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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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Suggestions for the Home Table 



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when so little is required for preparation. It is better 

 to make the jelly the day before you need it as it is 

 much more likely to be firm when you want to turn 

 it out. 



Deceiving the Invalid 



AVERY good use to which jelly can be put is as a 

 way to make invalids take eggs. So often many 

 eggs are ordered and the patient sickens of them soft 

 boiled, beaten with milk, in custard, etc. 



It is better not to use jelly powders for the invalid's 

 jelly as they are a mixture and cannot be used as plain 

 gelatine. Take one ounce of granulated gelatine. 

 Five ounces of cube sugar and two lemons, and enough 

 cold water to make one pint with the juice of the 

 lemons. This means that after rubbing the sugar 

 on the lemon rind, you must squeeze the juice and 

 strain it into a pint measure then add enough cold 

 water to fill the measure. 



For gelatine that needs no soaking, put sugar, water, 

 and juice and beaten eggs all in a stew pan and stir 

 them over a slow fire until the sugar is dissolved, and 

 the eggs just sufficiently cooked, but do not bring to 

 the boil or the mixture will curdle. Strain into a 

 mould prepared by rinsing with cold water, and set 

 aside to harden. The egg flavor in jelly made this 

 way is often so disguised as to completely deceive 

 your patient. 



To turn out a jelly, dip the mould into boiling water 

 very quickly, for just a second. Put your dish on the 

 mould and very deftly turn mould and plate upside 

 down together. 



Jelly Again of Another Sort 



MENUS for July and August could, with much 

 advantage include jellied soups. I have been 

 talking so much about jellies that you will think I 

 am "wound up," but the first time I tasted that rich 

 jellied tomato soup I was greatly struck with it as a 

 summer dish. 



It is essentially for hot weather though, I had it 

 once down at the beach with a dinner that had been 

 ordered early in the day, and the evening had turned 

 out chilly, and that part of the dinner was remembered 

 for some hours after! Other delicious jellied soups 

 are chicken and beef consomme — of course these are 

 not made with jelly powders. They are simply made 

 by boiling bones and meat with vegetables for a long 

 time. You can tell how long because the bones will 

 become porous, or "dry as a bone." Let get cold, 

 skim off all the fat and you will have a fine jelly. 



Do not worry if you have planned it for your dinner 

 and the weather turns cold. Keep it for the next 

 warm day and fly to your store of canned soups, of 

 which I expect every housekeeper keeps a certain 

 stock. They always come in handy for sudden com- 

 pany or any emergency. 



There is a very fine tomato soup which with the 

 addition of one can of milk and a half a can of boiling 

 water makes a tasty cream of tomato. The milk must 

 be boiled separately first, and a tiny pinch of baking 

 soda added to the soup. Then carefully blend the 

 two. Boiling the milk prevents the mixture curdling. 



The Plebeian Potato and the Care it Needs 



I HAVE always insisted that potatoes should be 

 put into boiling water. People are more careless 

 about them than about any other vegetable, and 

 they really need care to make them palatable. 

 The potatoes should be as nearly as possible of 

 equal size, and it does not really matter if large 

 ones are cut if they are cooked in boiling water. 

 Boiling water hardens the gluten that is on the 

 outside of the potato if a whole one, and if there is 

 a cut surface the boiling water will burst the starch 

 grains, and the potato when drained will be dry and 

 floury — I have seen expert cooks give the sauce- 

 pan a little shake after draining — this breaks the 

 outer layer and allows the starchy part of the 

 potato to be exposed, then after drying for five 

 minutes you will have the steam escaped and the 

 potato dry and floury. 



Do not push a fork into a potato to see if it is 

 soft, but keep the little steel skewer handy and 

 use that. It makes just one tiny hole and does 

 not break the potato like a fork will. 



