Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16
jelly to be cut in cubes and served with the
slices Of boned Chicken.
Pate en- Bellevue.


slices of boned Chicken.
Pate en- Bellevue.
Decorate the bottom of individual timbale
molds with daisy made of hard-boiled egg,
using the whites for the petals and the
yolk. sliced and cut out with small, round,
pastry tube cutter, for the centers. Pour in
little aspic jelly to fix it, then add layer
of lobster, chicken, game any forcemeat
you fancy; add another layer of jelly, more
forcemeat and SO on until mold is full. Set
away to harden. Turn out on shredded
lettuce to serve.
Stuffed Tomato Salad.
This makes very attractive as we'll as
delicious salad for country luncheons. as
the brilliant red lends much to the decora-
tive effect.
Select the deep red, smooth, round toma-
toes, having them of equal size. Chill them
and peel without scalding. Cut out the
stem end and scoop out the seeds; place
them stem end down on plate and set on
ice until needed then fill with chicken
celery and almond mayonnaise or cucumber
and sweetbread capped with {. daisy made
from slices of hard-boiled egg
Ice Cups.
These are very dainty for serving frozen
creams. Small tumblers or cups are packed
in bed of ice and freezing salt, then filled
with red fruit strip, strawberry. cherry or
raspberry and covered with paraffin paper
and cloth and allowed to remain until the
strip is frozen about an eighth of an inch
thick around the sides Of the glasses or
cups. Pour out the unfrozen sirup and
pack again for a few moments to thorough
ly freeze the inside of the sirup case, then
turn the ice cups out carefully and fill them
f,,n % x,,,fs too ~ m
of different color. Serve quickly.
Chicken Croquettes.
Take two cups of cooked meat of chicken
chopped very fine, season to taste with salt,
pepper, a little grated nutmeg, onion juice
and teaspoonful of minced parsley. Make
sauce as follows: Put half cup of milk
and half cup of the chicken stock In a
double boiler to heat. Rub two tablespoon
fuls of butter and two of flour to smooth
paste and pour sufficient hot liquid over 1t
to dissolve, then add to milk in boiler and
stir and cook until it is quite thick; season
| to taste with salt and cayenne and add the
chicken, and If you want them to be very
delicate and nice add also half a cup of
small button mushrooms chopped fine.
| Turn the mixture out into shallow pans to
cool and when firm and cold form into GRO
quettes with mold or two tablespoons wet
in cold water. Break an egg into a small
sauce UlSfl dUu d tablespoonful VI WdTIl
(not hoD water and beat just enough to
mix smooth. Dip the croquettes in this,
covering every part then roll in fine dry
broad crumbs; shake off the loose crumbs
and lay on board until all are dipped and
covered; then fry in hot fat, deep enough
to cover the croquettes when placed in the
bottom of wire frying basket. They should
cook quickly, a light brown. Do not fry
too many at a time, as this chills the fat.
Place them on soft brown paper in a shall
| low pan and set in a warm oven to keep
hot while frying
Cream of Chicken.
Take three pints of chicken stock or
| broth, seasoned we'll; heat and add a
tablespoonful of butter Take one cup of
the white meat of chicken minced very
fine. and rubbed through line sieve with
a cup of hot cream. Season with salt,
| white pepper and little mace. Add to the
hot chicken stock or broth and stir until
thoroughly mixed. Just before serving beat
up three egg yolks and add a little of the
hot soup; then stir them into the whole
and cook until it is creamy but not long
enough to curdle the eggs. Serve at once.
Asparagus tips are generally served with
this soup; and half a cup OF blanched
almonds, chopped and powdered to a paste
may be used to flavor instead of the mace
Plain chicken broth may be thickened with
little flour moistened with cream instead
of water and a beaten egg yolk added just
before 1t is removed from the fire.
Plank for Shad.
white oak plank or board one and one
half inches thick. 1t must be made of
well-seasoned wood and trimmed to fit in
the hollow part of large meat platter
You can purchase large fish platter with
the plankS fitted in them.
Menus.
SUNDAY
BREAKFAST.
Fruit.
Cereal Cream
Dreamed Dried Beef Potato Cakes
French Rolls.
Coffee.
DINNER.
Mock Turtle Soup
Olives. Sailed Almonds.
Broiled Chicken. Cream Sauce.
Riced Potatoes. Asparagus on Toast
Cucumber and Tomato Salad.
Cheese Crackers.
Pineapple Pudding.
Coffee
SUPPER.
White Fish Salad
Whole Wheat Bread
Sliced Oranges. Sponge Cake.
Cocoa.
MONDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit,
cereal. Cream,
Brolled Bacon, Soft Boiled Eggs
Buttered Toast,
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Cold Tongue,
Watercress and Radsh Salad
Brown and White Bread Sandwiches
Strawberries, White Cake,
Tea
DINNER.
Cream of Rice Soup
Roast Beef, Brown Gravy
Mashed Potatoes Stewed Onions
Lettuce Salad, Bread Sticks,
Rice Pudding,
Coffee.
TUESDAY,
BREAKFAST.
Fruit,
Cereal. Cream,
Lamb Chops, French Fried Potatoes