The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-26
From House to House

IN nearly every household there
are certain dishes. or. at any rate. one
dish. on the excellence or the origi-
nality OF which the family pride them
selves. You know that. when you
stay with the Browns, they give you
a delicious fish soup that you cannot
get anywhere else, while Mrs. Black
makes a wonderful ornelet. the recipe
for which 10 family secret; and
whenever you lunch at the Whites
you never fail to ask for the special
sauce which their cook and no.
body else can make. In fact. 1t has
long heen realized that the ideal cook
book would be one In which all these
special dishes could be got together.
suppostng. OF course. that the house
keepers and coofs could be persuaded
to reveal their treasured secrets"
Such Is the introduction to new
volume Of choice recipes, compiled
by A. n. Ferguson aaAl Constance
johnson. and published by Dutton &
Company, New York From House
to House" Ia the title of this co1leo-
ton OF true and tried recipes which
were gathered by tho authors literal
Iy first from one house and then from
! another. here a salad and there
pudding for which the housewife was
uOLeO GU Will iCok IN vain bor0
for the common boiled potato" con-
tinues the introduction, "or the
poached egg on toast, or roast beef
medium: but you will find = number
Of tempting sandwiches. and innum-
cradle attractive odds and ends In the
way OF cheese dishes. fancy brea ID.
pickles and sauces. II offers in fact,
a refuge from the commonplace"
And such. upon perusal. proves TO
be the case. Alphabetically arranged
and cross-referenced. SO that they are
easily found. are quantities Of ur-
usual connections with which the cook
Will be eager to experiment Not that
these dishes come under the head OF
Landscape cookery" fancy things
which look better than they taste. "ut
that here are the goodies no often
found on private tables and 80 rarely
in the cook books
The things you cen do with apples,
for example. Jellied apples. ginger
yfried apples. and apple puffs: apple
amber. picked apples. baked apple
Ice cream. caramel apples. Doesn't
that list tempt one to order II barrel
of apples and begin?
The selection of salad IN especially
choice. There's dandeiion salad for
early spring Noel salad FOR a
luncheon, salads Of cheese and jellies
and fruits and vegetables. fish salads
and aspic salads and salads with fancy
I.namss Two or three Of thoss will
serve n speoimens'
Salad st. Nichoias-BlAnch and cut
into slices twenty-four mushrooms.
Cut In IKE manner four artichoks
bottoms ana three picked walnuts
MIX with orange Jules, season with
salt, pepper, oil and vinegar. Put
into orange baskets, covAF with may
onnaise. decorate with olives and chop
ped poraey,
Nosi 6aiad-Taks out yeika of
hardboiled Gigs Add TO one table
spoon of butter . half teaspoon OF
anchcvy paste, . lev drops OF LEMON
Juice and some white pepper. FIN
and barley, Place On tomato slices
seasoned with salt, oil and tarragcn
vinegar. Garnish with chopped asrio
and parsley,
Marigold Salad uses the whites of
two hardboued eggs, a half pint OF
cold cooked whitsfish, teaspoon Of
grated anien, one OF grated horse
radish, one large ounumhsr pickle.
ehoppedi q half pint Of Geld potatoes
cut in cubes. enough boiled dressing
to motsten. AryanGs on lettuce in a
flat mound, chin. CRATE sgg yolks over
II, and serve.
In the custard famiiy ID included a
sounds Sou. good, Wash three tablespoons
Of rice And cock in saitAd water seven
minutes nratR, cover witA = Pint Of
grape jhise and cpdk aeviy uAtfl
Of OBJ. peanut, mix Wiekp tn rics. srrsnss
q e.tsa lsttues isavss WITH essaA