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THE CHINA MAIL JULY 8, 1937

Choose Nourishing Cold Dishes

We are often tempted to allow cold meals for hot days to degen- erate into mere snacks, because it la rather difficult to think up cold dishes which are both nourishing and appetising.

Put it through the mincing ݒma- chine and dredge with a little flour before adding the gravy.

Make a pastry of 8oz. self-raising flour, 4oz. lard, pepper and salt.

Line a shallow dish or sandwich Swimming, hiking, tennis and the tin-put in the liver and cover with like all mean extra energy consum-pastry. ed which must be replaced if you are to get the benefit you should do from sunny days and outdoor ercise.

Here is a simple dish for cheon or supper. It is full of mins, does not fatten, and is cellent for the complexion.

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GOOD

IDEAS

Open all cupboards on a finë day. This gives them a chance to air and helps to keep the moths sway.

Rub an oily rag occassionally Your along your curtain rail. runners won't stick or squeak any

more:

Wash all artificial silk gar- ments in lukewarm water not hot. You'll find they wear better.

Spread a piece of net or muslin over the baby's cot. during sleep- ing time. It will keep away the

flies. Bake in a hot oven till golden brown.

Serve cold with piquant sauce of one tablespoonful mustard, one tea- Im-sponful fine sugar, one tablespoon- vita-ful salad oil and one tablespoonful

ex-vinegar-add the vinegar last.

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Have a salad with this, but let it Cut into slices one pound calves' be crisp lettuce, cucumber and liver and with two sliced onions, radishes. (No egg, potato pepper and salt and a little water "mushy" additions). cook in a covered dish in the oven until tender.

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A popular alternative is potato crisps and watercress.

AND BAD

- Don't try to get your stockings dry quickly by ironing them. Heat rots the silk and that merns lad- ders.

It's unhealthy it speedy to make your bed without stripping the lower sheet off and airing and turning the mattress.

Boda in your greens water may keep the colour in, but it lets the natural mineral, salts out. Leave the lid off, and they'll stay green.

Do polish ROUND your mats, and not UNDER them. We know someone who has skidded twice and broken a couple of bones.

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Over her pale blue crepe gown, lovely Diana Gibson, of the Holly- wood film colony, wears a little cape of royal and pale blue quilt- ed silk. Misa Gibson, reveals that a cape of this type is excellent for warm summer evenings.

HUNGARIAN STEAK

even

There are a lot of dishes which our foreign neighbour prepare that are so savoury and good that though they may be a connoisseur's recipe, they should be a part of your kitchen file. For instance, there is Hungarian rump steak.

cup onions, chopped

2 tablespoons butter

tomatoes

1⁄2 clove garlic

teaspoon salt

1⁄4 teaspoon paprika

11⁄2 cups water ́

1

2

pound rump steak

medium sized potatoes, cubed.

Brown onions lightly in butter în a deep pan. Peel and slice, toma- toes and add to onion with garlic, salt and paprika. Simmer for about 10 minutes. Add water, the meat cut into 4 pieces, then potatoes. Cover dish and bake in moderate oven (325 degrees F.) for 2 hours or until meat is very tender. Serve four..

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