Evening star., 1902-03-18

broth or stock. Cook with a moderate heat
in the oven for one and one-quarter hours.
When nearly done remove the cover and
allow to brown to nice. rich color. basting
frequently to prevent the larded part get
ting too brown. Reduce the liquor to one
pint, strain out the vegetables, dish up the
capon and pour some of the reduced gravy
around 1t.
Macedoine Salad.
Peel cook separately and cut into dice a
half cup each of carrot and turnip. Take
same quantity of picked beets, celery,
string beans and green peas, season with
salt and pepper and moisten with French
salad dressing; toss all together; arrange
in salad dish with small head of cauli-
flower in the center; decorate the sides
with stars of mayOnnaise sprinkled with
little finely minced parsley.
Real English Hot Cross Buns.
Put two pounds Of -four into bowl with
half pound of sugar and a pound Of well
washed and dried currants. a teaspoonful
of salt and one teaspoonful of mixed spice.
When all are mixed together make hole
in the middle of the flour and put in half a
cup of good yeast or one compressed yeast
cake dissolved in half cup of lukew: m
water; add half pint of lukewarm milk
and mix in enough OF the -four to make
batter thick as cream, then cover and set
in warm place to rise for two hours.
Then dissolve until lukewarm half a pound
of butter, add to the sponge with enough
warm water to make a soft paste of all
the flour. Cover and again set to rise for
half an hour. Then shape into buns and
lay them in rows, about four inches apart.
in buttered tins. Let them rise half an
hour; then press the form Of cross on each
bun with tin mold or the back Of knife.
Bake in quick oven for twenty minutes.
These are seasonable on Good Friday,
but many enjoy them for Easter morning
breakfast.
Another Easter Salad.
Scald pint Of large oysters in their own
liquor until the gills ruff1e, drain and set
aside to get thoroughly chilled. Then mari
nate with well seasoned French dressing.
When ready to serve mix with equal guam
tity of tender, white celery cut into dice:
bind together with mayonnaise. Press into
an oblong, plain mold, then turn out
carefully onto a dish, cover smoothly with
mayonnaise. With the white Of a hard
boiled egg cut into strips. mark Easter on
the top of mold, arrange border around
the outer edge of the salad with capers and
tiny gherkins sliced lengthwise. Around
the base arrange a border Of curled celery
and crisp tender hearts of lettuce.
Sunshine Pudding With Snow Eggs.
Cover half package of gelatine with half
cup Of cold water and let it soak until
tender Whip dry one part Of cream and
place 1t on a fine wire sieve, in cold place,
to drain. Put one pint of milk In double
boiler to scald. Separate five eggs; beat the
yolks with one cup Of sugar until light; add
to the hot milk with the dissolved gelatine
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a basin and set aside to cool. Beat the
whites OF the eggs with five tablespoonfuls
of powdered sugar until stiff and white.
Shape like eggs with a spoon and steam
them few minutes over hot water to ''set"
the white. Decorate a mold with these.
Then add the strained juice of four large
oranges to the pudding and stir 1t over
cracked ice until it begins to thicken. Care
fully stir in the whipped cream and turn the
mixture into the mold and set away to
garnish.
An Appetizing Little Easter Dinner.
MENU.
Tomato BisQue,
Broiled shad, Maitre dHotel Butter,
Dressed Cucumbers.
Baked Cream Potatoes,
Sweetbread, Orange and Celery Mayonnaise.
Banana Charlotte with Whipped Cream,
Roses,
Coffee.
White Cookies.
Cream half a cup Of butter with one cup
of sugar; flavor with vanilla or rose water,
Add one cup Of milk then two cups Of
-four sifted with two level teaspoonfuls of
baking powder. Whip the whites OF two
eggs to q froth and fold them in. Add
enough -four to make a soft dough. Roll
out. cut and bake. Sprinkle the top OF the
cakes with granulated sugar before baking.
Cookies Without Eggs.
Stir quarter OF teaspoonful OF baking
soda into half a pint Of sour milk. Add
half cup of melted butter. pinch OF salt.
two cups Of sugar. half a teaspoonful OF
grated nutmeg and ground mace. Mix well.
Sift two teaspoonfuls OF baking powder in
enough flour to make sti6 dough.