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THE CHINA MAIL:

SATURDAY, APRIL 1,

EFOOD AND HOME EGONOMICS

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of opportunity for introducing a tempting variety into the family meals. And since there' is so little waste-sea foods are an economy.

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EGG CORDIAL CURE FOR Ways With

RULES FOR MAKING

GOOD COFFEE.

Never Guess The Proportions.

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FLU

Light And Nourishing.

Vegetable

Marrows

Time Table For

Cooking.

One of the worst features of influenza, ls its weakening effect] after recovery. Careful atten- tion to diet, early bedtime, and freedom from over exertion are obvious rules for the convales-Young vegetable marrows may

As they near. cent, but sometimes more than be cooked whole. that is required to build up the maturity they should be peeled strength which has ebbed since and sliced with every seed and the illness.

suspicion of stringiness remov-

Those who have no great faith ed.

People who travel will tell you that there is more bad coffee in the world than anything else. Can It be that the making of good coffee is merely an accident? Although it la a "universal" drink, the know. |ledge of its selection and prepara- tion certainly is not universal. . There is no set of rules for pro portions of coffee and water, this will vary

with the kind of coffee used, the way it is ground, method of brewing, and, above all with individual taste. But once you have found the proportion best suited to your taste, stick to Ift. Measure carefully. Don't and let them stand for forty-eight Here is a timetable for mar- hours until all the sbells are dis-row-cooking. If it is to be steam- Since the aromatic oils of cof-solved. Turn them

oc-led (this prevents it from getting fee are most efficiently extracted casionally and take care that the too watery) allow thirty to forty- by fresh boiling water, one should eggs are covered with the juice five minutes. It will take twenty Inever use the soaking cold water of the lemons.

minutes to boil: If cooked in methods. The only flavor worth Then when the eggs have meat stock this gives it flavour) having is extracted by short con- absorbed all the juice beat them allow twenty minutes. tact of boiling water and coffee up well, strain the mixture, and Try marrows baked in the oven grounds. So, whether you use the add a quarter of a pound of for a change. Allow thirty to old fashioned coffee pot, the per-Demerara sugar, half a battle of forty-five minutes. Stuffed colator, or the drip pot or French Jamaica rum, shake well, and marrows are well known, but try biggin, remember that the true cof-bottle.

adding a little rice to the mince

in the ordinary tonic will often Boil marrows in half milk and take a home-made cordial, es-half water and add a little-onion aspecially when it is based on eggs to the pan. This helps to re-i

the lightest, most nourishing, move insipidity.

If it is to be served plain, and most easily digested of foods.

Take six eggs, wipe them some people prefer it with melt-! thoroughly and put them in an ed noisette butter instead of our; earthenware basin. Pour the usual (and generally badly made) juice of seven lemons over them white sauce.

guess.

over

fee flavor extracted from the bean The cordial is ready for use in stuffing. should be guarded carefully and then day or two. One liqueur- For those who like cheese, the coffee should be served at once. glassful should be taken in the following recipe may be useful. Strength is even given away in the middle of the morning with a Well season, blanch and alice a aroma. Brewed coffee, once injur, | biscuit.

morrow. Sprinkle it over with ed by cooling, cannot be restored

An egg cordial which needs less gruyere cheese, shredded. and by reheating.

preparation, is made as follows: some knobs of butter. Bake in -Take the yolk of an egg, beat the oven in a caserole. Keep the it well with three spoonfuls of dish covered till nearly done. castor sugar, and add a spoonful Then brown. under the grill. of port wine.

Serve really hot.

SAUCE PIQUANTE.

One oz. butter, I small chopped onion, 1 oz. flour, 1 tablespoonful vinegar, 1 tablespoonful chopped gherkin, half-pint brown stock, salt jand pepper and a few drops of anchovy essence. Melt the butter in a pan and add the chopped onion. Cook until brown, then mix in the Tour. Stir in the stock and anchovy essence and bring to the' boll. Season to taste and add the vinegar and gherkins. Cook for 10 'minutes, then strain and serve.

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Menu Suggestions For To-morrow

Breakfast. Grapefruit

Soft Cooked Egge Bacon

Breakfast Bread

*Coffee Luncheon

Bean Soup

Crackers

Fraft Cookies Pear Sauce

Tea Dinner

Hem Bettina Mashed Potato Cakes Buttered Beets

Bread Plum Jam

Cabbage Salad

Chocolate Cake

Breakfast Bread

2 cups four.

Coffee

4 teaspoons baking powder.

1⁄4 teaspoon salt.

cup sugar.

4 tablespoons fat.

1 egg.

1 cup milk.

4 tablespoons brown sugar.

2 tablespoons soft butter.

1 teaspoon cinnamon.

3 tablespoons chopped dates. Mix flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Cut in fat, Add egg and milk and mix lightly. Pour in- to shallow, greased pan. Spread with rest of ingredients which have been mixed together. Bake 20 minutes in moderate oven. Cut in Ibars, serve with butter.

A WAY OF SERVING RICE.

Four oz rice, 2 hard-boiled eggs, salt and pepper, 1 oz. butter, 2 oz grated cheese, B tablespoon- ful melted batter. Boil the rice in salted water till quite soft, than drain. Palier a baking dish and put a layer of rice in the bottóm, Cover this with slices of egg, and add seasoning Continue until the dah la fall then cover the top with grated cheese and dot with places of butter. Pour over the melted butter and cook under grill until the cheese is browned

COCONUT SWEETMEATS

2 cup freshly shredded coconut.

1/2 cup of powdered sugar,"

1/4 cup sifted flour,

1/4 teaspoon salt.

aspoon vanilla.

bgg whites,

the dry ingredienta, then the y allla Beat,

-Fold-these-int lants and mix

teaspoonfuls onto a

Bake in a moderate

utes or until light

om from baking"

Ham bone.

Bean Soup.

2 bay leaves.

2 tablespoons parsley..

2 onion slices.

cup carrots.

1⁄4 teaspoon pepper. -

1⁄4 cup celery,

2 cups beans.

8 cups water.

Cook slowly

Mix the ingredients and cover,

11⁄2 hours.

through sleve and serva.

Ham Bettina

4 tablespoons butter.

4 tablespoons flour.

2 cups milk.

1 cup diced ham,

Press

2 tablespoons chopped pimientos

4 teaspoon paprika.

1 egg, beaten.:

Melt butter and add flour. Blend and add milk, cook until creamy sauce forms, Stir constantly. Add rest of ingredients. Cook one min. ute, serve poured over toast to mashed potatoes...

Winter Luncheon Men. Cream of Mushroom Soup. Sweetbread and Chicken Patties Buttered Green Beans Blacuits Piom Jelly Fruit Salad

Date Cake Topped with Whipped

Cream Coffee

Making The

Most Of

Chicken

A Savoury. Dish,

Chicken broth has come regarded as an extravagance nothing less than a state of con valescence can justify," objection to "it is that after it has been holled, has” little taste that it becomes virti

ly useless. If, however,

young bird is used to. |will make an old one tend

following method of preparing make its most savoury dish.

Chicken Pie

Bone the fowl after It has been olled and cut it into smallish

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