hampshire county farmers' monthly 

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SALAD SUGGESTIONS 



The attractiveness of appearance of a 

 salad must be particularly kept in mind. 

 All fresh vegetables used should be crisp 

 and cold. Canned or cold cooked vegeta- 

 bles may often be used. They should be 

 firm, even sized pieces. Meat for salad 

 should be freed from -skin, bone and 

 gristle and should be cut in dice. Much 

 of the attractiveness of the salad depends 

 on the garnishing and if this is artisti- 

 cally done it increases the palatability of 

 the salad. 



iVlayonnaise Dressing 



Success in making a mayonnasie dres- 

 sing generally depends upon all the in- 

 gredients being of the same temperature. 

 1 egg yolk, jtsp. salt, 1 tsp. mustard, 1 

 tsp. vinegar, 1 tsp. lemon juice, 1 c. olive 

 oil, 4tsp. paprika. 



Mix salt, mustard and paprika. Beat 

 yolk well and add to seasonings, beat 

 until mixture is thick, adding olive oil, 

 drop by drop, for the first four table- 

 spoons, then more rapidly until oil is 

 u.sed, thinning as needed with lemon juice 

 and vinegar. 



Variations of Mayonnaise 



To 1 cup mayonnaise. 

 For cream mayonnaise, 



2 cup whipped cream just before 

 serving. 

 For egg and tomato mayonnaise, 



2 hard boiled eggs, white chopped, 

 yolks mashed, 

 2 Tbsp. catsup. 

 For mayonnaise piquante, 

 2 Tbsp. minced pickle, 

 2 Tbsp. olives, 

 1 Tbsp. horse radish, 

 1 Tbsp. mustard. 



Golden Dressing (for Fruit Salad) 



Heat ', cup orange and pineapple juice 

 with \ cup lemon juice in a double boiler. 

 Beat 2 eggs light, add gradually h cup 

 sugar and cook with hot fruit juices until 

 spoon is well coated. Remove to a dish 

 of cold water, beat smooth, and when 

 cold, fold in i cup heavy cream, beaten 

 firm. 



Frozen Tomato Salad 



21 c. canned tomato, 10 pepper corns, 2 

 tsp: salt, 2 bay leaves, 5 cloves, 1 onion. 



Mix ingredients and boil until juice is 

 sea.soned. Press through sieve and 

 freeze as an ice. Serve on lettuce with 

 mayonnaise. 



Nut Salad 



Mix 1 cup cliopped walnut meats and 2 

 cups shredded lettuce. Arrange on 

 lettuce leaves and garnish with mayon- 

 naise dressing. 



FARMERS' WEEK PROGRAM 



FOR HOME MAKERS 



Grange Program, Tuesday, .July 26. 

 Landscape Gardening on the Farmstead, 

 Tuesday, July, 26. 

 Nutrition, Wednesday, -July, 27. 



Food Preservation, Thur.sday, .July 28. 

 Beautifying the Home, Thursday, July 29. 

 Clothing Efliciency, Friday, July 29. 



Try and attend as many days as pos- 

 sible. There will be a boys' and girls' 

 program so no one need stay home on ac- 

 count of the "kiddies". Bring them 

 along too. 



A Good Soap Recipe 



.5 lbs. luke warm water melted grease, 

 1 lb. lye (Babbits Potash), 



1 f|t. water, 

 3 lbs. borax 



1/4 cup amonia, 



2 tb. sugar, 

 1 tb. salt. 



Dissolve lye in cold water, let stand 

 until cool. Add fat slotvhj, stirring con- 

 stantly. Mix other ingredients (stirring 

 constantly) and add to first mixture. 

 Stir the whole until thick and light color- 

 ed. Pour into pan lined with cloth. 

 Mark into pieces of desired size before 

 soap is hard. When hard, break pieces 

 apart and pile in such a way as to in- 

 sure fiee circulation of air that soap 

 may dry out well before using. 



Actual experiments have shown a sav- 

 ing of 7.5'/r and in many cases more, in 

 a comparison of costs with commercial 

 soaps. Considering the amount used in 

 the year, doesn't it give one a feeling of 

 satisfaction to have turned a waste into 

 profits? 



Stuffed Beet Salad 



Boil fresh red beets until tender. Take 

 off' the skin while hot, cut off' the tops and 

 scoop out the inside, taking care not to 

 break the outer walls. Cut a small piece 

 off" the bottom so they will stand upright 

 and when very cold fill with any good 

 salad mixture — cucumber salad, meat 

 mixture, etc. Place each on a lettuce 

 leaf and serve with mayonnaise or boiled 

 dressing 



California Orange and Onion Salad 



Cut oranges in thin slices. Arrange on 

 bed of lettuce. Cut bermuda onions in 

 dice or spring onions in thin slices and 

 cover slices of oranges. Bermuda onions 

 should be soaked in ice water with an 

 equal quanity of salt and sugar dissolved 

 in it (1 t. to 1 cup water). Garnish 

 with curled celery or parsley. Serve 

 with mayonnaise. 



COUNTY NEWS 



A two-day millinery school was held 

 in Westhampton last month under the di- 

 rection of Mrs. Thaddeus Graves of Hat- 

 field, a local leader who is generously 

 passing on some of the things that she 

 has learned. Why haven't we more who 

 are willing to do likewise? 



Two all day county clothing con- 

 ferences have been held, the first in 

 Northampton with Mrs. Reed, seven 

 towns being represented with seven 

 leaders and 27 present; the second in 

 Easthampton with Mrs. Dunn, with 6 

 towns represented, .5 leaders and 30 

 present. These have been splendidly 

 helpful meetings and well worth while. 

 There is to be one more in July and it is 

 hoped that we may have at least half of 

 the towns in the county represented and 

 as many more as we possibly can. 



An intensive development course will 

 be given by Mrs. Reed at Amherst from 

 noon, July 11 to noon July 1.5. Anyone 

 who has completed the preliminary course 

 is eligible, whether she has been taught 

 by local women or the agent. How many 

 will there be from Hampshire County? 



The School of Rural Home Life is 

 being held at M. A. C. from July 18 to 

 2.5th — "a week of good things." Es- 

 pecially interesting and capable people 

 are to give the lectures which cover home 

 making subjects of interest to everyone, 

 including family life, recreation, home 

 problems, home furnishing, sewing for 

 the family, flowers, trees and shrubs, in- 

 dustries for profit, including food pre.s- 

 ervation, poultry raising and vegetable 

 gardening. The cour.se is free with no 

 charge for tuition or enrollment. Our 

 aim is at least one representative for 

 every town. Who is coming from yours? 



Two Health Exhibits have been held 

 this month in cooperation with the va- 

 rious health agencies of the county and 

 State — at Williamsburg and at Hunting- 

 ton, both towns in which there has been 

 some health work the past year. Inter- 

 esting programs were given by the chil- 

 dren and -some worth-while lectures were 

 heard. This sort of thing serves to call 

 attention to what a really big field we 

 have for this sort of thought with the 

 gradual realization that it is not a fad 

 but a very sound and reasonable piece of 

 work to begin on. 



Housewives Attention 1 



Have you the new Canning bulletin and 

 the Home Manufacture of Fruit Products 

 bulletin? If you haven't your copies, 

 please ask to have them sent to you. 



