Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
Fruit and Cereals a
Fashionable Diet

n OSSIBLY it may have happened that
the sentiment of the Mussulman re-
- garding the freshness of his wives
and daughters has had some psychological
effect upon the women of New Y ork. AT
least 1t is true that the tendency of Ameri-
can women is toward taking on flesh, and
that those reversely inclined make pro-
dgious efforts in the direction of having
their bones well covered The Mussulman
buys his wife and sells his daughters by
the pound; the fatter they are, therefore,
the more his pride is augmented. Thinness
among his women is not only calamity,
but an evidence of poverty. Judicious fat
tening is practiced among his people some
what as an art might be in another ma
ton. It is some of the Mussulmans pet
ideas about fattening foods that New YORK
women are now emulating In their fad Tor
eating fruits and cereals.
Dates opened and filed with fresh butter.
after the pits have been removed, are one OF
the most favored diets for thin women. 1t
Is said to put fat on the bones, while at the
same time invigorating the system throusn
the prevention of indigestion. Literally 1t
Is q stuffing process with those who desire
to gain flesh in this way. The dates are
eaten in as great quantity and as often as
possible. The desire for other food is over
come by the preponderance Of the dates
and butter that are consumed. At the same
time there Is no restriction against eatlng
| whatever other food the appetite Graves.
Women who do not go in exclusively for
the date and butter food sometimes prefer
to eat cereals in considerable quantity that
| have been made tasty with raisns. Either
the raisins are cooked with the cereals or
they are eaten from separate dish IN
| connection with the cereal. White cereals
and rice are preferred by some women,
while others like better the ones MADE OF
whole wheat BUT In either case a little
| oyerspread cream and raisins are necessary
adiuncts In cases, moreover, where fat
| tening is desperately desired a tablespoon
| full of glycerine is mixed through the cereal
before covering it with cream The taste
is not disagreeable, adding only a little
sweetness to the flavor.
| Fried in olive oil is another form In
which cereals are relished by those de-
! string to put on fesh The manner of their
| preparation is then very simple. After hav-
: ing been mixed with white sauce they are
| rolled into shape with the yolk of an egg
| and breadcrumbs and later dipped In the
| olive oil. Olive oil, in fact is prominent on
! the menu of the moment. Fruit and nut
salads are served fairly swimming in 1t.
and even small fishes have it over them as
! a sauce similar to that of sarhnes.
| A paste made of almonds. rolled and
fried in olive OIL is one Of the especially
delicious morsels eaten by seekers of flesh.
| Sometimes in making these almond GRO
quotes, moreover, white cereal is used as
a stiffener or to give them proper con-
| sistency before frying.
| Compotes of stewed fruits and rice are
luncheons. For occasions of more form they
| can be made attractive by the addition of
| whipped cream. Among salads those made
| with apples and nuts have retained their
popularity.
A pretty fashion at present popular is to
| use apples to hold salad as well as Tor
making the salad proper. Very large.
bright red apples are first selected, and
these have their tops sliced or and their
inner parts scooped out for later use. They
| appear then not unlike small Edam
cheeses. From the removed centers OF the
apples the salad is devised which later nils
! them to overlooking. Indeed. 1t Is very
popular to crush the soft part of the ap,
pies and mix it with chopped nuts and
French dressing in rich olive oil before re-
placing it in the apple dishes. The whole
is then bowed to as one of the wholesome
and fattening salads. 1t Is, besides ex-
i trennely pleasing to look upon.
In making dressing for salads a RAD IL
abroad to substitute lime Juice for that oil
lemon which in its turn replaced vinegar
81 in fashionable households The lime juice
lends somewhat musry taste to salads
which il not altogether understood by the
| uninitiated. Those of astronomical pro
cIivities however, greet 1t eagerly.
The sweet that is chosen by careful w'om
en- desiring flesh Is an almond and pistache
nougat. most delightful, indeed to ths