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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-05

I know my sug- g 6 sti O n that cookies be made at home, with the help of the chil- dren, will seem like a nuisance to many mothers. But it has it's re- ward, neverthe- less. r
 Count against the small trouble in V olv ed the great gain in in.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-05

teresting the youngsters Tn Wnat goes on around the home; the pride they have in having had 6 hand in creating the things they themselves eat, and that you will also serve to grown-up callers who drop in at the hour for tea. Hand- made cookies for the lunch box that the child may claim as part of his own work have a tasty goodness that no store cake can possess. And so, very easily and painlessly the first steps in home making and cooperation are laid.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-05

Picture Cowrtesy Remington Arms Co. where father often hews the bird
 desperately but with a certain lack of finesse, or in the kitchen, where mother gently pries the meat off in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-05

Today it is 50 easy to buy cookies from the corner bakeshop or boxed. at the grocery store. that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-05

In most families, carving @ tur- key, a chicken, or a duck is some- thing of a problem, whether the dire work is done at the table,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-05
THE CHEF SUGGESTS - THESE VARIATIONS FOR FISH MENUS
By JOSEPH BOGGIA Chef. The Plaza. New York

Friday menus would be much moro appealing - and fish more
 popular-if the home cook would
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-05
PERSILLADE POTATOES

Wash and pare small potatoes. cut in shapes of large olives, using a vegetable cutter for this pur- pose. Cook in boiling salted water just untl soft. Drain, and let stand to dry off. Turn into a hot serving dish; pour over them melt ed butter and dust with paprika.
 The Portugese government is adding more aircraft to its defense forces.
Evening star., 1934-06-15
Food and Reduced Incomes
BY EDITH NJ. BARBER.

and the following suggestions for econ
omy are copied for publication:
!. Any fat may be used-butter,
oleo, lard, oil or meat drippings-in
these recipes.
2. When milk is called for you
may use evaporated milk diluted with
an equal quantity of water.
g.. Save all vegetable water for
soups, stews, cooking beans, gravy, etc.
4. Cook several oven dishes at once
5. Always save tomato juice so
that the small child may have it daily
6. Any bean or salmon loaf which
is left may be used in sandwiches.
Z. Bean loaf or s..lmon loaf, ETC.,
may be cooked on top of the stove if
oven is not available. More water
must be added.
8. Molasses diluted with an equal
amount of warm water is very good
substitute for sirup.
9. When there are small quantities
of several dry cereals left, mix them
and see how delicious the new cereal
Is.
10. Save all pieces Of meat fat for
drippings. Cook with these.
American kedgeree-3 tablespoons
fat. medium sized onion. pint diced
potatoes, cooked; l pint kidney beans,
cooked; 2 hard-boiled eggs, 2 tea
spoonfuls salt, p teasponful pepper.
Melt the fat and brown the onion,
chopped fine. Add potatoes, beans and
chopped egg whites. Heat and season.
Serve with the egg yolks, which have
been forced through a strainer on the
top.
Cinnamon biscuits-2 cupfuls -four,
teaspoonfuls baking powder, 1 tea
spoonful salt, Il cupful shortening, q
cupful milk or water. Mix and sift
dry ingredients. Rub shortening into
the -four mixture. Add liquid. Roll
into one-half sheets. Sprinkle top
with mixture of cinnamon and sugar.
Roll up and cut into slices one-half
inch thick. Bake in a creased pan in
a 400-degree oven about Is minutes.
Baked sauerkraut and tomato
onions, / tablespoonful butter. 2 table,
spoonfuls salt. y cupful bread crumbs,
1A cupfuls canned tomatoes, " pound
canned sauerkraut, l tablespoonful
butter. Cut onions fine and brown in
the one tablespoonful of butter. In
a creased baking dish place layer Of
bread crumbs, then layer of tomatoes
and sauerkraut which have been mixed
with the onions. Alternate bread
crumbs and vegetables until all is
used, ending with layer of bread
crumbs. Dot with butter and bake in
a moderate oven, 375 degrees Fahren-
heit, 80 minutes.
(Copyright, 1934.)
Evening star., 1934-06-15
Food and Thrift in the Home

