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COOKING FISH IN MARYLAND;
MRS.
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Dy MRS. M. A. WILSON
CopvrtoM, 1019. bu Mr. ' '' Wilson.
411 rls'il rrscrtrit.
rvUITE recently I spent ncaily two
weeks in a delightful and quaint LI
Maryland town, and while there had
; a splendid opportunity to get for
you some of the famous southern
dishes that our grandmothers know
all about. You know that down
along the eastein shores is the land
nf Vinminv. milk and honey ana
why, the folks down there have the
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most ucnciuun uumo, ...n.v . -
on wild celery and the fish is ever
bo much better than you find it any
where else.
While it was out of season for i
crabs, I had many delicious recipes
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Illy IULUMI, twill oun- ,,
like them. Now, while the streams
that abound through Maiyland arc
not overladen with the large bass.
almost every housewife will tell you
that the bass there tastes just like
chicken. As one old colored mammy
exclaimcaV'And de bass do' need have
no mo' bones dan chicken ef you all
knows yore bisness." And right
then and there I saw what she
meant by this; first, the bass was
scalded and then she ran a shaip
knife along both sides of the back,
right close to the fins. Then she
rniie4if lip fin rlnsp to tho tail, usini?
a rloth to hold it with, and nulled it
free. It ripped right off light along
side of the back and away came the
bones. Then next she pushed the
flesh free from the backbone and
thea removed the head and the belly
fins. This fish could then bo cooked
a la Maryland, broiled or baked.
Bass a la Maryland
Prepare two bass as directed
above and then cut in filets. Dip in
beaten egg and then 1 oil in fine
Crumbs, and fry until gplden blown. 1
Servo with sour cream cucumbi 1 I
l, dressing.
Filets of Bass a la Pimlico
Prepare the fish directed and then
cut into filets. Place in a baking
dish, seasoning each layer with
parsley and a little grated onion,
salt, pepper and a little lemon juice.
Place two layers in the dish and
then add one and one-half cupfuls
of canned tomatoes, rubbed through
a fine sieve. Sprinkle the top with ;
fine bread crumbs and then with j
three tablespoonfuls of grated I
cheese. Dot with butter and bake
for one hour in a moderate oven. I
Dust with paprika and serve. This j
dish may bo prepared in individual
au gratin dishes or in custard cups.
Fish Fritters
Croakers, sea bass, perch or cod
may be used for this. Clean the fish
thoroughly and then wrap in a
cheesecloth and Cook in boiling
water for fifteen minutes to the
pound. Remove from the liquid and
cook. Remove the bones. Break
into flakes and let cool. Now place
in a mixing bowl
One egg,
One cupful of water.
Two tablespoonfuls of shortening,
Two teaspoonfuls of salt,
One tcaspoonful of paprika,
Mrs.
My dear Mrs. Wilson I would
like to ask you about a lemon pie
T made. I baked the bottom crust
first before putting in the filling,
which I thought was all right, and
it tasted fine, but my sister told
me that the bottom crust of
course should be real brown. Then
I took her advice and made one
with the crust real brown, and
it did not taste a bit good; it
tasted kind of burnt and it did
not look a bit nice, when cut, to
see all that brown bottom. So I
thought of you, and in the paper
was your picture, and it said if
any one wanted to know some
thing just write.
Also please inform me as to
how to go about making cup cus
tards. Mine was not right, the
sides were hard and the middle
was all soft, and I was ter
ribly disaopointed. Mv husband
is especially fond of them. Be
Inp" delicate, he liken thorn often
' and they are good for him. as he
'4 hub a weuK siomacn. 00 1 Know
fi ; you .will be so kind to answer me
-f i. " you pieajte. 1 must ouy myseu
a gooa cookbook wnen 1 get the
chance. I cook very nicely some
times, and I cut very good recipes
out of the paper at different
times. I never happened to s,ee a
recipe for cup custards. Hoping
a reply, I remain,
Respectfully yours,
MRS. E.
, it is a matter of choice: many
people prefer the pie with a brown
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rust. However, as you do not like
is. why not stick to the one vou
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To Make Cup Custards
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Place
( ' Two eupfuU of milk,
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".af V tablespoonfuls of sugar,
OM'half leatpoonful vanilla
jjboKfl. Bear well, using Dover
water. Ppur in custard cups.
ttjw,in baKing pan containing
WILSON GIVES RECIPES
Come Directly From the Land Where Fish Is at Its Best.
