Evening star., 1921-10-14
SOME PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS
FOR THE LIGHT T1OUSEKEEPER

same griddle. and of course it is
the very thing for griddle cakes. An
ordinary coffee pot may be trans
formed into a percolator by fastening
a square of muslin across the top of
the pot with an elastic band. Push
the muslin down in bag shape, put in
the pulverized coffee and over it pour
the hot water. Use this in case you
cannot buy a regular percolator A
couple of asbestos mats with handles
are almost Indispensable to the indi-
vidual housekeeper and she should
have at least two small agateware
SaucepanS.
An oven opens UP a host of culinary
possibilities, and even with u single
gas burner it is quite worth while
may be easily removed. Potatoes.
scalloped oysters and other scalioped
dishes and many easily made baked
desserts may be prepared in such an
! oven placed over small stove. Win
Il two-burner stove and an even quite
an elaborate meal may be prepared.
y vegetable and dessert may be bak-
! ed in the oven. chops or steak or
| fish pan-broiled over the other
| burner while under the fame may be
placed crackers slightly buttered or
, spread with cheese to heat. These
! are delicious with salad and take
neither time. space nor gas.
Fruit, cereal, an egg. toast or rolls
| and coffee form the usual breakfast.
! and many women leave out either the
cereal or the egg. For luncheon there
! are many appropriate and easily pre-
i pared dishes. such as creamed dried
I beef or creamed fish, an omelet Or a
chop. one such dish with little
green salad and 4 cup of tea or a
glass of milk constitutes whole
some luncheon. oysters and CLAIMS
give a great variety and are very
appetizing. few steamed oysters
or CLANS make an ideal winter
luncheon. For dinner there are chops
of various kinds, steak or Il small
chicken. Cold roast meat and other
things can be bought ready cooked
| and quickly warmed up. A little
suet chopped up with your cold beef
| is Il great Improvement. Shape into
| tiny balls and broil on your griddle.
Served with boiled rice or macaroni
| this makes an excellent dinner.
either in your oven or on top of your
griddle by covering the griddle with
| q pan.
Plain boiled ham is nice cut into
| rounds with biscuit cutter and
served with scrambled eggs between.
! sandwich fashion and topped with
mayonnaise. to which some red or
| green sweet peppers have been added
For n Winter Day.
| If the day is cold and you want
! something hot. make some Croutons
| and arrange enough of them to form
| a square of toast. then make Il white
sauce and add some grated cheese and
| chopped pimento and some chipped
! beef that has been brought to the
| boiling point and then drained. Pour
| this over the croutonS and earnish
| with parsley. On sandwich day use
for filling sliced ham. cheese paste
| lettuce and bacon, or whatever You
| happen TO have on hand.
To save washing dishes. use fruit
| and vegetable shells as containers for
| your salads, such as green peppers
, cucumberS and tomatoes followed out
and lettuce or cabbage leaves. Then
! you can eat your dishes instead OF
| washing them.
To make delicious potato salad
first cut the peeled potatoes into balls
and cook them in boiling salted water
until tender. but not broken. Toss
the balls lightly in a bowl Of mayon.
naise and heap them on bed oi
lettuce or cress. topped with a few
| picked onions and some whole boileC
, egg yolks. Chop the whites of the
eggs and some celery leaves and ado
! to the mayonHaiSe.
| Another good salad is made az fol-
! lows: Take a ripe tomato. cold and
| with the center scooped out: lay it on
! nest of cold boiled macaroni Re
place the center mixed with chopped
celery and top with grated cheese
Pour over this some mayonnaise and
you will need nothing but a simple
dessert to complete this meal.
Cold boiled rice nodded in cup
! is the foundation of good dessert.
served with a sauce made of ripe OF
canned peaches cut into narrow sec
! tions and stewed in a thick sirup.
When you bring home some ice
cream dress it up with a sprinkln.
| Of maple sugar and walnuts. some
crushed macaroons, some chopped
candied cherries or pineapple meltet