Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-01

ONE c. the secrets of successful meal
planning is variety. especially in
warm weather, whether you plan meat
less menus or not Wise selection fur
nishes the necessary food elements
good cooking develops the havorS and
attractive service temptS the appetite
in Summer or any other time. Tha
general methods to be used in securing
variety are. first. varying the food ma
terials used; second, varying the way
dishes are served and. third. varying
the combinations used
One houSekeepef who has weathered
many a hot Summer In a very warm
country says that she has learned that
while you may serve iced dishes fire.
ouently. and even daily. with good re-
suits, yet it is not best TO serve too
many meals made up entirely Of cold
food The favors which come from
foods served warm. as we'll as the va
riety which different temperatures give.
are assets to be gained by serving at
least one hot dish at a meal.
In Summer the housewife also needs
to be able TO plan dishes that can be
prepared in the cool Of the morning and
served some hours later either cold or
warmed up. In this way there is a
saving Of energy during the warm hours
Of the day,
Tasty Dishes.
Try these crean,ed vegetable GRO
ouettes Take two cupfuls of three or
four kinds of vegetables, such as po-
tatoes beets, carrots, corn, beans or
onions, or any combination you choose
season with salt pepper and dash OF
piduant sauce. mix with a thick cream
sauce and when cold mold into Gro
Quettes Let stand for an hour or two,
then fry in deep fat
To make a carrot loaf CRATE enough
raw carrots TO make one and one-han
cupfuls Add TO this half a cupful Of
bread crumbs. half cupful of chopped
nuts. a tablespoonful of sugar. a tea
spoonful of salt, little pepper, two
beaten eggs. cupful OF milk and
scant cupful of -four, Mix thoroughly.
then add a heaped tablespoonful OF
butter Pour into creased mold and
boil over hot water for an hour. Serve
With melted butter.
scaIloped cabbage is good Chop q
small head of cabbage. Butter a cas-
serole and put in q layer OF cabbage,
season and dot with butter. On this put
a layer of bread crumbs and some
grated chess. Season and dot with but
fer. Continue the LAYERS until the in
gradients are all used. Pour milk over
Cover and bake for about an hour. The
last IS minutes leave uncovered to
brown.
Pie Recipes.
TO n1ske nut and vegetable pie, cook
q evpful of fresh or dried haricot beans
until tender. Dice six medium sized.
boiled. potatoes. Mix the beans and
potatoes with several small, diced
onions. Blaneil half cupful Of
almonds and mix with the same guam
tity of peanuts. Place a layer OF beans
and potatoes, seasoned, in baking
dish. and on top a layer Of nuts and
chopped hard-boiled eggs Pour on
some white sauce Repeat these lay
ers having potatoes and white sauce
or top. Bake for about half an hour.
Green peppers stuffed with vege-
tables and cheese and then baked make
a tasty dish To prepare. cut of the
stem ends of eight peppers and remove
the seeds Cover the peppers with cold
water, bring the water to the boiling
point and cook them for five minutes,
Cook one cupful of chopped celery until
tender. Mix three eupfuls OF boiled
rice with two eupfuls of canned to-
n1atoes. the celery two tablespoonfuls
of butter or other fat, and one tea
sooonfui of salt and I'LL the pepper
cases. stand them close together in
baking dish, sprinkle the tops with
grated cheese and pour a little water
or tomato Juice in the dish to keep
them moist. Bake until the cheese Is
brown and the pepper cases are thor
ougkly tender. -,
Whsn peppers are not plentiful. TWO
or three may be used 70 favor the
whole dish In that case, dice the
peppers, cook them until tender, conn
bire them with the materials described,
EXCEPT the cheese; pour the mixture
into baking dish. sprinkle grated
cheese on top end bake until the CHEESE
Is brown.
Mackerei Ioaf.-Bone one can of
nnackerel and add to the mackerel half
a cupful of milk. one cupful of bread
or cracker crumbs, three chopped green
onions or one Bermuda onion, one TEA
spoonful of salt and one-fourth TEA
spoonful of pepper, and two eggs. MIX
well with fork. Pour into q creased
baking dish and bake for 40 minutes
in a moderate oven.
Savory Tomato Dishes.
Baked With Eggs.--Place layer OF
drained and seasoned tomato pulp In
baking dish Cover with grated
cheese and place in the oven until the
cheese is melted Remove and break
the desired number of eggs on top OF
the cheese. being careful 70 keep all
the yolks whole Season, then replace
in the oven until the eggs are done.
While still hot sprinkle with cheese
and serve from the dish.
Scallopsd With Cabbage.-Cook the
cabbage until tender. but not quite
done. Put into baking dish layers Of
cabbage, bread crumbs and tomato.
Cover with grated cheese, season well
and bake.
Baked With Corn.-Mix one table,
spoonful Of sugar with three tablespoon
fuis of butter melted, and pour over
one cupful Of bread crumbs. Spread
the crumbs over two eupfuls Of canned
tomatoes and two cupfuls Of canned
ccrn and one teaspoontul Of salt. Pour