Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-06-04
BREAKFAST IN JUNE.
Dainty Serving Of Delightful Menu-A Pretty
Compliment 10 an Honorod Friend.
By Mrs. oliver He'll Bunss.

For The Sunday Gazette:
great author once said: Dinner
parties are mere fOrmaities, but you
ask man to breakfast because you
wish TO see him"
| think the most charming breakfast |
have ever attended was one given In my
own honor on morning in June. Nv
hosts had decided to- celebrate In that
way our long friendship on the occasion
OF setilng nj home of their own. The
other guests We're some interesting Eng
lish people.
The home was tiny corner Hat, high
up IN an apartment house. but il had all
q, homes cosiness and completeness.
Everything was bijOu, dainty, but still
the sense of the spaces and unconfnel-
ness which belongs to the home idea
was perfect.
remember the charming curtains of
The little druwlng-roUin, simple Chester
cotton IA old blue and white. gracefully
poled and pinned In artistic folds and Il
cosy corner continued los certain
AIR! arrangement of boxes over which
We're thrown japan rugs and ON which
We're hehped oriental cushions Really
the author and his viOlet-eycd wife hnd
accomplished with little money as sweet
room rs ever eyes rested upon.
me breakfast was served At 10 A
S;ou"E nihlu IN neat attire swung back
'''N N'blH Allu utIfllN lis
yeritable supper feast. The small din.
ingroom was In white and gold. md sn
We're the ''rs. the buffet. and tho
standing Japanese tray The curtains
were Il misty green and white. and The
ehtpet was green and mossy. The tnhic
nStl was large, The cloth, delicnfe
grey ana white, WAS ltrewn with an
hroitlercd apple blossoms as were ,be
napkins aud mats. us II the breeze Ind
h.own them in All the china ,.ns
J9paneSe-thnt delicate ware that Il
edged with black Nnd gold and decorated
WIN PINK and white chrysanthcninn'
~ each plate lay careless bunch of
June roses tied with ribbon
1t was IN the vrry heart and heot AZ
New York. but the sense of airy countr,
ami morning dcwiness could moi Lnve
heen more complete among the yraar
New Hampshire hills. H'''"
Ihe hrst course-there were only iva
was Strawberries on the stem. eaton
IN me foreign fnsh,on, dipped one by one
large and sweet,
HALlBUT, MAITRE D'HoTET
hnu my hostess way of cooking Il
INTO pieces three inches square Din n,,..,
III beaten egg. then In slftcd hr',I
crumbs. Fry in boiling lard IN "'gah
brown hnb heaping tahlpspoonfpl os
hnl,er 10 cream. add the Juice OF n
ly'nun, \ tablespoonful Of chopped nnr.
~, suL, Nhu pepper, mix and spread
on the hot squares Of hnl,but 80, i, ~, ~
serve. :" "'l'' then
breakfasts. '"''i'ler
My hostess made This way the
POTATO CROQUErTES
which She served with the hnlibpt ia
quart OF hot mashed potntoes Iii 10
tahlespoonsfull Of butter. n syItsn"ar' W
Whlte pepper, speck of rnysnna
c"iLSpoonl9i OF salt. Il teaspoonfnll of
and the .yolks Of two errs. III" juiGe
added alter the hot mixture \. os, ~
nara and has become s,i,h,I, "'ute,'
After mixing in the egg. rnh ti,ro,,,,po l
sieve and add q Tablespoon ~ ,I,1t,,, =
rWshS shape into smooth ronnd XIII,
.nrn .ht9 rolls. Roll in an brnaS
crnn,I,,' u'p IN beaten egg, then IN
Two minutes. They were sery, pI, larl
form of a pyramid ''u III The
me other vegetable wos a,iit
ulvhen Tomatoes, buttered. nann.r,' WI,
sai'el; ana served brown aiid mimi, IMit
on hot platter. P'P'hg not
al,n peas hQNe TO q turn N""pS
ihe fourth course WAS a s,i.,I
Hgus with butter sauce anJ Nm, asl ar
gar and OF as liked. ''' "n''e Inc
Tue dessert, II that name may do.,..
nnte aughi served at a break fast nes'g
un JELLIBD cUsTARD. "D'
Ia. 1 M VS. made. ! was told. br ho,,
LIZ s y'sni vgHs with half a Man, s
p ',tS, sugar. then adding n nnss, %
!rh wv TWO teaspoonsfni Of vanuo VI
, LIN mixture was stirred over thn ''' ~
H NM u reached The boiling point my h hrs
of of" ss VII aiowed 70 boil Half an op" u
siiaincd an %'s s snlsSsslyed in y little milk
After Il was u" s, ADDED to the custan |
4 ~ mouid to %, dcpth ~ n VIf' INTO |
y, " i nen nIm this layer was eovrsa, ,neh.
r ,,lsssiy ss.ns cooked - sherry Ibs,, win
ieiiy, s1S 3 VI en-lard was poufs-i in 80 ~
- 'A0se maearoons added. and