The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-15
AT The FOOD EXPOSITION
Box of Caramels Will BE Given II
Each Woman Visitor.
ORIGINAL CONTEST TONIGHT
Young Women Will Have n Candy Wrap.
ping Racc-Tempting Dishes for the
Sick Described at Yesterdays
Cooking Lesson.

Interest and attendance at the food
exposition has not abated, and the
prcsen; week promises greater success
than even the week preceding. A num-
her Of baking and other contests will
be announced from day to day.
Last night was Lodge Night" and
the Fress club received the greatest
number of votes for the handsome sill
Yer water service. Over a dozen social
and secret organizations were voted
for. Miss May Fenner held the lucky
number which drew the handsome cut
glass bottle at the Press club booth.
insert cooking.
Blue Monday, or washday did not
prevent the usual large number in at
tendance upon the cooking lectures
The subject selected by Miss Cross was,
Diet for the Sick" and the several eX-
cellent dishes she prepared would al
most make one willing to be an in
valid. She said that bodily ills are
largely due to improper diet and
| might be prevented if sufficient atten-
tion was paid to the study and prepar-
alton of food.
The brain worker. she said is con-
stantly fed upon diet more appro-
pirate for the labUrer and vice versa.
1t should be borne in mind that pro-
fessional men and men Of sedentary
habits require food which nourishes the
brain and blood and nervous tissues.
A food which the invalid can assimilate
and which is nourishing can be pre-
pared in a number of ways. Follow
ing are the recipes given yesterday:
Very Nutritious Food.
| Barthlow's Food-ls Il nitrogenous and
nutritious food. Take / tablespoonful of
Pearl barley, add Y pint of milk and let
cook in a double boiler for % minutes
strain and add y pint of beef tea and the
| yolks of eggs; don't give over table,
| spoonfuls at time.
Beef Tea-Take / pound of lean beef,
have it chopped fine and add pint of cold
| water; add piece of celery and bay leaf
! to flavor ii and let it stand two or three
! hours; place on a stove and bring it
! slowly 10 the steaming point; strain
! through two thicknesses of cheese cloth
remove fat by. floating pieces of brown
! paper on the top; add | teaspoonful of
| salt
Creamed Sweetbreads - Put in cold
water and allow them to soak for one
hour, cover with hot water and allow
|
spoonful of salt; pick them apart to re-
move the fatty and fibrous portions; place
/ in a saucepan ] tablespoonful of butter;
! add | tablespoonful of flour, u pint of milk
! and let it. come to the boiling point; add y
teaspoonful of salt and dash of pep
per and the sweetbreads and let stand
over the hot water until thoroughly
! heated.
Other Choice Dishes.
| Larded Heart Sweetbread-After it has
| been parboiled thread the larding needle
with pieces of pork, stitch through the
swees bread leaving ends on each side un-
til you have two rows Of lardoons: place
in a pan with about a tablespoonful of
| butter and bake % minutes, basting every
10 minutes.
Koumyss-Bring quart of milk to blood
heat, add l tablespoonful of sugar made
! into syrup with ! tablespoonful of
yater, add one-sXth of a yeast cake dis
solved in little luliewarm water. poui
into bottles, cork tightly and let stand for
II hours in a warm place: then turn the
bottles on their sides and put in a cool
place for II hours when II is ready fol
use; never serve to an invalid after it Is
So hours old.
Arrowroot Gruel-NIoisten Tablespoons
fus of arrowroot with a little cold water
pour over ii pint of hot water, let II
cook for n minute or two then add .
tablespoonfus each of sherry and sugar
and | egg beaten very lightly. The grue
is very soothing in its effects and is par.
ticularly adapted to inflammation.
Miss Cross will lecture on poultry
today; her subject tomorrow will be
salads.
Tonight will witness a caramel wrap
ping contest among number of the
girl employees of the Scranton Caramel
works. The contest will be given on
raised platform ait the rear of the
hall and will be decided by a commit
tee to be selected today. The partici.
pants will be Misses Ella Harris, Sadie
Coil, Blanche Milliard, Jennie Smith
Bertha DeitZer, Annie Scholl, Mamie
Roche, Lucy Mcclure and Mary Raffer-
ty. They will be assisted by Miss Mel.
lie A. Maloney. During the day each
woman visitor will be presented with q
box of caramels.