Evening star., 1948-06-20
IDENTIFYING TULIP;
RICE AND CHEESE?
NoNSTTCKING STARCH

IDENTIFYING TULIP;
RICE AND CHEESE?
NONSTICKING STARCH.
from Mrs. F. S. D., Siluer SPRING.
For Mrs. z. R., Annandale, who
wants to know thhe name Of a
tulip:
Mrs, z. RS description of her
tulip as having pointed petals means
more than likely that it is a Cottage
Tulip or one Of the Tulipa tulip
species.
In the 194S catalogue of Van
Tubergen, Holland, which Is sent
out by The Barnes" Importers,
East Aurora, New York, I find the
following description under Single
Cottage Tulips: "Ossi Oswalda, 2B-
A veritable Chameleon Tulip, for
the color changes from day to day
The blossom opens luscious creamy
white with a faint blush Of rose
on the edges Of the petals, soon'thls
color spreads and when fully de-
veloped the flower is clear rose.
However, I have one that does
almost the same thing, except that
mine has a distinct edge to begin
with. I imagine the spreading
color is a disadvantage in some OF
the older flowers as I notice one
or two other descriptions containing
the guarantee that the color does
not spread! Who would object to
this l do not know. I know from
reading the rose catalogues tnat
some OF the newer roses are de-
scribed as not changing color, Many
of nv roses change color all year.
I find this intriguing and it doesn
bother me a bit to find pink blooms
one month and rose the next, or
vice versa. l find that leaving the
blooms in the garden very often
we see things We would miss II we
keep cutting and bringing them into
the house as soon as they come out
What could be more beautiful than
a full blown rose, and yet some
people dislike them after they leave
the bud stage I think 1t fascinating
to watch the zinnia flowers rise
and il Mrs. z. r. had cut her tulip
when 1t came out just see what she
would have missed.
AS long as am writing to RCH
again I want to say again that any
one interested in flowers Will be
delighted with the magazine, The
Flower Grower" SO North Broad
wav. Albany, N Y. One OF my
greatest pleasures are the seed, bulb
and flower catalogues I get each
wear by sending for them through
the advertisements in this maga-
zine. For some there is small
charge, many are free. Those who
charge from 10 to SO cents
(unless you ORDER are the most
thorough and the most beautiful,
and what wealth of information
and educationi
Also. answering the lady offering
leaves of her many colored African
viOlets Il don't have her initials
in exchange for leaves of a yellow
violet, let me say that In a recent
issue of the Flower Grower" there
was report on the annual con-
yention of African Violet Growers
held somewhere in the South. 1t
gave the prize winners, etc, also
the new introductions, quite list
of the exciting varieties with their
names. their points, color, year OF
introduction, introducer, etc.
I know this is very long letter
but have a request for rice and
cheese recipe. Some years ago 1 was
in a home professionally and a
French maid fixed me some rice.
I don't know whether the rice was
cooked first or whether she used
the dry rice. When I saw her she
had it in an iron skillet. When
1t came out every grain was sepa-
rate and every grain was coated with
cheese! 1t certainly was delicious
and I would love to get the recipe.
Since the maid was really French
and since I have never seen any
thing close to what she produced
perhaps it is distinctly of that
country.
One more answer, to the ladies
having trouble with their starch
sticking. I use the instant starch
in the yellow box that does not
require boiling, but know this trick
will work on any starch. For the
ordinary starching using three
quarts Of water, put about two
tablespoons of salt (table salt) with
the dry starch and mix it with a
stir or two before adding the cold
water. This really works and I do
1t all the time. do not know If it
would work for heavy starching as
I do not do any Of that, but it works
so we'll for ordinary starching that
I would try it. Also, if you have an
old iron 1t might tend to stick as
the coating gets worn. You can get
beeswax now. 7 saw it in the store
of large mail order house. My
mother always had piece Of brown
paper, folded, with beeswax between
the folds. She would run her sad
irons" on the paper and the wax
would come through the paper on
her iron, then she would rub the
iron on another piece Of brown
paper or on the end Of the ironing
board before ironing the garment
she was doing. This had to be done
avery time she got a hot iron