Evening star., 1920-02-20
Food, Health and Thrift
Entertaining Hints for
WaShingt0n'S Birthday

Dining room and table decorations
for a Washingtons birthday party
may be either in the colonial colors
of blue and gold or the patriotic col
ors of red, white and blue Cherries
and hatchets are so associated with
this day that very pretty table schemes
can be, carried out with these alone.
Cranberries will simulate cherries
nicely. For centerpiece use these
| artificial cherries and leaves and scat
! ter cherries over the tableclOth. Flags
could be used and the table lighted
| with red. white and blue candles. A
! pretty souvenir is a small gilt hatchet
| tied with red, white and blue ribbon.
Cards decorated with cherries IN
| cards, or they may be cut out of red
! crepe paper and appliqued on the
cards.
| Colonial Tartlets-Take one large
cup of seeded chopped raising or can ,
died cherries. the juice and grated
rind of one lemon, the whites OF two
eggs and a pinch of salt. Mix together
well and put some of the mixture on
! rounds of piecrust from slN TO seven
! inches in diameter and foid tostther
! from three sides so that the shape
will resemble a three-cornered hat
! IL
hold the mixtures in well, put INTO a
! baking pan. brush over with llttie
sweetened milk and bake brown
! Washington's Birthday Cake.-Bak {
| any good cake mixture in ring moia
| Cover with almond frosting, and "hlle
warm decorate with cherries and tiny
| citron hatchetS.
| Around a mold of strawberry jelly
pile sweetened whipped cream Car
nish with candied cherries and Leaves
) cut from slices of citron.
| inexpensive Fruit Cake.-This may
| be MADE in a loaf or in small cakes
I zone cup of butter. one cup OF sugar
| one cup of mOlaSSeS, one cup or milk
! one cup of raisns. one cup OF cur
rants, one well beaten egg. three tea
| flour with teaspoonful of salt. Dis
solve the soda in the molaSSes and
sift the fruit in the flour.
Pineapple Delight-Boil two table
spoonfuls of rice in boiling Salted wa
| ter until tender. then drain. Dissolve
one tablespoonful of powdered gela-
| tin in two cups of boiling water or
canned pineapple juice, then add
| three-quarters of a cup of sugar and
! the rice. Cool slightly and add one
cup of chopped pineapple. pinch OF
| salt and one cup of whipped cream
Cool and serve in dainty glasses. \
preserved cherry may be placed on
! the top of each portion
! Special Desserts.
| Dainty and delicious ice cream cases
can be easily made by joining
with icing three sugar waters, max
/; ing triangular shaped box. Half
| fill these with vanilla cream and
add tablespoonful of amy pre-
served fruit, topping with whipped
cream. Grated maple sugar with a
| few minced walnuts is delicious over
! vanilla cream. as is also "A sprinkling
of rolled macaroons and minced al
| monds. Drain the juice from a can
! of cherries, add q cup of sugar to
| the juice and cook it until it forms
a thick sirup. Pour it over ice cream
and place a few of the cherries on
top. If you wish to serve ice cream
cut in fancy shapes. get plain brick
| ice cream and Slice it lengthwise in
half-inch thicknesses. Use a cookie
cutter in the form of a heart. fruit or
animal. and dip in boiling hot water.
After wiping it dry, but while still
hot. cut the cream in as many pieces
as the slice will make.
Remove the seeds from some raisins
and the stones from some dates. Stuff
the raisins with bit of candied
citron, ginger or nut meat. Insert
in the stone cavity of the dates
whole peanut, almond or a little roll
of the cream. Stuff some figs with
mixture of chopped nut meats and
, CdHulcO SIiScE
Stone three cups of dates and put
them through the grinder. Put two
Guns of walnut meats through the
grinder Knead the dates and meat
together and form into loaf. Cut in
slices.
A frm,s ripe banana cut into rather
thin slices and dipped in melted
sweet chocolate is delicious. Place
on oiled paper and set in a cool place
to harden.
Melt unsweetened chocolate in
double pan and dip loaf sugar into
the melted chocolate and sprinkle the
pieces with ground nuts. This Is
good candy to give child.
Two cups of brown sugar boiled
with milk and stirred continually un-
iii il forms a wax ball when tested in
cold water makes an excellent candy
! II mixed with chopped raisins.
Jelly Cream.-To the stif1y beatcL
whites of three eggs and three tea
snoons of powdered sugar add one
glass of any clear fruit Jelly. Beat
until thoroughly mixed. put into small
! cups or glasses and place in the re-
friperator until cold. Serve with
sweetened whipped cream garnishcd d
with finely chopped nuts.
Nut Desserts and CONNECTIONS.
Buy nuts in the shells when posi-
hle. as this is a much safer plan. III
YOU are obliged to buy them shelIed,