The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-10-30
THE Dinner TABLE
All-ArOund Hints That May
Help the HOusekeeper.
COMMON s4NsE AT HOME
Marketing an Art-Fish Day-Side
Glance at Dessert and 'TOp-
Off" Dainties.
COMMON s4Nsg AT HOME

Ordering the days marketing at the
back door is all well enough for rainy day
dinners, but If 1t is a possible thing every
housekeeper should prepare herself when
She dresses for breakfast for a trip to
her favorlte green grocer or to the near
est market.
Marketing Is an art just as much IS
cooking. 1 read every day so many SEN
sible articles upon his subject. The un-
initiated should scrap-book every one of
them. Learn how to buy a nice plump
little fowl, a good cut of beef, a tender
steak or chop.
Meats to be nutritious must he Of good
quality and / defy you to get them first-
ciass If you depend upon the order boy.
He may promise all right, but ne Will fail
o nine times out of ten.
1 do wish we had the f~ascinations OF
a Dresden market to lure us from our
lazy ways. Imagine walls and floors tield,
stalls of white marble, tanks of marble
itno which flows a stream Of water for
live lsLl dilu OH every udliu ibelCIdluloS
grouped in most attractive fashion.
Knowing how TO utilize the meats that
are Seft over helps along wonderfully.
SO MANY hou5ekeepers send on the steak
with the tough ends on. Cut these off
before broiling and you wiz have enough
e for Hamburg steaks or to fix up in
some appe1izing guize.
AE sorts of things cost some thought,
but 1t pays well in the N I like TO
feel that Friday is ferh day. 1t settles
matters for three meals at least. Hy-
CHEMICALLY this custom should be followed
If for no other reason.
When soup can be served ais a first
course 1t !s well to have your cook make
your stock and you win then be able to
supply this course at a mere nominal
sum.
Try to have With your meat and pota-
toes some rice or hominy dainty. L am
a great over of baked rice. 1t is cooked
in milk, a cup of rice TO a quart of milk,
or water II you canno afford milk.
With my Virginia procllvitles still in
the ascendant I eat a great lea of NOM
my, hoe cake and pone for diner.
Dried fruits, If d~eliclously prepared,
may be introduced upon the dinner table,
Indeed, three times a day they can be
eaten to advantage.
A dinner sa;ld Is to me a necessity.
IF az 10 nn1,t bt,VolN1n NO a,-a r,ritb |
crackers and n lltEe bit of cub cheese
IL goes every time.
Sweets are absolutely necessary as a
dinner finish in some households. 1 in
kind.
Average paste is an abonilation, A
tart or a flakey turnover of apples
is not ha.f bad, but a little dish of figs
is better.
Nuts are par excellence as digesters.
Eaten with salt what could be nicer to
complete a Wholesome meal? We don't
eat nuts or fruits enough.
JuJt Linen to this euTogy of DR.. Stotzer
Blu.zer, c' Germany. on the apple, and
then find out nov many lovely desserts
san be made of this fruit.
lie declares that an apple eaten imme-
flatdy before bedtime will promote gem
eral hea..l. Its dietical as we'll as ALI
mentary substance is of the highest or
der. 1t contains more phoSphorlc acid in
an easily dbye1lJbie combination than any
vegetable product, 1t Is - good
brain food; ~ eXcites the functions of the
liver; 3) promotes a sound and quiet
z,eep; % dislnfects the mouth; 90 ag-
glulrates the surplus acid of the stom-
Q) paraiyzes hemorrhcidal disturb
a helps the secretion of the kid
neys and prevents vlrcuous concretions;
S) oSviates indigestion and @ is a good
preventive against diseases of the 'throat."
Among the pulling recipes you will
ini el5rne delicious dishes, and Wholesome
at that
Furnish 1.-THE dinner table With one of
dainties three times a week at
of-days can be supplied with jutt a
basket of rosy-cheeked apples, perhaps a
bonbons, or maybe sasted almonds or
,eanuts.-Dorcuhy Maddox in Philadelphia
Enquirer,
COMMON COUNCIL.