San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-21
OFFER SUGGESTIONS
FOR MAKING DISHES
ATTRACTIVE EASILY
Simple Task for Housewife
With Limited Means to
Haze Dainty Meals.

Households consisting of two in
diyiduals are often households that
must, temporarily, at least, plan and
contriye to make ends meet. 1t is
therefore in order to direct the
young housekeepers attention to the
Importance of daintiness of service
and at the same time to tell her that
this daintiness may be achieved with
very modest expenditure of money;
time and thought are necessary, but
even the woman who is trained TO
the placing of cash value on her
time will agree that the time and
effort will be well spent.
The tasteful garnishing OF simple
food converts that food into dishes
fit for, not the gods. but for those of
far greater Importance, j. e., healthy
men and women.
When one can spend but a limited
sum for the table it may not seem
worth while to attempt the graceful
touches that add so much to the
pleasure of a meal. but this is quite
cleanliness as foundation, one is
ready to take the next step. that is,
provide real charm, and this beauty
touch has decided effect on diges-
ton, and therefore on the health of
the members Of the household.
Here are few hints.
For a few pennies the housewife
can buy enough parsley TO convert
the cheapest Of shoulder chops into
dish as attractive as if the chops
were cut from the loin. The same
bit of green will furnish forth suffi-
cient minced leaves TO give character
and flavor TO the plainest of potato
or other cream soups: it will dress
up white potato salad. will beautify
the white sauce prepared for leftover
fish, and even then its usefulness is
not at and end.
A plain cornstarch pudding mould
ed in ordinary teacups and served.
each with a candied cherry and
leaves of angelica on top will bring
joyous shrieks from the very one
who has refused that old blanc
mango
Salmon loaf may be made quite
beautiful if served on a platter with
8 border of ordinary canned peas.
Prosaic but nourishing steHs look
very festive il the accompanying
rice is carefully cooked in tomato
juice and arranged in n border
around the meat, instead of being
served in separate dish. Numer-
GUS notifications of this border idea
are possible, such as combining diced
carrots and peas for meat loaf, etc.
We all remember our childish en-
ioyment of small cakes which were
brave in colored sugar. The house
wife should remember that no one
every really outgrows this pleasure in
the novel and unexpected. When
baking the plainest of cakes all
manner of pretty effects may be OBJ
tanned with white and chocolate &C.
ing, strawberry and other fruit color
ings.
The more delicate flowers may al
ways be used to advantage for dec
grafton, and a simple cake or pudding
may be made to fairly bloom
out from a wealth Of green leaves.
Even so simple matter as the
placing of waters or small cakes on
plate gives another opportunity.
Instead of tossing them in a jumbled
heap, arrange long narrow waters
so as to resemble spokes Of wheel.
with tiny round cake at the center.
| These few hints are simply TO
show the modest housewife that it
is worth while to put n little time
and thought into the simplest Of ev-
| cry-day matters. She will have
her reward in the increased content
ment and health of her family.