with lobster, chopped very fine, added
to mayonnaise and highly seasoned
with lemon juice and dash OF cay
enne. Endive prepared the same way
Is delicious.
When using canned vegetables, do
not open the can until you are ready
to heat its contents. Potatoes when
pared before cooking lose much of
their food value. If you do pare them,
do not allow them to soak in water
for any length of time. Never store
fresh vegetables away until they have
been washed and all bad or bruised
ones have been discarded, otherwise,
the latter tend to contaminate the
others. Store them in a cool place.
Summer Meat Dishes.
Chicken in aspic: Use a three or
four pound chicken. Dress and cut
into four pieces. Place in a sauce
pan and cover with cold water. Add
one medium sized onion, few sprigs
of parsley, two stalks of celery, one
teaspoonful of salt, and half tea
spoonful of pepper, one bay leaf and
two bouillon cubes. Cover the pan,
bring to the boiling point and allow
to cook slowly at simmering point un-
til the chicken is tender. Cool, re-
move the meat from the bones, dis
carding the gristle and veins, and cut
into thin strips. Skim off every par
ticle of fat from the broth and strain.
You should now have about five cup
fuls of liquid. Soak one and a half
tablespoonfuls of gelatin in one
fourth cupful of the cold broth. Heat
the remaining broth and pour over
the soaked gelatin. Stir until dis
solved and add one teaspoonful OF
Worcestershire sauce and three drops
of tobasco sauce. Place the chicken.
cut in strips, in an oiled bread pan,
and add the broth. Chill and un-
mold onto a platter Garnish with
asparagus, watercress and lettuce.
Serve with mayonnaise.
Jellied ham loaf: Soften one
tablespoonful of gelatin in one-fourth
cupful of cold water and dissolve over
boiling water. Carefully remove all
fat and gristle from some ham. then
grind enough lean ham to make two
cupfuls. Mix with half cupful OF
chopped celery, one chopped green
pepper, half small onion chopped,
two cut up hard cooked eggs, one
tablespoonful of lemon juice and one
chopped pimento. Add one cupful OF
mayonnaise and mix Pour into a
rectangular mold inches by 3l2
inches and inches deep, first rinsed
with cold water. Chill until firm and
serve in slices on lettuce leaves.
Grilled deviled crabs: Mix to-
gether one cupful of crab meat,
canned or fresh, one-half cupful of
minced ham, three hard-cooked eggs
chopped fine, one teaspoonful of
chopped parsley, and one teaspoonful
of grated onion. Make a sauce by
blending one tablespoonful of melted
butter with half a tablespoonful OF
flour and three-fourths cupful of
milk. Season with half a teaspoon
full of dry mustard, one teaSpoonful
of Worcestershire sauce and salt to
taste Cook until thickened and
combine with the crab meat mixture.
Place in ramekinS, shells, or a baking
dish. Sprinkle with bread crumbs,
dot with butter and bake under a
broiler until the crumbs are brown.
Berry Pies.
When you buy berries, look for firm
ness in the fruit, as damaged or
bruised fruit is pretty sure to be
mouldy. Next look for those that are
uniform in size. Medium to large
Evening star., 1934-06-15

cut off the garlic leaves, for the
mother plant has another provision
for carrying on the family name and
traditions. Bulbs strong and healthy
are under the sod. You add food to
your lawn grass and you also feed
your enemy all Summer. OF course,
II you let the slender, spikelike leaves
get good start, they have sent down
sunshine and nourishment to the bulb.
In fact, that is their mission in life.
As soon as you see small inuuir-
ing bunch of garlic poking its head
up among the clover, go after the
little villain in earnest. Not with a
lawn mower, but deep into the earth
pry up the wee bulbs. They look
like tiny button onions, and have
delightful pungent odor to many,
poison to others.
Be sure and prevent the garlic in
truder from going to seed. You have
not the slightest idea how many seed
babies the garlic mother can mature.
One hundred to several thousand
reeds is nothing unusual for a weed
mother. The winds carry the seeds
far and wide. They settle down
among valuable plants and use the
food in the ground that would other
wise nourish the plants.
OF couse, many Of the grain seeds
that are purchased have garlic seeds
in them The farmer sows them
along with the grain.
Evening star., 1934-06-15

