The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-15

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Seattle may not % fortunate enough 10
! have horse show or . winter flower car
| nsya.. hut there 3 one thing she can revsl
| in ana ina; Is a food show. or course this
| does not By any means take the pace of
| ether the above affairs In the affections of
the suar, set. the members of which
would dearly delight 10 appear in
dorsey creations and crlticise the aris-
.ocratic eauines. but TO the social word
! In general the food show answers the
| purpose adm lra bly,, as it is more subStan-
tiai and Instructive In the absence OF the
! favorste craze, the society people have ac-
cepted the inevitable and graeed the food
| exposition with their presence during the
past week. Al FIRST Their visits savored
| of the patronizing or critical but as the
| week wore on and the interesting and IN
| structIve features were made manifest, a
| desire TO attend all or the lectures became
| noticeable, with the result that the Ar
mory was filled almost every afternoon
! and evening So engrossed were the ladies
| IN the art of cooking that they quite for
| got the social small talk. and IN the midst
of a conversation on the gay happenings
| that are TO be would break out wit ION.
| but you should taste some Of my new
| oyster patties. They are simply dell
| csous" One lady. who is more interested
| in the exposition than anything else. had
the following 10 offer. which. although not
i clearly under the caption OF in Society,
| is nevertheless apropos, fnasmuch as So
c.ety last week was given over TO COOK
ing:
| ..Thanksgiving with its day of blessing
and good cheer. Is not far distant. you
know, and all good housewives know that
the Thanksgiving plum pudding is I'M
| proved by standing a few days. l must
| confess did not know 1t before, but my
| visits to the foot show taught me that
such was fact. Plum pudding made
| with beef marrow instead of suet appears
| much more attractive when cooled In the
| mold. To make this pudding remove the
! string and skin from half pound of beef
| marrow Ii is not likely that the butcher
| will sell ii by Itself. but 1t Is easily OBJ
tanned by purchasing what Is termed the
marrow bone for soup. Unless The mar
| row is removed from the bone before II is
| put into water it is completely wasted by
boiling out in the water and being often
| SKINNED of with the fat and other scum
| that often rises TO the top. Oh, by the
| way, did you hear OF the charming tea
| given by Mrs. on Friday. II was
| lovely. Let me see, wts talking about
| plum pudding, wasn't I?s How stupid OF
| me- 1 left OF al the scum rising 10 the
| top. The next thing is to weigh a quar-
| ter of q pound of Malaga rz:sins, Sultana
| raisins and dried currauts. Stone the
| Malaga raisins. Cleanse the Suitana rails
| ms ana the CQTfdntS WITH U0us oIea8C
| -four over them and rub them thoroughly
| to start the stones and refuse matter
| that are always mixed with them, pick
| them over and shake Ten 4Iz . sieve as
1 coarse as you can use and not allow the
| currants TO so through. Wash them now
| repeatedly in warm water and spread
| them on thick brown paper in the heat
| ing closet OF the range under the oven to
/ dry When all the fruit Is prepared, mix
| IL with the marrow, which must be chop
| ped fine. Add three-quarters OF pound
| of soft breadcrumbs freed from crust.
! half a gill of Madeira. half gill OF BRAN
| dy and half gill OF ST. Croix rum. Crate
| half the yellow rind of a lemon and add
| two ounces of c.tron cut in fine shreds,
| half a cup of sugar and a saltspoon or
| salt Add two eggs beaten together and
| half cup of milk, mix the pudding thor
| oughly kneading we'll the ingredients.
| Mix half a teaspoonful each of powdered
| cloves. cinnamon and ailspice and a quar-
| ter of a teaspoonful of grated nutmeg and
| sprinkle this mixture through the pud-
| ding Knead thoroughly again and put
| into a Web huttered mold, leaving room
| for the pudding TO swell Set 1t in deep
| pot of boiling water and cover IL closely.
1 Allow the water to boil steadily around
/ II. keeping at least three-quarters of the
| depth of the mold IN the boiling water.
After five hours Ii Is ready 10 serve. DO
| not remove II lrom the mold until you are
| ready TO place IL on the table 1t Is ex-
| ceient served with port wine sauce.
| Mix over the fire tablespoonful of but
| ter with a teaspoonful OF -four. Squeeze
| in a few drops of lemon juice and add a
| quarter of a r!nd of lemon cut In thin
| shreds Add a heaping teaspoonful of SUI
| gar pour in half cup of good port, and
| let the sauce come TO boil.
You surely have not put down what
| have said, have you2 Please don't publish
| un apthIsiaStic Dyer the recine
| and the food lectures that rambled on
| If were talking to a neighbor. If you do
| publish il. please don't mention my
| name
| With the assurance that no names would
| be mentioned and that IL was considered
quite an accomplishment among 'cul-
| tured'' people TO know how TO cook. per-
mission was given 10 run the recipe.
The Queen Anne Club has issued invita-
| tons for a reception 10 be given at the
| improved club house next Wednesday
| evening. The arrangements for the re-
| ception are being made on a grand scale
| and will be even more elaborate than at
| the opening of the ciab house year ago.
| The hall. which has been enlarged to
! double the size of the old one will be
| decorated by the young ladies of the hill.
| which alone is an assurance that II will
! he artistic and beautiful. A committee
| has charge of the refreshments. which will
| be served in the rev banquet room: the
| best music has been engage and COM
! mittee composed of the following will
! welcome the guests: Mr.. j. ". Mccon-
! naughey. Miss Louise King Mr. and Mrs
F 8 Cole Mr.. and Mrs g N.
Sheafe. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wat
son and Mr.. +. II. Van Wage
| nan. The hoor viii be under the
direction of DR.. L. NJ Lessey Mr. Mort
| Donaldson. Mr.. j. w elise and Mr.
| Frank ]. Foster. Arrangements have
been made with the First Avenue Cable
/ Courany ard the Madison road 10 run
| cars until O'Clock. so as to give every
| one an ample opportunity Of reaching
/ their homes and also allow enthusiasts
| dancers more time in which TO trip the
! light fantastic The First Avenue Cable
| cornuauy has built a walk from its track
/ leading along the Sheafe residence direct
20 the club house. This IS a needed i'm
movement and will aid very materially
in going TO and from The cars to the club
house THREE hundred invitations have
been issued and from the delightful time
I enjoyed AT the opening reception 1, is safe
TO predict that fully four-ffths will at
tend.
The residents Of Queen Anne hill will not
+ suffer from a lack of gayety this winter
as the arrangements already made poirt
70 one continued round OF good times
! The Queen Anne Club viii give a series
l Of entertainments consisting OF musical
| literary and dancing affairs. for which
committees have been appointed and a
| general outline made. Tnes. entertain
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