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CHINA MAIL, JULY 6, 1997

Special Savouries And Sweets

The egg-inexpensive even when Beat whites to stiff froth and priced at its highest in view of its stir into contents of jug. Continue high food value is almost too cooking for two to three minutes. familiar in terms of boiled, fried, Allow cool slightly, then pour poached or scrambled."

into prepared orange skins.

When Good as these methods may be quite cold decorate with chopped when perfectly prepared, the recur- jelly or angelica. ring rota palls in time.

Housewives are realising...... that, once having mastered the primary rules of egg cookery, they can un dertake with confidence the souffle,

Meringue Fingers

* Now is the time to make this delicious tart, which needs a num-

ber of eggs.

omelette or luscious gateau-all Six, eggs; 3oz. jam, preferably tests of the skilful cook—as well as greengage; 30z, častor sugar; short

cruste simpler though attractive égg Line a flat, oblong tin with a good

be

dishes. The chief points to member are that eggs should

short crust. Separate yolks and whites o of eggs. Beat yolks with adequately but lightly beaten; the whites, if added separately, should the jam and pour it over the pastry. be folded in gently; and overcook-Bake in the oven for 20 minutes.

Whip whites stifly, add sugar, ing must be avoided.

Here is a recipe simple to pre- and pipe in lines or rosettes on the pare, yet tasty, light, though at the flan; return to the oven to set.

When done, cut into fingers and same time sufficiently sustaining to

serve hot or cold. form the main item of luncheon or supper menu.

MARYLAND EGGS

✓

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or

Dining?

La Fondue. This is one of the traditional ways of cooking, eggs, but little known. Allow one egg to each per- This is an excellent light luncheon son. The eggs should be weighed. or supper dish, equally good when Allow, one-third of their weight in ham or tongue is used instead of Gruyere cheese and one-sixth chicken. With the omission of the butter; salt and pepper. onion it is suitable for invalids. |: Break eggs into a saucepan. Mix Ingredients: 3, eggs, oz. butter, and beat as for an n omelette; then onion, 1⁄2 teaspoonful flour, add the butter. Cut in gmall gill cream or milk, 1oz. cooked pieces, and the cheese grated chicken, seasoning.

thinly sliced. Put the saucepan on Chop onion finely and fry in but-a brisk fire and stir continuously ter till golden brown. Add flour till mixture begins to thicken. and cook for a few minutes. Add It should be sufficiently set to be seasoning to eaten with a fork, but should be milk or cream and k

poured out on a warm dish as soon Separate yolks from whites offas done. If left standing in the eggs. Add yolks to mixture, also saucepan it will be overcooked and chicken chopped fairly small, and set.

La Fondue should be seasoned cook, all till thick. Whisk whites

A till stiff and fold into other Ingre- with salt and well peppered.

generous peppering is a special dients.

Pour into a greased au gratin characteristic of this ancient dish;

Ginger

Omelette dish, sprinkle with a little finely This is eaten with veal, pork,

Take two eggs and beat them for goose, just as Yorkshire pudding is chopped chicken, and bake in a hot

Pour mixture into small, eaten with beef. Boil two onions and oven (Reg. 8) for 15 minutes or a short time with a pinch of salt buttered moulds and steam for 10 chop them up finely. Sift six ounces till well risen and golden brown, and one and a half dessertspoonful minutes. of flour into a bowl with a large pinch

of ginger syrup. Cut up two or Turn out on to a hot dish, and of salt, and beat into a thin batter with Serve immediately.

three lumps of preserved ginger in- garnish with little heaps of French to small pieces.

beans and young carrots.

A sure means of achieving smart dress is to accent type or features. Here, Ada Leonard, of classic features and statuesque figure, accents her type with a severe, and sophisticated evening gown' of black velvet. Bands of silver bugle. beads appliqued in a floral design. are the only relieving note.

SAGE AND ONION PUDDING

or

taste.

Cherry Nog

a pint of milk (or milk and some of the water the onions mere boiled in).] Leave to stand for at least half an While eggs are plentiful the fol- hour, then beat in two eggs, and add lowing may be used either as a light the onions and a teaspoonful of sage sweet or in place of the usual cock Have ready some hot dripping in a Yorkshire pudding tin, pour in the mix- ture, and bake at the top of a hot oven until set.

