Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-26
Cheese Cookery,

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pes may be served as an appetizer at
| the first course of a formal luncheon or
| dinner; or they may take the place of
sandwiches at a reception. Cut white
| bread which is about tWenty-four
hours old in one-fourth-inch slices, and
shape with a small oblong cutter with
rounded corners: if one is not at hand,
cut in any desired shape. Cream but
| ter, add an equal quantity of soft
cheese, and work until thoroughly
blended; then season with salt. Spread
| OH bread and garnish with a one
founth-inch border Of finely chopped
olives. Garnish the center of each with
a small piece of red or green pepper
cut in any fancy shape.
Cheese crackers are very appropri-
ately passed with a salad course of
dressed lettuce, or may accompany a
soup unless it be of especially distinc-
tive flavor that does not seem ito go
well' with cheese. Arrange thin I'M
| sWeetened waters in a pan, and sprin-
kle generously with grated cheese, and
sparingly with salt. Bake in a moder-
ate oven until the cheese has melted.
A cream Of cheese soup is very del
placed among the emergency dishes.
Scald one quart of milk with two ia
blespoonfuls each of onion and carrot
cut In small pieces, and a blade of
mace. Melt one-fourth of cupful of
butter add two tablespoonfuls of flour
and stir until well blended; then pour
on gradually, while stirring constant
ly, the hot milk. Bring to the boiling
point, and strain. Add one-half cupful
of grated mild cheese, and stir until the
cheese has melted. Season with salt
and pepper and all the yolks of two
eggs beaten slightly. Serve with crou-
tons, duchess chusts or imperial sticks
-Delineator.
A glaciers knife will be found an ex-
cellent thing with which to scrope and
clean the bottom of pans and kettles.
Much time is saved if paper Innings
for cake pans are cut in quantities and
kept ready for instant use in a dust
proof box with tight lid.
A little muriatic acid added to the
rinsing water after blue and white
hber rug is scrubbed with soap and
water will help to restore the color.
A clean cloth dipped in hot water,
then a saucer Of bran, will speedily
clean white paint without injury to it.
The soft bran acts like soap on the
dirt.
The easiest way to clean a cereal
cooker is to turn it upside down in a
pan of boiling water and steam it un-
til the sticky mass is soft and loosened
from the sides of the pan.
y good silence cloth for the dining
table car be made with a double thick
ness of white flannel laid with the soft
side on the inside and quilted on the
machine; edge with a binding of white
tape.
A sticky cake or bread pan should
not be cleaned with knife or anything
which will scratch the surface and
make sticking more probable thereaf-
Ter FOR this reason the crust of bread
often advised as a. cleaner is not de-
sirable
instead of adding bluins to water in
winch lace has been rinsed try making
the hnal rinsing in milk: it gives
lovely creamy tone TO the lace.
Carrots should be cut in slices in
stead of cubes, because the outside part
which Is the darkest, is the richest. If
cut in slices it is more equally dis
tributed
Always line cake pan with paper
The medium weight yellow paper. used
for wrapping, can be bought for 10
cents a roll Grease the paper. not the
pan, except on the edges.
When too many oysters have been
creamed for filing pates they can be
reaeated the next day by adding a lit
tie more milk and fresh seasoning
heat in double boiler or they may
burn
do not put tomato aspic to harden in
TIN or iron baking pan; the acid in
ire jelly acts on the tin and makes
the salad taste, while the black pan
gives an unsightly black rim to the
aspic.
CAKE pans can be more quickly
creased if the pans are first heated.
An easy way is to put small Jumps of
butter over the lining and stand pan
OF top of stove for a minute before
spreading the grease.