The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-19


With lemon sauce Apples
Dear Polly-Your report OF the timely
aid derived from my last prescription,
was very gratifying. Doctors are al
ways pleased to find that their medicine
suits the case and does not kill the pa
tient
The new prescription is quite simple,
10 offset the effect OF the previous one
upon that dyspeptic pocketbook.
am giving the same one TO Cousin
Susan, who wrote me that she had bought
a ham too fat for their use. She felt that
the "wilful waste" she had TO practice
with that ham would certainly bring q
"woful want" I'm It's train. and begged
me TO prescribe for her condition.
happened 10 remember that you said
John was fond OF veal, but that to you
Il was tasteless. so in preparing the above
prescription, i think have suited both
conditions.
Great care must be taken in preparing
BEEF SOUP.
Good soup must be made from lean
meat and slowly cooked. About one
pound OF meat 10 a quart and half oi
water is a good proportion. Cut the
meat into small pieces. discarding all
the fat. You may chop il fine If you have
the time TO spare. Put IL on in cold water
let il come to boiling point, then skim
carefully. Remove pot TO back of stove.
cover closely and let il bubble for
couple OF hours. Then add one onion
and half a carrot cut in dice-like pieces.
Season to taste with pepper, salt and
any favorite prepared seasoning. Hat
q cup OF carefully washed barley VIII
give the proper consistency although
tablespoonful OF Drowned -four stirred
into melted butter may also be added
few minutes before serving
Never leave too large portion Of your
dinner until the last possible moment
| for preparation. In compounding this
| prescription for use Tuesday, take Mon
! day to make the
VEAL AND HAM LOAF.
Take three pounds of cheaper portion
! of veal, to one pound OF cold boiled ham
| particularly the fat part. Chop both
| fine and mix thoroughly. Season to taste
| and add one or two eggs well beaten ana
| half a cup Of cracker crumbs, press into
| a mould, and bake slowly i'm a covered
dish for three hours. When cold. slice
| il thin.
| 1t is always we'll 10 remember that II
you serve only cold meat TO any man, he
likes something ont of the common in
W getables / know Aunt Maria says
| Uncle Henry won't eat cold meat din
ner unles he has extra fixings. and
Huldah Jenkins says Peter won't stand
IL at all That is why have ordered
STUFFED POTATOES.
Bake potatoes of uniform size until
lust done. Then cut off one end and re-
move all the potato from the shell with
teaspoon. Put shell in warm oven 10
retain shape. Mix the potato with hot
| milk. In which piece OF onion has been
cooked. add pepper, salt and little but
ter. Fill the shells with a spoon and put
in a hot oven for five minutes. Only
enough milk must be used to moisten the
potato.
hot dessert also tastes better with
q cold meat dinner. and II is an economy
of time and strength TO thus balance
the two ends of your meal John will
feel more mellow after eating
MOLASSES PUDDING.
stone a cupful OF raisins; slft fourcup-
fuls Of -four. adding two teaspoonfuls
OF baking powder. Beat well together
one cup OF sweet milk, one cup molasses
and a scant half cup of shortening. ther
Stir in -four end raisins. Boil or steam
for two hours
a sweet pudding seems TO call for 6
piquant GAUGE and / always prescribe
LEMON SAUCE.
Put one quarter cup OF butter I'm 9
sauccpan 10 heat, then mix one table
spoonful of sfted -four and half a cuI
OF sugar, smooth in the melted butter
Add boiling water until OF the right con
sistency. stirring constantly. The juic,
of one lemon may be used for favoring
or cut half lemon in thin slices with
out removing the rind. and stir into tn
came. BE careful 20 take out the seeds
or they viii give a bitter taste.
Well-polished, rosy-cheeked rathe
tart
APPLES
make a wholesome and inexpensive des
ucrt
They are not as highly appreciated n
they deserve. No other fruit compare
with the apple I'm wholesomeness, an'
high-grade medicinal qualities.
You will End this recipe easily com
pounded. and you may loan IL with per
feet safety TO your ncighbors IL
warranted e. work well In every cas-
where directions arc carefully followed
You have an unlimited appetite FOR mis-
ceIlareous recipes. but although 1 sus
| pect sou OF wishing TO set up an office q
your own. enclose a few which you vii
find on other slips. Send me some G
your best recipes in return, please.
, Yours culinhrily.
COMFORT JONES,
Doctor Of Cookery.
, Water street. Boston.
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