THE HOME.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14157, 4 September 1909, Page 6 (Supplement)

THE HOME.

THE TABLE.

Steak (Fricasseed).— the steak from the round or rump, into small square*, and flour these lightly. Put some dripping into a frying pan, elice into it a Spanish onion, and add some cooked tomatoes, if in season; lay in the pieces of meat, and fry them a nice brown. Put the pieces of steak into a saucepan, strain the content* of the frying pan, add a little boiling water, season pepper and salt, poor over the steak, and simmer gently for nearly an hour. Serve with rice boiled as if for curry. The slices of onion can be left in if liked.

Beef Outlets.—Cut the meat into i small pieces, and pound it in a mortar until !itis in a paste. Season with salt, pepper, I and mustard, a little onion, a little beef ! gravy, and a little dissolved butter; form I into'cutlete; dredge dried flonr on both i sides, dip them into egg and breadcrumbs, | fry in a little butter, and serve mashed i potatoes round them, and fillets of anI chovy on the top. Beef Jugged and Rolled.—Take tho inside of a large sirloin, soak it in a glass of port wine and a glws of vinegar mixed, for 48 hours. Have ready a very fine stuffing and bind it up tight. Boast on a i hanging spit, and baete it with a glass of i port wine, the same quantity of vinegar, | and a teaspoonful of pounded allspice. Larding it improves the look and flavour. Serve with rich gravy in the dish, currant jelly, and butter in'tureons. This is an excellent way for dealing with rather tough beef.

| Swiss Roll.Required : One teacupf ul each of castor sugar and fine flour, one teaspoonful of baking powder, two eggs. Put the dry ingredient* into a basin and I then break 'the eggs into them ; boat well ! for five minutes. Pour into a greased I Yorkshire pudding tin and bake for three ! minutes in a very hot oven. Turn out on l to a sheet of sugared paper, spread with ! jam, and roll quickly.

Poached Eggs and Tongue.— this dish a lib of cooked tongue will be required, also some neat rounds of buttered toast. Cut- the tongue the same size as the toast, and have ready some curry sauce, in which put the piece's of tongue and heat ! slowly. Poach an egg for each crouton of toast, and on each put a piece of the tongue and an ogg._ Pour the sauce over, and serve very hot.'

Cream Tart.—Required : One tablespoonful of flour, one pint of milk, one teaspoonful of sugar, two eggs, pastry, raspberry jam. Mix the flour very smoothly with the milk, add the sugar, and boil until perfectly smooth and the flour tastes cooked. Lei cool a little, and then add the beaten yolks of the eggs, and a teaspoonful of butter: simmer over the fire till the eggs have thickened but not curdled. Line a piedish with pastry, spread the bottom with jam. pour in the custard, andi>ake for half an hour. Beat the whites to a stiff froth and pile on the tart. Return to the oven for a few minutes to brown.

Chocolate Pudding.—Required : One pint of milk, quarter of a pint of stale bread, two eggs, two tablespoon fills of chocolate powder* sugar, vanilla flavouring. Break the bread quite email, pour over the boiling milk, cover, and let stand fori half an,hour. 'Then beat very fine with a fork, add the' chocolate, and flavour with vanilla, sweetening it if necessary. Beat tho yolks of tho eggs, and add to the mixture; lastly stir in the whites beaten to a stiff froth. Bake for half an hour.

Boiled Rice Pudding.— cupful of boiled rice, a half cupful of sugar, three eggs, a pinch of "salt, and a pinch of soda. Beat together in a bowl until very light and white. Cream four tablespoonfule of butter and beat into the rice, season with vanilla, 'and beat all together for about five minutes. Pour into a buttered mould with a tightly-fitting top. Boil for two hours and serve with sauce.

DOMESTIC HINTS. Headache may be alleviated by rubbing the temples with a slice of lemon. A little ground almonds mixed through a " -lit cake will prevent the fruit from si !g to the bottom.

S.ieczing: Two or three drops of cssenco of camphor, taken on sugar, is a sure remedy to stop sneezing. If for some reason it is preferred not to boil milk and yet wish to keep it swoet for a time, a little pinch of borax should be stirred into it when fresh. An infallible test of tinned fruit or vegetables of any kind is to open the tin and plunge' into the contents a very bright steel knife. Keep it there for a few minutes, arid if copper is present, even in the minutest proportions, it will be visibly deposited on the blade. To keep bread and butter fresh and moist, put it in a cool place, cover closely with a eerviette or clean cloth wrung out of cold water, and many hours after it will be as moist as when cut. Sometimes it will bo found convenient to prepare bread and butter for afternoon tea in this way. When putting down linoleum do not use tin tacks. After shaping and fitting fasten down with shoemakers' sprigs," which are -almost headless, and do no injury to the linoleum. They hold it firmly and are invisible, and the linoleum may subsequently be removed without the slightest damage.

A scientist' has recently been investigating the effect of food, particularly vegetables, on the human character. He affirms that a diet of carrots ameliorates harshness of character and reduces nervous irritability; peas create joyousness; whileturnips have a depressing influence. Cabbage is good for pulmonary complaints; while lettuce acts as a sedative upon the human frame, owing to the opium contained in its milky juice.

HANDKERCHIEFS AND GIFTS. A hand-embroidered handkerchief is one of the daintiest of small gifts. Fine linen cambric will be a suitable material to choose, working the entire edge with small well-padded scallops, and in one corner a, dainty little design of eyelets and a small circle "of dots enclosing two or three initials. The scalloped edge should be very carefully padded to keep the shape when washed. Both outlines may be run with fine stitches, and the space between padded with rows of chain stitches. This will ensure its being even, and also keep the edges firm