| OCR Text |
Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE. SUNDAY MORNING,, ARK1L 26, lirs. A 1 Py Anita de Campi THE HOME HARMONIOUS THE COOK BOOK U and cook, and. If It Is cooked too long, has a faint aroma of the beet. Tbe plant has many branches, end tbe tips DANDELION AND OTHER - GREENS. BOUT the lime of year boiled potatoes seem to have a better taste than mashed, along come the dandelion. Plain dandelion-greens- , with plenty of butter and some old potatoes boiled to perfection, with home made bread and perhaps a dessert, make a wonderfully satisfying meal This Is Inferring that you serve the greens In some quantity and not as a mere side dish. . By the wiy, in considering menus with greens we should remember that thq mild greens chopped and finished with butter are among tha best of accompaniments with fish, say a slice of salmon .broiled, and greens are always good with the pork products; but to enjoy your greens, and get all the stimulus to the digestion and perhaps to the mind that there is in them, you want to .serve them so that all their distinct qualities are as prominent as .. STUCCO REQUIRES EXPERT WORKMEN . OR the benefit of the circumspect home bullder who feel that the ' only way in whlcfi' tS obtai- nbouse that will suit the partifu Ur needs pf his family la to have it designed and built according to plans and ideas in which.be has some mea-- f sure of decision, we add this bit of ad- vioe; Select your contractor with extreme care; learn, if passible, .what the people for whcm he has built houses think of him, and investigate the class of workmen he employs to ae whether they are old standbys, whoee reliability and experience is unquestioned, or whether they are just I transient workmen" boomer." think it waa that a friend who Is a contractor called them Much hard feeling and many disappointments may thus be avoided by' the owner because is the fcomihg days' of activity in the construction industry an occasional irresponsible contractor" will be found who has no reputation to maintain and who worries naught, nor cares, bout contracts and agreements. So, as we study the stucco house which is pictured here. I am reminded that although In recant years much progress has been made In the is an art contracts shduld be let on an equality basis; instead ; of pries alone, as expert .workmen must be depended upon for the heat results. We find stucco successfully being applied on hollow building tile, con-Crete hollow wall construction, on concrete block, and largely on wood eluded construction..- - in the latter case the stucco la applied as a plaster on lath .which has been nailed over sheathing to cover the studs. In the back plastered type of construction the sheath--lu- g is oral tied.-Tlath is nailed directly to the. studding. The wood frame Is braced with diagonal bracing, adjacent to' the corners, to make a rigid structure, and both ihner and outer faces of the lath are covered with plaster so that the latter la thoroughly imbedded and proof agilnst deterioration. The color of the hduse is simple end pleasing. Tbs roof of shingles Is stained a dull moss green, while the stucco of the walls is natural cement, lightly tinged with yellow. The wood trim ia old Ivory. Tbe entrance stone side ollhe front has an L shaped hall and vestibule, A feature of the dining room ts that suable hen dsric bloilor dark possible. The dandelions have the best bitter element: in them foratimulatlng appetite that ia to be found in a plant. Same of the rest of the members of ttje genua.ta which, they botanically belong are bmer.' bufjhe comblnation that goes with the bitter is superior in the dandelions. teewh- - ish stucco. The most pleasing stucco is that that tinges to yellow with a shading of gray. It should be made with white cement and white sand to keep it light in lone, but it should not be white, indeed, ihe simulated. appearance of age gives It interest that' would be utterly lacking, In a spic and span, brand new looking borne. One of the most delightful stucco houses I have ever seen, was built by an architect who had the gift of un- F Waiving the convenderstanding. tional arrangement.' he placed" The side of the house at the front. It waa built close up to the street, the better to gain- - privacy for the rear garden. Its lengthwise front line-wcontinued in a gardn wall which. as Aj$iearance Is Deceiving. Of course garden growing chlckory Ts bitterer: too bitter to eat through the" summer, but when Its roots are put in the dark, and well covered. It sends up bleached leaves that are deliciously sweet in a salad, when we call it French endive or Brusselslof or witlof and so forth. Strangely enough, these same whit eiuba of ieaves arequite bitter- besides being highly savory when cooked Just as we cook celerl au Jus." that is to say, in meat Juice or gravy - with seasonings. Sometimes at this time of year the good bitter French endive goes ging. It may look scrubby and poor to serve raw In a salad, with its bleached leaves green tipped, but it is excellent "plain cooked or with nice seasonings, just as that which costs two or three times 'as much Is. when ! 