... NOW that meat is shorter than ever it has become increasingly difficult to think of tasty dishes requiring only a very little meat. This is hard enough in the case of adults but here at least we can fall back on a bulk of vegetable and strong flavours such as onion, curry, chutneys, sauces, spices and so on. It is when we are trying to prepare a meal for a family, specially where there are ...

... C Hot And Cold Other WJordt d o Canapes.., SHACKS 6 By Robin Adair HORS-D'OEUVRES I have often mentioned various pastes and spreads which can be made with sardines or other tinned fish mashed up and worked to a smooth cream with very little margarine and some finely chopped herbs. Grated Cheese Can be treated in the same way, adding a dash'of Worcester sauce. Cold Scrambled (dried) Eggs Make ...

... Hot IVeather Appetite Tempting hot weather food is not always easy to plan. Cold dishes naturally leap to mind. But though these have a place in the summer menus, there is also a need for something light and easy to eat, but hot. Eggs can be introduced up to a point during the summer and the lighter fish dishes make tempting fare. We have also the delicious flavours of varied fruits and ...

... By HARRIET M U I R 1 Carefully bone a large boiling fowl (or try and persuade the poulterer to do it for vou as it isn't easy), remove the leg sinews, season the inside with salt, pepper, a pinch of powdered mace, and cayenne spread on it 1 A lb. of sausage meat, and on this arrange strips of bacon, and 2 or 3 mushrooms that have simmered until tender in a little stock. Make into a neat roll, ...

... FEBRUARY SALADS BA I AVIAN SALAD I Batavian endive; French dressing; 1 shallot (if obtainable); I tablespoonful chopped Heart of celery; parsley or chervil. Wash endive thoroughly in several waters and dry in a cloth. Chop shallot and celery finely and put in the salad bowl. Scatter parsiey over. Make French dressing (if you have no olive oil you will be well advised to reverse the usual ...

... 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 ...

... 'Dish Of c The ^Month f TTARE is at its best this month if you should be (ft Jtr -Mucky enough to get one. You can make a delicious £y meal of it either jugged, roasted or jointed and put in a casserole. The bones make excellent soup. Its accompaniments of forcemeat balls and red currant jelly increase its delicacy, or, as in the following recipe, serve with a wine sauce. Only really young ...

... Little Meat, Lots To Show BEEF AU GRAT1N Cut the cooked beef into very thin slices and arrange layers (in a deep fireproof dish) of meat and cooked cauliflower and chopped mushrooms. Cover with a brown sauce and sprinkle with grated cheese and breadcrumbs. Leave in a medium oven for 20 minutes and serve very hot. BEEF SALAD Cut any left-overs of beef into small pieces and mix with slices of ...

... BREAKFAST SALMON Flake any salmon left overs and mix well with mustard, margarine and anchovy essence, using equal quantities of each and adding pepper and salt to taste. Arrange on pieces of toast, buttered hot, and leave for 5-10 minutes in a hot oven. SALMON FOR TWO Cut into small pieces as much cooked salmon as wanted, and mix with a pint of shelled shrimps heat in the following sauce Boil ...

... The Meat Ration THREE-LAYER MUSACA Chop as much uncooked pork as you can spare and arrange alternate layers of meat, thin slices of raw potatoes and onion rings, also raw. Sprinkle each layer with salt and pepper, pour over 1 cupful of water, cover with breadcrumbs, and on top of these put 1 dessertspoonful of lard. Place a lid on the dish-- or a piece of greaseproof paper-- Land bake in a ...

... ecipe for small j- ooms HOW often do you hear someone apologize: Of course, you can't do much with it, it's such a tiny room! Plain cream walls, the severest of plain fabrics and carpet, the simplest of furniture and nothing at all in the way of decoration: this seems their recipe for the small room. Yet one of the most exciting rooms I know is no more than nine feet square. It has deep ...

... A cake for St. Valentine 2 oz. caster sugar 2 oz. margarine oun n,ce 2 oz. flour 7 f ound °'nds 1 teaspoon baking powder Smh/nl' J Cream sugar and fat. add the egg yolk and beat well. Add the whole egg and beat again 'stir n ground almonds, sift the flour, ground rice and baking powder together stir li/hdl ,HH I little milk to soften. Add essence last. Grease and flour a heart shaneH tfn t ...