The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-02
TIMELY SUGGESTIONS.
ADVICE FOR THE QUEEN OF THE
KITCHEN.
Concerning Flummeries RS Well as
Simple Substantial Dishes.

On a rainy summers day waff1es and
griddle cakes are as welcome for break
fast or tea as when the wintry blasts
are blowing, and pancakes, a la old
England, are timely dessert. They
should be literally as thin as a wafer
and of a delicate even brown. If
guests are in the humor, 1T helps out
cold rainy day to have the young men
and maide4ls take a hand at the long
handled frying pan, and whoever toss
es cake properly will surely be mar
ried this year. she or he who falters
and let's one fall will be single the long
year through. About a tablespoonful
of the batter is 70 be poured in the
center of the "sizzling'' hot creased
pan the victim grasps it by the han
die and by quick, deft movements
causes the batter TO spread evenly over
The pan is then returned to the fire
and q broad bladed knife thrust once
to the center under the cake or in
few seconds it will be brown. It is now
loosened at the edges, the pan is seized
again in both hands, the cake shaken
to make sure it does not stick, a toss,
a suppressed scream from the maideus,
and the dainty morsel is caught, re-
turned to the fire, Drowned on the
other side, spread with jelly or
jam, or sprinkled with powdered sugar
and lemon squeezed thereon, rolled
into a delicious roll and it is ready for
its fate. The batter is made thus: One
pint of milk, one Of -four, small tea
spoonful Of salt. four eggs beaten sep
arately, the whites added last, mix to a
smooth paste.
AN OLD FRIEND IN A NEW CLASS.
If that autocrat of all autocrats, '+the
family" declare itself to be tired of Gus
tards, try boiled one in a glass dish
with macaroons to be seen reposing
therein and it will be surprising what
a flip such a small change will be to
the appetite, the custard must be cold
before being added to the cakes. A
brown neringue is also generally liked
better than the insipid floating is and"
While the custard is hot pour into an
ordinary baking DISH pile the meringue
on top and brown it for a moment or
two. Beware of toughening meringues,
the hot custard cooks them, they re-
uuire a quick oven and the top shelf
at that.
FOR SULTRY MORNINGS.
It is all very we'll to have soul
above BACON but there is no comfort
in the household unless the mistress,
for the time being either in person or
by proxy, brings her whole mind to
bear upon what seems very homely
and commonplace.
1t often happens on very sultry
morning that the only meat that seems
appetizing for breakfast is a little ba-
con in very thin slices, done to turn,
and with just the right curl at the
edges. The secret of this "curI' is a
sizzling hot frying-pan before the meat
is put in and this rule applies to all
manner Of frying. It is not always
possible to broil a steak, when camp
ing out for instance, or when small
oil stove has to be used frying must
be resorted to. In such a case the
secret of the very hot pan is of great
value, as if the steak be first well
beaten and then cooked in this way,
turning often, an epicure would scarce
ly guess that it had been fried.
FAT FOR FRYING.
Croquette' kettles are expensive lux
uries, and it is not generally known