Were Volunteered by Howetvives Who
Prized Possession
Ash Mrs. Wilson
If ou have an cookery prob
lems, brine: tlicm to Mrs. Wilson.
She will bo Kind to answer ou
through thee columns No per
sonal replies, hbe"! enn be Rhen.
Address questions tc Mrs. M A.
WINon, Rvkmno Pi'iiuc Li:n(!i:n,
Philadelphia.
One and one-half eupfuU of flour, I
Two teaspoonfitls of baking pow-'
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ne oLion, grated.
Beat to thoroughly mix and then
add two cupfuls of flaked fish. Cook
in a frying pan like corn fritters.
Fish Salad
Prepaie the fish as for fritters.
Now pIaec
One onion,
One green pepper.
Four branches of celery,
Si.r blanches of parsley
in a chopping bowl and chop fine, j
Add to the prepared fish and then '
fill into a nest of lettuce, and serve I
with Baltimore dressing.
Baltimore Dressing
One cupful of ntayonnaUe, j
One-half cupful of lccll-draincd
canned tomatoes, i
Two onions, grated fine,
One tablespoonful of Worcester-
s""-c """
Two teaspoonfuh of salt,
One tcaspoonful of mustard.
One tcaspoonful of paprika.
Mix thoioughly and then serve ice
cold.
Sour Cream Cucumber Dressing
Pare and grate one medium-sized
cucumber and then sprinkle with one
tcaspoonful of salt. Let stand for
one hour and then drain, and place
one cupful of sour cream in a bowl
Bent until stiff and add the prepared
cucumber and
One tcaspoonful of mustard.
One tcaspoonful of pepper.
Two tablespoonfuls of
chopped onion,
Tiro tablespoonfuls of
chopped parsley,
Juice of one-half lemon.
finely !
finely I
Mix well before
erving
Fish Croquettes
Two cupfuls of cold cooked fish,
1 One cupful of mashed potatoes,
Three teuspoonfuls of salt,
One onion, grated,
I One green pepper, chopped fine,
I One tablee.poonful of Worcester
shire sauce.
Mix thoroughly and then mold into
! croquettes. Dip in beaten egg and
I then roll in fine bread crumbs. Fry
. until golden brown in hot fat. Serve
with creole sauce.
1 Frequently the men folk go fishing
in this wonderful land of sunshine
' and bring home a large catch. In
order to prevent waste, the house
J wife must cook the fish at once, so
j after she has a mess of fried fish or
broiled she usually boils the re-
mainder, unless she salts or pickles
some down for future use. The 1
boiled hsh is used in salads, cut
lets, deviled-crab style and fish loaf
or in a la terrapin. And as these
Wilson Answers Questions
cups one-half of their depth. Bake
in moderate oven until firm, and
then test by inserting silver knife
in center. If no custard adheres
to knife the custards are baked. The
trouble with your custards was too
hot an oven and insufficient length
of time in oven. Use level measure
ments and be accurate, and you will
find that you will not have any fail
ures. My dear Mrs. Wilson Your
cooking lessons have interested
me very much so late in life. I
am called upon to look into the
matter of food and its preparation,
remembering the good things our
old family servant made and en
deavoring to reproduce them.
Your mayonnaibe recipes were
familiar, too, and I wonder if you
could tell me how to make the
layer peppermint drops they make
in Bethlehem. I would like very
much to have the recipe. I get a
little puzzled on your measure
ments, as I use scales, for our
cups vary in size. I have a
glass cup divided off and a quart
glass measure, too, but am not
sure whether 'they are dry or
liquid measure,-
Then butter is uncertain. I am
not familiar with things to feel
suro whether a tablespoonful of
shortening means melted or just
dipped out. In using molasses I
nm also uncertain. I buy the
New Orleans. The various other
kinds nro not like old times. I
would like to know which you ad
vise. I have bought bars of
maple sugar, hut don't know how
to melt that. When the word
fat is used I don't know whether
it means butter or lard. My
family consists of two, and to get
the proner grades of meat for the
prices I find it expensive and a
waste. Honing you will have time
to put a little cooking lesson in
the- EVBNIHO . Puhliu Lmma.
Hold Them in
' methods of preparing are delicious,
j I am giving them to you.
Fish I)eilcd-Crab Style
i The Maryland housewife usually
uses the clam shells for preparing
' this delectable dish. Try it; it is
unusually good.
One cupful of very thick cream
sauce,
Three cupfuls of cooked fish,
Tivo onioni, grated.
