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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 11, 1938.

Asparagus As A Quick Meal Dish

With Toast And A Hollandaise, Nothing Can Be More Delicious

By Edith M. Barber

"In order to have it most agree- covered. I have able to the palate, asparagus must be immersed in boiling water back- wards," states Apicius in a recipe which dates, back nineteen hundred years.

We may translate the backwards to mean that only the stalks should be put in water. The tops will cook in the steam if the pot is tightly

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paragus boiler by using one part of the double boiler as a cover for the other. I tie the bunch and cook them in

asparagus into a a small amount of boiling water, seasoned with a little sugar and a little salt. And remember that asparagus should not be overcooked. If the tough ends are removed cooking, fifteen or twenty. minutes will usually be long enough for the tender stalks.

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paragus, I like to have enough of it for a full meal and to make it the supper dish. I must have toast with it and a Hollandaisë, sour cream or sweet-cream sauce. And once in a while I like to serve it cut into pieces and dressed with sweet cream seasoned with salt, pepper and a little nutmeg.

The business woman housekeeper will find asparagus with her fav- ourite

sauce and toast a perfect main dish for a quick meal.

HOLLANDAISE SAUCE

1/2 cup butter.

2 egg yolka.

1 tablespoon lemon juice. Few grains cayenne. Divide the butter into two pieces, put one piece in a saucepan with the yolks of eggs and lemon juice, hold the saucepan over a larger one containing boiling water, stir con- stantly until the butter is melted, then add the second piece of but- ter and stir until it thickens. Re- move from the fire, season with cayenne and serve at once.

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SPECIAL SAUCE

2 egg yolks.

3⁄4 cups sweet or sour cream. 1⁄2 teaspoon lemon juice.

Salt,

Paprika.

Beat egg yolks slightly; add other ingredients and stir over hot water until sauce begins to thicken. Serve with cauliflower, asparagus, broccoli or with fish.

QUICK MEAL Shrimp cocktail.

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says obser-

Asparagus with special sauce. Toast.

Cucumber salad.

Strawberries and cream.

Coffee.

METHOD OF PREPARATION Prepare asparagus and cook. Slice cucumbers and dress. Prepare strawberries. Prepare cocktail.

Make sauce. Make toast.

Drain asparagus. -Make coffee.

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