Domestic science (Clark, Cornell home economics)

Mint Cucumber Sandwiches. For light summer refreshments dainty and delicious sandwiches may be made by dipping thin slices of fresh young cucumbers in well seasoned French dressing and placing with a sprinkling of finely chopped fresh mint between thin slices of white bread. Spread with unsalted butter. These sandwiches should be put together as short a time as possible before serving, and, except the butter, everything should be very cold. Order of Lesson 1. Discuss kinds of bread for making good sandwiches. 2. Nutritive value of breads reviewed in this lesson. 3. Discuss kinds of fillings for sandwiches. 4. Make sandwiches. 5. Serve. 6. Review discussion. CREAM PUFFS Lesson XXV Cream Puffs — Home Recipe. Cakes : 1 c. hot water, i tsp. salt, i c. butter, li c. pastry flour, 5 eggs. Cream filling: 1 pt. milk, boiled, 2 tbsp. cornstarch, 3 eggs, well beaten, f c. sugar, 1 s.s. salt, (or 1 tsp. butter). School Recipe. Cakes: i c. hot water, 2 tbsp. butter, I c. flour, 1 egg. Cream filling: i c. hot milk, 2 tbsp. flour, i egg, 3 tbsp. sugar, i tsp. butter, 5 drops vanilla. Method. For the cakes, heat water and butter until water boils. Add flour all at once and mix thoroughly. Cook 3 m. and when cool add the egg unbeaten. Drop by spoonful on buttered pan (some distance apart). Bake 25 or 30 m. or till brown and well puffed in hot oven. When cold, open at the side and fill with cream filling. For the filling, moisten flour with a little cold milk, and add this to the hot milk. Cook in double boiler 15 m. Beat the egg and sugar together. Pour the thickened milk over the egg, add the butter, and cook till the egg thickens. Flavor when cool. Eclairs. Bake cream mixture in pieces about 4 inches long, and IJ inches wide. When cool, split and fill with cream. Ice with chocolate or vanilla frosting. Note Make in groups of two, one making crust and the other cream filling, unless it can be afforded that each make both. If the latter method is used, make crust first and, while baking, make filling. If in groups of two, both can be cooking about the same time; or let one have charge of the making of the crust and the other help her and notice all that she does ; let the other have charge of the filling in the same way, so that the same one will not take the responsibility in both cases. Order of Lesson 1. Discussion of recipe. (a) Method of making. (b) Method of baking and filling. 2. Practice work. 3. Dish-washing. Lesson XXVI Botanical Origin. The scientific name of cocoa is Theobroma Cacao. Theobroma means " food for the gods," and comes from the Greek. Only one species is cultivated. History. It has been known in Central America from time immemorial. The Spaniards found it in use there. Columbus brought home samples. For a long time it was imported into Spain in the prepared state. The seeds were used as money. Finally the Spaniards imported the bean and did their own manufacturing. For some time they guarded the secret and had a monopoly. From Spain and Portugal the use of cocoa spread into Europe. At present it is grown in South America (Brazil), Central America, British West Indies and Ceylon, and some parts of Asia and Africa.