Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-13

! 1t is hard to find in all Germany a prin-
cess who is not good cook and house
keeper. Empress Augusta Victoria took les
| sons in cooking when she was young girl
Grand Duchess Louise of Baden told her
only daughter, Princess Victoria, wife OF
| the crown prince of Sweden, never to for
get that "eyery woman. whether she lives
| In palace or cottage, should be care
full housekeeper and a perfect cook" 1t is
just as much fun for boys to learn how to
cook as it is for girls, and many Of our SOL
diers can testify to the value of man s
| knowing something about cooking Many
Of our greatest chefs are men. Let the
boys then join our chapters, as we'll as the
girls, and We promise them a good time.
Chapter 1 has been started In Washing
ton, and they invite others to join the
movement. Application to the editor for
number of chapter and rules will receive
an immediate reply. All suggestions sent
to the editor will receive consideration, but
correspondence will not be answered per-
sonaily. Recipes for small quantities only
will be printed The movement originated
One little girl writes: 'All the boys and
girls In our house want few simple candy
receipts printed when there is room" 1t
is in reply to this request that We give the
following recipe for making marshmallows.
Chapter l intends trying 1t at their first
meeting. 1t is taken from the Century
Cock Book, by Mary Ronald
Ask mother, on cooks day out whether
you may not go into the kitchen and try it
also, or perhaps cook is amiabIe and invites
you into the kitchen on rainy days. If SO,
you have before you much pleasure, for
there Is nothing quite so fascinating to boys
and girls of certain age as to deIye int
the mysteries of cooking and make things
with real fire.
MARsHMALLoWs.
Soak four ounces Of gum arabic in a cup
full of water until it is dissolved. Strain it
TO take out any black specks that may be
In the gum. Put the dissolved gum arabic
into saucepan with half pound of pow
dered sugar. Place the saucepan In a Sec
ond pan containing boiling water. Stir
until the mixture becomes thick and white
When it begins to thicken test it by drop
ping little into cold water When it VIII
form firm ball remove it from the fire and
ped to q stiff froth. This will give it a
spongy texture. Lastly, flavor 1t with two
teaspoonfuls of orange flower water. Turn
the paste into a pan covered thick with
corn starch. The layer of paste should be
one inch thick. Too large pan must not
be used, or it will spread and make thin
layer. After the paste has stood twelve
hours, turn it onto a slab and cut it into
inch squares, dust them well with corn
starch or with confectioners' sugar, and
pack in boxes. AS the paste is more or
less cooked 1t will be more or less stiff
Marshmallows become harder the longer
they are kept, but are best when as soft
as they can be handled.
BURNT ALMONDS.
Put a cupful Of brown sugar into a
saucepan with very little water. Stir
until the sugar Is dissolved. Let it boil a
minute, then throw in a half cupful of
almonds and stir over the fire until the
sugar graduates and Is a little Drowned.
When the nuts are well coated, and before