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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-06
Voriety of Small Momenfa

! am persuaded better things of the most
advanced " of my readers than to sus-
pect her of prejudices upon this head which
would carry her further than an express
sion of indifference as to what she eats her
self, and the belief that SO long as whole
some food, well cooked. Is set before her
household it is a matter of small moment
whether 1t Is the same the week through
or different fare each day.
Charlotte Bronte's biographers maintain
that her fathers whtrn of feeding his chill
dren almost exclusively upon potatoes had
much to do with the i'll developed physique
of sisters and brother and the untirnely
deaths of the six. This may or may not
be another Illustration of the truth am
trying to drive home to the conscience of
sensible women who have fallen into the
habit of bestowing less and less attention
upon daily meals as the rushing age forces
upon their eager minds topics of social.
civic. and national interest.
One confessed to me frankly that she has
" too many things of real consequence upon
her mind to fritter nervous force and
waste gray brain fakes in composing bills
of fare. see to 1t that my butcher and
marketmen serve me with wholesome food
of good quality. The cook does the rest.
She has been with me fifteen years and Is
set in her ways the children say, but so
matter have trained my boys and girls
to eat what is set before them, asking no
questions-not for conscience's sake. but
because I won't be tormented by COM
plants. We have the same breakfast ev-
cry morning-stewed potatoes, beefsteak,
and toast with coffee. It Is good enough
for anybody Mary is too old to learn new
tricks Why should she learn themf'
+
Children Candid in Disdppropdl.
I had heard of Mary's ways " before
and how the children who were babies
when she entered upon her term of service
make no secret of their dislike of her
"plodding along in the same old rut." One
outspoken boy told one Of my flock that
they had had apple sauce ten times in one
week this winter and that Mary would
throw up her place If she were not allowed
to have plain rice pudding with raisins in
1t twice week"
Why should she learn new tricks?"
asked her nominal mistress. Hundreds of
women, some more refined and some less in
telligent than she, are putting like ques-
ton to themselves they read this page.
Farmers wives and the dwellers in SUBJ
urban townships where the butcher calls
twice week and then-as one says truly
she must take what he happens to have on
the cart-would seem to have most reason
to grow Indifferent as to the quality of the
'' table she keeps That is the way we
put it. Unless she have a taste for cookery
approximating genius she must drop into
Mary's rut.
What's the use of buying cook books?"
she pleads when city relative urges upon
her the claims of new methods. It's easy
talking for you who can telephone day and
night for anything YOU want to cook Here
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I was positive was cut from a wild duck.
Whereupon she retorted that she could
not see the difference between killing an
ostrich to minister to a woman's vanity and
killing a chicken to feed her husbands
british appetizer.
was too much amused to remind her
that oStrfches are not killed for their
feathers any more than geese are slain
wholesale to I'LL our pillows.
pass on to more reasonable women the
consoling thought that the ostrich plumes
are picked. year after year. from the bird
without inJurtng him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-06
Preserving Grapefruit.

have noticed two or three Inquiries as
to preserving grape fruit. The recipes In
closed may be of service to some seeking
sister.
GRAPE FRUIT AND ORANGE MAR
MALADE-Juice and peel of two grape
fruit; the Juice of twelve oranges and the
peel OF six
Squeeze out all the Juice and set aside
IN cool place Cut the peel into strips and
soak all night in cold water. Next day
cook the peels tender. changing the water
several times. Put through food chopper
with a coarse cutter on; ada the pulp and
measure all ingredients. Allow a pint Of
sugar to pint of pulp and peel. Cook
slowly until 1t is of the right consistency.
The object of soaking the peel is to set
rid Of the bitter oil It is not necessary 10
soak IT in salt water.
CANDIED GRAPE TRUrT-The peel
of one grape fruit makes an even pint when
candied- Cut the peel into strips Of uni
form size and soak 1t In cold water over
night Cook tender. changing the water
three times. Let it get perfectly cold when
done. Squeeze the water out OF the peeling
and allow a pound of sugar to a pint OF the
peel Put over the fire-a layer Of peel and
one of sugar alternately. and bring slowly
to the boil. Cook gently, stirring carefully
and often. until the strip 10 almost ali alb
sorbed. Drain, and when cold roll In fine
sugar LgranulatedJ. Spread IN the air upon
broad platters.
"A FLORIDA HoUsEMorzER-"
Who speaks by the card In dealing with
o-anges-perhaps with grape fruit.
She omitted to tell US that the candied peel
should be packed lightly. each layer
sprinkled with sugar. and the jars be kept
b cool dry place
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-06
Coined Beef Best in Hash.

