, so to
speak, mothers should be reminded that
to not all children is il palatable, or even
digestible. To some adults it is a positive
poison, and similarly, though perhaps in a
less degree, some children cannot endure
the oatmeal regime, which NAV be En-
ish, but should not be obligstorily Amer
lean. 1t is possible that the too free use
of sugar is often accountable for its i'll eff
fec;s on this side OF the sea. In English
nurseries, as il well known, sugar Is per-
mitted only To the well-grown child. To
have his oatmeal sugared is a recognized
and important advance in the career Of
the we'll brought up English juvenile.
Dinner Etiquette-One may be refined
and elegant, vet unless continually given
over to a round OF social entertaining NAV
find ones self at a loss when invited TO
some swell dinner where the very latest
fads are observed and more ceremonioua
etiquette required than for informal al
fairs just among the family. On elegant
tables each plate 10 accompanied by two
large silver knives. a small silver knife
aud fork for fish, a small fork for oysters,
a tab espoon for soup and three large forks.
The napkin is folded in the center with O
piece OF bread upon it. AS the courses
are served the knives and forks and
spoons that have been used are removed
with the plate.
Fish should be eaton with a silver fork
and II full of bones needs the Use OF a
knife as well. For sweetbreads, outlets
roast beef etc, the knife is also necessary,
but for croquettes, rissoles, bondries la
Refine, timbales and dishes of that class
the fork is required. When dessert is
reached everything save the tablecloth
aud floral decorations are removed. A
desert plate with small silver spoon, q
desert spoon and fork and sometimes a
combination fork and spoon for ices, is
! placed before each guest Pears and ap-