... Curried dishes can be quite varied and easily adapted to take different places on the menu. First of all you must have a good curry basis, properly cooked, which you can use in many ways as I shall explain, dealing afterwards with a few soups and little savoury odds and ends. Curry Basis One onion, three or four shallots, clove of garlic. Curry powder, flour. Lemon juice, jam or sugar, salt. ...

... _ By Harriett Muir Come into the kitchen-- and forget about the war. That's the Christmas spirit on the Home Front this year. The Christmas cake will get its icing. Even if the brandy costs the eyes out of your head, as the poilu puts it, the plum pudding will come to table in its usual blaze of glory. And, of course, the children shall have their party. To these ends here are recipes which, ...

... By A. H. Adair Who produced all that lovely food, those delicious drinks? They don't grow like the wild flowers carpeting this field. Somebody must plan and organise, so I give you two schemes for a simple sandwich picnic and a more elaborate alfresco meal. In either case remember to have one, or even two, larger -size wide-necked thermos flasks one in which you can put an iced drink or dish ...

... You have probably noticed that family appetites need coaxing just now. Winter roasts and substantial entrées are not too popular. This in fact, is the time to introduce some simple delicate dishes into your menu, occasionally, such as I detail below. Pot age St. Germain (For four people) One tin of Smedley's select garden peas Parsley, one onion. Salt, pepper, a pinch of sugar. White stock. ...

... SUPPER INTO BREAKFAST 1 CookinS ReUer A 1 This is the time of year to start varying your breakfast menu. A change for the first meal of the day, is good for your health, your palate, your temper. Why not borrow a leaf from our neighbours abroad, and use some of their supper and hors d'oeuvre dishes for the first meal, in the same spirit of trying out, in which they eat our breakfast dishes for ...

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... New and Inexpensive K itch en Equipment LET me introduce the Wonder Shredder, an Empire product from Canada which has already made many friends over here. ■A Although singular in name, it is actually a set, compris ing a fine, a medium, and a coarse shredder, for which a thousand and one uses will be found in every kitchen. They are made of a double copper steel base, and double plated, ...

... HOWEVER devoted to good cooking you may be-- and there are still many people who take a pride in their home cooking-- it is always useful to know how to make a cer tain number of dishes which, once started, can be left more or less to themselves. Nobody wants to spend half her life in the kitchen, nor is it in the least necessary to do so. Provided that you plan your meals methodically and ...

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... The party that begins at nine-thirty to (officially) twelve and probably lasts until two or three, does not differ very much from the cocktail party. Much of the same type of food could be served, but the drinks would be long instead of short. But in case you don't want to repeat yourself, here are a few suggestions. Canapes (as for a cocktail party) Tourain (a hot soup) Cold turkey and ham. ...

... Potato Cookery Methods of treating the erstwhile inexpensive tuber By J\lrs. T^obert J^oble AFTER being treated as the Cinder ella among vegetables, the potato is at last becoming an important item in the menu. Plain boiled potatoes, unless they are very new and nice, soon become tiresome, but luckily there are many excellent ways of cooking them. Perhaps the peeling and preparation for ...