The National tribune., 1907-04-18


steak, bottom of the round. cut in four
or five pieces, and brown well on both
sides in a hot frying pan. Also brown
in the same way four large onions, do
not slice, but keep them whole, and a
large carrot cut lengthwise in four
pieces. Turn all into small kettle and
brown in the frying pan one heaping
tablespoon of flour. When brown, add
one and half cups of hot water and
piece of butter size of walnut. Let
thicken and strain over the meat and
vegetables in the kettle. Shake the salt
celler four times over it, then let SIM
mer, closely covered. for two hours. This
is an English dish and is truly delicious.
Fig Cream.-Cook one-fourth of a
pound of figs In a cupful of water until
tender: chop fine. Beat the whites of
five eggs and pinch of cream of tartar
until dry; then add five level tablespoon
fuls of sugar and the figs. beating con-
stantly. Bake in border mold about
half an hour; serve with stewed figs,
stuffed nuts, and pass plain cream.
Stuffed Bananas.-Cut off one-quarter
of the ends of a banana. Remove the
pulp and press thru a sieve. Add to
each cupful the juice of half a lemon
and two tablespoonfuls of fine sugar;
whip a cupfuI Of cream; fill shells; set
oh ite, -SeINe Win cdhe. --a.-a. 80.
1T is hard for the young housekeep-
er to get the true perspective of her
homework" writes Fannie Merritt
Farmer in the Woman's Home Compan-
ion. TOO often she looks on il merely.
as drudgery to be despised, or, flying TO
the other extreme, as something of so
much Importance that everything else
must give way. before it, Neither of
Of at he Sub &c,
right. Housework is worthy profess
sion certainly, and requires study and
application if one is to be successful
housekeeper. But it is not-no matter
what anyone thinks to the contrary
the whole end and aim of life. Ny heart
goes out to the young woman who has
had a gay girlhood- learning nothing
more serious than how to wear a chif-
fon frock and waltz in perfect time,
when she marries and begins to make
her first experiments in cooking and
running a house. 1t means a whole lot
of hard WORK for her, and too often
she feels that she never, never can
learn how to cook and serve a we'll
ordered dinner, nor arrange her house
work that something is not continually
being left undone that ought to have
been done the very first thing in the
morning.
Cooking is not devoid of disagree
able features. No one who has faced
the task of cleaning broiier, or wash
ing pan where oatmeal or something
sticky has burned, will deny 1t. And
cleaning up the pots and pans Is the
inevitable aftermath OF cooking a meal
Then, too. the novice is very apt to
acquire a number of painful burns when
she goes to basic d roast or take out a
pan of biscuits. E,Yen the work of max
ing cake, with the necessary wrist
firing beating of the ingredients, means
good bit Of exertion to one who may
not be very well or very strong. Yet,
on the other hand, there is SO nIuch
pleasure in seeing a perfect loaf Of
cake, or row OF polished pans. that
one forgets WEAKNESS for very pride in
the work."
Pafatable Dishes - Sweet potatoes
cooked In this way are delicious for
lunch, although they are liked by many
persons for dinner: After boiling the
potatoes peel them and slice length
wise. Put a layer of slices in but
tered dish; sprinkle with cinnamon and
sugar and put tiny bits of butter here
and there; add another layer of pota-
toes, sprinkling them as before. and
continue until al are used, putting a
little more butter on the top of the last
layer. Bake in n good oven until a
delicate brown and serve.
certain amount of social life Is alb
soluteiy essential to the old as well as
to the young. A woman never grows
so old that she ceases to enjoy the COM
pany Of others, and generally the older
she grows the more she enjoys it. 1t Is
always pity to see a man fall into a
state which he explains by saying: "Oh
We're getting old and don't care for so
much variety in our lives" In the pure
seliishneSs of his soul he ALWAYS sDeaks
of ''us' and I'VE as II it naturally fol-
lows that because he is getting anti
quated his wife must keep pace with
him in his decline. Let him keep in
touch with the world, and both he and
his wife will be the better and the
younger for it.
Cold caulifiower makes q paIatable
salad. Boil it half an hour In sailed
dry. When cold, break it in pieces
and arrange it, stalks downward, in a
salad dish; cover it with a mayonnaise
sauce and serve
Lemon Sauce-Squeeze the Juice of
one lemon; mix together, over the fire.
one ounce each of butter and sugar,
until they bubble; stir I'm half pint of
boiling water, one ounce of sugar the
juice of the lemon, and serve in sauce
boat with dumplings. Do not let the
sauce boil after adding the lemon, or it
will be bitter.