berries are usually the best for good
flavor in blackberries and raspberries,
while large strawberries may prove to
be hollow. Overripeness is most often
encountered in raspberries and black
berries. Berries will not keep long,
but the best method is to spread them
in shallow pan and place uncov-
cred in a refrigerator until needed.
Strawberry cream pie-For the
cream filling mix together half q
cupful of sugar, one-third cupful of
white flour, one-fourth teaspoonful of
salt and two beaten eggs. Add two
cupfuls of scalded milk, stirring con-
stantly. Cook in the top of double
boiler and stir until the mixture is
cooked. Then add half teaspoonful
of vanilla and cool. Just before serv-
ing fill a baked pie shell half full of
sweetened strawberries. Cover these
with the cream filling and top with
whipped cream. Garnish with whole
berries.
Blackberry pie-Line a 10-inch pie
plate with plain pastry. Mix together
two-thirds to one cupful Of sugar, two
tablespoonfuls of -four or quick-cook-
ing tapioca, a pinch of salt and then
mix this with three cupfuls of cleaned
and sound blackberries. FIJI the pie
shell, dot with one tablespoonful Of
butter and cover with plain pastry or
strips of pastry. Bake in a hot over
for is minutes, then reduce to medium
heat for the remainder of the baking,
or for about Is minutes.
Deep-dish blueberry pie-Mix four
tablespoonfuls of -four with one and
one-half cupfuls of sugar and add to
four cupfuls of blueberries with two
teaspoonfuls of lemon juice. Place in
a creased baking dish inches in
diameter and 3 inches deep. Cover
with plain pastry. Trim the edges
and press with the tines Of a fork.
Cut several gashes in the pastry to al
low for the escape of steam. Bake in
hot oven for Is minutes, then in q
medium oven for about 80 minutes.
Cherry pie-Line a pie plate with
pastry and fill with three cupfuls of
stoned cherries. Add one cupful of
white sugar mixed with one table
spoonful of -four and dot over with
two tablespoonfuls Of butter Cover
with pastry and bake in a hot oven
for about 35 minutes.
Evening star., 1934-06-15

xR. SPARROW, whose tail
nm Grandfather Frog had pulled
VV out, was ashamed to be seen.
4 i What he wanted more than
anything else was to go
somewhere by himself and keep out
Of sight OF other folk. It seemed to
him a dreadfully disgraceful thing to
be seen without a tail Had it hap
pened at some other time Of year he
might have gone by himself, but he
couldn't do it now. No sir, he
couldn't do a thing like that now.
Four hungry growing little Sparrows
were constantly demanding food, and
to supply them with enough was
more than Mrs. Sparrow could do
unaided. He must do his share, even
If he did have to appear without
a tail.
At first he kept as much out Of
sight as possible while he hunted for
food. But, of course, he couldn't keep
out Of sight altogether. and it wasn't
long before everybody knew what had
happened to him. A few made fun
Of him when they saw him. for he did
look queer without tail, but he soon
found that most of his friends and
neighbors thought him lucky to be
alive. They told him SO, and they
comforted him by telling him that he
would have a new tail after while.
All this made him feel better. At
first he felt bit awkward when
flying. because he missed that tail to
help balance him in the air, but he
soon grew accustomed to this. And
how he did work! He had to. 1t
seemed as if those babies never could
get enough to eat, and in the work Of
hunting for food for them he more or
less forgot his troubles. And Mrs.
Sparrow comforted him some
what, too.
There is one thing about it, we
have gained some valuable knowl-
edge" said she. II guess it is worth
the price of that tail"
What do you mean?" demanded
Mr.. Sparrow, looking puzzled.
Il didn't know until you lost your
tail that Grandfather Frog is dan
gerous to we feathered folk" replied
Mrs. Sparrow. II never was warned
to keep out Of the way Of Frogs, prob
ably because there were none around
where I grew up. This thing or worse
might have happened to me, for I
have often flown just above the water
when crossing q pool. and it never
Evening star., 1934-06-15
Natures Children
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

The garlic rarely flowers. The bulbs
increase under ground. The bulblets
are carried in wheat, and sometimes
the garlic is pulled up. thrown aside
and forgotten. 1t is covered eventu-
ally with debris, and while you are
busy about other things the garlic Is
Just as busy getting another start.
From Rhode Island to Georgia and
west to Missouri the wild garlic
flourishes in the rich meadows where
wheat and dairy products are found.
The field garlic belongs to the lily
family. 1t is cousin to the culti-
waited garden onion. Like both of
them, it has a bulb under ground.
The leaves are hollow and cylin-
drical, very slender and thread-like.
In June or July, depending upon the
climate, the garlic bears an umbel of
small, purplish flowers. They are
lilylike in shape and structure. You
can see the likeness under a magni-
flying glass.
pear very early in the Spring. It is
at this time the cattle like them the
most and If these dainty tubular
leaves make their appearance on your
lawn, you can dig up the bulblets, and
in their place sow grass seed that will
soon take the place of the tiny leaves.
Only persistent effort on your part
will eliminate the ugly, pungent gar
lie from your lawn. One little bulblet
left underground will bide its time
end early the following Spring send
up q healthy, ambitious bunch OF
slender leaves.
Do not use salt to kill off this
plant. Many have tried it and only
had a bare spot for the Summer for
their pains. A trowel will reach the
bulbs and as you know where to look
and what you will find. it is not diff
ficult to rid your lawn of this weed.
The dairyman has bigger problem.
His stock seem to make every effort
to find the delicate leaves, and his
chances for finding the little culprits
are over until the following Spring.
Once the leaves have been cut of
close to the ground they are not like
ly to be seen again from that set of
bulbs until the following Spring.
Now, if you do like wee taste of
garlic in your salad dressing. dig up
the bulbs, dry them, and when you
wish to flavor the French dressing,
cut a bulb in half and merely rub
your bowl with it. Half a bulb Is
often added to Italian spaghetti.
These wee bulbs will keep for a long
time in a glass jar or may be kept
in q paper bag.
(Copyright. 1ea4.S
Evening star., 1934-06-15
Simple Menus for Summer
Planning Ahead of Time Has Great Advan-
tages-Preparation of Material to Last
for Week-Vegetabes.

