Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-23
Kitchen Hints
Tempting Menus

Refreshments for a bridal shower
should be light and as attractive
and fanciful as possible. During
the afternoon a drink of some sort
is always welcomed. This should
he served some time before the real
tea party. Serve the tea at small
card tables. The guests are much
more comfortable and the extra
work is not worth considering.
A salad. sandwiches. tea. an ice
Of some sort and cakes, or maca-
rooms provide a happy medium of
simpi.city and elaborateness for a
bridal affair.
Mint JuIep 1922
Four cups water, 2 cups sugar, 2
cups boiling water IL sprigs mint,
III cups strawberry juice, IA cups
raspberry Juice. juice 6 lemons,
juice 2 oranges.
Crush mint and pour over 1t boil
ing water. Cover tightly. Let stand
20 minutes. Boil sugar and water
IL minutes. Strain water from mint
and AID to strip. Add fruit juices
and chill.
Currant SnruD
Four cups crushed currants, l
pound powdered sugar, 4 cups cold
water, juice 4 lemons, 10 cups cold
water.
All sugar and the quart of cold
water to the crushed currants.
Bring slowly to boiling point. Let
stand till cool. Strain. Add lemon
juice and cold water and put on ice
TO chill.
Green and White Salad
One fresn cocoanut grated, 4 sour
al pies, 2 cups diced celery, 2 small
onions, 4 sweet greer peppers. 2
tablespoons minced parsley, green
cherries.
Chop apples. Mince onions and
shred peppers. Mix cocoanut. APP
PIES, celery, onions, peppers and
parsley with a French dressing. Put
Un ice to chill. Serve on a lettuce
ieaf with mayonnaise. Top with the
minted cherry.
Tomato salad is delicious and re-
FIRE shIng and not too heavy for
afternoon. Tho tomatoes may be
stuffed of used in this fashion,:
Peel tomatoes and put on ice to
ciiill. Cut in half inch slices. Put
a slice of tomato on a Lettuce leaf.
Cover with n%eufchatel cheese mixed
with chopped green olives and Eng
iish walnuts. This layer should be
about one-quarter inch thick. Cover
with another slice of tomato and
mask the whole with mayonnaise.
Marshmallow Salad
Three cups mashmallows cut in
quarters, : cups pineapple cut in
dice, ~ cups English walnut meats.
whipped cream, mayonnaise, mara
schino cherries.
Mix marsnmallows, pineapple and
nuts. Add one-half cur whipped
cream &c one cup m~ayonnaise. Add
20 first mixture. II not moist enough
add more mayonnaise. Put salad on
a lettuce leaf, top with whipped
cream and add a maraschlno cherry.
The sandwiches should be very
tiny and very thin and dainty.
A delightful sandwich for a bridal
party is made with rose leaves.
Spread thin slices of white bread
with creamed butter. Spread lightly
with honey and V with freshly
gathered rose leaves. Cover with
another slice of bread spread with
butter and honey and u with a
heart-shaped cutter.
Strawberry sandwiches are de-
! cious. Butter white bread with
sweet creamed butter. Cover with
slices of strawberries, sprinkle
lightly with powdered sugar and
finish with a slice of bread and
butter.
Cream cheese and preserved
ginger makes a decilious filling for
brown bread.
English walnuts and shaved ma
pie sugar are another filing rather
different. Toast the nuts and while
warm, cover with grated maple
sugar. Mix well and use freely be-
tween thin slices of bread and
butter.
Watercress and mint chopped to-
gether and moistened with mayon-
nalse make a filling delicious with
alv salad.
Use any good white cake rule and
bake in a sheet. Cut in fancy shapes
With a sandwich cutter and cover
with colored icings. Garnish with
candied rose leaves and violets.
Serve lemon or orange slices with
the tea.
Copyright, 1922, NEA Service)
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