Three tablespoonfuls of parsley,
chopped fine,
One tablespoonful of salt,
One tcaspoonful of pepper,
One-half tcaspoonful of mustard,
Juice of one lemon.
Grated rind of one-quarter lemon.
Mix thoroughly and then fill into
clam shells. Brush the top with
beaten egg and then cover with fine
bread crumbs. Fry until golden
brown. Keep hot in the oven until
ready to serve. Then sprinkle with
grated cheese and dust lightly with
papuka.
Fish
Loaf
Thrc cupfuls of baked fish,
One-half cupful' of finely chopped
onions,
Tiro green peppers, chopped fine,
Sir branches of parsley, chopped
fine,
One tablespoonful of salt.
One tcaspoonful of pepper,
One-half teasnoonfiil of mustnrH
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shire sauce.
Two cunfnis of ,,r.rrf ,.,,.
Mold into a loaf and then place in
wen-greasea loat-snaped pans.
, Brush the top with shortening and
, then bake in a moderate oven forty
minutes.
I Tallyho Sauce
Serve with tallyho sauce, made by
adding
1 One cupful of mushrooms, cut in
1 tiny bits and parboiled until tender,
I Two pimentos or green peppers,
chopped fine.
I Add to
j One and one-half cupfuls of cream
8aucc-
Season with
7'it'o teaspoonfitls of salt,
One teaspoonful of paprika.
One-half teaipootjful of mustard.
Beat well to mix and then heat to
the boiling point and serve.
Terrapin Style
Make a thin cream sauce and add
Three, tablespoonfuls of finely
chopped parsley.
One tablespoonful of Worcester
shire cauce,
Two teaspoonfuls of salt,
One teaspoonful of pepper,
One well-beaten egg,
Tivo cupfuh of flaked fish,
Juice of one-half lemon.
Heat until boiling hot and
serve on toast.
then
Baked Pickled Fish
Cleanse fish cut in pieces, place in
china baking dish, season each layer
with finely minced onions, parsley
and green peppers. When dish is
nearly full cover with mixture of
vinegar and water in proportion tof
two cunfuls of vineo-ai- tn
iui water, DaKe three hours in mod
erate oven. Serve hot or cold, plain
or in salads.
adapted to my needs, I remain,
Sincerely yours,
L. W.
Crystal Peppermint Drops
Place in a bowl
One cup of XXXX sugar;
Six drops of peppermint.
Add sufficient boiling water to
moisten mixture. Then drop from
spoon on wax paper. Let dry. Take
care in adding water the mixture
must not run and should be as stiff
as water icing.
One-half pint measuring cuns nn
used 'in all recipes.
The glass cups are made for dry
and liquid measurements.
Do not melt butter unless recipe
calls for it. You will find the veg
etable salad oils ideal shortening,
easy to measure, and economical.
Molasses means
New Orleans.
sugar house
Sirup may be cane or eorn sirup,
or maple.
To melt maple sugar break up
sugar, place one pound in saucepan
and add one cupful of boiling water.
Cook until desired consistency.
Use vegetable shortening in place
of drippings or lard.
Things to Know
JIln m,a"hmallow boxes can bo cov
ered with chintz and made Into delight
ful candy boxes. hi.iii
A charming little bonbon basket can
be made by cohering a finger bowl with
crocheted raffia. ' " '
Have an Individual towel rack In every
bed room then there Is no doubt where
each one's towel Is. ,
Crease Spots
Ken when there Is cream In the cof
fee, the stains can be removed from the
most delicate ullk or woolen fabric by
brmlilng the pota wth pure rlycerln
sad rinsing In lukewarm, water, ii
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The. (lowered chintz or rrctonnc flip coer offers a happy way of brightening up a rather dull-looking room. And
it i no longer the fa-hion to keep the eocrs on just for the Miinmer, but a room may gayly wear them all through
(he wintertime as weil. So slip rovers are a good imestment. The shops arc showing irresistible patterns in cre
tonne tliis sea'on. Nearly every piece, it seems, is a colorful picture in itself. There arc lovely garden effects,
whimsical figures, then the cool-looking conventional de.iipns. The cretonne in the picture represents a summer
forest scene, and birds are flying in and out among the leaves
Adventures
With a Purse
DOHOTHI3A and I are rtecloplnK a
rare friendship Anil it is founded.
