Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-03
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dence, the woman who can fill it expedi-
| is to be congratulated. l have seen women
| without number who claimed that they
| would rather get up hot meal any day
| than fill lunch basket, and yet the prep
| aration of lunch is a comparatively easy
| matter. In the first place. the woman who
| has frequent lunches to prepare should have
| the requisites always at hand, and in one
place. Choose drawer or shelf on which
| to keep all the nice boxes, widemouthed
| bottles, corks, different baskets, balls of
| various sized string, jelly glasses or tum-
blers. wrapping paper, Japanese and old
| linen napkins, and a coarse or old table,
| cloth for the al-fresco picnic sheet
| of paraffine paper which may be bought
for few cents at the confectioner's, is a
necessity for keeping sandwiches and cake
moist Crumpled wrapping paper for the
| outside wrapping may be pressed out with
| warm iron, to look as good as new
| Other accessories for the use of the noun
| tain party or boating crew are wooden
plates, which save dish washing, cups-the
| light white German ware Is best-knives,
| forks, teaspoons, can opener, corkScreW,
| coffee pot or agate pail and one or more
tin pals that will fit inside the other.
The boxes in which the various kinds of
| cereals come are excellent receptacles for
| sandwiches, cakes or eggs. Skillfully pack
ed one will hold an ample luncheon for a
wheelman or child, who can throw away
| the box after disposing of it's contents
| For the picnicker Of aesthetic tastes and
| Fortunatus' purse the housefurnishing
| shops show an array of hampers and tea
| baskets which reduces the labor of pack
| ing to minimum. The most expensive of
| these of English Importation, the 40
| per cent duty paid on them accounting for
| the high prices which range from S12. 30
| for a luncheon outfit for two persons to
f0, c1,,r N1no Ips,, Iy1@e
also of English extraction, are $21 and in
clude the alcohol stove, the caddy and tea
pot, the cups, spoons, biscuit jar and jam
| pot. German baskets, untitled, are rated at
| $3.50. The picnic chatting dish is now made
| SO to be taken apart and compactly
packed in small parcel The price is the
comparatively reasonable one of $3.50 A
tin chatting dish which would answer for
one summers outings retails at 81.
In making sandwiches, homemade bread
made with the potato water sponge, will be
found to retain it's moist texture that rem
ders 1t the ideal sandwich bread. If bakers
bread Is a necessity the steamed bread or
the sound corrugated loaves of milk bread
will be found best. Small dinner rolls that
may be procured at any first-class bakery
are also useful in the picnic hamper, as
they keep fresh and tender. Cut in two,
lengthwise, they may be filled with chop
ped meat any other filling. In baking
homemade bread the pound baking pow
der or coffee tins give the circular shape
that always looks well. Bread for sand
witches should not be more than twenty
four hours old. Almost every variety of
meat vegetable, dressed with every va
| riety Of salad dressing, or without dress
ing Of any kind, is used for sandwiches.
The following list of materials from which
sandwiches can be made may prove sug-
gestive: Thinly sliced ham, chicken, veal,
tongue, roast beef, Belgian hare, bologna
sausage or rare-boled beefsteak, devled
chicken. ham. egg or tongue, slices Of
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jelly, jelled tongue, cut thin, with aspic
or tomato jelly; potted lobster, cheese, nut
butter. caviare or shrimp; vegetable sand
witches of cucumber, thinly sliced, we'll
Iced and laid with a French dressing be-
tween two small squares Of buttered bread;
lettuce sandwiches, the lettuce crisp and
beached. then dipped in mayonnaise;
tomatoes sliced thin with mayonnaise
nasturtium leaves, with their biting, pep
perry taste, seasoned with salt, or the least
little bit of mayonnaise; nut sandwiches of
peanut. almond and celery, or chestnut
made by boiling the nuts until tender chill
ing and pounding to paste mixed with
mayonnaise dressing. A light 'sprinkling
of grated cheese may be added to this, If
desired Favored buffers are always ex-
ceHent In sandwiches. To prepare them
rub the butter to a cream, then blend with
1t the flavor desired = caviare, anchovy
cheese. sardine. lobster, chutney, cress,
chilli or horse radish.
Very dainty are the rose. violet or new
mown hay sandwiches, where the fresh
butter is closely packed In jar, covered
with cheesecloth and the desired flowers
pressed about 1t to impregnate it with this
Odor.
Delicious sandwiches are made Of dates
or figs chopped fine, moistened with hot
water and lemon juice and sprinkled with
finely chopped walnuts Cottage cheese
and French mustard make a good sand
witch filling, as also grated cheese mixed
| with chopped celery and whipped cream
or Neufchatel moistened with a little but
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minced ginger and candied orange peel
tions Of picnic do not fail to try q ke-
bab This dish, which Is as old as the Ho-
meric days, is still the piece de resistance
In all al-fresco fetes in Greece and Turkey
juicy beef or lamb, cut into inch pieces
and well seasoned with SALT pepper and
suspicion Of onion. String these upon
withes Of willow or other wood. alternat-
ing the pieces Of meat with onion toma-
toes or eggplant as preferred, and lay the
ends across notched sticks above a bed of
glowing GOALS The campfire should be
built hour before meal time Let the
chef be chosen for unselfish devotion to
duty, or let there be relays of assistant
| cooks to keep the spit Affirming. AS soon
as deliciously Drowned, and by this time
there is an aroma that would cause the
mouth OF even SO ethereal q creature as q
| wood nymph to water, serve en- grille Po-
tatoes meanwhile may be roasted in the
dSHeS, anu coffee, GEAR ana fragrant, made
In the camp kettle. A bit of brie or ROGUE
fort cheese. with crackers, dish Of fresh
picked berries or a little crystalized fruit
| or Chinese ginger will give the finishing
touches to a dainty meal.
The last word about camp coffee seems
never to be said but the cold water method
seems most approved. Allow four table
| spoonfals Of coffee mixed with half an egg
and the shell OF eggs are obtainable) to
each quart Of water. Tie the coffee in q
thin cheesecloth bag. Pour the cold water
over 1t in the pail or pot and set on the hot
stones or hang on the crane. Allow 1t to
come to boil and let 1t boil rapidly two
or three minutes. Remove from the fire,
add two tablespoonful cold water and
serve.
In going camping, the red bandana hand
kerchief will be found thing of beauty
and Joy forever. Twenty-Five cents will
buy three large ones, with conventional fig
| ures or pretty Persian pattern. Cut In two,
triangularwise. and you have picturesque
and comfortable neckerchief for the day,
and nightcap should you need it, by
night. In a recent Arizona camping party
every member wore the scarlet kerchief as
their distinctive badge. II there is any
hunting going on In the vicinity Of the
camp, the dash Of scarlet will be found
wise precaution. Careful sportsmen ad-
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