Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-28

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terest that we may note the menu
Joe Kendall planned:
BroiIed Grapefruit
Eastern Shore Squad
AlSdttan Green Peas
Water CreSS Salad
Apple Puts Coffee
This menu, as happens with SO
many others, calls for study in the
timing. The last course gets under
way first. The apple puffs are de-
lightful little conceits, easy to make,
but that puff paste has resting pc
RODS, as you know. So the dough
must be started at 5, with the fin
iShed creation going into the oven
Just as the squads come out. With
the dough ready, it is rolled, last OF
all, into 8-inch circles, sprinkled on
the upper side with a bit OF pow
dered sugar and flour (to keep the
juices of the apples inside, where
they belong). Then haShed apples
are placed in an appropriate heap,
given a dash of sugar, a dab OF but
ter and faint busting Hf cinnamon,
folded over, crlmped down and into
the oven they go, to come out in due
time. nicely Drowned and ready to
make their bows, warm and friendly.
With the puff paste dough resting
easy, the next job is the preparation
of the peas. At this time of the year,
frosted frozen) peas will give the
best results for this dish. 1t is done
in a casserole or ordinary French
earthenWare dish at medium heat.
Start by ID placing two heaping
tablespoons of best butter in the
casserole and as it melts add (2)
head of lettuce shredded as cab
bage is shredded for cole SlaW When
this has Simmered for few minutes,
add 90 two pounds Of peaSe and two
cups of tender carrots cut IN thin
circles, a. seasoned with salt to
taste, a half teaSpoontul Of sugar
and two cups of canned chicken
broth, cover the dish and simmer
half an hour. Then 80 add 16 as
paragus tips canned, cover once
more and simmer half an hour more.
Of necessary, add bit more broth
from time to time) Just before
serving. from the casserole, top of
with chopped parsley.
A delightful peasant dish from a
lovely countryside and interesting to
prepare.
With the peas progressing cheer
fully in their casserole, the SQUAD
must now come to the fore. They
have, of course. been prepared,
washed and dried and are ready
eight of them all in row. First,
We select eight shapely potatoes,
peel them and trim each into a
shape to fit the inside of a SQUAD;
~ the eight potatoes are cooked
for five minutes in sailed, boiling
water; 90 these same eight po-
tatoes hop over into a frying pan
with hot fat and get a quick brown
Ing. AS they brown, the squads
are rubbed with salt and pepper and
then a. into each SQUAD is slipped
one of the potatoes, and the COM
bination tied with bit of string.
Place all eight squads in baking
pan with a little butter and a few
slices of onion When almost done,
remove to a platter, pour off the
butter, add a cup of broth, little
-four to thicken slightly Replace
SQUAD and finish roasting. When
The squads are finished, the potatoes
within them are tender and eX-
1uisitelv favored. Place SQUADS in a
casserole to serve. pour gravy over
them after running it through q
sieve.
While the squads are roasting, pre-
pare eight halves of very cold grape
fruit as for ordinary grapefruit and
then 1 spread rather generously
with soft butter, covering this with
o. a generous layer of brown sugar.
With all guests seated, place grape
fruit Immediately under very hot
brOiler for about one minute-iuSt
long enough to let some Of the
sugar trickle down into the butter
and the rest attain a golden brown.
With the brOiler properly hot the
sugar is Drowned while the grape
lTulI remains Qulte cOlO II must
be served at once When the squads
comes TO the table the apple puffs
take their turn in the oven, get
ting a breathing spell while the
watercress salad is being served
This Watercress salad derives its
right to live through its sheer SIM
plicity yet pleasing piquancy. Get
fresh waterCress, clean and chill.
Break it into convenient bits and
place in a wooden salad bowl. we'll
rubbed with garlic. Just before
serving, reach for a dish of very
cold dressing, dress the salad and
serve quickly It is worth noting
that salad is a most impatient OBJ