Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 259, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1911 — ON COOK’S DAY OFF [ARTICLE]

ON COOK’S DAY OFF

PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS TO HELP PUZZLED HOUSEWIFE. T" ■ - ' , v ' V'W: Gives Mother Chance to Tost Now Dainties—Simple and Tasty Dishes That Will Make Agreeablo Change for Family. In small households the cook’s day out frequently represents, all that is 008iest and most enjoyable In the way of a little dinner or supper. It is looked to by the house mother as * time for testing any new dainties of which she has heard without interfering with the cook's domestic sway, and by the family as a species of delightful picnic, especially Intimate and informal. A quick and easy "vegetable” course for such a meal la Welsh rarebit, with spaghetti, for which the paste is boiled as usual in salted water until tender, then drained and stirred into a thin, smooth paste. To make the "rabbit," grate the cheese or cut or crumble It In small pieces into the cold milk, which heat slowly until the cheese has melted! Stir together and serve at once. This dish can be prepared with a remnant of macaroni or spaghetti on the chafing dish. For a quick roast instead of a leg of lamb boy the rack with chops, and cook it under the gas broiler. A rack of from two pounds up can be broiled In an bony or less. Hamburg steaks, a good choice tor such occasions, can also be delicately broiled under the gas flame Instead of cooked tn the pan, and to many minds the flavor is greatly improved thereby. Onion juice Is much better than the usual chopped onion for these steaks. It comes put up in bottles, or the onions may be minced in the meat chopper, and a tablespoonful or two pressed out. Another substantial offering for the picnic menu is ham patties made of about two kitchen cups of cold cooked ham minced fine and stirred into four cups of bread crumbs, the latter moistened with milk. To this add a large lump of butter and any seasonings liked. Pour the batter into gem pans, filling about two-thirds only. Now break an egg over each little section, sprinkle over more of the bread crumbs and bake until brown. A combination of a substantial order for hearty appetites and extremely good is baked macaroni with minced ham. Frequently at such times the, housekeeper will substitute a cold dish, which can be prepared well In advance, for the hot roast or broiled meat. A hearty course of this kind Is chlekea salad served In a ring of ham jeUy. For a dessert which requires no cooking, break Into pieces about a dozen maccaroons. Cut into quarters at the same time some candled cherries. To a cup of double cream add about three ounces of sugar, and beat the cream stiff, flavoring with a drop or two of sherry or any extract perfprred. Stir lightly into the cream the macarocns and the cherries. On each dessert plate pat a slice of canned pineapple, and heap upon this a portion of th& cream mixture and serve ail very cold.