Foods and home making

(In the breakfast menu given in the foregoing, which foods have pronounced flavor? Which foods have a mild flavor? Which are the drier foods and which are the more moist? Explain why a menu should contain foods both pronounced and mild in flavor and also why it should contain dry and moist foods.) As you select the foods, write them down in your notebook in the form of a menu. Be ready to explain why you selected each food on your menu. How may a dining table be made beautiful? Do you enjoy a beautiful picture on the wall? Linens, china, glassware, and silverware may be arranged on a table so that the whole makes a beautiful picture. Let us see how this can be done : 1. The linens and all the dishes placed on the table should be clean. Clean linens look better, make the food more appetizing, and are more healthful. 2. The linens should be placed straight on the table. The silverware and dishes should be arranged in an orderly way. We do not enjoy a io 6 Breakfast picture which hangs crooked on the wall. Linen and dishes placed on the table in a disorderly way do not make a pleasing picture. A sunset, a brilliant flower, or a colorful fabric may please you because you are attracted by color. The beauty of a dining table is usually enhanced by colorful flowers or fruit in the center of the table. (See Figure 33.) As the foods are placed on the Woman's Home Companion Figure 33. An Interesting Centerpiece This charming bouquet containing evergreens and snowberries was gathered when most flowers are through blooming. From flowers growing by the wayside, such as field daisies, buttercups, and wild asters, pleasing table decorations can be made. For the dining table a low centerpiece is suitable, since it does not obstruct the view across the table. Arranging flowers for the table is one of the ways a girl can help in making her home beautiful. Other suggestions for arranging flowers are given or. pages 478 and 479. table, beautiful colors and color combinations may be introduced into the picture. Think of the gorgeous coloring of foods, such as tomato-red, salmon-pink, carrot-yellow, and lettuce-green. These brilliantly colored foods used with colorless foods may A Breakfast Menu — Setting the Table 107 make a beautiful picture. Apply the principles of color com- binations you have learned in your art class to arranging a table. You will enjoy doing it and your family will enjoy the results of your work. What is a silence cloth ? The clatter of dishes is usually not pleasant. To make the placing of a dish on the table noiseless, the table may be covered first with a soft, heavy cloth known as a silence cloth or padding. There are materials which are made especially for silence cloths. Heavy cotton cloth which is fleeced on both sides is often used. Sometimes silence cloths are made of quilted material. Asbestos is used also as table padding. Flannelette is not so heavy as the materials just mentioned, but it is inexpensive and may be bought not only in white but in dark -wood colors. A silence cloth not only deadens the sound of dishes but protects the table. The appearance of a table is usually improved by a silence cloth. It makes table linen appear heavier and helps keep the linen flat on the table.