1 j I cooked. of these will cook in twenty minutes. It is not necessary to blanch thesis greens. If well washed, but since fbey are rather coarse. It Is best to chop them after they have been cooked, then eeasonwith nit pndsome butter, or the fat of meat, or, meat stock, and a grind of pepper. People have called this latter plant, "amaranthua retroflex us." s wretched garden weed. Just as so charming a writer hag written acrimoniously of the purslane, which he called " pualey." but both make s convenient addition to tbe diet on some day when the market- seems hare of vegetables. As to their yield of vltamines, there Is no disputing it! For a full description of A. retroflexus look in Gray's botany, or. read about it in the year 'book of the United States department of agriculture for 1195, under the title Some Additions to Our Vegetable Dietary." Here is a little about it from that source: -- Cultivated Pigweed. None if the common pigweeds , Pigweed Greens. What some people perhaps only those from New England have called pigweed is more commonly called, tn If Shed Only Knovm. ' the cook books, those general and generous enough to consider greens, by Before I left for my summer vacathe name " lamb's quarter." Its leaves tion, there was a young man who used " to call upon me quite regularly. When are rather hoary or frosty and fragile, but when well ensped are sturdy. It I returned he did not call, although be springs up almost everywhere, and we knew that I was at home. After about a month he came to see me. I did net pull it up by the root, since Its stalk Is so stout, or shears may be used. To .want him to think I had suffered by his neglect. I remembered how Jesl- crisp it. let cold water run on It for a little while, or until the outer plants ous he had been of one ot my former stand up as though growing in the suitors, so I made up quite a nice litCCono floor 'Pl-k- n . tle story of how said suitor had been Of course, the roots and ground. calling and taking me around. I passing the end of the bouse, enclosed coarse parts have been removed. a laundry- yard. The rough textured K The other sort of pigweed is somethought I had got by with it, until the next day I met one of my friends, plaster, dulled to the color of genuine times called beet root " or red root. age, waa skillfully applied. The outer It belongs to the amaranths, while the whom I had not seen since my return. rim was painted a neutral blue. gray,, other sort belongs to She told me-al- l the news, and I learned and the roof was of red tile not unithat my former suitor had been mar- - ' goose foot family. The lambs quarter form in color but varied enough In comes earlier, but the red .rooted and fled the week before my return. This ugge8t brown coarser looking plant Is to be found was quite a surprise to me. My other ton8, purple tofctly during the larger part of the summer.-I- t suitor did noythmk my story so clever, A new development for modern I guess. IVe lost him, too; he hasn't may form a perfect hedge around a home construction is the steel baseM. L. garden. not too well cared for, and I called since. ment window, which comes in standhave seen it around .apartment houses . ard sizes from the factory with its in thick set blocks of buildings where That Tender Topic. hinges and locks riveted on. the grounds were utterly neglected. Architect W. O. Johnstone of North On my way to the polls last When tbs Market Is Bare: v I was obliged to walk with Lanawando, N. Y, designed the .house Illustrated. The red rooted green is easy to clean a neighbor whom I had tried to avoid, not wanting to teli my age before her, as I knew it would soon spread over the neighborhood. However, she kept me- - and tnsisted upon myr rtght-witregistering first while she took in the are sayin about you and me? . Hogs Is Hogs. proceedings. In desperation I took off " Indeed. I dont, Mary Ann. said A farmer was trudging slowly down sayin about ua? a lane when a city man met him for Jim. What are they Ann Well, said Mary shyly, they the fifteenth time He looked at the pigs that .ths are sayin that you and me are goin' farmer was taking to the pasture some to be married next Wednesday. the gossipin' things! said Jim. two miles away and said: Ive seen " IllAh. tell you, Mary Anri, well Just fool M. D. them, and we wont. art-stuc- coing Lot hAH amoiMg lKouno float It ha four doors one Into the living room, one into the hall, one into 1 the kitchen, and last and bestr-on- e opening out on the porch. The fire-- place in the living room might be Improved upon by having an opening In the outer wtjl, permitting an open fire on the porch side. This Idea of .an outdoor fire is accepted In tbe east and south, and Is steadily gaining favor in the west and middle west. It has a charm of Us own that must be tried to be appreciated. It may be readily he ih.ih.,rh,.,iu,iiv seen, too, glassed In, If desired. On tbe second floor are three generously proportioned bedrooms. The one at tbe front, and the one at the back extend the fun width of the house. The back bedroom overhangs the kitchen porch and rear entry way, as well as the kitchen. The lot plan shows a lawn In front, and a lawn and square garden at the back, with a walk at one side paral- leled .by .a driveway .that, terminates - in a