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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1904-12-22, Page 2,g+44+40ieetelele g+44el fikef ifeedrep res between. and bake 10 or 12 ele minutes in a hot oven. Out between the spaces through the cheese with y 1 a limber knife,.and pito neatly on a heated dish d teem Lace Putluing;-+'Wash wc11 ¢ k cup rice, and put it IA a double boll - Ai el! wrtb 1 pint of cold water. Cook e hour, then drain, and cover with 1 pint of milk and cools until Lender. 'Whip 1 quart of good sweet cream to a froth, Stand it in a cold plaee to drain, flub the rice trough a eleve and return to the boiler, Beat to- gether until light 1t eups of sugar and the yolks of 6 egos. Add to the rico. Stir and cook fur a few min- utes until it b i1 fs t0 thicken. Then r emoa 'r the tram t e the and when slight- ly cool davor with a .ablest oun of vawxila. Wlien perfectly cell turn into the tr'ee.er, and when frozen to a soft mune stir in the whipped cream. rie e li:.e ice cream leek in ice ant ealt for sue e al ha as . Se ,a milli a conyote of orane es, peaches or apricots, or any rich pre - sem, ed fruit preferred, Peach, Trifle -Line a deep glee dish with cocoanut macaroons. Put In a layer of rich preserved peaches, cover with a tick layer of sweetened whip- ped cream, sprinkle with chopped blanched almonds, and cover with another layer of peaches. Add more of the whipped cream, nuts and peaches until thei fell, dish is Navin g the last ]Ayer of the cream heaped high over all. Stand on ice for Half an hour before serving. This is most delicious. Pineapple Cake -Two-thirds oI a cup of butter, 2 cups of oche, I cup ni sweet intik, ti eggs (omitting the whites of 2), 3 caps of flour and 3 teaspoons of baking powder. Bake in 2 sheets, For the filling, whip the whites of 2 eggs to a stiff snow with 1, M. of pulverized sugar, mix lightly in 1. pint of grated pineapple, and 1 grated cocoanut. Ice with white frosting, 1 CHRISTMAS HINTS. The top of a sofa pillow made from yellow and black dress braid is quite showy. It is not smooth to the face, but Is effective among the other pillows. A square of cloth is needed for the foundation; the strips of oue of the colors are tacked at both ends to two edges of the foundation; the strips of the oilier color are women among diem iu basket fashion- Lino Christmas Dinner Christmas without a turkey would hardly be Christmas to most of us. In the following, menu the noble bird ace» spies f:entrai position, but the preparation of his luscious nvightd- ness has so often been described that we feelquits sate in assuming that q S every housewife knew!' how to roast a turkey. The: e c re we will devote our attention to tin dishes which sty. ii 1 rup+,t iy i t,.., turn, Utst+r Soul: --.0 1 quart of oys- ters i i cep sheep well and sir.:la one set the strained li- quor o• er 11 . ire lied when boiling hut, pour it o er +t Iit.Iospo0n each of butter true feet- u,i:.d smoothly together. l et cook tur a few nen- ides, stirring well, then add t pint of cream, the oysters and seasoning to taste. Cook until the edges of Cie oysters begin to curl, and serve tit It pith small brown bread sat, t r l.e: , which have been spread with eeit butter and tomato catsup. l r h mbaear- b I i 1� Ru together.. 2 tttble•4.1 o n eaeli of butter and flour, acLd 1 etre of hot milky and stir and cook until it begins to, boil. Selsun with . teaspoon of salt, a dash of cayene, $ teaspoonful of lemon juice, and a teaspoon of finely minced par- sley. Add a cup of cold cooked fish 'minced line, heat thoroughly, add the yolks of 3 eggs slightly beaten, and take at once from the lire, When tool fold in the whites of the eggs, t+lich have been whipped to a stiff snow. Fill little timbale molds two- thirds full and bake in a good oven for 16 or 20 minutes. invert on a heated platter and serve with to- mato sauce in which 2 teaspoons of chopped oysters have been stirred'. Chestnut :ituifmg,-Roast 1 quart of large chestnuts until thoroughly well done, Remote the shells and sarin and mash smooth. Add a tablespoon of butter or rich -cream, a teaspoon of salt, and 3 dashes of white pep- per, hflx well together and stuff the turkey. It will require more for a large turkey. Should any be left, With yellow silisoline and finish with mold into little cakes, egg and bread- a black