Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-26
Entertaining the Unexpected.

POSSIBLY, she said. the woman
o"esht live who hasn't learned from
experience what it means smilingIv to
eh'er'ain an unexpected guest and
nieailWhlle to rack her brain rs to how
she can evolve a luncheon from tho
"'ids ana ends that cruel fate has de-
creed shall comprise her stock on hand
~ inns particular crisis.
mat IS exactly the fix I was in one
10y Est week. My guest arrived
Willlh an hour Of lunch time. ana tho
huckStcr who has been my dcpcndcncc
'hiS season failed to put in an :lupr.lr-
ance.
our own vegetables, owing to the
lale date of our removal to Il country
price, W"r" not available for table use.
we ar" ut some distance from the
stores and. anyway. | had no one to
send.
y large number Of American wo-
hell-l believe it is SO per ccnt.-ara
SerFahtieSS. Well. on this particular
day l happened to be one of that large
majority.
So. when doccntIy could. I excused
myself ana went on an Investigation
was rewarded as follows: Two tomo-
Toes. one ear Of corn. one small cucun-
per, half 4 dozen leaves Of lettuce. one
jar OF anchovy paste ana two canta.
loupes.
There We're q few very small pota-
toes i'm stock. also milk and eggs. like.
wise crackers and cheese
After Il minute and IL half of PRO.
found head work, these several com,
p"hents had separated and recon-.
bined themselves into Il bill of fare -,
ills wise:
Nest egg with anchovy.
Dreamed whole anchovy.
Htuheu tomatoes. Cucumber 81 y.
Iced cantaloupe
Crackers, Cbaas,
Coffee
That reads very Well, doesn't ito
Una IL tasted just as well as it sounds
IL may he pai'toned for saying So.
Flrst of all made the coffee then
pared those mites of patatoes ana mr.
them on to boil. Meanwhile. I cut tba
top from each tomato ana SCREENED II,
the inside
Then ! cut the corn from the cob
mixed II with the tomato pulp. sea-
soned it with red pepper, salt and bit
OF sugar and filled the tomato shells
with the mixture. Over the ton Of
each was spread generous spoonful
OF puttered crumbs and the waole mt |
in IN oven to bake.
Next | took the inside of a loaf Of |
broad and cut it into thick rounds. ont
Of which | scooped the centers to make |
me nests. After crisping them in the
oven and thinly spreading the insides
with the anchovy, the nests were ready
for the eggs.
The whites We're beaten stiff and |
piled up in the nests with a little de
in the center to receive the
yolk. The dish was then ready for its
brown in the oven
AS soon as the potatoes were tender
drained and creamed them ana while
n" cooking process was in it's last
stage | dressed the cucumber ana 1T
luce as salad and iced the melons for
serving.
For table decorations there were
ferns gathered that morning from Il
little clump of bushes back of the
ho'lse. Arranged in gold fish bowl on
I plain linen centerpiece they looked
DELIGHTFULLY."- fresh and cool also
placed fresh fern leaf under each
glass ana twined 4 slender vine Of wild
DuckWheat about the table edge.
Il could see that my guest approved
IF the affair from wild buckwheat to
'emitasse. and when she departed her
or1ise of the dear little luncheon was
20 sincere that If made the djchwaSh- |
ng a delight"