The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-22
FAVORIIE ITEM
in BILL OF FARE
Survey Shows Dessert Is
Popular Dish With
Americans
RACE OF CAKE EATERS

RACE OF CAKE EATERS
( Americans have become a race
OF cake eaters! Yes, and pie. pud-
ding, sh0rtcake aQd torte eaters
too! Which statement, the result
of a nationwide survey just COM
pIeted by restaurant chain in
dicates no lack of vigor or virility
in our contemporaries, but merely
means that the course we save til
last is the one we like the best.
Dessert is queen of the American
dinner table!
So well do we like desserts, the
survey reports, that in cases where
you can seat all~you want" at no
extra charge diners take advantage
Of the offer only to the entent of
ordering an extra portion of the
sweet course; when permissible
they order two kinds! Further
more, 1t Is shown, they express a
fondness for the exotic and fanci-
fur type of dessert.
This Indulgence in desserts need
not bother the health fans, how
ever. There are any number of
mountaineering delicacies that de-
pend for their sweetness on, the
natural and wholesome "invert"
or fruit sugar to be found in some
Of our favorite ingredients. For
instance, the popular Golden
Mousse, recipe for which is re-
printed here, is sweetended entirely
by its content of healthful dates,
which are nearly all fruit sugar.
in the predigested state which does
not overload the digestive system.
Likewise the popularity prize win
ner, Torte, adds vitamins and min
erals to its sweet content through
number of simple desserts of gela-
tins or custard foundation, and
plain buildings which may be glori-
fed to meet .'fanciful' require
ments by the addition of little
window dressing" of fruit. coacoa-
nut, nuts or sauce.
Golden Mousse
" cup water
" pkg. pasteurized dates
/ cup orange juice
1 tsp orange rind
egg yolks
Ia tsp. salt
cup cream, whipped
Cook the cup of pitted dates
with water over low heat for ten
minutes: rub through coarse sieve.
Add orange juice and rind, beaten
ego yolks and salt Stir over boil
Ing water until egg yolks thicken
(about 5 minutes) cool. Fold IN
whipped cream. Freeze in trays
of mechanical refrigerator or in a
mold packed in equal parts of ice
and salt. to IL servings.
Spring Vanity
lib. rhubarb
Il pkg SHREDDED cocoanut
IN cups sugar
4 ozs. marshmallows
Use nstrawberry" variety rhu-
barb, cut in one-inch cubes, add
sugar and cook in covered pan
over low flame until the juices
begin. to flow. Then uncover, and
cook with occasional STRINGS TO
the consistency of marmalade.
Fold the cups of quatered marsh
maIows into the hot pulp stirring,
until they are melted. Add cup
cocoanut place in sherbert glas-
SEES; sprinkle with the remaining
- cup cocoanut. Chill thoroughly.
SIX servings.
Original Date Tortc
" cup flour
is tsp. salt
/ tsp. baking powder
/ cup nuts
pkg. Pasteurized dates, sliced
eggs
TX, cup sugar
htsp. vanilla
Eift flour, salt. and baking pow
der into a mixing bowl. Mix dates
and coarsely chopped nuts through
the -four with the finger tips. Beat
eggs; ad vanilla; beat in sugar
gradually; stir in the -four. dates
and nut mixture. Bake in a we'll
oiled shallow pan in slow oven
1925 degrees F.) for As to so min
utes. Remove from pan. cool. cut
in squares and serve with whipped
cream
Chocolate Icc-Box Cake
"a chocolate waters
liz cups whipping cream
Ia lb shredded cocoanut
Ia tsp. vanilla
Whip "a cup of the cream:
add a few drops of vanilla and
cup of coacoanut. Spread choc-
olate wafer with the cream and
cocoanut mixture: cover with
second wafer. Repeat until lneIe
are six Sandwiches" each con-
tanning four cookies and three
layers of filling. Place in the re-
frigerator for at least hours. At
serving time, cut each pile of cook
les in half and place on a dessert
plate. Top with remaining cream,
whipped and favored. Sprinkle
with remainder of cocoanut.
Arabian Pie
cooked pastry shell
I pkg. pasteufized dates
cup water
2 tbsps orange juice
/ cup cream
tbsps. powdered sugar
Cook 2 cups of pitted and sliced
dates and cold water together in
a saucepan until a thick paste Is
formed. Remove from fire, and
add orange juice and let stand
until cold. Just before serving
pour into a baked pie shell and
cover with sweetended whipped
cream.
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