Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-29

very thick, and set each separate bowl on
ice or In a cool place. When ready to serve,
add one pint of St. Croix rum, or half a
pint each of rum and brandy to the yolks
and stir briskly. Add the whites and
with fruit cake or a rich white cake. A
little nutmeg may be grated in If preferred,
and part rich milk may be substituted for
all cream.
Still another seasonable beverage for the
holly-wreathed bowl Is the "wassail bowl"
The preparation of this ancient cup varies
slightly in different localities, but is always
more or less the same. Put a quart of ale
and a pint of cider into a granite kettle,
and a quarter pound of sugar and scant
| half teaspoonful of pounded cloves and stir
over the fire until the sugar is melting and
the mixture nearly at the boiling point.
Have ready four good-sized apples, cored and
roasted with sugar. lay them in the wassail
| bowl. sprinkle with half teaspoonful
mixed Spices cover with the steaming hot
| liquid and serve.
| One of the standbys that the prudent wo-
| man, fond Of informal entertaining, likes
| always to have on hand is a bottle of pre-
served cherries. For an afternoon tea fill
| a cup with the cherries, cover with brandy
| and let them steep until the guests
| about due Then empty the cherries into
| pretty bowl. lay silver bonbon tongS on
| top and pass on the tray with the sugar.
cream and sliced lemon. One cherry is drop
| ped into each cup.
| If Christmas has its traditional plum pud
| ding and Thanksgiving its turkey and
| pumpkin pie the culinary triumph of New
Year usually centers about its cakes. Oily
| hooks and New Year cookies are still pre-
pared in many of the old Knickerbocker
| families from recipes handed down since
| the Dutch occupation of New York; while
| the descendants of the Scotch revel in va
| riety Of those delicate cakes whose praises
| have been sung by poets and story writers
! alike. No cream of tartar, soda or baking
| powder are used in any of these recipes, the
| lightness depending upon eggs yeast.
Most of these cakes will keep for months,
| improving the days go by. A recipe for
| the famous Scotch cakes which used to be
| given to the children New Year eve, when
| they came to the house doors to claim their
| "Hogmanay," is as follows: To four we'll
| beaten eggs add four ounces of sugar, and
| beat with a silver fork for at least twenty
| minutes. Mix three ounces of cleaned
| small raisins currantS with five ounces
| slightly Drowned -four and add gradually to
| the eggs and sugar. Have ready a shallow
square baking tin lined with buttered paper,
| and bake ten or fifteen minutes in hot
| oven AS soon taken from the oven cut
into squares.
| Essentially modern, but very popular at
| this season, are peanut waters. Beat to a
| cream a half cup of butter and one of
| sugar. Add a wel-beaten egg, three-quar-
| tiers of a cup of milk two small cups of
| Sifted flour and teaSpOOnful ana a nall OF
| vanilla. Butter the bottom {outside) Of a
| dripping pan, spread the dough over it
| thinly, but evenly, using knifeblade dip
ped in water TO smooth the top, and sprin-
| ke thickly with chopped peanuts. Bake in
| a quick oven and as soon as done cut in
squares and remove from the pan. Two
quarts of peanuts win be required for this
| quantity.
| Suggestions for a Twelfth Night enter
| tainment now in order, and an account
Of the Lotos Clubs Yuletide dinner last
year may serve as peg. The dinner
| close a reproduction as possible Of old
| English Twelfth Night feast, and the good
| cheer was of the same hearty quality that
abounded in the good old days Of Queen
| Elizabeth.
I'VE Yule III lie Stuffe" was the caption of
| the menu. There was crab meat in the
| style of Henry VIII. and there We're En-
| English grouse, English plum pudding,
| dairy cheese and toasted crackers. The
| rooms were decorated with masses of holly
| and evergreen, and over the chair Of the
| president, who was master Of the feast,
was draped a canopy Of coarse brown stuff,
| with supporting pixies and armoral bear
| ings, the throne and canopy representing a
| baronial dias of the sixteenth century.
5hmallow filing for an angel cake
| baned in layers Is made by cutting a half
pound of marshmallows into bits with scis-
| sorS and adding to syrup Of sugar. Put
| into a bright, clean saucepan two cups of
graduated sugar and a half cup Of water
and boil until it threads. Beat the whites
| of two eggs, pour the hot syrup over it,
| add the marshmallows. take from the fire
| and beat until cold. Flavor with pineapple,
| vanilla or almond.
| A little shredded pineapple fresh or pre-
| served, added to tea has the effect of
cordial Put few bits in each cup and
| pour the tea over When pineapple is used
| the slice Of lemon usually added to the
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! Now is the calendars heyday, and poets
| and artists, musicians and statesmen, flow
! ers and fruits, colleges and hospitals, men
| of high and men of low degree pressed
| into service to lend local color or inspira-
| ton to this modern almanac Of the new
| year.
| While many of these are extremely artis-
| tic. the pretty penny which they cost at
| the shops may be saved by making them at
| home. Buy some of the unmounted Perry
| pictures of any of the reproductions of fine
| paintings that to be had for few cents
! each, and paste to a mount of dark gray
| pasteboard or blotting paper. The white
margin of the picture may be cut off
| tirely, or a little strip left as a mat. The
mounts may be bought already cut to a
suitable size. Fasten the picture a little