Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-15

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DO you remember the old saving.
that one tends toward y'alVinism be-.
fore breakfast and Universalism aft
cr? We rather imagine it would de-
pend greatly on the breakfast. These
tOrrid mornings. A heavy indigesti-
bie breakfast In June wont rurn any
~" into n Universalist.
Did you know that green not only
appeals to the eye but s.lWulntes The
prreti,e, in summer? It does, and
for that reason If q breakfast salal
(thev are delicious, if aot The usual
for breakfast menus is not served nor
the meats garnished with bits of green
il is mighty well to have a bouquet
of ferns or garden flowers as a center-
piece, or MS, we might say. piece de
resistance The seriously practical
might object, and it's true we can't
cat the flowers, but often the dainty
bouquet recalls . laggard appetite and
anyhow, II they are pretty, fresh and
| gay, the suggestion Is h n to the hut
man mind, and aren't those good
thoughts with which 10 start the day?
Flowers of gaudy colors md strong
perfume should be avoided. Reds
and other hot colors have n tendency
to dull the appetite, just as greens ana
blues stimulate It..
All right. the ccnter-piecc. and itt's
set the table with soft greel and white
china, occasionally relieved by gray
blues. then behold the ideal Juno
breakfast table.
Now, with strawberries 50 ripe that
they have almost reached he melting
stage through standing with sugar in
the sunshine, jellied rice and whipped
cream, Il puffy French Omelet, corn
meal mullins or johnny cakes and n
cup OF fragrant coffee, with whipped
cream. We can surely breakfast like
Kings. And after breakfast the whole
face of the world will have taken on
"A different hue-nnd that isn't Just ro-
mantle fancy but really and truly fact.
It's a problem that is anything but
easy to solve, this serving Il meal on
hot close mornings that will tempt
tagging appetites. Yet never Is good
food more important than at this time
when most people are worn out with
their winters work, and enervated by
the heat. and probably no vacation
until July or August. Something new,
something different from the old or
der, is essential, particularly at break
fast.
For a June breakfast the ideal OPEN
ing course is generally one of fresh
berries with sugar and cream, but for
variety a green salad of romaine and
'chives or watercrcss ma he served,
or a few ice cold tomatoes, sprinkled
with chives and garnished with let
tuce hearts. Both OF these make eN-
cellent appetizers.
The oatmeal or uncooked or patent
ed cereals which the family has been
hreakfasting on all tho year may he
dispensed with at this time. and in
their place rice, cooked in milk and
cooled to a Jelly, may he served. With
whipped cream, II will be found both
refreshing ana rourishing, and its diff
ference from ordinary breakfast CO.
reals will make ii dounly acceptable.
Unlike most cereals, rice, ago and
tapioca are not indigestihle and un-
appetizing when cold. The average
cereal served cold in a mould Is as
unpleasant a dose as could well he
imagined, though some household
writer's insist on recommending them
With iellied rice, sago or tapioca
some very sweet fruit, such as straw
berries mellowed with sunshine, or,
later on, raspberries, may he served,
Wild berries. 50 sweet and ripe they
are almost ready to melt, are the ideal
thing. but impossible. OF course, for a