the screened porch, or in the shady
yard. Most vegetables are so tender
when they are very fresh that they
need only a few minutes of cooking
before they are brought to the table.
Others need to be parboiled in the
morning Wash and pick over salad
greens and place them in the re-
frigerator at the same time that you
are preparing the other vegetables.
Cook double quantities OF vege-
tables, serving one-half hot with but
ter or a cream sauce and keeping the
remainder for cold salad the next
day. 1t is good plan, too, to make
white sauce and other sauces in dou-
BILE quantities and reheat them at
serving time. Canned tomato soup,
bouillon and consomme produce good
dishes when added to gelatin, chilled
and served in jellied form.
Tomato-mint luncheon mold-WaSh
eight or 10 small tomatoes (red and
yellow make an attractive color COM
bination). plunge into scalding water.
skin and cool. Dissolve three-fourths
of box of mint gelatin in half a
cupful of hot chicken broth or white
stock, or canned consomme, and sea-
son with salt and chilli pepper. Then
add the tomatoes cut into small
pieces, one cupful of ground, cooked
veal or chicken; one small grated
onion and one tablespoonful OF
chopped celery leaves, mixing well.
Put into individual molds that have
been dipped in cold water and chill.
When firm. unmold on lettuce leaves.
garnish with mayonnaise dressing
and top with whipped cream.
Baby beets with greens-Choose
tiny young beets, allowing enough
green's to remain to make the beets
attractive. Wash and soak in cold
water for 20 minutes Drain. cover
with boiling water. add salt and vine
gar (one-half tablespoonful of vinegar
to one quart of water) and boil until
tender. Plunge in cold water and rub
off the skins, taking care not to break
the green's Arrange the beetS in a
vegetable dish with as many OF the
greens as possible standing upright.
Then add some chopped parsley to a
generous amount of melted butter and
pour over the beets.
Stuffed cucumber strips-Pare three
medium sized cucumbers and cut them
lengthwise in slices about 3s of an
inch thick. Scrape the seeds out, and
season the cucumber with salt and
celery salt. Thoroughly mix one cup
full of fine bread crumbs with one
third cupful of chopped black olives,
salt and pepper, one well-beaten egg,
and about half cupful of stock or
milk Spread a cucumber slice with
the mixture, and add the cucumber
top, making sandwich. Put these
sandwiches in hot, buttered frying
pan. Cover. and steam until tender,
then remove the cover and fry a
golden brown on both sides.
Stuffed celery-Take some mayon-
naise and beat into it a very little
whipped cream. Then add enough
soft camembert cheese so that the
cheese flavor is quite evident. Pipe
this into the hollows in the celery
Chill. Prepare some of the celery
Evening star., 1934-06-15
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS.

entered my head that there was any
danger in SO doing. Now know bet
ter, and so do you"
"Ill say I do" replied Mr.. Sparrow.
"And Wen teach the children when
they are ready to start out in the
Great World" continued Mrs. Spar
row. Then the little dears will
know better than to take such
chances as we have taken through
ignorance. So the loss of your tail
may prove to be the best thing that
could have happened"
"You are very comforting" replied
Mr.. Sparrow, as he thought the mat
ter over. Il believe you are right,
too," he added after a moment. "I
was foolish to fly so low, but didn't
know any better. Now I do, and you
do, and Grandfather Frog will never
have another chance to dine on
Evening star., 1934-06-15

other tail, but you viii get one, so
why think about the lost one?"
II hope it will be as good as the
other" replied Mr.. Sparrow as If he
were bit fearful that it wouldn't be.
"Of course, 1t will. Don't we lose
our tail feathers one by one every
year and aren't they replaced by new
ones just as good2 The only differ
ence is that you lost all yours at
once" said Mrs. Sparrow.
All Of which tended to make Mr..
Sparrow feel better.
Copyright, 1934.)
Evening star., 1934-06-15
Dried Beef Rarebit

