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Show FOB THE DOG DAYS Whew! The perspiration ic stream Ing down our face your husband has his handkerchief tucked well in hid co'-lar, co'-lar, and his bald head shines like s rapped doorknob.' The p&per informs' u 'fair, with rising temperature.' and I we curse the- tax that makes a soft drink whittle away a quarter dollar, j nothing tastes good, and we lone fori some new zebra steak, or polar bear chops, or anything different. In the face of such heat, and loss of j appetite, what can the poor housekeep- 1 er do? First, it will be easier to tell) her what not to do; and briefly 1 would 1 sum this up by saying- Banish the ir inc pan and grease can for the next six w eeks. The worst cooking sin is to serve fried foods in which Hour and silr; ,r are ingredients this means dough-nnta, dough-nnta, and their tribe, and pastry, and all such foods. Again, we find a larce quantity of fat in fuch foods as cocoa, chocolate, i cheese, etc. Munching chocolate or eating excess candy of any kind will ! SUrel) heighten the blood temperature, and many digestive disturbances of hot feather can be traced solely to over Indulgence of aweeta, Very hot foods w ill make us feel hot ' ter. I do not mean by t his foods that I are highly spiced with peppers or con? dimenis. but those which are mereiv served hot I cannot see why more housekeepers do not serve cold foodj I in hot weather Jtnw ni:inv ,,f ns iroL-e merit ivoie ttvt a hot summer's dinner. This is only the stronc stock of any meat, with the meat CUl In small pieces . '-a -, un d and chilled uutil solid Commercial pela tine will help the solidifying And I want to t oil you, by the way, abOUl Vegetable gelatine. This seaweed has the marvelous power of hardening at ordinary room temperatures. It makes the daintiest jellies and desserts, which will get solid at room tempera ture and this is a boon to the house wife without ice. Besides aspics, there are the many kinds of "loaf" inade of different kinds of meat, combined with eggs and bread Or a "loaf" made of ground nuts, protose, etc., will be much more acceptable on a hot n'clit than the same food served roasted or boiled. h in . d tu learn lo like salads more than we do. And by salad 1 do not mean a fussy mixture garnished with oily mayonnaise, but simple vegetable-) and fruits dressed with pure oil and lemon juice. I traveled all of one summer with i distinguished British lord, whose chie. complaint against our manners was that we served -teaks and chops ou cold plates, and our ice cream on dlahea just wiped from hot water, it 1 1 a little point but still the serving of a meal m hot weather will make or mar it. This is the time to avoid every appearance of overloaded dishes, hct and grease of all kinds. Fortunate anJ wis.- that housekeeper who has chos cn while dishes with a cool band of trecn instead of those on which flaming flam-ing roses and designs dance. |