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Show the m Ir kitchen m feM CABINET U0. lifi, Wesieru Newspaper Union.) i We must be as courteous to a man as to a picture which we are willing to give the benefit of a good light. Emerson. SEASONABLE FOODS The tender new cabbage which Is now on the market makes a vegetable 1 ' !Tv which is delicate and full of flavor. Hut to cook cut into halves or quarters quar-ters according to the size, removing the hard core. When cooked In as little water as possible, pos-sible, or better, steamed, dress with cream or milk and butter, season with salt nnd pepper and serve. Grated cheese added to the hot cream adds much to the nourishment of the dish as well as its flavor. Nut Loaf. For those who enjoy the meatless diet this recipe will appeal: Take three cupfuls of flour, three tea-spoonfuls tea-spoonfuls of baking powder, two-thirds of a cupful of sugar, one cupful of milk, a teaspoonful of salt and one egg well beaten, one cupful of pecan meats. Sift the dry Ingredients, add milk, egg, and nuts. Pour into a greased pan and let stand twenty-five minutes. Bake in a slow oven nearly an hour. Nice for sandwiches with a salad, making a well balanced meal with a hot drink. Spiced Tongue. This is pre-eminently a warm weather dish, but seldom sel-dom seen served in any home. Drop a fresh beef tongue into boiling water to cover, add a pinch of salt and a small pepper pod. Cook gently until the tongue is tender. Remove from the broth, cool and peel off the skin. In a saucepan with four tablespoon-fuls tablespoon-fuls of sugar, one tablespoonful each of ground cloves, allspice, and one cupful of water, and one-half cupful of vinegar, simmer until the liquid Is entirely evaporated. Turn the tongue often. Chill and cut Into thin slices and garnish with lemon and parsley. Cucumber Soup. Peel and slice two large cucumbers, remove the seeds and boil in salted water for ten minutes. Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter in a deep frying pan, put in the drained cucumber, cover and cook gently for half an hour; drain, put through a sieve. Mix two tablespoonfuls of butter but-ter with two of flour, add a quart of white stock and a pint of milk, add the cucumber and simmer for a few minutes. min-utes. Beat the yolks of two eggs with two tablespoonfuls of heavy cream, add to the soup and serve at once. Riches are so great a temptation to ease and self-indulgence, to which men are by nature prone, that the glory is I r all the greater of those who were born to ample fortune, nevertheless ; take an active part in the work of ; their generation. Keeping busy, doing ; something worth while, saves many a doctor's -bill and many hours of suffering. suf-fering. Children's Lunch Boxe3. Packing a school lunch box five days a week for thirty weeks or more on a stretch is powerful power-ful constant and monotonous. Of course children to do good work must be well nourish ed and when possible it is best to give them a warm dinner at night. For the outdoor worker and the office woman the lunch must vary in quantity and somewhat in quality, but there are general directions which will apply to all lunch packing. There is no one who is so blind to the niceties of life that he does not appreciate a well-prepared and packed lunch, though it be nothing but a sandwich. Throwing together a mess of food, totally unrelated, mixing flavors and making a messy, unsightly appearance would disturb the digestion diges-tion of an ostrich. The daily sandwich is almost a necessity, ne-cessity, though at times scoop out a roll or two and fill with a salad, not too moist, which will make a most palatable dish. Personal tastes must always be taken into account when preparing a lunch basket. T'Zb one who likes a hot or cold drink can carry It in a thermos bottle. For those who are fond of fresh ripe tomatoes a most appetizing sandwich sand-wich may be prepared. Place a slice of tomato, a thin slice of cheese, with a little salad dressing between slices of buttered bread. Two of these with two of some other variety, with a cup cake and an apple or other fruit will make a good lunch with a glass of milk. In many of our country schools where domestic science is taught the j children prepare one hot dish at noon. This helps out the mother with her lunch packing. Two sandwiches of bread and butter j with jam or jelly and two of chopped ham and a glass of apple salad, a j piece of ginger bread and a cup of hot cocoa Is another good day's luncheon, j A handful of nuts, a few dates, a ; piece of candy, a fresh apple, pear or . banana will always delight the child. j Those of us who can remember when we carried a lunch to school, what a thrill we had on finding down in a corner or hidden carefully a small treat all wrapped away to surprise sur-prise us. will be happy to do the same willing service for those who must carry lunches. |