| Show INDOOR CORNELIA PICNIC S C BEDFORD LUNCHEON 1 N THIS section of the country countr it is isI I I still for or too early to even een dream of picnics but the hostess who wants to entertain a few friends during I Easter week can do so in rather novel fashion and with the least possible 1 amount of service if f she will send out invitations for an indoor Easter picnic luncheon The size of or the dining room the I number it can accommodate with com comfort I fort must be the guage for the num number number ber bel of invitations issued Possibly eighteen can an be seated here and there I but for most houses twelve will bi be a better number Having settled this question qu stion that of transforming the dining room must next be considered For the hostess who lives in the country it will be com comparatively comparatively easy matter matt r Woods and fields w will ill furnish urn ish abundance of mate material material m ate rial In some ome localities the glossy branches of the bay ba laurel are are available avail available available able such growths as will keel keep fresh for a day or two should be chosen first but branches of young maple leaves evergreens in general or ropes of the ground pine Dine which abounds in many localities will be equally appropriate The city cit hostess will find It best to rent renta a number of small growing evergreens from her florist and supplement them with such other cut green material as ashe ash ashe he h is able to furnish at a reasonable price The beautiful crepe paper now so generally on sale will add much to the attractiveness of or the decorations decora deora decorations Buy trolls Tolls of it In a solid green color cut jn Jn long strips and use it as you ou would ribbon malting making large bows with streamers stream rs for tor the bunches of greenery hung hug on the walls connecting these graceful paper festoons Drape the mantel manteJ if there Is one with the paper either figured or plain of the same shade then bank it with greens grens or mosses and wild flowers Tablecloths Table Tablecloths Tablecloths cloths and napkins to match math may be had In paper or the same plain green may ma be used cutting it In lengths and overlapping them on the table The table itself Is not to be set et inthe in inthe inthe the usual manner It should be drawn out to nearly nearl or all of its full length spread with cloth loth or the crepe paper and nd Ind used as a sideboard setting on it plates and provisions en masse as one would do If out of doors Plates Plate cups ups and saucers are in separate piles while knives forks fork and spoons arc are in order orderly ly heaps close by them It Is if quite in taste to have the wooden or paper plates as used by b grocers Each va variety variety a arit rit of sandwich Is piled pHd on a separate plate Cakes are cut ready read for or service so are arc the cold meats the salad Balad is heaped in a bowl howl coffee comes in a large pot the freezer filled with ice o or ar r cream is on a box or in a n tub at one e side of the room There Is no more mor e attempt to serve ere In courses than there ther e would be at an outdoor picnic p nic Be Because Because Because cause of her greater familiarity with h its workings it Is usually best for the th e hostess to dish out the icu ice cream ream otherwise she he is free ref to puss pass from one on s group to another and see that all of o oher f her guests are are well served The guests t arrange their chairs hairs in groups to suit sun themselves and pass dishes from one oneto on h to another and help themselves in such uch sue dishes as suit it their fancy fall Y The rhe maid d not being bling in evidence at all unless it i t should hould be necessary to have her bran branin bring fi in the coffee pot When hen sill nil have fin finished finished fished the table is left in orderly con confusion confusion confusion fusion the maid not appearing until 1 the room is vacated The menu Itself should consist of o such articles as would be served at a i L regulation picnic pi iches cold cols 1 I meats pickles or other relishes sa salads saIad lads Iad cakes eakes and coffee or some other hot drink As they do not undergo the usual packing for transportation it is possible to add dainty touches without departing from the idealism of the oc occasion 0 occasion casion caslon The dishes dish s of cold old meat and salad can be prettily garnished Each plate of o sandwiches may be designated as to kind by b a tiny flag or some seine orna ornament ornament ment If It the day prove chilly a chow how chowder chowder der del or a thick hot soup might be pro provided provided vided serving it in large coffee cups The following recipe will prove es especially especially suitable for such a menu Sandwich Fillings 1 Shake a dozen lar e oysters in a saucepan s over 01 the fire fre until ruffled Drain and when cold put through the chopper then pound to paste Add a dozen dozE n nolies olives olies stoned and aud pounded two table tablespoonfuls tablespoonfuls spoonfuls of fine cracker dust a high hig h seasoning st of salt sa 11 pepper celery celer salt and catsup and six sit tablespoonfuls of o f thick mayonnaise 2 Shave bacon baco n fn very thin spread on a rack in a pan n and stand in a hot oven until pale pal brown Make up immediately 3 Chop and aunt pound solid lean juicy corned corn d beef bee f to a paste add chopped gherkins to tomake tomake t o make slightly acid and as a much mayonnaise ma 4 Cold roast lamb lain b chopped fine softened with thick cream eream and seasoned with salt pepper and a suspicion of curry curr powder 5 Six large figs slightly steamed to soft soften soften soften en one cupful of stoned dates cupful seeded raisins one scant cup ful mixed nuts Mix Ib chop and pound poun d to a paste softening with sweet cream cram I until thin enough nough f to spread easily easil Cold English Meat Pie Take thin n slices of raw veal eal cutlet and nf f as much by b weight of lean ean boiled ham Cut veal in strips half halt an Inch wide and an d two Inches long Slice the ham thinly then cut In narrow narro strips Make a forcemeat paste in amount ae of pounded hard boiled egg sausage e or veal yeal seasoned with herbs a few v soft bread crumbs and raw egg t to 0 bind make up in little balls In a deep dee P dish pack alternate layers la ers of f veal yeal ham hamand hamand h an and sliced hard boiled egg with balls ball s of or forcemeat in tie the crevices crevice and plenty 5 of seasoning Pour over oer several cup up fuls of clear veal yeal gravy grav which will ww il 1 stiffen to a firm jelly when cold Cover Covet r with a rich short or puff paste Brush Brus h with yolk olk of egg and bake in a mode moderate moderate moderate rate oven oyen for an hour and a half Slit Slice e cold in the dish dishA A Galantine Select a thick meaty meat y breast ores ast of veal teal Remove Remo bones bone and tendons Cook the trimmings with t water vegetables and seasoning so a ato as asto asI s to have a clear dear stock that will jell jelly y sy when cold old Mix well tell together a poun pound d I of ot sausage meat or chopped hopp d veal eal and an anham d ham with a n half haIr pound of soft sort brew bread breadcrumbs d crumbs and parsley thyme th me salt pep pepper pepper pepper per lemon and a pinch of nut nutmeg nutmeg meg to season seMon Cut in thin strips some som P larding la pork and lean veal eat and lean lea n ham and sprinkle with a little onion onto n juice Spread the th meat out flat fiat Cover Cove r with a half Inch layer of the prepared prepare d sausage sausa e mixture add a layer a er of the th P cut strips of meat arranged alternate alternately ly Jy between them tuck m n a 1 few few S blanched pistachio pi nuts HUtS these are not nota notI no f a Ii necessity but add to the finished a ap appearance p peat ance another layer of the force forcemeat for p I meat then the th remainder of or the meat me tt strips Roll up tightly lightly and sow sew w or tie tl C firmly Roll in a strip of muslin an and d tie again Put in a saucepan cover cove i with Hh stock and water in equal parts part s is and simmer for four hours skimming t carefully Lift Lit from the fire leaving it in the stock until almost cold Trans Transfer fer for it to a dish cover corer with a weight weigh and leave over oer night nl ht Remove Remote cloth clot h and strings brush all over Oer with the th e r I veal jelly colored with caramel Cut ut uti j i in thin slices and garnish with th the e diced jelly |
