Talks with the Domestic Science Mistress

Northland Age, Volume 1, Issue 5, 6 November 1931, Page 9

Talks with the Domestic Science Mistress

ABOUT SALADS AND SUMMER DISHES “Now that summer is coming on,” said the Domestic Science Mistress, “though we wish it would hurry up a little, our thoughts are turning to hot weather foods, and one of the most important of these in our climate is . salads. Fruit and green vegetables j contain important food factors which j are very necessary to the health and J functioning of the human body ; fac- j tors which are easily destroyed when the food is cooked. Therefore some raw fruit or vegetable should appear frequently in our daily menus. “Now salad need not necessarily mean only shredded lettuce, garnished with radish or tomato or spring onion. Have you tried raw cabbage, for instance, or serving the lettuce leaves whole? Has it ever occurred j to you that fruit might be served with | salad dressing and lettuce? “Use fresh crisp leaves which have been thoroughly washed and drained, but which must not be allowed to soak for any length of time. Cole Slaw “For this, choose the firm heart of j . a young cabbage and shred finely. Serve with salad dressing. Individual Salads “This way of serving salad is an - American method, and opens the way i for an infinite variety. The founda- i tion is made by arranging one or two ' well-rounded lettuce leaves to form a cup on the plate. Into this cup is placed the remainder of the salad : which might be varied according to < tastes and seasons. The filling is s usually mixed or garnished with a 1 little salad dressing. J Suggestions for Fillings s “Sliced tomato or sliced beetroot. Diced cooked vegetable such as carrot and potato. Salmon. All these should j be seasoned well with pepper and salt and served with salad dressing'. ( Apple and Nut Salad j “Cut a peeled apple or pear into dice. Mix in a little salad dressing and some peanuts or walnuts finely 1 chopped. Serve the mixture piled £ daintily in a lettuce leaf. Chopped ; celery or grated cheese and apple ■ make a tasty filling. Bananas may be • used in the same way. Serve with salad dressing. Savoury Eggs “Hard boil the required number of ] eggs. Remove the shell and cut each ] egg in half, scooping out the yolk j

; .without breaking the white. Mash the yolks with a little butter and pepper and salt and salad dressing and a little chopped parsley. Fill the whites with this well-seasoned mix- ; ture, and arrange them on a bed of shredded lettuce. Serve with salad dressing. Anchovy Eggs ; Anchovy essence may be used to flavour the yolks. Salad Dressing 1 egg ; i cup milk ; 1 cup vinegar ; ! 2 tablespoons butter ; 11 tablespoons sugar ; 1 teaspoon mustard ; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 dessertspoon flour ; pepper or cayenne to taste. (All measurements level). “Mix all the dry ingredients- together. Beat egg and add it to the I milk. Add the egg and milk to the j dry ingredients, stirring to prevent lumps. ! “Melt the butter in a double saucepan. Add the mixture and cook gently, stirring all the time till the mixture thickens. Add the vinegar gradually. Allow to cool. This dressing will keep for several days. The Value of Salads “Well, I think that is enough to be going on with. But I would like very ! much to urge on all your readers, es- | pecially those with young children, to j place salads on their tables as often !as possible. We eat far too much meat in this country, and green salads act as a corrective, they are a dainty feature of the tea-table, give variety to our somewhat monotonous diet, and with the salad materials at our disposal we can combine them to form a large number of dainty dishes. Besides they contain valuable vitamines. What are vitamines? I am afraid that is too big a subject to tackle just now, but we will talk about it “some other time.’

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