Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-12

husk and every thread of silky fiber. Put
into boiling water. cover with clean inner
husks and cook from five to fifteen min
utes. Test a kernel, pour off the water and
stand the kettle on the back of the stove
as soon as the milk has thickened and the
raw taste is destroyed. Serve on platter
closely covered with serviette.
To prepare tomatoes with the satanic
name, wipe, peel and slice crosswise. Sea-
son with salt and pepper, dust literally
with flour and cook in the hot outlet pan
until thoroughly heated, using dripplngS,
olive oil or enough butter to prevent burn
ing. Take up on hot platter, and put into
the pan quarter of a cup OF butter
creamed, two teaspoonfuls powdered sug-
ar, one teaspoonfui mustard, quarter tea
spoonful of salt, a few grains of cayenne,
the yolk of one hard-boiled egg powdered
one egg slightly beaten, and two table,
spoonfuls vinegar Set over the hot-water
pan, stir constantly until thickened and
pour over the tomatoes.
With the advent of green corn, a green
corn omelet becomes q dish worth trying
Take four good-sized ears of corn, fresh
ly gathered as may be, score the rows
lengthwise and scrape out the pulp. Mix
with five well-beaten eggs, one tablespoon
full of cream. one-third of a teaspoon
full of salt and one-quarter teaspoonful of
pepper. Heat a frying pan and drop into
1t a small teaspoonful of butter, shaking
until the bottom is evenly creased. Pour
until it is evenly cooked Roll and serve
at once on heated platter, garnished with
little parsley.
During the summer months an excellent
way to keep bread from becoming musty is
to sprinkle each loaf with flour. tie it up
close in strong paper bag and suspend
from hooks fastened to the edge of a high
shelf In the kitchen pantry. If the loaf be-
comes dry it may be readily freshened by
brushing off the flour, rubbing the outside
Of the loaf with a soft cloth wet in cold
water, and placing it in hot oven for fivo
or ten minutes.
Poultry and meat, on being served cold
may be improved in appearance by glazing
Ihe process is simple. An excellent glaze
may be made by dissoving a half ounce of
gelatlne in pint of water, favoring and
colorfng 1t with extract of beef. To be per-
fectiy successful the meat must be perfectly
cold before the glaze is put on, and the first
coat should be allowed to dry before the
second is put on. The glaze must be warm
and applied with brush.
Parsley for seasoning or mint for sauce
are best cut with a pair of clean sharp
SCISSORS Hold half-dozen of the stalks
twisted into little roll in one hand and
clip them all through at one stroke, cutting
the bits very short. In this way the bruised
appearance that follows chopping is
avoided.
An olskin bag for towels ETC.. and a
lohg wrap of Turkish toweling or flannel
with loose sleeves and hood like a monks
cow TO cover one in the necessary transit
from bath house to the water will be found
useful accomplishments when bathing from
the beach. ~
"A bowl of hot milk taken Immediately he
fore retiring is said by those who have snf
Iered from insomnia to be a better soporifiic
tnan any oDiate known to medical science
Mint sauce may take on added elorias
says woman who has tried it, by using
IreSh lime juice instead of vinegar, with .
aash OF good brandy and few grains of
IN serving clam broth add to the ton of
each cup little whipped cream