Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-07-28
IN THE COOKS REALM

For an italian dish known as spin
ach balls boil pound of spinach in a
little sailed water; when nearly cooked
remove from the stewpan, drain and
chop fine, then add two ounces oil
bread crumbs, two of grated cheese and
teaspoonful of powdered sugar. Mi2
all thoroughly together with three vel
beaten eggs. Form the mixture into
balls and put them into a pan contain
ing boiling water or stock. Let them
stand ten minutes. Arrange them in a
dish, pour melted butter over them and
sprinkle with grated cheese.
A rhubarb jelly makes a good des-
sert served with whipped cream. Put
sweetened and stewed rhubarb with its
juice into a white bag, and squeeze out
all the juice possible. Heat 1t on the
stove. When hot add little sugar If
it needs sweetening and enough gela-
tine to stiffen it, after it has stood on
ice a sufficient time. If the fruit is too
thick and pulpy to make a good jelly
add water to it.
A spinach salad calls for six table,
spoonfuls of oil, two of vinegar, level
teaspoonful of salt and fourth of a
teaspoonful of pepper for every pint of
cold boiled spinach. Mix the dressing
with the spinach. Boil two eggs until
hard. Let them cool. Arrange the
spinach in a salad bowl. Separate the
whites and yolks of the eggs. Chop
the yolks fine and sprinkle them over
the salad. Arrange the whites, cut In
rings, around the salad. This may be
served with roast beef, game or NUT
ton.
Dates, stoned, are sometimes hidden
in breakfast doughnuts, one in each.
Raisins or a preserved strawberry or
cherry or other kind of preserved fruit
may take their place. The best dough-
nuts to have for breakfast are the kind
without sugar, sometimes called Bap-
fist cakes. They are simplicity itself.
Take a piece of ordinary bread dough
from that which has been rising
over night. Cut 1t out into balls
and fry them Immediately in hot
fat. When inserting a piece of
Jelly or fruit be careful that it
is entirely covered up, so that it will
not come out when the ball puffs up
with cooking. The doughnuts may be
rolled in powdered sugar or not, as. de-
sired. Instead of frying these Baptist
cakes in balls they may be fried in
narrow finger strips.
For a refreshing dessert known as
coupe Jacques" prepare macedoine
of various sorts of fruits-cubes of
pineapple, strawberries cut in two,
slices of banana and any agreeable
,kinds that happen to be in season.
Later, slices of peaches, grapes, plums
and so forth may be used in such a
dessert. Sprinkle the fruit with pow
dered sugar. Divide the macedonia
o,,,opo sherhet glasses and on top of
each service place spoonful of sher-
bet. favored with lemon. If desired,
ice cream may be used instead.
Instead of throwing away the peel
of oranges and lemons used in the
household. nut them in the water pit
cher on the washstand. They will give
the water a delightful perfume and
soften it till it is nearly equal to rain
water.
An easv way to put up few pine
,annIes is to cut them in pieces, pare
and cut in small pieces if preferred
place in an ename.ed kettle and cover
with about half the quantity of sugar.
LET il stand over night and cook in the
morning until the fruit is transparent.
skim carefully and put into glass jars.
irish moss blanc mango is a delicate
and nutritious dish, especially for an
invalid. Take a half cup of the moss
To four cups of milk. Season with salt
and a teaspoon of vanilla or lemon.
Soak moss Is minutes in cold water to
cover drain, pick over and add TO the
milk. cook in double boiler Is minutes.
The milk will seem but little thicker
than when put on to cook, but II