The Washington times., 1937-02-02

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hold the interest and attention
If the occasion of the party is
birthday, then the crownine
thrill of the afternoon will be the
mounds of ice cream, presents
and the flaming birthday cake.
If the party is just a party ther
the animal theme can be developed
more completely. Why not have
it a barnyard party and include
only the animals that they fine
when they go visiting down or
the farm? This would include tht
dog. cat, pig, COW, pony, chickens
ducks, and perhaps turkeys.
VARIETY NEEDED
These animals clipped from
magazines could be pasted on wide
bands of paper to encircle the
room. Then toy animals both
large add small collected in the
room. Be sure to have variety
so that each child is allotted enough
to play with.
Simple game should be played
There could be a contest to see
which would be able to initiate
most successfully the animals
They might 60 on an egg hunt
and search the room to see which
could find the most eggs. These
would, of course. be hidden Strate.
gically in the room before the
party.
Table decorations can be had
at many stores downtown. For
the down on the farm party, the
center could be the barn and yard
fenced in with a red rail fence.
All of the animals, this time in
miniature, would again make their
appearance.
If the children are under the
age of four, then the refreshments
should be kept just as light as
possible. Choose simple foods that
are easily digeSted and will not
prevent them from sleeping prop
erly when they reach home.
A vegetable soup with some of
the vegetables cut as animals,
whole wheat bread and butter sand,
Wiches. milk and a frozen custard
or ice cream for dessert would be
satisfactory. The menu as far as
possible will replace their usual
evening meal.
For the older child, a more elab-
crate menu will be enjoyed. Gro
/ quettes nodded as chickens from
mashed sweet potatoes and fried
to golden brown would interest
them.
Here are two suggested menus:
MENU NO. 1
Vegetable Soup with Crackers
Whole Wheat Bread and Butter
Sandwiches
Milk with Candy StraWs
Frozen Custard Ice Cream
Animal Cookies
MENU NO. II
Sweet Potato Croquettes Made
as Chickens
Brussels Sprouts
Nodded Gelatine Salad
Rolls Butter
Ice Cream Birthday Cake
Hot Chocolate
The following recipe makes about
IS croquettes. Shape them as
chickens before coating them with
the bread crumbs. After they have
been fried to golden brown, add
eyes and wings. The eyes can be
puffs of wheat and the wings made
from stiff cardboard.
SWEET POTATO CROQUETTEs
4 cups of mashed sweet pota-
toes
2 egg yolks
2 tablespoons of milk
y teaspoon of salt
Pepper
Bread crumbs
Beaten whole egg.
Run the mashed sweet potatoes
through the rider or sieve to make
sure all strings" have been re.
moved. Add the beaten egg yolks,
milk, and seasonings. Shape into
chickens and chill. Use about one
rounded tablespoon of mixture for
each croquette Before frying, coat
with the bread crumbs, dip in the
beaten whole egg, then coat again
With the bread crumbs. Fry in
deep hot fat with temperature of
800 degrees.
A sponge cake is perhaps the
most nutritious and easily digested
of the cakes. 1t is made with
the yolkS and the whites of the
eggs.
SPONGE CAKE
cup of sifted cake flour
l cup of sugar
6 egg yolks
egg whites
l tablespoon of lemon Juice
y teaspoon of salt.
Sift the dry ingredients. Beat
the egg whites until they form
peaks. Add the sugar gradually.
Add the unbeaten yolks one at a
time. Beat after each addition.
Add the lemon juice. Sift in the
dry ingredients and cut and fold
to mix lightly with the other in
gradients. Bake in ungreased cake
tin in a slow oven for an hour.
The temperature should be about
325 degrees.
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