The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-30
Mrs. John Creighton skowhegan, Maine:

Mrs. John Creighton. Skowhegan, Maine:
My Dear Mrs. Creighton-l can readily
understand your dilemma-a young wire
to have a sort Of one days visit or in
vestigatlon from your husband rich but
food-fussy uncle. / am sincerely sorry
for you, and so hasten TO send something
which Will help you over your diitlculty'
Now here is an easily prepared Dill OF
fare for a day, and am sure II you fol-
low II YOU will tickle his palate and he VIII
compliment Mr.. Creighton in his choice
OF wife. Tk~se unces and mothers-in-
law are, OF course, desirable, but theif
visits should always be limited to "a
hours.
BREAKFAST-Melo Oatmeal, Scran-
bled Eggs, Baked Potatoes. Clipped
Beef in Cream. Crisp Buttered Toast and
Coffee.
DINNER-Potato Chowdcr. Scallop
Of Lamb, Currant Jelly, Succotash, New
Turnips, Tomato. Cucumber and Lettuce
Salad. and Fruit Harlequin.
SUPPER-Cold Tongue, Hot Biscuits,
Blackberrles and Cream, Rice Croquettes,
Cake, Tea and Iced Coffee.
BE certain that your melon is cold, and
your oatmeal hot. and thoroughly
cooked. Garnish your eggs with few
bits of parsley simply because IL adds TO
the appearance OF the dish, and there is
much in this to please not only the eye
hut the appetite. Keep the potatoes pip
ing hot until sent 10 the table. In pre-
pairing the cream for the Clipped beef.
put the milk into your granite ware stew
pan, and when boiling hot thicken to
the consistency of cream with corn
starch; after boiling up for a couple OF
minutes, season with butter, salt and
pepper. and pour over the Clipped beef.
Have your toast an even light brown,
your coffee clear, and you may be sure
the breakfast will be all right.
Now for your dinner. In making the
potato chowder, fry Lightly half a pound
OF sliced salt pork Remove from the fat
and in 1t fry five sliced onions (smalD.
Put in kettle one quart Of sliced pota-
toes in layers with the fried pork and
fried onions, seasoning each layer with
salt and pepper and sprinkling with
-four. Cover with hot water and cook
until the potatoes are tender. When it
is ready TO serve add some finely chopped
parsley.
In preparing the scallop cut cold roast
lamb into small slices, using only the
tender parts. Break into tiny pieces dry.
white bread. Butter pudding dish and
cover with the bread crumbs, then with a
layer of lamb. until the dish is filed. hav-
ing the top layer Of crumbs, and put sea-
soning over each layer-butter, pepper
and salt. Fill the dish with lamb broth
o. milk, and bake half an hour. Garnish
with sprigs Of parsley.
OF course you understand the cooking
of the vegetables and the preparation of
the salad, and the fruit harlequin | have
given you before, / think but am not
sure, so repeat IL briefly. Slice bananas,
shred q little pineapple, cut up in small
pieces some oranges, stone a few dates,
cover with sugar and let stand for an
hour, then mix thoroughly, put In
glass dish. cover with whipped cream and
serve. This Is food tit for the gods" and
surely will please a mortal.
] think there is no troublesome dish in
the supper BILL so will not so into de-
tails about ii. OF course you will not for
get that first Impressions are lasting, so
make the day as informal and comforta.
BILE for your guest as possible. on no
account let him suspect that you have
made spread" because of his coming
That is "A fault which many housekcepers
make apparent, although they do not
seem 10 realize it.
Another thing, have some OF yourlo lovely
garden howers grace the table: do not
mean large bouquet. for that at once
shows that an effort at show has been
made. Place few sprays of sweet peas
and fine green in n tall slender vase, OF
few dark nasturtiums with their own
pretty leaves: something simple. fra
grant II possible. and set in an unob-
trusive part of the table. is in the best
taste. The day OF twisting and folding
napkins into such intricate shapes as TO
make a man wish to fly from the table
before trying 10 unfold the puzzling
square. is past and. as you well know,
q smoothly ironed. plainly folded napkin
Is the only one now placed on the table.
Let me know how YOU succeed in Gull.
uarily entertaining Johns uncle.
Yours sympathetically.
atssig,! COMFORT JONES,
GSsl,l Doctor Of Cookery.