The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-17
FILIPS FOR
JADED APPETITES
WHEN SWEETS FAIL THE WISE
HOUSEINEEPER RESORTS TO
Culinary Cunning-The Greatest Pos
sibIe NOurishment in the Smallest
Bulls and Under u Stimulating
Guise.


close there comes a trying time for
the housekeeper. She catches herself
wishing that the butcher might dis
cover a new cut, or the garden produce
something never before tasted in the
way of vegetable or fruit When this
exigency arises and there seems no
pleasing the family's tagging appetite,
savOry will MT in exactly.
There are many delicious prepard-
tons of cooked cheese that may be
eaten without fear of the indlgs stion
which is by many people invariably as
ISOLATED with it. If a box of bicar-
Donate of potash. which lay be bought
by the ounce at the druggists. is kept
in the kitchen closet and used as much
as a matter Of course as salt. all will
be we'll. For an ordinary dish Of
cheese, as much Of the potash as Will
cover a 10-cent piece viii remove all
suspicion of indigestibility and not In
terfere in the least with the flavor.
A FONDU..
One of the most popular cheese
preparations is a fondu cooked in small
earthenware dishes. 1t is made as fol
lows:
To quarter of a pound about large
teacGpfuD of grated cheese add half a
small teacupful of milk, in which is
dissolved as much powdered bicarbOn-
ate of potash as will cover a 1O-cent
piece with mustard, pepper and salt
to taste and. if liked, sprinkling Of
thyme. Heat this until the cheese IS
evenly melted, then stir in three eggs,
yolks we'll blended, and bake in a
moderate oven until nearly solid ii
should look like a smooth soft baked
custard This dish may be varied by
adding a teacupful of the crumbs Of ~
toll frne I
the fondu will be a failure. but the dry
crumbs add lightness. Many people
who have found cheese like poison to
them VIII find this recipe digestible as
well as appetiZing-
It is a curious fact that the biear-
Donate Of potash restores to milk the
elements that are lost by standing,
therefore whereas rarely happens
new milk is obtainable the potash may
be dispensed with. It is also well worth
calling to mind that in this very pot
ash are the necessary constituents OF
human food and that all kinds Of
wholesome fruits and vegetables and
the juices of fresh meats contain 1t,
and as it is the very essence OF the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. brain food. the wise
housekeeper viii be glad TO have her
attention drawn to it.
EGG PLANTS AND CHEESE.
Egg plant may be converted into a
delicious and digestibie savory if
grated cheese in which bicarbOnate OF
potash has been mixed has been adj
ded. Wash the egg plant and boil
until tender about half an hour),
handle carefully, cut in half and SCOOP
out the interior. leaving the skin
whole. Mash the scOOped out part with
butter, salt and pepper to taste and
half a small cupful Of grated cheese.
%f-a s-T~f -f-4l 10.
the top with the other half cupful OF
cheese mixed with bread crumbs, and
brown in quick oven. The egg plant
may also he cut in circular slices.
quarter of an inch thick. sprinkled
with pepper and salt pientifully
dredgad with flour grated cheese
sprinkled over all and baked on a
creased pan (which has been made
very hoO on the top shelf of quick
oven.
Remains of any white fish make a
delicious scallop with the addition OF
chess: and by the way. il is satsfdc-
tory to know that good American
cheese. if not too fresh. Is pronounced
by the proper authorities as excellent
for cooking purposes. Mash the fish
with bread crumbs. grated cheese and
anchovy sauce or any ketchup liked;
bake in shells with a LAYER Of bread
crumbs. grated cheese and wee "dabs"
Of butter on top.
THE sAvORY PAR EXCELLENCE.
Pare a cucumber, remove the seeds.
cut in round slices an inch thick lett
stand in very cold sailed water for a
few moments. drain. then dry by pat
ting between d cloth. din in bread
crumbs and egg. cook in deep boiling
fat until brown. put a baked OF
broiled mushroom on top Of each slice
ard serve.
To bake mushrooms allow five or six
minutes i'm bot oven. basting often
with gravy (Which must be heated
frsO or with sweet oil OF butter. they
must be skinned with q damp cloth
and the stalks trimmed.
A VERY DAINTY AND DELICIOUS
SAVORY.
Make square boxes with note paper,
or they may be bought at the confee-
toners: put small lump Of butter
and a little chopped parsley in each;
place them on a hot tin plate; break
an egg in each: sprinkle over the top
grated cheese and bread crumbs with
pepper and salt TO taste; bake in a
hot ov7n for three minutes or until the
eggs are set. Grated cheese alone.
cooked and served in this manner. is a
very DODtIlar and slightly saVOry.-