The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-05

LUNCH.
Cold sliced tongue.
Cottage cheese.
Fruit pancakes. Iced tea.
DINNER.
Clear soup
Boiled corned beef. Spinach PURGE.
Drowned turnips. Beets.
Berry short cake. Cream,
Coffee
&
POTATO SALAD.
Scrape six or eight new potatoes; cut
them into rather thick slices and then
into fancy shapes or neat dice. COOK
in plenty of boiling sSlted water until
tender but not well enough done to
break drain and moisten them well
with French dressing and set tside 10
get cold. Scald, peel and chill suttl-
cient number of small, firm, ripe toma-
toes to make equal quantity of the two
vegetables; sprinkle French dressing
over the tomatoes and then mix care
fully with the potatoes. Line salau
dish with crisp lettuce leaves; I'LL IN
with the vegetables and garnish with
a little minced ham strewn over the
top and minced gherkins.
APPLE DUMPLINGS.
One pint of flour, one teaspoontul
butter, two teaspoonfuls yeast powder,
salt and one cup milk. Roll out anu
cut into squares; enclose in each
square three-quarters of an apple
which has been previously pared
cored and quartered, and one teaspoon
full sugar. Steam one-half hour or lay
in buttered baking pan and bake to a
fine brown.
The first arrivals of oysters, those
which the dealer terms samples,
have given rise to the optimistic
prophecies concerning the winter
trade. They are in quality much SUI
perior to the oyster received Tor many
Years past. For three months, Sep
TENDER October and November, the
epicure feasts on the Delaware BAY
product. The tributaries of the Ches-
apeake-the York, Rappahannock ana
James Rivers-are utilized for the
transplanting of the oysters of Ches-
apeake Bay. At the mouth of these
rivers the oysters are laid on floats to
fatten, and it is this variety that holds
good until spring, when the sumner
oyster appears. ,
A dealer at the wharf who is famil-
lar with the various kinds or oysters
says that he can tell, at glance, from
the shape ana Color OIL lue SheA' ny
which river they have been transplant
ed. A very fine variety of salt oyster,
which comes about the same time as
the Chesapeake Bay is product or
Chincoteague Bay, Virginia, which ac-
counts probably for the fact that nu-
merous oyster dealers along the wharf
claim this locality as their native
place.
Stir two level tablespoonfuls of but
ter with one level tablespoonful or
-four and add a cup of hot milk; STIR
and cook until it boils, then season TO
taste with salt; add a beaten egg and
cook a minute longer. Have crisp
slices of toast moistened with the juice
and covered with chopped sugared
peaches. pour the dressing over fruit
and toast and serve. The toast may
be s.oftened with orange juice and ripe
chopped bananas and oranges used.
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SPANISH CREAM PUDDING.
Soak one-third box of gelatine one
hour in a quart of milk. Beat the yolks
of four eggs and one and one-half cups
of sugar together and add to the milk.
Cook twenty minutes, remove from the
fire and add the whites of the eggs
which have been beaten to stiff
froth. After it has cooled little add
vanilla and salt and beat five minutes.
Pour into mould and set on ice.
COCOANUT FINGERS.
Beat four ounces of butter with four
ounces of sugar and three eggs for hVe