Coined Beef Best in Hash.
Corned beef lis quite as good cold as when
served as 1t came from the pot. 1t Is better
still made into hash. with an admixture
of mashed potato whipped soft If onion
be added. let it be In the form of a dash OF
strained onion Juice. II the hash be then
nodded into a. cannelon," washed with
yoK Of egg. and coated with nne crumbs.
set in a. cold place to stiffen. and lastly
baked in a steady oven in a covered rooster
for forty five minutes-John. tired and hum
CRY after hard day abroad. Will not carp
at it as " leftover
Veal IS hardly second best luncheon dish
when cold. It makes a delicious scaHop.
One man know declares that he buys veal
for Sunday dinner because he makes sure
I'm doing it of sca1lop on Monday night
Cut it with sharp knife into small cubes,
season with pepper and celery salt, put q
layer in the bottom of but
tered pudding dish; upon this
stratum OF bread crumbs, very fine
and dry; dot these with butter and pour In
g. few spoonfuls of gravy. Proceed in this
order until the dish is full or you have
used up all the materials. The top layer
should be of crumbs wet with cream and
dotted with butter. Bake, covered. half an
hour: uncover and brown lightly. Pass
stewed tomatoes with It
You may make this dish more elegant by
cutting into quarters French mushrooms
and sticking them in the strata of veal after
the manner OF truf11es.
Should there be a cupfui or SO Of the
scallop left vary the weeks menus by
adding to the veal a few tablespOonfuIs of
chopped cold boiled ham. Mix thoroughly
and mold into croQuettes Set in the Ice to
get firm, leaving them there until you are
ready to cook them. Sift fine cracker dust
over them after rolling them in raw egg.
Fry In deep fat Send around tomato
sauce with them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-06
Steru of the HiahEarder.

" And for dinner7''
Bross, of course"
90 What viii you set for SUPERB
Again the reply was 90 Brose." now accsn-
tuafed by surprise
Don't you set tired Of eating the same
thing all the timer
The rust1c raised his 5rows in slow dis
Gatn:
An why sud a mon quarrel WI his
uaaatT'
7 am confronted, moreover, with the
fact that sheep, cows, and other beasts Of
the field are contented with cropping the
same heritage year after year and thrive
upon it. When I point to the greedy de-
light with which the horse released from
harness and stall devours lawn grass, the
tender shoots Of trees, and every other bit
OF greenery within reach I am informed
that, being domestic animal he has lost
native instinct In other words, he is liv-
Ing in a state Of artificial civilization.
Which is Just the point to which would
bring the disputant. We-who wear mod
ern clothes, live In heated houses, sleep
upon mattresses and sit at tables three
times a day to take our meals-are living
in state of artificial civilization. The laws
governing the Highlander and wild cattle
cannot be applied to us. Let our habits be
never SO simple, we are the slaves of con-
ventions from which it is folly to try to
escape In listening to the arguments OF
the advocates for the "a simple 1ifes" am
always reminded of the quiet sarcasm Of
Thoreau's nearest neighbor. who had OBJ
served that, much as Henry despised the
bondage of custom and loud as were his
praises of the Arcadian simplicity of his
hut habits, he somehow contrived never
to be out of hearing of her dinner bell
when he strayed from home We read.
furthermore. that while processing to be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-06