Heat two tablespoonfuls Of cooking
fat and half a cupful of Clipped dried
beef and cook for a few minutes. Add
three -fourths cupful of canned or
cooked tomatoes, and when hot add
one-fourth cupful of chopped cheese.
Stir until the cheese Is melted. Break
four eggs into the mixture and stir
until thickened. Serve on buttered
toast
Evening star., 1934-06-15

vF YOU have not tried it, you will
find it hard to believe how much
simpler your work will be If you
plan marketing and menus ahead
of time, attend to details in ad-
vance. and work intenSively for a
short time each day in the cool morn
ing hours BY doing most of the work
in the early forenoon, you do not
need more than about 20 minutes to
serve a simple meal.
Allow one morning a week to do in
tensive preparation of large quantities
to last over the entire week For in
stance, make a pint or more of mayon-
naise, cooked dressing or French
dressing, and few jars of plain sugar
sirup for drinks. Bake two or more
pie shells at the same time and I'LL
later with custard or fruit.
When planning the meats for
menus, select those which can be pre-
pared ahead of time, such as meat
loaf, ham, croquettes or caSseroles OF
meat, cooked in the morning and re-
heated at night, or use the delicious
canned meats. If one dish is to be
oven baked, arrange for one or two
other courses to be oven-baked at the
same time. Almost all vegetables and
many fruits may be cooked in the
oven with greater gain in flavor and
mineral elements than if cooked on
top of the stove If your main dish
is cold, be sure to serve soup or hot
vegetable, as each meal should include
one hot dish. If the day is cool, hot
coffee may be substituted in place of
an iced drink The place for serving
may be suited to the day. 1t may be
the porch, the garden, the dining
room or at small tables after bridge,
wherever you may be.
Make the evening beverage early,
utilizing the coffee or cocoa from
breakfast. Steep tea or squeeze the
juices for fruit punch. Baking pow
der biscuits mixed in advance, rolled
and cut out, should be left in the pan
in the refrigerator until they are
ready to be baked. When you make
iced coffee, pour the coffee, very
strong. over ice while the coffee is
hot, then chill in an automatic re-
frigerator Put a little rich cream or
evaporated milk into each tall glass
when serving, and add some crystal
nzed sugar and an ice cube or two.
To make jellied bouillon, use the
well-seasoned canned chicken or beef
bouillon. Soak three teaspoonfuls of
gelatin in four tablespoonfuls of
cold water for five minutes Dissolve
in four tablespoonfuls of boiling water
and two cupfuls of strained chicken
bouillon. Chill. When ready to serve,
beat slightly with fork and serve in
bouillon cups.
Summer Veoefa hleS
Evening star., 1934-06-15
How 1t Started
BY JEAN NEWTON.
"Cigar 7"

COME words are built Of prefix,
- sufix, root. Others can be inter-
preted only by their own peculiar
story. And some have a language
origin plus a story. In which class
Is that common name, cigar?
1t is a far cry from a cigar to a
cricket; but that. etymologically speak
ing, Is how 1t started.
Directly our English word "cigar"
comes to us from the Spanish Cigar
ra,'' meaning "cicada" or tree cricket.
And it was so-called because a. to-
bacco leaf rolled into what we call a
cigar resembles in shape and color
the tree cricketl
(Copyright, I934)
Evening star., 1934-06-15

either of U.S."
Nor on any of the children, If
they heed what we will teach them"
added Mrs. Sparrow.
Experience is a great teacher"
said Mr.. Sparrow and sighed.
The greatest in the world" re-
piled Mrs. Sparrow.
But her lessons are rather costly
sometimes" added Mr.. Sparrow rue
fully.
Forget about that lost TAIL" said
Mrs. Sparrow somewhat sharply. 1T
would be another and wholly differ
ent matter If you couldn't have an
Evening star., 1934-06-15
BY DICK MANSFIELD.
REGISTERED U. S. Patent once.
Field Garlic.
Album yineate,

Album vineate.
~ OSSY, it seems, feels the need
- of a Spring tonic to tone up
~ her system. 1t is always a
IL temptation to her to add a
little garlic to the tender
grass. What effect it has on her
milk she never knows No matter how
much we love the flavor of tender,
young onions in our own salads, we
strongly object to having our milk
tainted with it.
Another thing that is persistent
about the wild garlic is its determina-
ton to select our front lawn to -four
ish in. It Is only fooling ourselves to
Evening star., 1934-06-15
Plans Moscow Visit.

Sir Henry Wood, the English or
chestral leader, will conduct eight
concerts of the Moscow Orchestral
Society in Moscow, Russia.