... f (Quick ^Xrwft 1 TN winter it is useful to know a recipe 1 for a good and quickly made, soup, s Simplest of all, if some good stock is ready, is to add this to a tinned soup instead of water, together with a few left-over vegetables such as diced s carrots, tinned beans, diced celery, s etc. When preserving tomatoes fill several s jars with tomato puree then, with one s of these, a good ...

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... (f^avouries By A. H. Adair JVhy let those odds and ends of food accumulate reproachfully in the larder when, With a little imagination and ingenuity they can be turned into piquant delicacies f THE perfect savoury gives just that little something extra to a dinner, otherwise short and perhaps not very exciting, which makes all the difference between a commonplace meal and a really good one. ...

... NICE COOE 91U5NKS FOR I NICE HOT HATS Perfect drinks deserve a worthy décor. If taking them in the house or garden, arrange an impromptu bar. Any table the right size will do covered with a gay cloth chosen to blend with your glasses and jugs. Arrange these as you would a dinner table. Don't forget flowers. The glasses should be tidily set out in groups, with a special tray on which you put ...

... WHEN one is called upon, to produce a meal in the shortest possible time there are two alternatives; there is a cold meal left ready, or a meal left slowly cooking, which is ideal if you can time your absence to two or three hours but no help if you are out for the day. Slow cooking meals are extravagant on fuel if done regularly when you are out for some hours and have to produce a meal on ...

... IT is more than ever important to-day that food should be attractively served. An artistic eye and skill in choice of garnish (bearing in mind flavour as much as colour) are two of the cook's greatest assets, in prepar ing all types of dishes. Simple decorations which can be used for savoury as well as sweet dishes are illustrated on this page. Among the best vegetable garnishes are radishes ...

... 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 ...

... I I THE stock pot should never be empty. It should be the collecting point for S ji every good, tasty scrap from each day's >5 meals. The contents of a well-kept stock S J> pot will make soup the most nourishing part S of your diet. If possible, give stock a foundation of i s bones and meat scrapings, then add other items day by day. Add all vegetable pieces s S you cannot use for the table. ...

... MANY of us are at war with the problem of having to go out for long periods and then to concoct a meal in a short time on returning. This was easy when there was a variety of things to choose from like chops and steaks. But even if these dishes were more often available, one looks for a change, and meals which can be left to prepare themselves solve many problems. There are, m fact, many ...

... By Harriet Muir OUR small meat ration makes the choosing and cooking of it of the utmost importance! When there is any choice we naturally seek cheaper cuts to. get as much as possible. Then, of course, we must consider the best way of handling the coarser, tougher portions to make them tender and appetizing. When you are buying look at the colour and texture of the meat. Beef and mutton ...

... Round The Clock Mth Pancakes PANCAKES are one of those convenient foods which adapt themselves to any meal; to any hour of the day. They are light but nourishing; quickly prepared and provided they are served very hot, delicious to eat. What more can we ask? They can even, if necessary, be made without an egg by using one of the batter mixtures to be bought in packets. If you can spare an egg, ...

... Tj5 fewfi fbur WE talk of Black Monday, but for the housewife I think Black Wednesday is apt. Where there are several in the family most of us find it necessary to use one of the meat 1 desertspoonful flour pint stock tea- spoonful chopped parsley; teaspoonful anchovy essence; tomato sauce. Mince the beef and bacon very finely; add crumbs, anchovy, lemon, parsley and season. Mix in just enough ...