The National tribune., 1907-09-26


round run long strips of salt pork If
your butcher will thus lard" the beef
it viii be easier for you. If not. do it
at home by making holes thru the beef
with a long, slender knife and draw
the strips of pork thru. having them
project nearly an inch on each side of
the beef. These strips may be put
about two inches apart Between
them make other incisions. and fill
these openings with a forcemeat of
bread crumbs and minced pork hav
ing twice as much of the bread as Of
the pork. This forcemeat should be
highly seasoned. Keep the round of
stout piece of muslin. then lay it in
pot, cover with cold water, and lay
over it minced vegetables. such as
onions. carrots. celery tops and
parsley, and sprinkle with a crumbled
bayleaf. six cloves and a few blades
of mace broken into bits. Let the
meat simmer slowly, allowing Is min
utes to each pound When done it
should be tender enough to be pierced
with fork. Let it cool in the pot in
the liquor. When cold, take it out,
put in a pan, and place a large plate
on top OF it. weighted down with flat
irons or other heavy articles. Leave
for at least IL hours before removing
the weights taking off the band and
y
sharp knife into thin slices.
In preparing radishes for a meal,
when you wish to give q pretty effect
to the table, take a very sharp knife
and cut the round. red radishes so
that the skins when drawn back look
like little red flower petals. 1t is cas-
lily done, and makes very attractive
dish.
This is a good recipe for hot-water
sponge cake: One and one-fourth
cups of granulated sugar. one and one
half teaspoons of baking powder, four
eggs, four tablespoons of boiling wa
ter, a pinch of salt vanilla or lemon
to taste, cream yolks and sugar to-
gether. add beaten whites, then flour
and baking powder, add water and
favoring, then stir thoroly. This is
nice baked in two layers and spread
with whipped cream.
To make Parmesan cheese puffs:
Mix four and one-half ounces of bread
crumbs, four ounces of Parmesan
cheese, two ounces of butter, half a
teaspoonful of cayenne pepper and
salt and two eggs; pound these all
thoroly in mortar, bind them with an
egg, shape into balls about the size of
a walnut. egg and brcad-crumb them,
and fry a golden brown in plenty OF
boiling fat. Drain well, and serve at
once very hot, garnished with parsley.
Here are three nice apple. recipes:
For Baked apples, core the. apples. and
in that opening put nuts, chopped fine,
raisins and sugar. Bake in medium
oven.
To make an apple compete, peel and
core seven good-siZed apples and put
them in cold water. to which the juice
of a lemon has been added; then
blanch them in this water until tender
enough to give a little when touched.
Lift them out carefully, and arrange
them on the serving dish. Now add a
lump of loaf sugar to each apple and
lemon to flavor. Boil all together until
thick, and pour it over the apples; pass
whipped cream
For an apple pudding, add to one
and a half cupfuls of strained stewed
apples the juice of an orange, the
grated rind and juice of half lemon,
three tablespoonfuls of sugar and two
tablespoonfuls of gelatin soaked in
cold water. Stir the mixture until it
thickens little, then fold in the whites
of three eggs whipped to a stiff broth,
or half pint of whipped cream. Turn
it into a mold, and when cold serve
with whipped cream. .,-s .5.s-..ts
Sometimes. you know. people nurse
their nervousness, and get worse all
the time. A good, strenuous fight to
overcome. it will nearly always win.
Here are some excellent rules to help
you in the fight:
Have plenty of fresh air. You can
not handicap yourself in any more Sc
rious matter than to work or sleep in
stale air.
Do not expend any more energy than
is necessary in accomplishing your
daily tasks When you talk do not
comfort your face, move your hands
and feet.
What is the use of spending so much
unnecessary strength In talking or in
listening?
Do not clinch the hands. Do not
tap the feet. Learn to be reposeful.
If you learn to relax in general
way you will worry less about unavoid-
able delays in cars and ferry boats
and will save your temper and prevent
| wrinkles.
The disposition is so quickly affect
ed by the state of the nerves that one
| owes it to those about them to learn
the lesson of relaxation. Do not try
| to do a hard days work without fair
start.
Learn to eat a sensible breakfast
and remember, too, that before you
can overcome nervousness you will
have to pay attention to a sensible diet,
and in acquiring the proper sort OF
rest each night
Do you know how to go to sleep?
The benefits which you derive from
the nights rest will depend to a great
extent upon the manner in which you
go to sleep.
In the first place. don't allow your
self to think.
Never make plans for the next days
work nor mourn about the failure of
the day that has gone.
Stretch and turn as much as you
like until you are ready to fall asleep.
Relax all your muscles. Let the bed
hold you up; don't try to hold yourself
The very shape of your body is under
half-conscious control. Perfect rest
means the relaxing of that control.
To keep the cook book open at the
right place, a band made of elastic,
one inch wide, will be found useful.
When not in use it may be strapped
across the closed book.
Pictures from magazine covers make
good puzzles il they are mounted on
pasteboard and then cut into irregular
pieces. Putting the pieces together is
good occupation for the children on
a rainy day.
Cheesecloth pillow cases for use in a