Native And Foreign Cheeses
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By EDITH M. BARBER
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We have been having an orgy off All cheese which is allowed fine cheese since Christmas when carry the Roquefort name several good friends sent their greet- from a barren, rocky region, which ings with this material accompani-you would scarcely think could pro- ment. It is the first time that I vide enough herbage for the sheep have had five pounds of Roquefort which provide the milk from which all at once. This particular-cheese-the-cheese is made. No one knows was exactly right, soft and creamy, how long this ancient industry has and it was ripened exactly to the been in existence, but in the first right point. It is interesting how century Pliny mentions the excellen much texture seems to influence ce of the cheese which owes its flavour, particularly in the case of flavour to a culture made from from
cheese.
Witty Kitty
ro 1988,
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native mushrooms and to the storage in the cool, moist air of the moun- tain caves in which it is placed to' ripen.
Among the other kinds of cheese which we have been enjoying have been Camembert, Brie and Lieder- krantz. Some American' cheddars also have fine flavour and texture. These, of course, may be used in dishes which depend upon cheese for a foundation or merely for an additional flavour.
The business woman housekeeper makes good use of cheese for quickly prepared main dishes and also to furnish a fitting ending for a meal when one or several kinds may be
offered with toasted crackers, mar- malade or jelly or fresh fruit.
ROQUEFORT DRESSING-
1 teaspoon salt.
2-8
1 teaspoon mustard.
What with the new skating cos- tumes cutting a figure on the ice
is an easy stuht this year.
1⁄2 teaspoon papriku.
-1 teaspoon sugar.
1 teaspoon onion juice.
Daisy Brand
BUTTER
Made in the great continent 'down under from the produce of one of the world's finest dairy herds pure, creamy, golden. what better
than Daisy Brand for goodness and food value?
Daisy Brand
The Dairy Farm, L. & C.S. Co. Ltd.
Benghong
$1.25 per lb.
THE DAIRY FARM, ICE & COLD
STORAGE CO., LTD.
Pure FOOD SPECIALISTS.
THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 16, 1989.
GIRLIGASS
(Copyright, 1839, by The Bell Byndicate, Ino.)
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The only money most of us ever made out of oll," says Ironic Irene, "are the pennies we once got for taking castor oil,"
An Apron That's Both Pretty And Protective
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Protect your frock, front and salad oil. And it can't slip
got back, with this pretty apron. It your shoulders when you've
the comes up high enough to protect both hands in the dough or the bodice, as well as the skirt, dishwater. Pesides, it's a pretty from spatters of whipped cream or thing in itself, with its rippling flare and little shirred pockets. You guests needn't mind having your Roquefort pop in before you've taken it off
it's so becoming--
2 tablespoons vinegar.
1⁄2 cup salad oil.
2 ounces - crumbled
'cheese,
Mix dry ingredients and add to
onion juice, vinegar and oil.
well.
a fork.
cream
Mix
Add cheese and beat well with
CHEESE PLATTER
sur-
On a large platter arrange a box of Camembert cheese and round with wedges or cakes of other types of cheese, such as Roquefort, Swiss, Bel Paese, Liederkranz and cheese cheese. Provide a knife for service. With this, pass toasted biscuits and a variety of other crackers and thick slices of French bread and one or two varieties of mustard.
QUICK MEAL
Clam chowder.
Lamb chops.
Baked potatoes. Cabbage in cream, Lettuce with Roquefort dressing.
Fruit bowl.
Coffee.
METHOD OF PREPARATION
Light oven.
Scrub potatoes and bake.
Prepare salad and dressing and
chill:
Light broiler.
Prepare cabbage and cook. Cook chops.
Open can of soup and heat
Dress cabbage,
Make coffee,
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Syndicate, Inc.)
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