Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-24
DOMESTIC
~ SCIENCE
Conducted by
Mrs. Alice Gilchell Kirk.
Onions All Year Around Are Excel
lent Health Food.

Onions All Year Around Are Excel
lent Health Food.
The old saying, Eat onions in
May and no doctors you'll pay" l
have come to the conclusion should
mean, eat onions in all the months
of the year for good health, now that
the art of onion growing has reach
ed the point where the flavor is so
delicate and delicious without that
terrific strength which has caused
so many persons to forego the pleas
ant flavor for fear of indigestion and
bad breath.
1t may not be generally known,
| but the production of an onion is a
perfect art. If it grows too slowly,
! it becomes strong and tough, biting
the tongue and is very unpleasant to
eat or prepare. The perfect onion
should grow in a mild climate, where
it can have rapid growth and carry
large percentage of water so that
the flavor is softened to suit the
taste.
Easy to Digest.
This kind of onions nearly every
one likes and will have no difficulty
in digesting, and now they are just
as much staple in the home as
potatoes or sugar. How could we
make soups, entrees, salads, pickles,
relishes, sandwiches and all kinds of
seasoning, to say nothing of the de-
lightful ways of boiling, baking and
Dreaming them alone, if it were not
for onions?
Cultivate the taste and habit for
onions in cooking and every few
DAYS see that they are served raw.
"They do say that if girls will eat
raw onions every day they will have
hao II tflx n w &
ion. That could be true, for they arc
very good purifier. as they have
some sulphur in them. People who
have nerves" should eat them very
freely, cooked or uncool1ed. AS [
have told you before, don't turn the
water from them into the sink after
they are cooked. Steam or cook them
in a small amount of water with the
cover off. Begin at the root of the
onion, peeling upwards, and the juice
will not fly in the eyes; also if peeled
under the faucet with running water
the eyes will not smart.
The incest way to cook tender
young onions is in boiling salted
water, leaving on about three inches
of the tops. Serve on slives of but
tered toast and pour rich, thin
cream sauce over them. sprinkling
with finely chopped parsley. Sliced
bermuda onions, cOOheu dS the eiDONt
young onions and then slightly
Drowned in butter and served on
toast, are also very good
Holland House Salad.
Choose ripe, medium-sized toma-
toes. Put them into the wire basket,
dip into boiling water, let stand a
moment and peel. Stand on ice until
very cold. When ready to serve
place on lettuce and make four or
five vertical slices or incisions, being
careful not to cut clear through
Have very sharp knife and slice the
onion very thin-just sheer slices be-
tween the slices of tomatoes, making
a fan-like shape. Cover all with a
French dressing and serve at once.
Finely chopped peppers or parsley
over the top is attractive and good,
and finely sliced cucumber may be
used instead of the onion.
Beefsteal SmOthered In Onions.
Select a nice sirloin or upper cut
of the round steak. Heat the spider
very hot and put in the steak; scar
on one side and then the other; keep