garage. In point of color, nothing ts less de-- give a dandelion the vigorous shak it need to remove any sticks or deed grass and crumbs of earth. Trim oft the root 'before you put tha dandn hen la the cleaned pU- - Once in the . wash the greens In many house, waters to remove all sand, gravel and dead sticks. . It is best to lift hem Into a colander after each washing. Cooking Dandelions. Drop Into boiling water for a final cleaning, and blanch for five or ten minutes, then drain and rinse with . cold water, and put to cook In water to cover In a covered kettle, jgently. Young green will cook tender in ten . ' or fifteen minutes after the blanching and rinsing. Finish with bptter alone, or add a few drops of vinegar. If you cook dandelion a long time, no matter In how much water, they will be bitter, and old onea as bitter as gall, yet old ones blanched and rinsed may be Just agreeably bitter. When tender gently squeeze any water from them. Thera Is no need of chopping them, but they may be finished like curly endive, which is chopped, heated to dry atoosftn batter, - with cream and added. seasoning Dandelion Flavoring. Milkweed Green. The water in which blanched dande-have- 'found - that the - tenderer lions have been- - cooked has real virleavea of the milkweed, when the plan., tue, and one way to use it is to thicken is in full bud, are good, and with ths and add to it some bean 'juice for it buds, although some people prefer to The juice from either stewed a soup. gather the sproyts for greens. Blanch kidney or stewed pinto beans may be and then cook gently, and serve with and mashed and sieved beans butter alone or butter and lemon juice. "(puree) used for the thickening, with Dandelions. and Cleaning a little flour. Digging Some- - people speak of picking danCooked Dandelion Salad. , delions, but it is too much work by Well buttered cold dandelion greens far to prepare dandelions if they must' are good enough to eat without any be handled leaf by leaf, You must salad dressing that is addition, but dig down Into the ground it cleans a pleasant with them ia mad as follows: steel knife, beautifully to hg dandelions Rub a smalt bowl with a clove of with it and cut off the root. garlic, add half a teaspoon of salt, You may dig them in the parks If you paprika to taste, and two tablespoons will step on the hole and not behave of orange juice, blood orange is finest there them every to four or five of olive oil. Double like a vandal. I dig year. It Is like early gardening withor this recipe at need. Whip as you thistriple out a garden. Clean the greens until it is creamy, then dressing dig them, or at any rate before you serve on thy cooked, dandelions... If bring them into The house, where you they are wild ones and somewhat bit- may get discouraged over the task. fine- si1 tha ter it is particularly The cleaning- - will keep you Raw Dandelion Salads., - of-- doors. and -- besides outlonger There are people who wtll' eat the small kltchen ,1a no, place .in . which Jo. white" heart of a dandelion "without" any dressing: For a salad the bitter may be softened by tomato, which also . adds its agreeable and valuable acid touch To prepare, par off the last -bit of the roots of the dandelion, fold up ths leaves around tha bud, and slice the base thin, buds and leaves alike for about an Inch from tbe root. Tha rest of the leaves may be cooked as green. Serve, with a French dressing to which tbe chopped tomato is added, - and possibly some onion - r -- juice. S - regis-tration'd- h ; -- - i Jane Eddington scribed as growing around apartment houses and so forth. , Canning Greens. Ths great canning advocates have preached the putting up a can of greens for each day of the year. Yet -for at least six months of tbe year wq may have freshly picked green, if we will but seek them after learning how great are our resources. The author of farmers. bulletin 839 advocates canning greens, or what some of our thrifty ancestors called pot herbs, and begins his description thus: A large number of cultivated and wild greens are edible, and if canned by the cold pack method will make a succulent and valuable food for the spring months. Among ths cultivated greens are Swiss chard, kale, Chinese cabbage leaves, upland creaa, French endive, cabbage sprouts, turnip tops, young tender New Zealand spinach, beet tops these are fine dandelions, .young tender dasheen sprouts, native mustard, collards, and tender rape leavea Among the wild greens are pepper cress, 'lamb's quarter, sour dock, purs-- , lane, pokeweed sprouts, marsh mart-golwild mustard, and milkweed. In- troduced from tropical America, and mmon in our cultivated fields, such as and A. chlorostachys, appears to have come Into use a pot herbs, although a variety of A. gene-ticu- s is commonly cultivated- - by Uie Chinese In California for this purpose. Among our southwestern Indians, both in Arizona and northern Mexico, as well as among the Mexicans themselves, A. palmer! .is used largely in a similar manner. In the . markets of Guaymas, In the state of Sonora, it is sold in large quantities, the young piant growing each year from" seed. and being gathered when they are from six to ten inches high. No attempt seems