Housekeeper.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 347, 1 January 1903, Page 7

Housekeeper.

~ Nd%E torA^.; .• % ■ ■; • % % of "the 'no-bimakfwfc > slfi&'j< cure' are multiplying daily: 7 "The 1 SOE theory that the best day's wM'; is to be obtained from the mate who eats the least hreakf&st is-becoming so popular that it seems very probable that the breakfaH win shortly become ODBblftfcift William Greer ,ot Jtto Cisco, is,one of the beat examples,-of -ft strong, healthy, an k active man who do©*, - not break his faot until noon. eat any breakfast,' he said. 'lt is*M , all necessary,, asd I find that I enjoy much better health than those who.eat large breakfasts. This idea that one mast eat immediately ia the morning xe ridiculous, I am never hungry until noontime, when I take food for: the Apt '. time in the day. .People aay that these ia •- danger from; germs. Well, . I have, had no Hl-effectß, But I find \am muchbettes for not crowding "& 'large breakfast Upon ! the stomach' when it is not ready, for its , -work.. : ' "*"' '',\ ;,.^.\'.-,,, ■■...;',:•..:.'.>»; v' ' Food is fuel. It supplies the energy for.the body. Now, when there is plenty of steam to, run the eogine a the firemen \ do not .continue to throw coal on the blazing fire. r What is 1 the use of overcrowding the BtomwshP '"■" * ■ ,^.. ' Daring the nig "it there has been com* paratively : ho- waste 7 of tissue. \Xhe muscles, voluntary and involuntary, with ths exception of the heart, have beejfkt rest. Respiration and the action of the heart are less active during;sleep than when we are awake. So,- as. there£haa been ho waste, wo need, no fuel until later intheday." ,'J : , „' , ',';[ LjVj. 'ln the morning I drink a cup of not water. One takes a bath and' washed the body evory'morning. 'A cup of liot water performs the same cleansing internally. - All the Latin races eat a small breakfast. Usually they take only a cap of coffse.and a bit of bread.. They do- not use .milk os sugar in the coffee, Cream andmijfcare what makes coffee so injurious. , A small cup of coffee after dinner is all the_boffee I drink. \ ~' f Vf " "'-.*" ' ( /''"''- : ."''-"■ : 'My breakfast at noon consists of prunes, poached eggs, bacon, broiled crisp, and cereal coffee. During the day I eat two or,three apples; . These contain not only nutriment, but counteract the effects of the gases formed daring the process of digestion. At 7 o'clock! have my dinner—soup,' fish, "etc.; just an ordinary dinner. Then I read or talk afterward, and usually retire abaut 11 o'clock. ■ m '■■/■',:" ' '■ ■'■'' ,'■.",''■'.-<.'' 'These theories, to be practiced sue* cessfully, must be. accompanied by exercise. If one does not exercise, it is impossible to be healthy. I am as young as at 20, and am never ill. 'To be sure, my hair and beard are white, but I am not old. I can run a rice with many a younger man. By following rules, with a view to preserving the health, one undoubtedly prolongs life, and it is not only the fact of living long that:is the best . part oi it, but that one is strong and well.' MACAROONS./ ' \ Blanch a pound of almonds, and pound them in a mortar, with a tablespoonful of rose-water to prevent them oiling. Then add a pound of castor 'sugar (lump sugar crushed and sifted is the best), and the whites of ten-fresh eggs beaten as for meringues, v Beat aU together for some time. Place some wafer paper on a tin sheet and'drop the mixture on to it to the size, of half-a-crown. Then sprinkle castor BUgar ever all; snake off the sugar that has fallen between the macaroons and bake to a rich g >lden brown. ... A RICH BICE POUND CAKE. / Four ounces of flour, dried and free from lumps, eight ounce*! of butter, six eggs, twelve onhces of sugar, eight ounces of ground Vice, the gratad rind of a lemon, or a few drops of essence of lemon will answer the purpose. Beat all well together. The whites of the eggs should be beaten separately from the yolks, and stirred in carefully tea minutes before the cake is placed in the oven. A CitE'FOB INVALIDS. To six ounces of rice flour and the same quantity'of best flour add half a pound of lump sugar pounded and sifted, eight well-beaten eggs, and half an ounce of carraway seeds if approved. Bsat up all well together for one hour, and bake in a hot oven for about, the same time. ANOTHEB LEMON CAKE. To the whites of six eggs add three tablespdbrifuls: of rose-water. Whisk for", forty minutes, ttten put;-in three-quarters of a pound of best castor sugar. Add the grated rind of a, lemon and the juioe of half. Mix thess well together, then throwin the yolks of six eggs well* beaten, and add half a pound of best dry fiiur. Pat the mixture into a tin or hoop that has been well greased and lined -with* buttered paper ,to stand an inch above the top of the mould. If the, cake ia light it . wilt rise tw finches above the top ef the mould.- B»ke,in "a moderately heated even for about ah hour.

" ' ; ' DUeE- PIE./ Disjoint a young duck and out it into , pieces, chopping; £hebones neatly. Wast the pieces and season "them with pepper,; salt, and'a fOw allspice and pounded mace. Out up a chicken in the -same manner, and lay duck and fowl side by side. Make a forcemeat as Jor a calt's heart, audcwith it fill the spaces. N>w .cover the whole -with well-mashed potatoe?into ; which has ■ been nut plenty of butter, and cream. Carve the potatoes ornamentally. ~ filet in t a moderately, heated Oven,'''and when the pie is well bakedand done pw thiough * a hole in the "top a° pint' of - good flavoured and "season gravy. Send to . table hot. The-pie, if pceforred. maybe covered with the same light paste, and in this case the birds, must ba lightly fried in sweet dripping before they, are placed in the'pie dish, or '_ 'the pasta would be spoiled, before the duck;and fewl were -. cooked.' If only ducks are used onions n ~/,. and sage mayjaake M'thp force-" "~ meat. ■ ; " ,''*•■'' ;: > j" ; - J '; / Lj^^jj Vc'> COJJ3IJME EOTALi* &■ £" «$•; s i&crapfr and-e"hos of beef. sClean- and*chop np" : a snSill oar- ;-**•" •rot; a- turnip.'gahd"a emails ontpni Have "* *■ "three ipintl o* nicely stock, **« v' which ha*been.,aAlow.ad v to>grow cold and*„». j, all 'fat-'^ost*/c)aYpf^jy, J r«nib.yW|^pUwe l . ;A -,. stock, meat, in'a copper & , ; , stewpahfsfcir alFto Aether over thefiretill; .;. ,; just on the boiling pointj ifienlike but ",; the whißkT a s boiF.ttp we'll j *W?i it should be clear by* a clean %spt thick cloth, !powt tiiTOufeh m '. S$ to wash and warm it thoroughly. Place this over ja soup stand, or large basin contents of the pan gently on to jjthecloth,let elowlytwioe, fpljade l*nf ,'ai. glean a'tewpan, add a nice .-. seasoning afa pcpperY «sJv' h»1«j and> if necessary \cW«r^lighJ^ A% Hftve ; some: i nice oustara, ready; soup,; out it into small sq.uareß, set in rta'e tureen and pour the boiling . Silver vaa*» can be kepi brigktrby ap*' ■ plying to them a thin coatt**of dollodian nude very thin with alcohol,

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