Foods and home making

Mix the other ingredients of the cake as directed on page 556. Add the floured fruit and nuts last. Pour into the greased pans. Bake in a moderate oven — 2750 F. for 2 haurs. For frosting the cake prepare i§ times the recipe for uncooked frosting, page 560. Mix a small quantity of green paste for coloring foods in 1 teaspoon of water. Add a few drops of this to the frosting. To tint the coconut , pour a few drops of the coloring solution on a plate. Sprinkle some shredded canned coconut over the plate and mix until the coconut is tinted evenly. Repeat this process until the entire can of coconut is tinted. Arrange the sloping layers with the smaller diameter for the base, in the order of their size. Spread jam or preserves between the layers. Then spread the exposed surface with the frosting. Sprinkle the tinted coconut over the frosting. Garnish the cake as shown in Figure 149. In serving the cake, remove the layers, one at a time beginning at the top. Cut the larger layers in pieces. Parties at School and at Home 583 SUMMARY Invitations to a party should be answered usually in the manner given, i.e., verbally or by writing. Both invitations and replies should be sincere. Introductions : 1. Present a younger person to an older person. 2. Present a boy to a girl or a man to a woman. 3. Present a less prominent person to one of greater importance. 4. The one doing the introducing rises. 5. A hoy or man being introduced rises. 6. A girl or woman remains seated if a boy or man or other girl or woman is being presented; she rises if an older woman, or a much older man, is being introduced. 7. A boy or man shakes hands with another boy or man. 8. A girl or woman usually bows, without shaking hands, to another girl or woman or to a boy or man in formal company, but may shake hands in less formal company. REVIEW QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS 1. A school girl by the name of Helen Gray goes home with her class- mate, Mary Cowan. Mary’s mother, who has never met Helen, meets the girls at the door. What do you think Mary should do and say? What should Helen do and say? 2. Mary’s mother invites Helen to stay to the evening meal. What should Helen say in accepting the invitation? When Helen leaves Mary’s home after dinner, what should she say? 3. A class is having a tea at school to which the mothers of the girls of the class are invited. Write an invitation that would be suitable for any girl of the class to take home to her mother. 4. Make a list of at least five topics that would be suitable for you to discuss at a tea with one of your teachers or with a classmate’s mother. 5. At a school party, sandwiches and cocoa are served. How should you eat the sandwiches ? How should you use the teaspoon accompany- ing the cup of cocoa? HOME WORK 1. Plan a menu for an afternoon party to be given at your home to which fifteen girls are invited. 2. Make a list of the food materials, with the quantity of each, you would need to buy to prepare the refreshments. Compute the cost. 3. Make a list of the dishes, silver, and linen needed to serve the refreshments. APPENDIX FOODSTUFFS OR NUTRIENTS WHAT THEY DO DST THE BODY — WHERE VITAMINS ARE FOUND 1 . Carbohydrates — give heat or energy. a. starch b. sugar