BOYS WILL BE BOYS!

tail.

Make an omelette in the usual way, adding the cut-up ginger when the egg mixture is partly cooked.

This makes a delightful sweet for

one or two persons.

Beautifully fashioned for dining is. this smart version of the popular "little dinner dress” worn by Bette Davis, screen actress, over a founda- tion of navy blue taffeta. The dress and bolera jacket ars of navy blue, chiffon splashed with orange, yellow und soft green with a corsage of the same shade set at front of bodice.

with a little black pepper. ham or tongue. Mix well.

Tasty Patties

Add the

well-

Make a good buttery short pastry. Roll out thinly and line some round patty pans about one inch deep. Allow two eggs per person, whole

Bake lightly for about 10 minutes. glace cherries, chopped cocktail

Almond and Raisin Batter While they are cooking prepare cherries, thin shreds of angelica,

Sieve boz. flour with a pinch of filling. Shred some mushrooms and little cherry brandy, very little

salt. Beat in 3 eggs and 1⁄2 pint fry in plenty of butter. Season cherry juice from a tin of fruit

well with salt and pepper.

Put a Prepare only just before needed milk and beat for 10 minutes.

Heat loz. butter in fireproof dish, layer of mushrooms and butter into Whip egg yolks very frothily, add

Chop 1oz each pastry case. ing a suspicion of castor sugar and making it quite hot. the cherry juice. Now whip the blanched almonds. Add them with Carefully break sufficient eggs whites till they stand up firmly 4oz. seedless raisins to the batter into a basin, and with a spoon place Pour into the hot dish and bake one unbroken yolk in centre of each With care blend the yolks and whites, sprinkle in the chopped for 20 to 30 mins. Serve with De-tart. Beat up whites till very stiff cherries and angelica.

Lastly, stir in the cherry brandy so that it will not have time to sink to the bottom. Quickly pour inte glasses or grapefruit be add a whole glace cherry, each frothy portion.

Often after a rough and tumble they arrive home with cuts, bruises, scrat- Do not overde, the br ches, burns, scalds, and other minor deliciousness lies in the Injuries. But such need cause no worry delicate cherry flavours. Omit the or anxiety providing She-ko is promptly angelica if it is not liked, but its applied.

Cooling, soothing and rapidly cura- Inclusion adds taste and colour, tive, She-ko is a fragrant, antiseptic+!!! ointment of unsurpassed-- erit for healing treatment.

merara sugar.

Light Chocolate Pudding

and pour round yolks.

Bake about 10 minutes till egg is Five eggs, lb. castor sugar, Soz. just set. Sprinkle with a little red bread-crumbs, lb. butter, 2oz. ra- pepper and serve quickly. tafia crumbs, 2o2. grated chocolate.

Butter a pudding mould. Beat butter and sugar to a cream. Stir in breadcrumbs, ratafia crumbs and grated chocolate alternately with beaten egg yolks. Beat well.

Whisk egg whites to a stiff froth and fold into mixture. Pour into basin, cover with a buttered paper. and steam for 11⁄2 hours. Turn out Three eggs, three oranges, five or on to a hot dish; serve with whip- For skin complaints, too, ringworm, vix öz, qugar. Cut oranges into ped cream or custard.

eczema, itch; wet and drysore pimples, ulcers, She-ko is equall ficial, and for the relief of piles. medicine dealers everywhere.

Orange Form

Savoury Gustards.

lves, ogrefully remove the inida From and pulp; peep the sirine unbrbhan. Four eggs, gill of cream, 1 gill Separate yolks from whites of strong, well-flavoured white stock eggs, and pour into a jug. Strain chopped chive, one small orange juice over them. add two tablespoonfuls finely minced sugar. Stand jug in a saucepan of cooked ham or tongue.

SHE-KO

For Skin Complaints and Skin Injuries hot water over a hotplate burner. Beat eggs well Add

Stir well and cook till slightly thick, stock, chive and shallot.

hallot,

SUBTLE

SEASONING

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Good

EA & PERRINS