Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-06-28

cake pans and bake in hot oven until a
golden brown, which will take from
twelve to fifteen minutes. Remove one
of the layers to the serving plate, bot
tom side up. Butter we'll over the entire
surface. Place another layer over this
and butter generously as you would
spread jelly on layer cake. The top
layer is to be placed top side up, and
also we'll buttered. Cover all with a
deep dish and place in the oven until
ready to be served.
SUGGESTIONS FOR LUNCHEoNs.
Various full luncheon menus may be
made up from the following suggestions;
or ideas may be also taken for simpler
repast; Melons, red apples scooped out
and filled with shredded pineapple,
chopped apple, celery, mayonnaise, clam
cocktail, Little Neck CLAIMS on the half
shell served with tiny sandwiches of
gluten bread spread lightly with horse
radish, chicken cOnSOmme, clam broth,
bouillon hot, or jellied, and served ice
cold. Crabmeat and soft-shell clans
may be prepared in the same manner as
lobster la Newburg, using the chatting
dish, which, too, may be utilized in
cooking CLANS, creamed, to be served on
toast; curried or creamed chicken;
spaghetti, creamed or PItalienne; tripe
a la Bordelaise; crab-meat, creamed and
highly seasoned, to be served on toast
with q grating of cheese over the top;
chickens livers and mushrooms on toast
or in pate shells; Spanish or asparagus
omelet. Then there are soft-shell crabs,
soft clans fried with am accompaniment
of sliced tomatoes and mayonnaise or
French dressing, broiled sardines, stuffed
crabs or clans, chicken in various forms.
A very delicious and attractive entree
may be made of canned or potted chick
en- in small pyramids covered with aspic
jelly and served in small individual forms
with mayonnaise, or with tiny French
pease and a cream sauce. Then green
peppers, scooped out and filled with
salmon, or chicken and ham, bread
crumbs, cream and beaten egg, and a
savory seasoning and baked, make an
effective and delicious dish. There is an
endless variety of substantial and dainty
salads which it would be superhuOus to
mention in detail. The green salads of
seasonable character should find place
at either luncheon or dinner, or both of
these meals, without fail, each day. Cot
tage, cream or Neufchatel cheese may
be whipped with pure cream, and served
on lettuce. leaves with a spoonful OF
Barbecue jelly, or with mayonnaise
dressing. Sandwiches of cream cheese
and minced green peppers, without the
seeds, are relishable. These may be pre-
scented, too, made of three very thin
slices of bread, spreading the cheese
between the first two slices, and then
between the next two or upper and mid
die slices filling of minced green pep
pers, or of thinly-sliced olives, or water
cress, or lettuce-leaves with msyOnnaise
dressing.
AS TO "swEETs."
For "sweets" at the veranda luncheon
may be suggested raspberry cream and
macaroOns, cafe parfait, small musk
melons cut in half and served with fill
| ing of ice cream, cherry bounce sherbet,
pineapple tart with vanilla cream, fruit
salad, pineapple scooped out and filled
with shredded pineapple and thinly-
sliced bananas, peaches, oranges, grapes,
few candied cherries, some cut-up pre-
served ginger, and few whole, canned
or preserved raspberries or strawberries.
Whipped cream, favored and sweetened,
piled high over the fruit in the pineap-
pie shell, makes an attractive finish, or
these same fruits served on slices of ice
cream constitute an inviting dessert. Or
again, this macedonia of fruits may be
served In little baskets made from scoop
ed-out oranges. There are knives
specially made for preparing these little
baskets.
Beverages to be served are iced tea
(which to be perfect must be made care
fully in the beginning according to the
simple but imperative rules which 60
with brewing perfect cup of hot tea),
tea punch, iced coffee with whipped
cream, orangeade, claret cup, raspberry
shrub, ginger ale, carbonated waters,
etc.
FIVE O'CLOCK TEA.
For the five O'Clock tea there may be
recommended, in addition to the sand.
witches given above, very thin buttered
bread and dainty sandwiches OF all sorts
Jellied chicken with gluten bread makes
delicious sandwiches; so do the potted
meats and poultry of good brands, as
also crisp cucumbers thinly sliced with
appropriate seasoning, minced sardines
with lemon juice and paprika, also sand
witches of orange or pineapple marina.
lade. Very thin cuts of ice cream may
be offered between slices of pound cake.
Small features such as sailed almonds
and pecan nuts, prunes stuffed with
| Neufchatel cheese, dates filled with nuts
and ginger, crystalized ginger-plain, OF
with coating of chocolate. Little balls
of cream or Neufchatel cheese, chopped
nuts and minced green peppers may be
rolled in finely minced parsley with
wooden toothpick stuck in each ball az
convenient device for handling and
eating these dainties from.
EMERGENCY HOSPITALITY.
To provide features for emergency
hospitality, or az aids in tightening the
details of cooking occasionally in hot
weather, becomes an easy matter in
these days. The high class grOcers as
we'll as the large department stores,
offer for such situations an overgener-
GUS list. The provident but by no
means extravaganza house wife neeo
never find herself in an embarrassing po-
sitiOn, no matter how unexpected the
occasion which may call for q simple or
b0untiful rejection.
CAFE FRAPPE.
This will be enjoyed on summer
afternoon, and is easily made as follows:
Make quart Of strong coffee, sweeten
with large heaping cupful Of sugar;
let cool, add gradually to a quart Of rich
cream which has been whipped well.
Freeze as ice cream and serve In glasses.
RASPBERRY CREAM.
Beat the whites of four eggs thorough
ly, adding very gradually four table
spoonfuls of powdered sugar, continuing
to heat until all is perfectly firm and
stiff; add one tablespoonful Of pure
raspberry syfup and one teaspoonful
of lemon juice, stirring in carefully a
pint of whipped cream which has been
made from cupful of rich cream.
Serve in glasses.-New Idea.
The latest color combination is pale
blue and lavender, and pale blue hats
are decorated with pansieS.