Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-02
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Baked salmon can be made a most deli
cious dish. quite equal to the position of
piece de resistance during Lenten days.
Clean thoroughly, rinse and wipe dry. Rub
outside and in with salt and pepper and fill
with a good bread stuffing. Tie a white
cord around the fish to hold the dressing
in place. Lay muffin rings in dripping
pan and put the fish on it. Lay bits of
butter over the fish. dredge lightly with
flour and put pint of hot water in the
pan to haste with. Bake an hour, if the
fish is of good size. in hot oven, basting
frequently When the fish is taken up slice
a lemon in very thin slices, lay in the pan
and let them fry a little adding small bit
of butter If more fat is needed. Stir in a
teaspoonful of -four and let it brown slight
ly without burning. Add a half cup boiling
water, stir smooth and strain into the sauce
boat. Squeeze little lemon over the fish
and garnish with sliced lemon and some
sprigs of parsley or water cress. Serve
with boiled potatoes.
An excellent way to make use of boiled
or baked salmon or other cold fish is thus:
Take one pint of fish freed from skin and
bones and put in bowl with three table
spoonfuls of warmed butter. Rub to a
smooth paste with the back of a silver
spoon. Beat light three eggs and add to
them a scant half cup of dried bread or
cracker crumbs, salt, pepper and chopped
parsley. Rub the egg mixture with the fish
until well blended. Butter a pudding mold
and cover with fine crumbs. Turn the mix
ture into the mold and boil steam one
hour. When done turn onto a heated plat
ter and pour about it the following sauce:
Put into saucepan two tablespoonful of
butter. AS soon as melted stir into it
tablespoonful Of cornstarch and blend Add
a cupful of hot milk, stirring all the time
Push to the back of the stove, season with
salt, dust of cayenne and teaspoonful
of tomato catsup. Lastly, add beaten
O. n nd q nrcn from fha
simple and delightful way of preparing
oysters and celery for luncheon or supper
is in this wise: Cut a cup of white celery
spoonfus of butter in a saucepan, allow it
to simmer for quarter of an hour. Add
half cupful Of oyster liquor, half cup
of cracker crumbs, salt and paprika to
Of oysters. Add the oysters after the LIQUID
has boiled and remove from the fire as
soon as the edges curl. Serve on toast or
in crescents Of puff paste
In buying sponges. give the street ven
doris with their chemically bleached wares
a wide berth. Much of their stock in trade
has been rescued from hospitals, dispersal
res and the junkmen, and then prepared
for market. A cheap sponge is an abomi-
nation, and a menace to health. Buy d.
rect from reputable dealers. To clean
sponge immense 1t over night in sweet milk,
then rinse 1t thoroughly in cold water.
While the same old question, How much
does the baby weight" still continues of
abiding interest, the kitchen steelyards and
grandpa'5 bandana handkerchief or cooks
scales are no longer considered de rigeur
for determining that mOmentous query. The
up-to-date baby has a weighing basket Of
his own, from whose downy depths he
gives ocular demonstration OF his sweet
young avoirdupos. Made Of wicker, pref
tiIy gided shaped like small canoe. lined
with satin, quilted and perfumed and trim
med with lace and ribbon. Baby Croesus,
in condition as near nature possible,
locks forth from it's shelter upon an audi
ence Of admiring slaves.
And yet-all hail, baby of the steelyards
A new method of treatment for diphthe-
ria which is said to be remarkably sue
cessful is the swabbing out of the throat
en- up by physicians, have been known to
yield to this simple remedy.
In a recent volume on the cause and preven
ton of decay in teeth the writer attributes
the increasing prevalence of dental carries
among civilized nations to the modern
methods of manufacture of food stuffs,
whereby the coarse and more fibrous parts
are eliminated. This. he claims acts in
two ways Firstly owing to the absence
of mechanically detergent constituents of
food, more Of the fermentable. acid-pro-
ducing and germ-susi tanning parts of the
latter remain in contact with the teeth for
some time after meals. and. secondly, that
the tongue being less actively employed
during the act of chewing and swallowing
fails to attain its full size and exercise its
normal important function in modelling the
dental arches.
1t is claimed that a cupful of mint tea
taken at morning and evening aids diges-
ton and gives a fresh and healthy appear
ance.
Two new entertainments are the special
product of this special year. The "Aiglon.'
luncheon Is the outcome of the great pop
ularity achieved by Rostand's dramatic
vision of Napoleon's EH-starred son. All
the decorations for this function follow ira
ditional French lines; the coloring, red, blue
and white; the forms for Ices. dishes cakes,
bonbons and favors-the eagle, the heur-de-
lis or the three-cornered Napoleonic hat The
menus must be in keeping with the occa-
sion, both to coloring and Dishes while
bouquets of violets tied with a royal purple
ribbon tipped with the gold spikes that
figure so conspicuously In Rostand's play
are laid by each cover.
The other new idea In entertainments 10 .