New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
TIME
There's Feasting When This
Fruit Is IN It's Prime.

Unlike most fruits the strawberry ciiahseS
its character completely with cooking. II
neither gains nor deteriorates by the proc
ess; it simply becomes something else.
But sun-cooked berries retain the naFoF
of the fresh fruit more nearly than berries
preserved in any other way. The fruit is
nut on broad, deep platters and sprinkled
with sugar then covered with a sheet OF
glass and allowed to stand in strong sun
shine until II is cooked and covered with
Juice. The juice is then drained off, heated
on the stove to the boiling point and poured
hot over the fruit which should then be
sealed In steriliZed jars.
Old Southern housewives used to take
great pride in their sun-preserved straw
berries.
The sunshine seems to bring ont all the
flavor and fragrance of the fruit, and ber-
ries intended for immediate use will be
found particularly delightful If allowed 10
stand in the sunshine for half an hour
after being sprinkled with sugar. Such
treatment improves strawberry shortcake'
and when berries come from Southern gar
dens and are slightly green when picked IL
ought not to be omitted.
Strawberries and cream, in spite Of the
pastoral simplicity OF the combination, con-
stttute the foundation for many desserts
that might well be served at the table or
king. Merely piled into cup of sponge
cake, the berries and cream become
strawberry charlotte russo. Stiffened with
selatine. they become an aristocratic Ba-
varian cream, and frozen stiff they are a
strawberry mousse.
Duchess charlottes consist Of cup OF
sponge cake partly filed with frozen
cream, then piled to overfowing with
| crushed berries and whipped cream.
For a strawberry layer cake select
| white cake recipe, using pink sugar instead
of ordinary granulated, or coloring the
dough pink with little vegetable coloring
matter. Flavor with lemon. When done.
spread between the layers. and over the
top an icing prepared from powdered sugar
and fresh berry juice. Spread strained
strawberry pulp sprinkled with lemon juice
over the filing before pressing the layers
together The suggestion of a lemon flavor
in this cake prevents it from being in
sipidly sweet, as strawberry cakes are so
likely to be-
In drinks, jellies ices and most cakes
little lemon juice added to strawberries
is generally an Improvement, accentuating
their peculiar flavor.
Lemons are not the only fruit that COM
bines well with strawberries. With rhu-
barb they are delicious. Stew the rhuba1b
in the usual way, and add huiled berries
until it is red. This combination makes ~
excellent appetizer at breakfast. Pineapple
dice and strawberries stewed together are
a rich conserve that is more appropriate at
a luncheon or a supper Add sugar to
sweeten, but not too much. Strawberries
combine well with cherries. and may be
preserved or made into a marmalade with
pineapple The cherries should be sprinkled
literally with sugar and allowed to stand
for about hour before mixing with the
strawberries.
strawberry salad with mayonnaise or
French dressing is an anomaly. Why hide
the delicate flavor of this sweet berry with
a dressing that contains mustard or pepper
and vinegar? Strawberries are delightful
in some form of sweet fruit salad" dressed
with whipped cream. but the word salad"
is certainly a misnomer when applied to
such dishes. A better term for these mixed
fruit salads" Is macedoine.
delicious strawberry macedonia or
salad" is made By combining the berry
with few slices of banana. two or three
lobes Of orange cut in quarters and freed
from tissue. one or two spoonfuls of diced
pineapple. and one or two lobes OF grape
fruit treated in the same way as the orange
pulp. Sprinkle the whole thoroughly with
powdered sugar after piling 1t into a glass
fruit bowl Then sprinkle over 1t few
sroonfuls of sherry. and just before serving
ornament ii with whipped cream
A bowlful OF berries and sliced bananas,
mixed together thoroughly Is delicious for
either luncheon or supper, especially II
served with whipped cream and sherry.
Grapefruit at this season is delicious Gu.
In half, treated in the usual way with
powdered sugar and sherry and then topped
with sweetened berries that have been
standing In the sunshine.'