to be mads to cultivate the plant, the Mexicans trusting- entirely to the natural supply. But perhaps mors of the pigweeds of -the amaranth type were used for greens than that writer in 1895 knew about As for me,, it base been only- two- or three years since I learned to use and appreciate the one 1 have.dfc. By, an even ten year from my sge, and evidently there were two lies told Jhst day, tor she gave her age exactly the J- - R. same as mine. ' - - One Day Late. , to a strange city and setMoving tling in a new home had kept me busy for some time, so busy I neglected to attend church. One day the minister was calling on our street and dropped in to see me. During his call he Invited me to attend a special service the following Sunday. I promised to be there, and to convince him that I really meant to fulfill my duty towards the church I told him I had already rented a pew which I hoped to occupy- - regularly. At the first opportunity I telephoned Vhe churCh Steward to secure a vacant pew. only to be informed that no seats were rented all were free. L. E. H. 4 . Another way to serve the greens, cut slaw fashion and raw, is with a mayon naiss dressing. The accomplished chef serves small leaves of the cultivated dandelion in his green salad. He often keeps It in stock tbs summer through. Its bitterness gives a pleasant fillip to the salad. Cooked French Endive. prepare the endive cut off any "To brown edges aq tips with ths scissors, and slice off ths root end. If it Is to be crisped, do that first by .washing It In cold water, or running the water over It and then drain and dry the evaporating water crisping it, but best If it is wrapped in a paper or cloth for an hour or more. Drop it into boiling water, salted, for fifteen minutes; rinse with cold water, cook a little more, and gently, in a little water or meat stock and seasonings. It is excellent cooked with no seasoning but the salt, and served in but- ter alone, or acidulated butter. Tie It "In "hunches Tor tha fine work, so it will not lose its shape, and serve with garnishing vegetables. -- Practical and Fancy Needlework Sadie was taken by her aunt to be washed after, playing, la tha.heat.and, dust, and finding that she had forgotten tbe soap, the child remarked. . When the shoeman tried a pair of shoes on. Robert that were a size, toe narrow for him he said: O, mister, I don't want that pair. They are not roomed r'ght for my feet" We had some cousins ws had never seen but mother had us writs to them often so we felt we knew them. Robert was telling his playmate about them. He said, "We don't know them by their faces, we Just 'know them by , E. R. their writing " One of our neighbors took her small daughter to a museum. Upon her n I asked her what she had seen. She said, O, a dead circus." D. F. re-tur- - Aunt Halsn, I'm awful dirty. I don't believe you can get; ms clean with H. I 8. just the dry water. One day a caller brought her small son, who bad evidently never been taught to obey, and the pleasures of the visit was much marred. As the guests My brother's "children were recently being treated with antitoxin. The came Just at' dinner 'time to give the oldest girl her jsecpnd shot. Phoebe Lu got down from the tsble and, going into the living room, said get me trouble?" I had six puppies and Invited . a small friend In to see them. After play- - boys or any little girls or anything but just pups, pups, pups? " E. V. D. O. I time to a hawg? M. M. A woman who waa staying at our house , accidentally stepped on - my nephew's toe and said to him. " Pardon One day when Eugene awoke from a nap he was still sleepy, and he leaned against mother with his eyes shut and said, Mother, Im all wilted." C. E. C. Billy was having trouble with his arithmetic, and could not get his lesson. He finally gave up tn despair, and throwing his book on the table, said. Gee, this 'rlthmetic Is just making an old man of me. W. W. C, Ben always had wanted a brother, but when twin arrived and one of them was a girl, he exclaimed in a 1 didn't want du appointed tone; airier, too. She'll spoil all our fun. Shell - want to tag us men folks V. H. everywhere we go." Hard on the Patient. , A professor in a medical- - school asked a student, ' What is a doss of -- Ths Obliging. Minister Willie, do you know where tittle boys go who fish on the Sabbath ' day? Willi (with fishing rod and line) Sure. 1'U show you ths place for E. N, K. nickel a- - Foiled. was detlroua to know Ann t Mary whether a certain young man. of whom she was fond' hfrserioui intentions ' toward her, so sh determined aha would test him, and began in this nan-n- er "Jim, Tom proceeded on his tour of Inspection and when he reached the river he wrote his report to ths superintend- m, A woman lecturer-waspeaking to a small audience about how much more conceited women are than men; how much more fastidious they are," and how they stand before a mirror for hour preparing to make a good impression. While men," she told them, "are modest. They do not primp and pose. They are not vain and frivolous. Why, at this minute the handsomest man in, this room has the bow of bis tie twisted around under his ear. There were nine men present and every one of them felt to