... By C. E. Hughes Hallett JUST as we are in the midst of our hustle and bustle preparing for the summer vaca tion, the berries for our various jams and jellies seem to ripen and demand attention. With a sigh we pause to think of the long weary time of stirring and boiling and wonder if it is worth while-- yet we are house-proud, and there is something peculiarly pleasing about a beautifully ...

... WHEN I hear people say cheese is no use to them for a real meal and they do not care for it cooked, anyway, I often wonder if they have really surveyed the infinite possibilities of cheese dishes. It, is invalu able for providing nourishment and good flavour to many an otherwise dull background of vegetables and so on; again, added to sauce, specially with a dash of tomato as well, it ...

... 0u\o\v(W Mk AUSTERITY Christmas is here again. Let us shut our eyes and conjure up a picture of the magic Christmas table of ten years ago; then set ourselves to see how much of that picture we can reproduce to-day, and how far we can outwit austerity for twenty-four hours. We cannot, obviously, imitate the main bill of fare, but we can stress the prettiness of the table, the dishes and the ...

... QMd Interesting cakes from simple ingredients AMERICAN CREAM CAKE Ingredients. Three tablespoonsful of sugar, one breakfastcupful of flour, a piece of margarine half the size of an egg, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, half a teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, quarter of a cupful of milk, and two reconstituted eggs. but the soda and cream of tartar with the flour; rub the butter well into ...

... CAKES AND BISCUITS SALLY'S SCONES J lb. plain flour I teaspoonful sugar i teaspoonful each of 2 oz. dripping saltand mixed spice 2 teaspoonfuls currants J teaspoonful baking (optional) powder Sour milk to mix. Mix dry ingredients well together and rub in the fat. Add sour milk to make a soft dough. Form into scones. Heat girdle well, sprinkle with flour and bake scones about five minutes on ...

... salads By A. H. Ada i r In my opinion there are only two kinds of salads in summer time a plain salad of crisp, fresh green stuff, dressed in the simplest manner with olive oil, wine vinegar, salt, pepper and sprinkled with chopped herbs like parsley, chervil, tarragon, chives, spring onions; or a really elaborate mixture luxuriously sea soned with a good salad cream. There are some things ...

... Drinks are always important in our lives, especially in hot weather. Let them be long or short, sweet or sharp, with or without a kick. But if they are meant to be cold, see that they are really cold. Here are some exciting summer thirst quenchers. Grapefruit Punch Grapefruit juice. Kia-Ora. Sparkling white v/ine. Castor sugar. Ice. Put a good layer of crushed ice in a large glass bowl and add ...

... BY A. H. ADAIR Garbure Bearnaise Potatoes, carrots, onions. Cabbage, tomatoes, haricot beans. Thyme, parsley, garlic. A ham or bacon bone, bacon fat. Peel, wash and cut up those of the vegetables which require it, washing and cutting the others. Quantities need not be strict, say about a pound of mixed vegetables for four people and a cupful of haricot beans If these are fresh they can be put ...

... 1 J JD The Menu nL n Chestnut Croquettes Rice and Sausages Baked Bean Fritters Stuffed Yorkshire Pudding Vegetable Pie C SAVOURY ECONOMICAL DISHES Chestnut Croquettes Boil ½ lb. of chestnuts and skin them, chop up very small, and add to them 4 oz. of onions and 4 oz. of mush rooms which have been minced and fried in a little margarine, moisten the whole with a little thick white sauce, a ...

... |j 11 1 A Little Dinner (for Bourgeois, Profiteers, Members of the Aristocracy and, in fact, Almost Anybody). Potae-e Pogrom a la Mauvaise Ferame Take some potato peelings (unwashed), and a pound of best lime. Place the peelings in a quart of water and bring to the boil. Then add the lime. A table- spoonful of salts of lemon should be added as flavouring, though, if unobtainable, Condy's Fluid ...

... i r Ln The Menu J,_ i i 1 1 n SOME SIMPLE DISHES Lentil Soup (Without Stock) Wash and cut into dice an onion, a carrot, and a turnip, fry them until a golden brown in I oz. of dripping. Have ready half a pint of lentils, well washed, add them to the vegetables, pour on two pints of water, and let the whole simmer very slowly for three hours, then pass through a sieve. Mix I oz. of flour with a ...

... ite SOME DAINTY DISHES FOR THE TABLE Flan of Cherries Strawberry Shortcake Cherry Cake Chocolate Marble Cake Quaker Oat Biscuits Breakfast Rolls Flan of Cherries A VERY light pastry is required for this, tart, and ½1b. of flour, one teaspoonful of Borwick's Baking Powder, ½ 1b. of butter, the yolk of an egg, half a teaspoon ful of white sugar, and a pinch of salt are the quantities. Line a ...