TO-DAY'S DINNER.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS BY AN EXPERT. ■.Specially/,'\Vritfen) fcf TM'.DomNiON.y' . FRIDAY. ; Roast Bacon,. .'.Stewed : •■^•Ncctariiies/.'Junket.'--..' BAKED FISII ' Method.—"Fillet some flat fish, and .fold ;h'e fillets'in-'half ;Skm, of, .'if,- if; skinned, the side • that liad-.ithe: skin onirinside. -Put-- the: fillets' on,-.a, jbuttered; tin; - and,squeeze- a-.littlo lemon : juice ; over /each.,' -.Cover thenu-with: a buttered- paper,' : . them slowly, until. .' they, are ..milky ./looking and cooked.,:,Spn'nklp browned "crumbs''or, 'grated- crust over. them,. : and place them i on'a hot dish.' : Poiir l round them a -nicely'flavoured-'sauce.-'and serve -gar- : nished, .with lemon, and-'parsley.'-.An-'/easily-. prepared 'sauce is' 'made ' from'.'white sauce flavoured \viih anchovy. . fou; to-morrow/ Ingredients.—Salad, ■ -prunes, rice, .-'i potatoes;: Anv lemon -riot-used.-for the fish- will: greatly improve;the flavour/of^the-prunes,-and should not;.be; thrpwn ; away., v:/-/• ■;/ ■ suNd \y ' . Ingredients!— Poultry,' Y^beans,;/," potatoes, peachesl.'fpastfj;,' .bajb'oli; sponge'/cake, cornflour," custard, >thyme,- , parsley,; passion -fruit,- a' few' ratafias, and almonds:- v •-. "-/' . ' / -Sv" >SUPPER. "-- ■ Ingredients.—Two/ rabbits, 'paltry,II'gelatine.1'gelatine. ; x NURSERY DECORATION. , . The 'pliildren'si' nursery; is a room •'which" lends itself - splendidly/to /original 'decoration,-, says a writer in the '.'Ago,"./and' nowadays ... such apartments .- receive. as ; ,much/;caro. and consideration as the'more/showy parts of the house. .iThere/wasia-time ivheniframed illustrations from tho Christnns annuals were regarded ; .as. particularly ; appropriate, for the nursery: walls,/but now.;something irior'o dis- . tinctive/,!is/required-.:. Of course, iip-to-dato paper and/. 'house /:.; decorators'keep large v /n(jmbeirs.' of vail. cf. which,;arp admirabfy/ : /suited;'_.td itlie'' needs'. and., tastes; of ."childhbod',. butt'thesd: are "/expensive;/and; aft'ei; all;';iidthmg',of;;/this sort/can /surpass' the, charm of 'an .original'/desig'n, which, may be-both 'simple', effective,' ■.:au3..cheap'.; One;'of. . these/consists; of. a j.series /of' silhouettes/'cut in in/'tho . form of Va! frieze" ox-dado, around'.the'four. 'walls apartment; 'Y. /Successions of such/figure's, ..each/linked by hand 0r... .toe, are cut ,-oiitVand/'finij&ed/off,'with' t dashcs .of Indian i'rik' aml wliito'paiiit,. tiieil''p.i3tcd on to ".a plain strip" of'sck'-toiicd paper,, and ■this in-its,turn is "pasted/on to. ! thc,/.wa]l. at . "a:proper/ height.//.Co.arsq',broiyn, paper ', a byra/!fo*pt' mde. :is/folde'd into ./a. strip as.manj:; times ;asf caii' I 'be.;cut through easily. /The' pattern desired is . tlieii' traced on: the upper snrfac'o, f aiicl 1 a little care' is needed to see that the-centre of-the'design . is .in the- middle ; of r the strip, forVthen tho necessary joins will be easily, and; nea.tly '•effected.- A.charming"datlo is a-row of little Dutch maidens'with white'aprons,- bonnets, and clogsj or a Noah's ark. with 7a tinted succession, of, animals.*, / In any case; the bare outlines'should be boldly-shaded .with chalk; and ink: before pasting to the wall, and a. coat of varnish- permits of such decoration", being, washed ... V •:
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 121, 14 February 1908, Page 3
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399TO-DAY'S DINNER. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 121, 14 February 1908, Page 3
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