Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-04
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Uses of Fruit.

Uses of Fruit.
AT this season OF the year when the
market offers us so many fruits in
perfect condition and at moderate
prices, our thoughts naturally run TO
uses of these delicious foods. There
is nothing more tempting than a des-
sert OF fresh fruits served attractively
1t is an ideal finish to dinner, espe-
cially where there has been rather
heavy preceding. Fruits are largely
composed OF water, more than IS per
cent in most cases; so they do not add
unnecessary food value in the last
course. Fruits also contain sugars or
starches in small quantity, which give
some heat and energy to the body;
and they are especially valuable for
the mineral matter which they fur
nish. The mineral aids in keeping the
body in perfect condition and also
helps in building up the framework OF
the body.
Unfortunately in some respects, we
soon tire of the same foods served in
the same way, no matter how valu-
able these foods may be. 1t is the rare
family that will enjoy dessert OF
.rut day after day. There are, how
ever, simple ways of dressing up
plain fruits so that they appear almost
as new dishes. We all use cream on
berries and peaches; and now that a
satisfactory beater for single cream is
on the market, we can be more lavish
in our use of whipped cream. In emer-
pencies, we canX use meringue as
substitute for cream. Meringue
is simply white of egg beaten until
stiff and powdered sugar folded in,
one tablespoon per egg white. This
meringue will not keep and must be
made at the last minute. A pleasant
variation of plain cream is marshmal-
low cream, which consists of marsh
mallows cut in fourths and soaked in
cream to cover for one-half hour. Or
a mashmallow sauce may be made OF
the marshmallow preparation NAL
10" which is on the market. An I'M
failingly favorite dessert is a
regular fruit cocktail which con-
sists of various fruits cut up,
sugared, and allowed to stand at
least an hour before serving. An es-
pecially good fruit cocktail is made
Of oranges, grapefruit, bananas and
shredded pineapple in equal proper
tons.
Just step beyond the use of the
raw fruits, come the simple cooked
fruit desserts. We shall not talk
today of the more elaborate fruit
desserts which involve the use of
pastry, cake or shortcake doughs.
For some people there lis a decided
advantage in using cooked fruits.
The fruit fiber is softened. and any
bacteria which may have been present
are destroyed. Thus the fruit is
rendered more easily digested: A
general rule for stewing9 fruits is to
add the sugar first when one wants
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