and yellow cord. If ono crumb, and bake for 10 minutes in a wanted something a little nicer, rib - hot oven. Serve as a garnish: around bon could. be used. the turkey. It lias been something of a fad to Cranberry Jelly --To 1 quart of made screens from the art supple - cranberries add y pint of water. ments of the newspapers, or cover Cover closely and cook 5 minutes over a quick. fire. Crush with a wooden or silver spoon such of the cranberries as have not burst, and rub through a colander. Put the strained pulp back into the sauce - Pan, ad'd e pint of granulated sugar, Then obtain some strong cotton and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring cloth, preferably white denim. Soak constltntiy. Turn into four small thee he water. wring as dry as pos- molds and get ti a cold plate lentil 1 shble, and W13i r yet wet ttiu++; it firm, Cranberries should always be cooled in a porcelain or enameled Saucepan. Brussels Sprouts -Wash and pick Over tho sprouts and steam until 'tender. Cook x tablespoon of minced onion in 2 tablespoons of butter for 5 minettes, add the sprouts, and cook 5 minutes longer. Drain, 'dip in egg batter slightly seasoned with' salt and Tepper, and fry in smoking hot fat. French Dressing -To 2 tableslpoons of sharp vinegar add salt until it can be plainly tasted, and a little white pepper. Add to the seasoned Vinegar 6 tablespoons of olive oil, and sprinkle over the prepared let- knee in the salad howl. Turn the lettuce carefully that it may be even- ly cohered, and serve very cold. Cheese Straws. -Roll puff paste the sante thickness as for pies. Cut in strips 6 inches long and 1 incl' in width'. Lay on baling sheets, leav- ing a space between the straws a third the width of the straws, Scat - Iter Highly seasoned grated cheese thickly over the straws and the them with Japanese panels or hand- some wallpaper. If rightly anti tastefully made they are satisfactory; otherwise they are nuisances. Tho frame, of course, must be stained or varnished first. smoothly across each panel The object of wetting is that the shrink- age will cause it to be smoother when dry. Then, using a brush, go over it with glue sivling, and allow it to dry. 'Cover the back of the pictures with paste, and place them on as de - Sired, smoothing each from the cen- ter with a soft doth to force out all `Vhen dry, go over them with the glue sizing, and when dry again varnish. with white varnish, and tack furniture gimp around each panel edge. "Glue sizing can be made by cov- ering five cents' worth of common glue with cold water and allowing it to soak over night. In the moaning, place the :asset containing it in a larger csseL of water, and boil till thoroughly dissolved and thin, "For a good paste, allow one ounce of wheat flour and one-half dram of alums, to one-half taint of water. Rub the flour to a smooth paste with a little of the water, add the rest, and boil over a moderate fire until it looks clear like starch." 1 l'•i<-'i?r•,k'st' 3++.1. '•104 kvt•4444efrk Christmas Tree and '9Y8ding ++++++++44++++++.14+44++ From Ulm Russian of I- W. Dosto- jewskij, I have just seen a wedding -but not I would rather tell you of a Christ - inns tree. It was a grand wedding; it pleased me much; bLt the Christ- mas t- mas tree was still better, 1 do not knots why, when I saw the wedding., I should have remembered the Cli istnras tern. Five years Ago, on 831 ester evening, 1 tens invited to a ehilt,. I'+ ' n., party, v, It was t th p n e )tome ui a mint well known in Otte la tsinexs trot 3d, a man who heti so many eon t ract s, acijlfa into nees and inu'lgues that. one might think this !children's 1 arty mel ely a pretext for the parents to meet and talk with- out the Ministate of the spectre of business, J was a stranger. had no- thing in common with the others, and, therefore, was independent. There was another man Who ap- peared to me be be unacquainted wit t);with o family, but, like mo, one who has business relations with the fa- ther and was bidden to this family feast. Ile was a tall, thin man. grave, and becomingly dressed. He did not seem- to feel at home in the festivities. Ile sat in a corner and when he laugher] he 'drew his dick, black brows together. He knew no ono at the ball except the master of the house. It was easy to read in his manner that he was- bored, but he continued