@90Fese leaves that are facstmileas
O. flower that In ths precise image
OF another. two sent1ent creatures that are
in every respect exactly alike
When me-. woman, or child rebels
mRainst tae dead level Of q life devoid of
change, he or she obeys law of his or her
being. Staenatfou is death Circulation
and activity are essential to real Twins.
When the continued languor and steady
deoI1ns OF a patient refuse to yield to the
most potent drugs I'm the pharmacopeia
what fs the fnvariable ultimatum of the
shFswd doctor the civilized world over? .
He must have change Nothing else
viii reverse the downward current"
This f. not d metaphysical essay. am
trying 20 dignity and to Justify in the eyes
OF my sister housemother the proposition
that varied dietary In absolutely neces-
sary to the comfort and health-hence to
the usefulness and happiness-of her fam
fly.
am told that attach too much Inn
portancs to what I conceive to be the
bounden duty of the one who caters to the
appet1tes of growing children and work
fn9 msa. have been treated dozen times
or SO to the story OF the Highlander. who,
when asked what he had for his breakfast.
answered Brose," the &c eric name for
rorridge of any sort.
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The beef should go over the fire an hour
or more before the kidneys and SQUAD ara
set on. When it is tender drain or the
gravy and season well. Into a larger vessel
lay the kidneys (drainedl, the squads with
the liquor in which they were stewed, half
q can of French mushrooms dreamed and
cut into ha1vesl. then the beef. Mix all
lightly with q fork. taking care not to break
the pieces. and when you have thickened
the gravy with Drowned -four rubbed Nm
with a spoonful of butter, pour over all
Cook for. minute, and turn into deep
pudding dish.
Set in the oven for five minutes. It Will
be then bubbiing hot Have ready a batter
rather thicker than for q cottage pudding
and softer than biscuit dough Draw the
pudding dish to the door OF the oven and
pour this batter upon the heaving surface
OF the meat and gravy. Press down the
sides Of the dough as you would the edges
of pie: trim smoothly and shut up In the
oven, laying buttered paper over to keep it
from browning too fast The crust should
be nearly two inches thick. Remove the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-06
IMPORTANT NOTICE

DECA USE of the enormous
- number Of letters sent to the
department i must ask con-
fyTbutors to limit their conan7unicd-
fioRs to 100 words, except in cases or
formulas or recipes which require
greater space. I want all my cor
respondents to have a showing in the
Corner, and if my request in this
respect 10 complied with it will be
possible to print many more letters.
attention is called to the fact that
Marion HarLand cannot receipe money
for patterns. as she has no connection
with any department that sells them
Marion HdrIand.
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do nothing but make hash or stew of what
must be left"
Set every scrap aside until next day. or
in winter the next day but one. Trim the
meat away from the bone; crack that. and
cover with cold water, and set over the fire
to simmer into gravy. Do this some hours
before you are to use the meat When all
the goodness has cooked out OF the
bone, drain OF the broth; set the pan con-
tanning it in cold water to throw up the
grease to the top. When 1t is nearly cold
skim OF the fat; put the liquid into sauce
pan and lay in the cubes of meat. Season
with teaspoonful of onion Juice; cover
closely and cook tender slowly. IN another
sauce pan cook six lambs kidneys, halved
In still another stew in just enough water
to cover squad jointed as for fricassee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-06
PORK Cake Recipe.

In looking through the Helping Hand
@ while ago I saw that somebody had asked
for q recipe for pork cake. and that the
person who supplied it did not know
whether salt or fresh pork should, be used
in it,
ct am taking the liberty of sending my
own recipe which we consider good:
PORK CAKE-One-half pound of salt
pork. ground fine; two cups of boiling water
poured over the pork: two cupfuls of
moIasses; two teaspoonsfuI of soda, dis
solved in water; two cupfuls Of sugar; four
eggs; six cupfuIs of flour; one pound of
raisins: one pound of currants; two tea
spoonfuls of cinnamon; two teaspoonfuIs
Of cloves and 10 cents worth of chopped nut
meats. Bake for one hour. B. s."
May ask IL the oil Of the nut meats,
added to that OF the pork, does not make
the cake too rich for the ordinary stomach?
The acid in the fruits and molasses may
counterfeit the one, but am doubtful
about that half pound of nut meats. Would
not the cake be as good without themf
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paper in fifteen minutes. In half an hour
the pudding should oe done.
This is an American edition of the famous
" beefsteak pudding which Is still served
in the season, in the Old Cheshire Cheese.
Wine court, Fleet street, London, as IT has
been cooked and served for 200 years and
more DIR. johnson ate it like hungry
bear. and Goldsmith sat under Johnson's
elbow while he devoured: Charles IL
brought Nell Gwynne here on " Pudding
day" and a host of other dead and gone
celebrities frequented the old chop house
No American who visits London should
miss seeing it.
Il you would have this noble variation of
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dishes suffer in the transportation to other
climes- Environment has much to do with
the right appreciation of foods.
Tho Cleaning Queries.
PLEASE send directions for dry clearing
q blue velvet hat
go Also tell me what will clean the
leather collar and cuffs of a long coat.
CARRIE M. s.
Imprimis: We do not send recipes by
mail Were we to begin it we should speed
lily be swamped by work which would leave
US no time for anything else.
AS to dry cleaning a velvet hat-I doubt
If would dare to attempt it. Yet have
cleaned velvet with boracic taIcum to
which had been added a teaspoonful of
fine dry salt to the cupful. I rubbed the
sailed talcum gently but faithfully into
the velvet with a clean complexion brush
first against the nap. then with it. Blow
ing this off when it had reached every
thread I sifted a fresh supply all over
the surface and laid the velvet In box,
leaving it there two days before blowing
and brushing out the powder. If you
think you can clean the hat in this way,
try 1t.
(2l A correspondent says: Wipe of
soiIed leather with sour milk" Then
rub with channels skin. Try this, IL you
will Or wipe with a cloth and go over it
with bit of flannel wrung out as hard
in kerosene. Dry In the air. but not in the
sunshine Lastly. wiring out a third bit
of flannel In meats foot oil and rub the
leather well with this. Cover to exclude
dust and leave 1t for three hours before
polishing with channels skin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-06
Some Danish Dishes.

