The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-18
Ny Dear Jennie:


breakfast dishes which will put everyone
In good humor for the day? Well. thCre is
good deal OF wisdom in that idea. Give
man. woman or child n dainty. appe-
tizing first meal and IL helps wonderfully
In the disposition throughout the day.
People generally feel dull in the morning,
are almost always in a hurry ana moth
ing pleases them more than n good bresk-
fast.
The first thing. and to many the most
important, ~ the coffee. To have this
clear, put the ground coffee in a cloth.
tied loosely. put In the pot with cold wa
ter let Ill come 10 a good boil, set in the
bac., of the stove for a minute and then
serve.
a simple and fayorite breakfast dish
with English people is hash. that much
jeered-at comestible. Now cold potatoes,
chopped fine. third as much meat. an
eighth as much cold beet pepper, salt,
bit of butter, all properly mixed, and
fried in a skillet in butter until rich
brown crust is formed. will generally
disappear rapidly at any breakfast table.
The common fault with hash is that II is
simply warmed, not fried and Drowned.
Excellent English breakfast cakes are
called
OXFORD GEMS.
For these, use one cupful of graham
-four, one cupful OF cornmeal. one tea
spoonful OF salt, one egg. one heaplng
tcaspoonful OF baking power and cold wa
ter TO mix like other gems. Have the
sem pans hot, grease slightly. drop the
batter in from a spoon and bake in a hot
oven for ten minutes.
Il -
Quart of flour. one tablespoonful OF bak-
Ing powder. one tablespoonful of lard one
teaspoonful of salt and milk enough so
you can just stir the mixture with
spoon. Place one spoonful al a time gen
tly in Toured tin. so they will touch each
other. Bake I'm hot oven. You viii find
these are easily prepared and very nice.
know you are fond of omelets. and SO
send you the recipe for a
BAKED oMELET,
which is very good. Heat three cupfuls
Of milk, melting in Ii bit of butter the
siZe of walnut. Beat thoroughly five
eggs, one tablespoonful of flour and
scant teaspoonful of salt and add to the
hot milk. stirring as rapidly as possible.
Turn into a hot and wel-buttered fry
ing pan and bake in a quick oven for fif
teen minutes. am quite sure you will
find this a pleasing change from fried
cmelets.
If your family like cornmeal cakes you
will find the
CORN BATTER CAKES
made by Aunt Julia decidedly appetizng.
Sift one and half cups Of white corn
meal, with teaspoonful of sugar and
level teaspoonful of salt Add one cup OF
cold boiled rice and teaspoonful OF lard.
Mix all together and scald with two cups
of boiling water. stirring constantly.
This. with one and one-half cups OF sour
milk. one-half teaspoonful of soda. dis
solved la little milk. and last OF all stir
I'm one beaten egg. Bake on not creased
gridde
Yesterday Annie gave us some
MACKEREL BALLS
for breakfast. made from the following
rule: Carefully remove the bones from
two cupfuls of cold boiled salt mackerel
ard add an equal quantity OF mashed
potatoes. half teaspoonful OF pepper
and two eggs well beaten. Shape into
balls and fry in hot fat in frying bas-
ket.
PICK-ME-UPS,
or breakfast mullins are easily and
quickly made, and the ingredients re-
quired are one cup OF sugar. one egg, one
tablespoonful of melted butter, one pint
OF sweet milk, three cups of ficur. two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder ore
teaspoonful OF salt. Simple. but very
good.
A good way u prepare salt Goldfish for
breakfast in in the style called
GOLDFISH FRITTERS.
For the frittens beat four eggs into a
cupful OF milk and add cupful of salt
Goldfish. which has been soaked in cold
water until soft Fry on "a hot but
tered griddle. az you would an omelet.
] think with these different rules you
will find something which will please the
master of the house as we'll as the
young hopefuls.' and viii net be great
trouble 10 prepare. Let me know how
they suit you
Yours culinarlly.