see where M. JU G. the bow of bis tie waa - ter. The student replied, answered. a walked away Anita stood looking after them and. In a disapproving tone, said: .' He certainly is the worsted minder 1 ever saw." D, F. 8. To the Point Tom Callahan got a job an the section. working for the railroad. The superintendent told him to go along the line looking for washouts. And dont baas long winded tn your next report as you have been In the Just past," said the superintendent. report the conditions of the roadbed ss you find it and dont use a lot of needless words that are not to the point. Write a business letter, not a love let- ent: Sir, where the railroad was ths K. P. river ia" All That Mattered. a Recently In large hotel Gertrude thoughtfully at people about her and then said, Ain't it funny, mother, there's no one dressed up but the waiters?" c. C. - l. ths'sjarTighirFaiariF he .looked tag with them a while she turned- to m and said:' "Havent you any little Wa-a-al- mv shoes today. M. Ws hsve a store that keeps school supplies, and npany kiddies come; in every day. One boy came from school, stopped, and looked in; the next move was to press his nose against the window, then run out his tongue and roll It around several times on the glass. My niece was taking lunch with her mother. The violinist was playing sad music and the child, who was absorbed in the music, looked at her mother and said. "O, mommy; the music's B. B. crying." you taking those hogs to pasture every day for two weeks. Why dont you feed 'em corn? They'll fatten quicker on that than in pasture. The farmer walked along thought- fully for several feet before he turned what' around to drawl out; " me. Bobby." diyVie1' p. L, Br ctor,t-p- i i M. C. R. do you know what ths people professor 'hl class went on. said A rW teaspoon nothing but 6?k W the Some minutes later the student attracted ths professor's attention and. exclaimed, O, professor. I made an error. A dose of croton oil . Is on drop. , " The professor quietly looked at his watch and dryly remarked. Yes, and your patient has been dead juat twelve W. R. minutes. Hed Seen W orse. Mr. Jones was entertaining of her sons little friends. some " Willie, sb said, addressing a 8 year old. who was enjoying s plat of cold beef, "are you sure you can cut that meat? Tbe child, who waa making desperate efforts with his knife and fork, Yes. thanks; I'v often hsd replied, M. M it as tough as this at home. None Could Belter That A minister approached a group of quarreling boys and inquired ths cause of their trouble. They showed him a dog and explained that the boy telling tbe biggest lie should be its owner. Th conscientious clergyman remonstrated: " When I waa a little boy 1 ' never told It.- This assertion was considered for a tew seconds; than one of ths urchins V. 8. ordered. " Give him the dog. USES FOR FAGOTING. AGbTING is one of the most useful as well as attractive of the decorative stitches and it has many uses. It has been frequently seen on dresses during the last winter, and Is still In evidence. Yokes ot any shape are attached to s waist by a row of this fagoting, and ths lower, flaring sleeve sections kre often attached by the same method. Panel may be set In sklrta or overskirts, and bems set on garments by means ot fagoting. The plain stitch ts not at all difficult, the hardest work being preparatory. If a curved edge ia to be Attached to something by this stitch, a Tather stiff piece- - of paper, large enough to hsv th yoke, for Irjstamcet basted to It perfectly smooth, must be had. and th paper must extend con ( siderably brilow th curved lower edge to allow for the basting to It of the upper edge of the lower waist part; ' first marking with a sharp pencil a line parallel to the yoke edge and Inch below it. Then the waist edge Is basted on this tins and tbe fagoting done; Of course, It is understood that these edges art perfectly finished by hemming, facing, or lining before being basted to the paper, and ths spec ts everywhere the same Floss, silk or mercerised as th case may need. Is used, and a needle ia Inserted under on edge-athe left end, taking a small stitch, then it la inserted in the opposite edge, at a point diagonal not directly opposite. Cross and taking ths asms sort ofr stitch each time.' The manner of taking these stitches is clearly shown one-quart- t s here. After ths work is finished it is Uken iit , from the paper, and tVie fagoting shows as an insertion would. Any of the crepes, silks, or satins will lend themselves beautifully to this stitch, and band, hems, etc., may b joined by it with good effect. ' . In joining rounding or curved edges, of course, the stitches will be a Uttie closer together on the Inner than the outer edges, but they should bs as uniform as regards spaces ss possible. Hems may be put on luncheon cloths, dresser scarfs, and other household Unens by means of this stitch, and lace medallions Set In doilies, dresses, etc. If car ia taken In making the ' spaces even end th basting to th paper Is well done, the rest of Lh work will b fascinating, Th parallel lines need hot be Inch apart In every Instance, bus can vary s to from inch with good results. one-quart- h three-eighth- . |