Having seen requests in the Helping
Hand for Danish dishes, offer a few.
One OF them is the srishe Cor prune) tart,
for which particular inquiry was made.
SRISHE TARTS-Make a good pie
crust, using butter for shortening, also
little baking powder. Boil and stone
enough prunes to fill the crust, and sweet
en- to taste. Roll out half of the crust
and spread thickly with the prunes. Roll
out the rest of the crust; cover the prunes
with it and cut into any shape that may
be desired. Bake.
DANISH SWEET SOUP Put over
the fire two quarts Of water. one cupful
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satisfied with g. diet of berries and nuts.
he now and then carried of mince pie
to his hut In the wood and lived upon 1t
for twenty-four hours.
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Sustained Relish a Miracle.

I answered that IT Is probably based upon
the natural aversion of the human race to
continued monotony of diet. We all COM
prehend that the Jews sustained relish for
mama through those forty years was as
truly miracle as the fall of the daily bread
from heaven. Once or twice nature got the
better of grace. and they complained aloud
that they were sick to death IS of this light
bread
Returning to our text: Study variety In
arranging family meals
A popular little book brought out in Eng
land nearly fifty years ago had as a title
50 What to Do with the Cold Mutton" I
may INTERCEPT. in passing. that know of
no cooks who need to learn the lesson in
all it's phases more than the English. The
monotony of hot joints and cold cuts from
day-oid Joints lie a depressing memory to
this hour. The only advantage to be ex-
tracted from the dreary experience was
that it was a fine preparation for the en-
chanting exchange to the fare one finds on
the other side of the channel
Cold mutton, cold beef cold poultry-each
and all are amenable to changes of flavor
and appearance that reflect credit upon
the artist in culinary transformations, A
cold cut is not aniss in warm weather or
when it is prefaced at luncheon dinner
by soup or accompanied by a souff1e. Cold
turkey and really prime cuts of cold beef
are preferred by some judges of good living
to the hot bird or sirloin. They should be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-06
To Preserve Birds Wings.

