The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-19

GOOD THINGS FOR HUSBANDS
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Martha meCulIoeh SStIHaHsoS
&aR's part at home Is to endure a
things and eat all things, smiling a.
though he liked 1t all, whatever tha
facts in the case may be. And most
men, believe, nobly I'LL the part
Therefore, It seems to me fitting that
every once in while they should be,
given, by way Of reward, a supremely
masculine evening, whereat it Is un-
derstood that woman's part Is to,
stand in wait and supply the good
things to eat-good things that have
been cooked to perfection in paper
bags.
AS to the nature Of the evening, let
the man himself decide.
Many things heretofore described.
IN this column suit such festive occa-
sions. savory mouthfuls, hot chicken
biscuits, hot oyster sandwiches, paper
bagged oysters either in shells after
soyer's recipe, or cooked in quantity
with butter, cream and lemon juice
and their own liquor added later,
they all will satisfy hungry souls and
whet the palate for things potable.
especially If supplemented with
cheese crackers, also hot, sailed nuts
of any sort, olives warmed in very
little sherry, or crisp radishes and
invariably good sharp cucumber.
pickle.
Sliced beef crisped is not to be
despised, especially If the man OF the
house has a weakness for ale or Ialf-
and-'alf. To go with 1t make pricked
biscuit; none you can buy will match
them. The foundation is puff paste,
and do not spare either shortening.
or work in its making. Put in a.
trifie more salt than for pastry uses,
roll out less than a quarter inch
thick, and cut in rounds two and a.
half inches across. Prick them we'll
over and bake crisp in well buttered
bag. Sprinkle about half of them be-
fore baking lightly with dry mustard
or black pepper and paprika, or even
the barest busting of cayenne. Keep
these seasoned biscuit separate from
the plain ones and serve on separate
plates. Instead of the mustard and
4 pepper, you can use finely grated
cheese, or lay a very thin slice Of
cheese between two biscuit after bak-
ing and heat in bag until the cheese
melts. Pimento cheese spread be-
tween such biscuit, which have been
very lightly buttered, also makes e
well favored mouthful.
! Raisins cut very small, mixed with
sharp cucumber pickle, also cut very
fine, and worked smoothly through
the best cream cheese with a very
little French dressing or else bare
busting of black pepper make q
novel and appetizinG filling for these
biscuit sandwiches. You can split the
biscuit, oAmake them very thin, but
ter the under one on top, and bake
them together The baking can be
done in the afternoon and the biscuit
heated before filing them with the
ready prepared filling.
Serve all things from a buffet, even
If you must improvlse It, by Impending
a dry goods box and covering it with
a cloth. Set things on 1t, and let the
eaters wait upon them.elVes, your
self discreetly Withdrawing, but re-
naming within call, so as to renew
supplies at need. When the hot
things have been duly eaten, the cold
ones duly drank, and the serious busi-
ness Of the assemblage is again under
way, as unobtrusively az possible re-
fill the buffet with platters Of sliced
cake, all sorts at hand, tartlets, turn
overs-all manner Of good things, in
deed, your pantry or your cake box
can furnish forth. With these supply
fresh potables-the sort depending on
the individual taste and purse.
Copyright 1911, by the Associated
Literary Press.)