THE LADIES' WORLD.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2584, 19 August 1909, Page 3

THE LADIES' WORLD.

ATTRACT R/E WAY A OF SERVING v EGETAii:.— :.-w. Carrots on Masque. —Wash and cut carrots into short lengthwise strips; drop into boiling water, stew until quite tender, then drain well in a (■dander: Have, ready a hot cream .sauce, made by blending over the fire two tablespoonfuls of butter, one of flour, and one cupful of milk, with salt and white pepper to season. Turn tlio carrots into a buttered baking dish, pour the hot sauce over them, cover with, a layer of grated breadcrumbs, dot with bits of butter, then stand in a hot oven until the crumbs are a golden brown color. Serve without re-dishing. A Brown 'Stew of . Carrots.—Wash and scrape half a dozen largo carrots, drop them into boiling water and boil thirty minutes. Lift out of the water, then with a vegetable scoop shape into tiny balls. Put these into a stewpan with a pint of rich blown gravy, a dash of cayenne, salt to season, and a teaspoonful of Worcestershire sauce or highly seasoned catsup. Place over the fire, simmer for twenty minutes, then transfer the carrots to a hot serving dish, thicken the gravy and pour around them. Carrot Croquettes. Wash and scrape a sufficient number of carrots, then stew until very soft; drain, mash, and season with pepper, salt and butter; then bind together with the beaten yolk of an egg. When cool enough to handle, shape into croquettes, dredge with flour, and fry in deep, hot fat. Serve with a garnish of parsley. Fricassee of Parsnips.—Wash and scrape several parsnips, then boil tender. Lift out of the water and cut into short pieces. Turn these into a steivnan with half a cupful of white stock, half a cuplu] of rich milk, a blade of mace, one tablespoonful of butter, and salt and pepper to season. Simmer a few minutes, add a thickening of flour and butter, boil up well,-then serve at once. This is an appetising and delicious dish.

Savory baked parsnips.—Wash, scrape, and quarter large parsnips, then drop into boiling water with two or three slices of salt pork. Boil thirty minutes, transfer parsnips and meat to a baking pan. Sprinkle with brown sugar, and stand in a hot oven until nicely browned. Creamed Parsnips on Toast. —Boil half a dozen parsnips tender, then season with one tablesponful of sugar and salt to taste. Prepare a sauce by blending over the fire one and a half tablespoonfuls.each of butter and flour with one cupful of milk, half a cupful of water, in which the parsnips were cooked, one saltsiioonful of salt and one-eiglith of a teaspoonful of pepper. Split the parsnips lengthwise and lay them in the hot sauce. Let stand while the bread is toasting, then arrange them attractively on toast ; dress with sauce, garnish with parsley and serve at once.

Onion Souffle. —Pour one cupful of hot milk over two-thirds of a cupful of grated breadcrumbs. Let stand until soft, then add one cupful of chopped cold stewed onion, one cupful of milk, three beaten egg yolks, a saltspoonful of salt, a light sprinkling of pepper, and one tablespoonful of butter. Mix well, then fold in the whipped whites of the eggs; turn into a buttered baking dish and bake forty-five minutes in a steady oven. Serve at once without re-dishing. Browned Onions.—Select onions of uniform size; peel, drop into salted boiling water and cook until tender, but not broken. Lift out of the water and stand in a baking dish. On the top of each onion lay a thin strip of breakfast bacon and stand in a hot oven until the bacon is crisp and the onions nicely browned, DON'TS BY THE BABY. All newly-born babies who desire to have a copy of the following on a card, to hang around their necks, can obtain one free by applying to this office : Don’t handle me more than is necessary. Don’t put into my mouth, to stop me from crying, an old piece of rubber to suck. It is about the worst habit I can get into. Don’t let any relatives see me. Don’t take mo up, strain me to your breast, walk the floor with me, dance before me like a wild Indian shaking a horrible rattle, or talk gibberish to me when I have a crying spell. There may be something serious the matter with me, hut this isn’t going to help. When I push away, my bottle don’t force me to- feed. I know when it is necessary for me to eat anything. Don’t take me to the circus, prayermeeting, or to spend the day at the seashore. I’m not so old or so foolproof as you are. Don’t kiss me. Take someone of your own size. Don’t show your anxiety about me when in my presence. I haven’t any too much confidence in myself. Don’t be too proud of my unnatural brightness. It may be a form of degeneracy. Don’t tell anybody that I am only a little animal. Let them guess it for themselves. Don’t take my temperature, or send for the doctor on the slightest provocation. Don’t let the light strike into my .eyes. Don’t rock me to sleep. Remember that the hand that rocks the cradle is ruled by the baby. ,