"A hint to the wearers of birds wings
Some think It a sin and barbarous don'tl
But let that passI
To prolong the usefulness Of wing
keep a lookout for the loose feathers and
fasten them In neatly with liquid glue. If
deity done. 1t acts like a charm.
&c. r."
While women will wear feathers II is
merciful to let the tender hearted know
that a large proportion Of those which orna-
ment hats are manufactured from the
plumage of ducks chickens, and game killed
for the table. and not ruthlessIy slaugh-
tered to supply the milliners with trade.
said as much once to woman who at
tackled another savagely for sporting a wing
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family fare more nearly like the celebrated
original substitute small birds for the
SQUAD In London they get larks for the
pudding. Then buy a marrow bone ana
cook it. 1t should be well cracked so that
the marrow may be easily extracted. Add
ed to the meats. the marrow lends richness
to the compound.
Expensive2" Compute and see IL you
cannot set the royal pudding. which Is truly
- A dainty dish
To set before a king
before John and the delighted boys for less
than dollar.
And there will be enough left for next
days luncheon.
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DINNER.
Dreamed dried beef.
Boiled rice Gas n vegetable). stewed tomatoes.
SUPPER
Neck bisque. Crackers
Hot gingerbread. Sliced oranges.
Coffee.
WEDNESDAY,.
BREAKFAST.
Buttered toast
Epiced grape jam. Gingerbread
Coffee
DINNER.
Black bean puree with croutons.
Burberry pie Tea
SUPPER
Dreamed dried beef.
Freshened bread. heated in oven Baked potatoes
Preserves Tea cake.
Grape juice.
THURSDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Dreamed potatoes
Baking powder biscuits Gingerbread
DINNER.
Macaroni with curry and tomato sauce.
Mashed potatoes. Hot corn bread.
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garnished and Hanked by harmonious con-
diments-cranberry sauce for ones French
mustard or pickles for the other.
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SUPPER.
PoFterhouse steak.
Mashed potatoes Cucumber and lettuce salad
Cottage cheese Rye and French bread
Coffee.
= -
FRIDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Hash on toast q leftover). Heated French bread
DINNER.
Bean and tomato soup
Bologna besf sausage. Baked potatoes.
Rye and milk bread Cottage cheese.
Blueberries Canned. Tea cakes.
SUPPER
Baked pork and beans ScaIloped potatoes.
Lettuce salad. Rye bread
SATURDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Milk toast.
Pork sausage. Warmed over potatoes.
Cocoa with whipped cream.
DINNER.
Smoked halibut.
Potato and onion salad. Hot graham rolls
SUPPER.
Roast veal with dressing and gravy.
Mashed potatoes. Carrots. Sauerkf9ut.
Steamed suet pudding with foany sauce
Coffee.
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SUNDAY.
Submitted by A S. G)
BREAKFAST.
Lamb chops
Mufnns Doughnuts.
Coffee.
DINNER.
Scalloped oysters.
Baked potatoes Orange and lettuce salad.
Coffee.
SUPPER
Bread and milk
% Is
MONDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Dreamed potatoes Doughnuts.
Coffee.
DINNER lat NooNI.
Lamb chops.
Mashed potatoes Canned corn.
SUPPER
Pork and sauerkraut
Canned corn fritters. Ounce preserves
TUESDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Scrambled eggs. Graham biscuits
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of capsicum. one dram of the purest fresh
oil of lemon, one to one and one-half ounces
of citric acid, ten pounds of sugar, ten
gallons of carbonated water. ADOLF W.
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Cause for Lost Appetitc.

Yes. and just the same everlasting COM
binations of themI For myself. own 1t
makes mighty little difference what we
have on the table. / have no appetite ex-
cept when run off to town for day. Mel
Their have any of the rest of us by the time
spring comes. told John the other day it
was just as well care so little about get
ting up new dishes It's all one to him.
Half the time don't believe he knows what
he's eating.
When the sister reported the interview to
my sympathizing self, longed to ask why
he should trouble himself to inquire into
the identity of what he had taken into his
mouth every day for three months. fan
cted how Iistlessness would pass at a bound
before the sensation OF tempting unfamiliar
vfands and dainty desserts.
do not know who first said Variety IL
the spice of Hfe-'' He might have added as
truthfuLy, =" and the spur of appetite"
The most healthy and the least fastidious
of US sicken into deadly disgust of repetf-
lions of any article of food. believe the
man has never been found who was brave
enough to test for himself the truth or
falsehood of the assertion that it is innpos-
sible for one to eat thirty quails in thirty
consecutive days. A Bible student won
dered in my hearing If the suggestion might
not have traditional connection with the
surfeit of quails recorded in the history of
thes wauderings Of the Hebrews In the will
deruess.
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we have just the same all the winter
through. Canned goods. potatoes, apples.
salt pork, and on Wednesday and Saturday
tough beef and mutton, with chickens at
city prices
MIX. butter and eggsr' suggested the
sister.
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ers will vary the treadmilI round of fanil-
lar desserts by trying this.
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m m OROTONY as violence done to
NAH natural laws.
N II you question 1t look for twa
Aforess leaves that are facsimiles.
flower that In the precise image
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