COOKERY FOR LENT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 145, 13 March 1908, Page 3

COOKERY FOR LENT.

-. ■; Qiieeri.Beoin the -"Australasian' !• writes ,01d' r pptatoes ..are ?]ust now -at ( their best. ; js.:nb' ; 'vegetable'.that ;admits-of. so. much \vari&y jnd.isipiple .preparation, as the.potato,. and'there: are; none f.mqre nourishing.;:■ .Large .:potatMS;'are.- always .the';best for.'roastirig in thejr;Vski.ris,i;: and : medium i ones ::for i. bailing them; trim, out all ■ dap\cj spot?,t»afid. ;cubi each one into two, orfour, (according to the: size; .the(smaller, .the* are cut the better-they mash. .. Cover well Wth. cold-, water,-arid salt to, taste. ;• Let them boil. slowly ■ untilCthey,' are quite done, but not watery'strain;'and':.beat tbem to a mash with .a closely-pronged fork, and then add to -every ;pqun3'of..[peded potatoes 'one ounce' -of. !.butter,. two .tablespoonfuls of hot niilk,' pepper, :arid„ salt, ,to taste'.' .-fßea't; all , ..together; till .they'form ,a'thick, creaihy/mass,- ' and:serve yery hot./,.-v'-' : Pqtato Balls.—TJse'any-cold, mashed potai toos-.for .this, dish-'yilince'/.a; little,, cold .fi will do,. in. the', proportion of', one. . of fish and two of potatoes, add a seasoning of pepper, - salt, and a[- little. finely-riiinceu parsley. Mix .well, and add one small egg; then form into [ small balls,'turn in egg; and bread crumbs, and fry in 1 boiling fat, from .which the .blue smoke -is ■ rising. Serve hot. Roasted Potatoes in .Their- Jackets.—Take [ very '[large"potatoes;-scrub/: and;-wash), them well. .Bake in a .hot oven for an .hour "and' a half 'to', two hours; when done serve with plenty of butter, -pepper, . and salt'.'' If ,thcy are' to. forrii' a'.meal by. theriiselves thoy - arc' nicest eaten out of. the., shell. . Another .-.way is to break them open,' and take out a" little -.of the centre',- -and fillvup .with minced - fish, • and a smairpiece. of butter; close up again;, and return the oven for a few minutes,, and then served ' "1 '- .. 1 Potato Chips.—For serving with fish in any form thero is nothing nicer than potato chips. ' Some people like, them thin, and> dry;, and-others-in .crisp: finger pieces, soft 1 inside..'.s.This'>j.^' ; only''a -matter'of;'preparation, the • cooking is . tho same .in' each ipBtarice. Peel and wash thoroughly, and'cnt according to : likirig "; -\vasli -the chips in several waters; drain,.and,dry ip a clean cloth.' A panful:vwill'. : .an"hpur.,to.-'cook. Have ' enough fat , to;lco.ver, the chips' well: Let the fat boil until 'the sriioke comes all over it; . Then, turn <Jie,.chips' into, .the pan, oncl. let Mihem':flry,'.['qijic,k|y;. till they , begin, to [ t u [ro;, colour j' /givq' "them? a -[stir, . and . let; them cook till theyj are : a[ligKt. brown.'.- Save some folds of _cleari'. white'! or' brown ..paper., oil.,the side of the;', range, and,''drain, the chips on. this; as tlioj' are, taken '.out of "the 'pan ' aprinkle a .little- salt,and; pepper: over, [them, J • and give; them a, quick;shako up, and.serve. Potatoes' Baked in Cream.—Take , 141b. of rather^..'small 'potatoes',.. wash, peel, , and ;cut, " a .' vc ?) a }id[.parboil drain them; put them- saucepan, iwith half a: gill I of, cream, and one gill- of, good, white, ..sauce; seasoij with ..pepper and salt,.,and a grating, of. iiutineg, and i cook very gently ?, r ri l '. nu t c s, . stirring , occa-, slon;i!Iy.: Butter a. small bakirig-disli, strewwith -driccl .bread-criimbs, .and lay. in.'tho prcP^^d,;. potatoes.; sprinkle inore 'crumbs over: them, ■ andsome finely-grated'' , (the: arior this is the, better), , and place- a. few small I3its; of . buUer , here arid, there oil the top... iri *a good; sharp oven till the top is a nice golden'brown, and servo. . '

_ A scientific journal advances a theory that is at'least comfortable and may be feasible. It is'that certain;forms;of. indigestion induce; mondacity;;.;;; This refers primarily to childyo"', J .^^ o . often develop a sudden disposition to - lib : fearfully, though thoy are otherwise quito:good,:tractable beings! ' Aridrif this bo so with• little, folk, why not" with : those, of larger growth? When-wo'.find-our friends oromeppmg-itlie 'limits"of veracity; , when wo ® CB . tarradiddles" obviously dropping from, their, lips, the kindest inference-.we can draw is that they are suffering from;''a: form of dyspepsia. :As kleptomania yis--pleaded in the case of some folks' withanunfortunate penchant for: Other-people's' goods, so acute \ indigestion may now lie urged.if one is caught . out' in '"-a ''-'misstatement." It. makes a splendid euphemism at - all itmk .■ . ,