STRAWBERRY DAYS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20137, 24 December 1928, Page 5 (Supplement)

STRAWBERRY DAYS.

COOL DISHES. Of all fitc magic of summer's maze, the Crown must rest on strawberry clays. Strawberry days, with their sugar and cream, iced, meringued, like an exotic dream, jellied, and competed, dressed for preserve, from strawberry magic our hearts cannot swerve. Some new ways you will welcome of serving this fruit. This strawberry cream is really quite cute. One pound of ripe strawberries, stalked and then mashed, after having removed all the bruised and the bashed. Two ounces of sugar—fine castor is best. Then stir in one gill of cream with right careful zest. One wineglass of sherry will add to its charm, or its equal in port wine will do you no harm. Place in glasse.s, and put for an hour on the ice, decorate with some whipped cream. You will vote this is nice. i''or effect just a strawberry placed on the top, ere this mixtuie down Red-lane you fageriy pop. *' Colders" are jolly on piping hot days. Try a strawberry salad or sauce mayonnaise. You will find it quite chic and a change from the load of cucumbers, beetroots. which strew Salad Road. Take cress, and well wash it, the strawberries slice, some cooked green peas added will make things quite nice. Arrange on a lettuce leaf with walnuts shelled. Then pour o'er this sauce, and all doubts v.ill ho quelled Three teapsoonfuls brown sugar, of vinegar two, one laige one of mustard, the whole gently brew; gherkin chopped finely will added to its savour; serve cold 0 er the salad and mark the good flavour.