Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-26
Good Things =
= of Oranges
This Fruit Is Wholesome and Use
for Dessert.

for Dessert.
ONE of the reassuring things
. about our food habits through
the ages Is that most Of them.
though we dld not know Il. have
good scientific foundation. II is only
recently that we have come to un-
derstand the science Of food. Diet
etics Is new science. But never
theless. throughout tho ages the food
habits Of various races have fol-
lowed unknown food laws.
Not always. Of course. has this
been true. Probably only hard out
door work saved the New England
farmer from worse dyspepsia than
he used 10 have in his days of fried
food diet And one wonders what
antidoto the ladies' Of Queen Eliza
beth's court took for their breakfasts
~ \ pint of ale and a pound Of beef
and 4 generally TOO meaty diet.
But. on the other hand take many
Of our food customs. and you viii
find that even in the light of modern
dietet.c science they are good
For instance. the habit Of serving
salad of green leaves at dinner.
IN addition 70 the meat and bread or
no4,to ybich would give starch and
proteins. and the dessert, which
would give sugar. the salad was re-
lied on to give zest to the meal.
indeed. some adopts In the art OF
dining have thought that the salad
should come before the main courses.
as an appetizer Anyway, the point
e that vitamines. now considered
essential to an all-round diet. were
introduced In the leaves OF lettuce
or endive or chicory that went to
make up the salad.
And so apple sauce WIN roas'
rork boiled onions with poultry, and
ro.ato salad with cold meats - al
.bose combinations are good ones
sroro the dietetic point Of view
tno,,gb they may first have beer
made from the appetite point o.
view.
Their Vitamines.
And now we come 70 oranges. Foi
years of course. II has been know
I that oranges are wholesome. orang
Juice has been given 70 cnilofen
= And oranges have always been
standby winter fruit for everyOod
il who could afford them. Before the
oere usual enough TO be easily at
forded we used to look on them
the light Of very desirable luxurie'
~ ana ti,cl, one into the stockings "
on eliad for the poor children Of th
10 neipbborhood and carry them by IN
Ve choice half dozen to our friends VIII
= were H.
Now. Of course, since the expos
~ ton Of the vitamine theory, we ur
=. derstand Just why oranges are ar
NJ alvyays have been so good for us.
doesn't make them any more del
g. cious, nor does It in any way tai
from their goodness 10 know IN
n they contain in abundance those u
VI tle-known vitamines. But 70 q
nd person interested IN dietetics II
re- all very interesting.
de- II is a good plan, especially
ks winter when fresh fruits and veg
Ike tables are less plentiful than
or summer. to use an abundance
If oranges in the diet. Have the
his raw as often as possible. An allo'
oes ance Of an orange a day for ca
ms person would be a very wholesor
his thing. As a breakfast fruit. eth
of halved or as orange juice. or as
, a between-meal - many persons n
see oranges before going TO bed who
blv some-or sliced for luncheon, the
ally oranges can easily be used.
or In addition. you can often
ent oranges In the form Of some desse
Here are a few suggestions.
nat Orange Charlot.e.-Mix one c
LOT or sugar with one cup Of oran
uer juice. a little Of the grated peel a
'-pe the juice Of one lemon. Add halt
IN package Of gelatine which has bs
use soaked and dissolved. and when cS
any but not set. fold in the stiffiy beai
,eu- whites Of five eggs and turn into
iate mold lined with orange sectio
cry Serve with boiled custard.
mi Orange CaIxe.-Beat a cup
be- sugar with the yolks OF four q
for and add the grated rind and juice
ton half a lemon. Add the stiffiy bea
de's whites Of the eggs alternately "
e in a cup Of -four sifted with a teasp'
ved- Of baking powder. Bake this in
WY layers. Put together with sliced Z
sweetened oranges and cover "
ner- icing favored with orange.
ace Orange Cream.-Mix the juice
ela three oranges and the grated rind
-oe one with a cup Of sugar. Add
pe juice Of one lemon and the yolks
mes four eggs well beaten and cook u
no it thickens. stirring constantly.
ou'U q package Of gelatine which
! ne been soaked and dissolved. m
, INe chill and serve with cream.
Orange Whip.-whip . pint
,ther cream. Whip the whites Of
d as eggs to a stiff froth. and add 81
for ually cup Of sugar. Mix caref
ither and pour over cut-up oranges
ouse. bananas sweetened and favored.
iohne Orange Tarts.-AIix the juice
-',eI two large oranges with the gr'
= ~ rind Of one and the juice Of IA
my lemon rubbed smooth with a
ioi spoon Of cornstarch. Add tn
49, quarters of a cup Of sugar and
'oni tablespoons Of melted butter. {
y 10 until smooth, stirring constal
e,leii Bake in a lower crust. add a I
. - irgue. and brown.
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