Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-09-01
THE USEFUL TOMATO
REALLY A "NEW" VEGETABLE AND
DISTINCTLY AMERICAN.
Has Special and Great olorIss Of Ita
Own and 70 Now indispensable Ad'
Junct Of Refined Cook
lnp-0ood In Salad.

The tomato Is really q new vege-
table. and It is distinctly American,
entirely unknown to the famous an.
Client cooks. Its acceptance In good
culinary home circles was long delayed
because Of its undesirable family con-
nections, and II was almost cooked to
death as a condition Of its final initia-
ton. It Is not a century since the to-
mato was taken over and gradually
promoted to the selectest Of edible
circles.
The tomato has special and great
glories Of Its own. Its scarlet color,
first, makes It a delight and an DC
ceptable table complement to neutral
or colorless foods. OF late the wonders
Of that coloring, clear, unblemished.
deep enough to be emotional, has been
shown us in splendidly handsome hot
house varieties. The wondrous heavy,
waxy reds, so widely popular in ex-
pensive artificial berry sprays, used
for decorations, are entirely outdone,
even In mechanical perfectness, by
these symmetrical dollhouse tomatoes
AS evenly and harmoniously. perfect
In every detail as though they had
been cast In a mold and decorated by
the hand Of a consummate artist.
The tomato is now an indispensable
adjunct Of refined cooking. It affords
the best seasoning and the most dell
cate Of fiavoring for many dish. And
the dainty dishes Of its own are among
the things few housekeepers would
care to get on without. Rightly ma.
nipulated, It is delicious grilled, fried,
baked, scalloped or stuffed. It II the
mainstay Of many salad.
In combination its possibilities are
almost infinitely diverse, its number
Of associations so great that there
might be different one for every day
in the year. There are cooks and cpl
cures who consider It is without a
rival for soups. It Is used in all sorts
Of forcemeats, with macaroni and
spaghetti, with eggs. with rice, with
peppers. with filets, with flesh and
fowl, chicken or salt cod, and, stewed
with okra, 1t is to some tastes as nee
tar to the gods. II Is even used with
breakfast bacon in a sort Of twin I'm
pOrtance at the first meal Of the day.
The commercially canned tomatoes
have perhaps proved themselves more
useful than any other vegetables In
tins, but the home product is inestima
bly, more desirable.
II is not safe. especially IN irregular
seasons, for the city housewife to wait
until a specified time to do any Of her
canning. She is always inclined. Of
course, to wait for the cheap abund
ance Of the homegrown article, which
unfortunately, does not always come
as It has not this year in the case Of
several of the fruits. She must keeT
her eye on the market If she is really
thrifty, and perhaps learn to scan daily
the commercial sections Of the news
papers.
On a day a market condition. per
haps induced by certain crop condi
tons somewhere within the wide ell
matte range from which our large city
markets draw, may be such as to force
down prices to their lowest in either
fruit or seasonable vegetables. The
frugal home Gamer does not miss the
opportunities Of that day.