Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-11

chouped up finely Add to this layer of
Jelly some small cress, cover IN the SAND
witches with the remaining slices and press
together Mark out with the heart-shaped
cake cutters.
Tomato and egg cream sandwiches are
made after this fashion: Pound the yolh
of four hard-boiled eggs TO smooth paste
with two tablespoonfuls of thick cream and
season with salt. pepper dust of curry
uowder and few drops of tomato catsup.
Slice and stamp out with the heart-shaped
cutters either brown white bread Whlcn
has been buttered and spread evenly Win
the egg cream, cover with a thlu sH'e ot
tomato fold the sandwich ana place on a
cloth to allow the suPerhuous moisture 10
become absorbed
Path buns are always good and II re-
freshments are served late in the afternoon
the children will appreciate their substah-
tiaI properties even more than the aftrac-
tive sandwiches Beat In basin a quarter
of a pound of -four, four yolks ana three
whites of eggs and four dessertspoontuls
az fresh Yeast Set before the fire to rise.
Rub ten ounces of butter into one pound or
flour and half pound OF sugar, some
carraWay comfits or shredded citron ana
can1iad lemon peel and when the mixture
before the fire is light, dry by degrees all
the ingredients, cover and sci before the
fire and rise again. When sufflclently llShI
divide into buns and place i'll baking tins,
brushing the tops with the white of an egg
and n little milk. Strew with comhts or
seed candies and bake I'm quick oven
uSinple Salad.-With these buns serve
a sinple salad. The following commends
itself at this season because OF It's color
and digestibility. nothing but the simplest
ingredients being used: Chop up some co4u
fiIiets of chicken and little ham with car
rOts cold boiled peas, small French beans
and a quantity of beets which have been
boiled in the rind to preserve the color'
Mix thoroughly, adding by degrees a IttIe
n
dominate and the salad should be caretuIly
mixed. Dress with mayonnaise sauce ana
serve on heart-shaped doylles OF paped
lace. -,
Children are always thirsty and IL might
be well to serve along with the other eat
ables this refreshing milk lemonade: A pint
of milk and the thiuly cut rind OF two lem
ons should be placed In a saucepan and al
lowed to simmer for a quarter of an hou..
Squeeze the juice of the lemons into Jug
add a tablespoonful of sugar TO each lemon
and after the milk reaches the boiling point
pour it into the jug containing the lemon
Juice. Stir well and allow 10 get perfectly
cold Then strain through muslin ana add
a tablespoonful of Orange-hower water for
each lemon.
Refreshments at children's parties should
increase in novelty they near the end.
The two desserts here given can not fall
10 please. For bananas in jelly, prepare
wav and while still hot pour into 1t pound
of raspberry jam. Then strain and clarity
IL. Add sufficient red coloring to make it
a deem red and set away to cool. Split some
peeled bananas through lengthwlse, remove
a small portion from the middle or each
piece lengthwise with an apple corer, max
ing it hollow. Lay them in the juice OF
half lemon and tablespoonful OF pow
dered sugar for an hour. Then wipe dry,
fill the hollow with stiffiy whipped cream,
al and rcd
with vanilla replace the halves OF the fruit
and arrange in a large glass bowl. Then
pour the cold raspberry jelly over them and
as soon as firm scatter over the top chopped
pista chic nuts or hickory nuts.
With this serve the following white cake
cut into oblongs by the envelope cutters:
Heat to a cream one-half cup of butter. add
one and one-half cups OF sugar and beat
again Sift together two and oDe-half cups
of pastry flour and two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder. Add this alternately with
one cup of cold water to the creamed but
ter and sugar. beating all the while Add
fiayoring and stir in the well-beaten whites
of FIVE eggs. Bake in loaf and when cold
slice down and stamp out with the cutter
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For the heart-shaped molds use this cram
berry sauce with fieck OF whipped cream
ON ton: Core and cut into quarters one
mound OF apples and one quart or water
and set over the fire. When boiling add one
ouart of cranberries and COOK until tho
herrtss are soft Then press through Il
co,ander. Add one pound of graduated
sugar and heat until the sugar is thor
ouRhly dissolved. The sauce should be
nix when cold. II not stiff add a little
eeIa tine. pour into the elongated molds and
When ready to serve turn out and slice
down turning each heart onto larger
eart-shaped DOYLE Place on the top a
fieck OF the cream. which should be stiniy
whipped.
gingerbread Nuts-Mix thoroughly two
mounds of -four pound and quarter or
moIagses half a pound OF brown sugar. two
ounces of ginger. three-auarters of pound
of butter melted, and very little cayenne
nepner Roll out into inch thick sheets and
cut with the animal cake cutters.