What to Have for Dinner

Remove a thick slice from both stem and blossom end of cucumbers. Cut off a thick paring, then draw a three-tined fork the entire length of cucumber, and so continue until small cuts have been made around the cucumber. Cut in thin slices. Chill in ice water, drain, and serve with French Dressing. By the use of the fork the slices of cucumber have a cut edge which is very attractive. FRENCH DRESSING FOR CUCUMBERS. 4 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons vinegar 4 teaspoon pepper 3 tablespoons olive oil Mix ingredients in order given, and stir until well blended. - ROAST LEG OF VEAL. Order a leg of veal boned at market. Wipe meat, sprinkle with salt, stuff, and sew in shape. Make in- | cisions with a sharp pointed knife, and insert strips of fat salt pork. Place on rack in dripping pan, sprinkle 48 What to Have for Dinner. with salt, dredge meat and bottom of pan with flour, and bake three or four hours in a moderate oven. Baste every fifteen minutes with one-half cup butter melted in one cup boiling water until used, then baste with fat in pan. Remove pork during the last half hour of the cooking. Veal should be thoroughly cooked. Serve with Brown Gravy. (See p. 4, Family Dinners, Menu No. I.) AUSTRIAN POTATOES. Wash, pare and cut potatoes in one-eighth inch slices ; there should be three cups. Cover with cold water and let stand fifteen minutes, drain, and cook in boiling salted water two minutes. Drain again, spread in a buttered dripping pan and bake until potatoes are soft, basting twice with one-third cup melted butter, to which has been added one tablespoon lemon juice, one-half teaspoon salt, and one-eighth teaspoon paprika. BOILED BEETS. Wash six beets, and cook in boiling salted water until soft. Drain, cover with cold water, remove skins, and cut in thin slices. Season with two tablespoons butter and sprinkle sparingly with salt. . STUFFED TOMATOES. Wipe and remove thin slices from stem ends of six ripe tomatoes. Scoop out most of the pulp, using a small spoon. Sprinkle inside of cases thus formed with salt, invert, and let stand thirty minutes. Cook two-thirds cup macaroni, broken in one-third inch pieces, in boiling salted water until soft. Add one-half cup grated cheese, and one-half the tomato pulp. Season highly with salt and paprika. Family Dinners. 49 Fill tomato cases with mixture, sprinkle tops with buttered bread crumbs, and bake fifteen minutes in a hot oven. ‘ GEORGIANA PUDDING. 3 cup butter 4 cup milk _ lL cup sugar 1$ cups flour 2 eggs 3 teaspoons baking powder Cream the butter, and add sugar, gradually, continuing the beating; then add eggs well beaten. Mix and sift flour and baking powder, and add to first mixture, | alternately with milk. Bake in buttered muffin pans and serve with | FRUIT SAUCE. 4 cup butter White 1 egg 1 cup powdered sugar ‘1 cup strawberries Cream the butter, and add sugar, gradually, continuing the beating; then add white of egg beaten until stiff and berries thoroughly mashed, using a silver fork. If sauce separates during the making, put over hot water and beat until smooth. Xe) What to Have for Dinner. A dinner lubricates business.—Lorp STOWELL. Cream oF CeLery Soup. BROWNED CRACKERS. BRAIsEeD Fow1., CHESTNUT STUFFING. MasHep Porators. BrusskLs SPROUTS WITH CELERY. Farmna Cups with CuRRANT JELLY. Lemon Cream SHERBET. Branpy Snaps. SturreD Raisins. Cart Nor. Family Dinners. SI CREAM OF CELERY SOUP. 5 stalke celery 3 tablespoons flour 4 cups milk Salt 2 slices onion Pepper 3 tablespoons butter $ cup cream Chop celery and pound in a mortar. Cook in double boiler with onion and milk thirty minutes. Melt the butter, add flour and cook one minute, then pour on gradually the hot milk, stirring constantly. Season with salt and pepper, add cream, strain into tureen and serve at once. BROWNED CRACKERS.