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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19036, 3 April 1930, Page 13

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STRENGTH., (Contributed.) My life is bounded By no circumstance, Nor hedged about By chance nor by mischance. It is my own— My own to make or mar. My own to bind to earth Or to a star. I recognise no fate— It lies in me To make my life What I would have it be. —Exchange. The next public meeting of the 11.E.A. will be held on the evening of Friday, April 11, when Miss J. Shaw has consented to give a demonstration of fish cookery in the rooms of the Gas Company, which have been lent for the occasion. The following correspondents are thanked for their contributions — A.C.—I send along some recipes for quickly prepared soups which I have found very useful in my own household. WHITE SOUP. Four heaped tablespoonsful mashed potatoes, I V pints milk and water, ioz flour, loz butter, a little grated nutmeg Melt butter in saucepan, stir in flour till quite smooth, add cold milk and water, bring to boil, stirring meanwhile, and boil for ten minutes. Mash potatoes thoroughly and stir into soup. Add a little grated nutmeg and pepper and salt to season. Serve with sippets of toast. LIVER AND BACON BROTH. Half a pound liver, 2oz bacon, 1 small onion, ioz sago, salt and pepper, 1 quart water. Wash liver, remove skin and any pipes and pass through fine mincer. Cut bacon into small pieces and fry until golden brown. Remove from pan, add sliced onion and fry. Then add minced liver and cook for ten minutes. Add stock or water, bacon, pepper and salt, bring slowly to boil and simmer for thirty minutes. Sprinkle in sago and simmer for another twenty minutes. Sprinkle chopped parsley in bottom of soup tureen, pour in soup and serve very hot. CARROT SOUP. One pound carrots. 1 small onion, 2ozs ham or bacon, ioz sago, 1 quart stock or water, a few pieces of celery, pepper and salt. Cut ham or bacon into pieces, put into saucepan and fry. Remove from pan, put in thinly sliced carrots and celery and stir until bacon fat is absorbed, then add the stock, pepper and salt. Simmer slowly for one hour and a quarter. Rub through sieve, return to saucepan and when boiling, sprinkle in sago. Continue to boil until sago is clear.

E.C.G.—Vegetable sausage makes a delicious breakfast or tea dish. ‘I make mine by the following recipe: 402.: mashed potatoes, 4025 bread» crumbs. 202$ tomatoes. 202 s butter. 3 little grated onion, 2 well beaten eggs. seasoning to taste. Scald tematoes and remove skin, mix all the ingredients thoroughly. form into sausages with floured hands and' fry 3 golden‘bruwn. Serve with vegetable gravy. 3': 2-: 2-: Maisie.——Tomatoes and cucumbers are cheap and plentiful and grapes about as: cheap as they ever are, so I send along a few recipes for their use:— . . STUFFED TOMATOES, Take the number of tomatoes re quired. scoop out the centres, and fill with the following mixture. Cooked potatoes. hard-boiled eggs, onions, and mayonnaise sauce. Chop the potatoes. onions and white of egg; mash the yolk, mix all together with the dressing, and fill the tomatoes with the mixture. Make the mayonnaise dress'ing as follows: One whole egg or two‘ yolks, two tablespoons olive oil, two‘ tablespoonsful cream, salt to taste. one; tablespoonful lemon juice. Put all the? ingredients into a double saucepan, the water of which is boiling: keep water boiling. and stir the mixture until it thickens. EGG AND CUCUMBER SUPREME. 1 cucumber. 3 onions. 4tablespoors butter, 4 hard-boiled eggs. 1% cups cream sauce. Peel and slice the cucumber and onions. Melt the butter in the bakingdish, put thinly-sliced cucumber and union in it. Add salt and pepper to taste, Cover and let cook until onions are tender. Cut the eggs in slices and spread over the top of the onions and cucumber. (‘over with )I‘E‘Cll 1m thick cream sauce and bake “um 10 to 1.") minutes.

GRAPE SALAD. 1 cup dried celery. 1 cup dried apples, 1J cups seeded grapes, i cup mayonnaise, cup chopped walnuts. Mix all ingredients with the mayonnaise. Place crisp lettuce leaves on salad dish and fill with salad. Gertrude.—ln a friend’s scrap-book a short time ago I read the following lines and liked them so much that I pass them on to our “ Star ” column:— HOPE. Not on the hillside where red roses bloom, Not in the sweetness of the dewdrenched dawn. Not in the dreamy peace of fire-lit gloom Was Hope, the changeling, born. But in the valley, where no flowers are, Amid the rocks, the cactus and the thorn, In darkness, where there burned no friendly star Was Hope, the eternal, born. Mrs R. A.—Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833-1870) has left us an inspiring legacy in the following lines:— Question not, but love and labour Till your goal be won, Helping every feeble neighbour, Seeking help from none. Life is mostly froth and bubble, Two things stand alone— Kindness in another’s trouble, Courage in your own. E.D.R.—The following lines by Ethel A. Tilden were published in an English magazine. TWO PRAYERS. Night. Set my heart free from bitterness, O God, Now it is night— Free from those unlaid ghosts of hurt and pain That haunt the light; Forgive my faults and let me fall asleep. Now day is through, And in unbroken peace abide this night Close unto You. Morning. Let me not look behind night’s pause of peace, Now it is day; With courage and with joy let me go forth Anew, I pray; Resolved that I will strive, as my strength is, To do my part, Each hour with kindness and sincerity, And a high heart. All communications intended for this column should be addressed to Miss A. Saunders, 69 Mays Road, Papanui.