Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
A SeasonabIe Addition to the Lunch.
con or Supper Table.
an APPETIZING DESSERT OF APPLES
Serving JeIies and Salads in Artistic
Little Baskets.
MENU FOR A DAINTY MEAL

Written for The Evening Star.
Among the seasCnable additions to the
luncheon or supper table are oyster chops
One of the best rules for their evolution is
this, for which Mrs. RCrer stands sponsors:
Drain carefully solid pint of oysters; then
throw them into saucepan, bringing care
fully TO a boiling point; drain again, this
time saving the liquor; chop the oysters
with silver knife; measure the liquor and
add sufficient milk to make half pint;
turn this into the saucepan; rub together
one large tablespoonful of butter and two
of flour; stir this into the hot milk ana
liquor; stir constantly until you have
smooth, thick paste; now add the oysters;
cook over the fire just a momentj aid a
teaspoonful of salt, dash of red pepper, ten
crops of onion juice and quarter of a tea
spoonful of nutmeg. Take from the fire,
aud the yolks of two egSs, cook again Just
d minute, and turn out 10 cool. When cold
form into cutet-shaped croquettes. dip into
egg and bread crumbs, and fry in smoking
hot lat, or an extra quantity of oysters
may be procured, and parboed When the
mixture is cold and ready to form, put d
whole oyster in the center and cover it
with the mixture prepared for outlets; then
CLIP and fry them oyster outlets are usual
ly served with plain cream sauce
A sensible custom IS that of a Newark,
NJ, woman's club, which meets one after
room month and aims to combine in this
Getting S9f-imrroVen,ent, social inter-
course and pretty interchange of hos
p:tality.
To prevent this becoming i-ksome, each
ember of the club pledges herself in serv-
Ing the lurcheon to the twenty guests not
to exceed a cost Of s.. A fine of cents
is imposed for every % cents over tina;
amount. The menu for recent meeting,
Which was model in it's way. consisted of:
V(nk na Vow
Lettuce and Olive SaEwiches.
French Chops with Peas. Celery
Chicken Salad. Hominy Croquettes.
Orange Baskets.
Cake. Biscuits. Sailed Almonds.
After luncheon the memf ers adjourn to
the rarlor for short talks of eight minutes
each upon the prescribed reading Of the
last MOI tn. In this reading current fiction
is excluded, but standard fiction allowed.
Now that the wholesome apple is again
the housekeerer's chief fruit dependence
various ways of serving should be studied
TO avoid the nor ,Otony which pals even
with good appetite. A delicate and APP
lelizing dessert is the combination of an
pies with gelatine. Make a srup allowing
nan pounI of sugar to pint and half
OF water. Pare, core and halve six large
ilne. tart apples: add the juice and grated
rAhd oil haif IL lemon to the sirup then
crop in the apples ami cook clowlv until
tender. Keeping them whole as possible
a quarter of a lex of %elatine soaked in n
little cold water. to the sirup When dis
solved, strain and turn over the apples and
Sc, IN a cool place to harden. Serve either
with OF without cream This NAV be
varied occasionally by beatirg the white
Ci an egg to a stiff froth with a tablespoon
iuI OF sugar and dropping in spoonsful on
the apple.
Ices. jellies and salads are now usually
served IN artistic baskets or cups made
from orange. lemon or shaddock skins To
GO TINS, first scrub the skins thorouphlv in
coid water that no unSightly specks mar
their fair surface, wipe dry and then with
sharp scissors shape into handled baskets
or cut an entire circular piece from one
end, laying this aside for cover Remove
the pulp of the fruit with a sharp-pointed
spoon. Chill the skins by packing lightly
lor an hour In the can of an ice cream
freezer surrounded by salt and ice
Ihen fill with pieces of the fruit busted
WIN sugar, with orange frapDe or any
KIND OF ice cream. salad. or colored blocks
OF Jelly and pack again in the freezer until
time to serve.
If salad, it should only be chilled. not
frozen. and each cup served on a lettuce
leaf. The fruit or jelly baskets may be
served on dainty dessert plates.
The clover craze shows signs of abate-
ment, and clover charms, clover bracelets
Clover brooches clover hat pins. clover
buckles Tor belts and carriers, and clover
are, too, and doubIy lucky the possessor of
one of her own finding. The leaves are first
carefully pressed They are then mounted
on SIX or satin encased in crystal or glass
ana set IN narrow frame of gold or sill
YER Most of the shapes are round though
the diamond, oblong or square shapes are
occasionally seen. The size depends upon
the clover leaf and the ornament it adorns
II the fad wakes with the months by June
me four-leaf clover hunters will be buster
man the traditional bee and the farmers
well, the farmer who values his crop will
have to lay in new stock of barbed wire.
Wheys are among the most valuable adj
ditions to an invalid's bill of fare, who is
unable to take milk on account of the solid
curd forming in the stomach and Vet who
requires the elements of milk aside from
the casein All wheys require stirring until
they separate, then strain, when the little
casein that goes through, being broken is
easily digested. To prepare lemon whey
put two tablespoonfuls of lemon Juice into
half pint of hot milk cook until the whey
separates from the curd strain and
sWeeten with one teaspoonful of sugar
w Inc whey Is made by adding one gill of
wine to half pint of sweet milk heated to
the boiling point. Strain through a fine
Stralner and serve, sWeetened or not as
taste demands.
Although the holidays proper with their
plethora of pillows and cushions are over,
the craze is not, and new design for
Washington's birthday is already peeping
above the horizon. Navy blue linen is the
foundation for this tribute to the Father
of His Country" and on 1t the words
Washington, Americas First Hero" are
embroidered in red. A heavy red cord fin
ishes this cushion, which. in nursery or
some embryo students room, will be effec-
tive in impressing upon the youthful mind
It's first lesson in American history.
Where the student lamp or drop light re-
qulres little more toning down than that
afforded by the glass porcelain shade,
rufi1e of lace gathered full and tied about
the neck of the shade will be found both
simple ard effective.
Vegetables that have been slightly touch
ed by frost may be frequently restored by
soaking for time In cold water.
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