bravely to the end to Play lel.: part - as a welcome guest. I made tie my mind that he was from the pproviuces and diad come to town on business; that an invitation from our host had reached him, and be- cauee he had nothing beliter to do lied come to the children's ball. They did not piny cards, no one smoked, and apparently he could find no- thing to do all evening hut stroke his whiskers. His whiskers were very fine, but be stroked them so zealously that one's first thought was that he must have come into the world with those whiskers; the sec- ond, that Ire must have come into the world for the express purpose of stroking theta. I elides this man there was another - who interested ate much, His name was Julian Mastakowitsch. At a glance you could see that lie was a guest of honor, and I noticed a tear in the eye of our host as he assured Ifim that lie was Passing one of the most pleasant evenings of his life. !'lie children were at last turner! into Ph1' room where the Christmas tree stood; oorl; almost in an instant it was, Blundered of its dainty; and in a fele' minetes Half Its decorations had been broken in the noisy play. For a time I watched a blade -eyed, cur•ly- headet boy who carried a wooden gun. Then the attention of all was directed to a little girl of 11 year's, as pretty as a little dove, with great, soulful eyes. Soon the children became tared and gathered in the little salon, where I happened to be, and busied themselves with their toys. As 1 watched the lit- tle group any eyes fell inion Julien Mastakowitseli, who stood with: his hands behind his back listening to the meaningless trifles. I could seo the cunning of the host in the distribution of the presents. A little girl with 300,000 rubles dowry had received the finest doll. Then followed in a descending scale the presents to the children wliose par- ents were in less and less fortunate circumstances. The last child -a lit- tle boy of 10 years, small, thin, with freckles and red Bair -received only a stohy,boolr, that, you could ace fro= the rising tears, had not a picture, not even a frontispiece. He was the son of a Poor widow, a governess in the house, and was frightened and neglected. He wore a shabby na- keen jacket, and when he received his book be looked with longing eyes on the playthings of the others. He would gladly have played with the other children, but lie dared not. You could see that he understood his ilosai on. I like to watch children. It is fas- cinating to see their different charac- teristics appear. I noticed that the red-haired bay was strongly attracted by the others' playthings. He watched the players; they began to tease him, One big fellow, with his liocket fall of dainties, threw an apple at liim, and =cuter saucy little boy walked up to hint and struck shim. Ile did not dare to cry, Then came the gov- erness, his mother, and bade him not to get in the way of the other chil- dren. He run out into the room, where the little girl was. She let him sit, near her, and soon both were engaged in dressing the beautiful doll, I followed them. For half an Hour I sat dozing /nil carelessly listening; to the converna- ti+rn of the red-liitired boy sine the ideality With the 300,000 rouble for- t:me. Suddenly Julian came into the mons, From my place I cella see him, but ho noticed neither mil nod the children, I hall, seen him sone tine before in earnest conversa- tion with the father of the richt lit - tie girt. He stood thoughtfully and seemed to reckon on his fingers. "Three hundred," he said aloud. "Three lxtindreri. lelevonl--twelve tliirteend-and so on. Sixteen in Ave years. And we will Put 800 out at 5 per Cent„ and in five years it will be 400. i 'u m," His reflections ended, he throw Track his shoulders and started to leave tate room, His eyes fell upon the little girl, and lie remained standing. 13e did not notice me behind the flowers. Fle teemed to me to loop at her al- most with astonishment. Cr tans it beeetYlfd the calculation toefneitsereal to idito Cr Was it Coma other hid- den thought? He rirbbtycl his hands together ea t!5t1ghi lie Were Wearing tdnl free item tieing imaginary Spot -47 • • _..T•^L"A�1>'!%J!.nnvirrok!mW'tTN1gran,, A,Yj I1f 11, en zee ewe til 1M•�\PL5Tt ' � N i)LARO CAROL very wl)ei'c',everywhere, 0 r'i5tma5 to -nit 1)1'1 )'t'hSr-ttnS�am5sii si1►a�hd5filkt r )_e``ir=