Show J aak X 0 7 savory soups soup makes the meal it used to mean that soup set tone to what was to come during the meal but im willing to wager that soup will be the meal on many of these wint wintry ry days it can be quick and easy to fix yet nourish ing and full bodied in flavor serve substantial soup as a main course for a luncheon or dinner with a salad crammed with vitamins and minerals and a dessert green split peas have long been a favorite ingredient of soup here they are combined with salami other kinds of substitutes of meats or leftover left over ham may be effectively substituted if you so desire split pea and salami soup serves 6 i 1 cupi cups iileen green split peas i 41 4 14 caps cups coldi dwater water I 1 cup sliced onions I 1 cup dicede diced c celery e lery idt 1 teaspoons salt vt pound salami 3 cups milk salt to suit taste dash black pepper soak peas in cold water for 2 hours in large kettle add onions celery and 1 vz teaspoons of salt bring to boiling point cover and simmer hours stirring occasionally remove outer covering from salami and cut in small cubes or strips add to soup saving a few pieces for garnish simmer 30 minutes langer ignsey add milk and pepper t and additional salt to suit taste bring to boiling point its a nice custom to serve just an old fashioned brown onion soup with its garnish of toasted rye bread and cheese onion soup serves 8 6 1 pound onions 3 tablespoons butter 1 quart soup stock 6 slices bread 3 tablespoons grated cheese cut onions into s inch slices cook slowly in butter until tender and slightly browned stirring constantly add soup stock heat to boiling point boil 2 or 3 minutes toast lynn says spots and stains holidays bring with them the inevitable stains on your linens since you cant avoid stains be prepared to know what to do about them the american institute of laundering releases the information that the best way to take care of cranberry stains is to spread the cloth over a bowl and pour hot water on the stain from a height sufficient to allow the water to strike the cloth forcefully it may interest you to know that raw cranberries weaken the strength of the cloth 25 per cent whereas cooked cranberries only weaken it per cent to per cent coffee stains cocoa and fruit juice stains wash out if the cloth is is allowed a to stand in a solution n of cold dilute potassium permanganate for a minute or two if the stain remains reduce it further with an application of warm solution of sodium hydro sulfite milk cream and ice cream stains are best treated by being soaked in cool suds before washing in hot water wa ter for candle grease stains use a solvent such as carbon tetrachloride sponging it on with a small pad of cotton on the cloth under which a blotter has been placed faced pat lightly but do not rb b solvent 1 I 1 this weeks menu split pea and salami soup celery slaw eye bread and butter sandwiches baked pear milk recipes given bread put toasted cubes in each soup plate cover with 2 tablespoons cheese pour the hot soup over all and serve with additional cheese it if desired another soup that can take the place of a main dish is a real fish chowder this chowder makes use ot of haddock or cod and salt pork fish cowder serves 6 3 pounds haddock or cod cut in a solid piece 4 cups boiling water 2 ounces fat salt pork 3 medium sized onions peeled and sliced 4 medium sized potatoes peeled and sliced I 1 quart milk scalded I 1 tablespoon salt va 4 teas teaspoon poop pepper simmer fish in 2 cups water until tender strain reserving liquid discard bones skin etc cut pork fine and brown slight a ly add onions 0 J 0 potatoes and re water and cook until potatoes are tender combine with fish mixture add scalded milk salt and pepper i A piquant and colorful salad to serve with a soup combines winter vegetables with a sharp trench french dressing and goes well with soup celery slaw serves 4 I 1 cup celery diced dicea 1 cup cooked beets diced dicea 1 cups cabbage shredded 2 tablespoons onion minced ya cup trench french dressing salt and pepper to taste combine celery beets cabbage onion trench french dressing salt and pepper chill serve in lettuce cups garnish with hard cooked egg if youre too busy to make meat stock out of a meat bone and vegetables called for in some of the soups make a bouillon by dissolving one of the concentrated cubes in boiling water for soups combine some of your favorite canned soups like tomato and green pea mushroom and chicken bean and tomato mushroom and celery etc try topping soups with a dash of paprika chopped parsley popcorn grated cheese toasted bread cubes and swirls of whipped cream lynn chambers can tell fell you how to dress up your table for family dinner or festivities give you menus for your meals in accordance with nutritional standards just write to her explaining your y problem blem at western newspaper union fur nonn 2 0 south desplaines street chicago illinois please enclose a stamped self addressed envelope 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