I do hellme. on our love or tin- "-arnc
books Khe met mo today, with n brand
new book of poems. "I thought " he
said, with her r.ue smile, "that Mu
might like to look these "over" Look
them oor. Indeed' I hadn't "looked
over" more than three when I knew
that I must hae the book for mv very
own. The book itself, in the flrbt place,
la most attractively bound lit a tan
cover It Is Just the sort ou would
want on our own bookshelf. And, oh,
the poems' A little tender thins about
re.idlnpr aloud, that hrltiBs u tear back
of the smile; a most enRaslns bet of
crbCH about don't laugh washing
dishes, ending with
The I.onl hlmiplf will Blr Mu up.
If ou should drop a willow cup
The poems are written by a Philadel
phia man, and that, too, helps to make
them Interesting, I think, don't ou.'
Anyhow, the purchase of this book will
be one of Vie best ?1.25's you ever spent,
Of that I am sure. That is, of course,
if you loe poetry as Dorothea and 1 do.
How easy it is to spoil the effect or the
smartest frock by collars and cuffs that
are not freMi and crisp! And. for the
matter of that, there Is little eNCUse for
soiled, mussed neckwear, when such at
tractive collars and cuffs can bo pur
chased at such a little price For in
stance, one shop Is showing an excel
lent assortment of collar and cuff sets
for fifty cents. One set Is of deep tan.
almost coffee colored, and Is daintily
frilled I It Is such extra touches as these
that mike for "personal Identity In
clothes "
The Soldier's Chance
He stopped one day at the ofllce
A fellow haggard and tall,
And asked If a place were vacant
For clerical v ork-r-that's alt.
Of course, I was nwfully sorry,
That at present things were slow;
But he only smiled and thanked
me,
And then as he turned to go
I noticed an arm was missing,
And bald, with a different glance,
"How did It happen?" he an
sw ered
"Out in the Fields of France."
My hand went up to his shoulder,
Tet ho didn't show surprise
At my sudden change of feeling.
Or the tears that filled my ej es.
You bet I could find him something,
And give him a Soldier's Chance,
For a boy of mine was lying
Out in the Fields of France.
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This satin wrap may be used for
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A Daily Fashion Talk by Florence Rose
IT 'WOULD seem that one expenditure
In clothes Invariably leads to another,
and that we are always buying some
article to gS with something we have
already purchased or something we may
have left over from another season. This
year ,lt really seems as If women have
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.WUtiHOSIHRY
A ROOM
" be continually bulng. One of the
i neons for this Is that last ear was
LConomy jear and eery one cut down
as much as possible on clothes, and so
this ear they are a real necessity. An
other reason Is that we are all turning
our attention to color, and getting away
fiom the drabs, so that more articles are
needed.
The bright colored frocks of silk and
chlffun that are being ahown for after
noon wear this spring slmnlv demand
j some sort of wrap to wear over them,
for It will be some time before the-e
I dresses will be warm enough to weal
I without a wrap. Besides, a woman
I neer feels quite at ease on the street
I until warm weather, without something
1 that ma be thrown oer a bright frock.
Wool wraps do not look well with it
gown of silk or chiffon, and the elimi
nation of the woolen cloak leaes those
of trlcolitte, chiffon or satin. The wrap'
of trlcolette are ery lovely, but h
0110 takes Into consideration that t
olette letalls at about eight dollaiu
ard, he woman of aerage nicai..
rtoinetlmes hesitates.
The chiffon wraps arc dreams, but
they aie a bit too dressy for informal
jffalrs. Kitlier the cape or the coat of
tatlii Is very practical. And where
these wraps are purchased In dark color
ings, they make not only a coerhig
that may be worn with any colored
"rock, but they may be worn In the
eenlng as well as the afternoon.
The cape which Is depleted today Is
of black satin. The deep joke is out
lined by cordhigs run In the satin. Th
o ig shawl collar Is finished at the mils
with silk fringe. The lining of this cape
s of a light printed Mlk.
(Inquiries are hollclted and maj bi
addressed care of this newspapei.)
CoprIht 10l!, by P'orence r.v
Fashion Speaks
The frilled lingerie
In popularity.
Capes and dolmans
blouse is gaining
continue to gain
In popularity.
Skirts for afternoon
bo more full.
wear promise to
A revival of the real xace collar Is
strongly suggested ,
Pineapple straw decorates the smartest
sailor hats
Kmbroldery Is
used on manw of .the
woolen frocks.
Attracts e camisoles have tops of
dainty tucked net.
Trains have a way of falling grace
fully from one hip;
Many of the spring suitB are devel
oped In tan or gray.
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THE KINDOF LETTER
A MANURES TO RECEIVE
It Must Bo Based on a Sympathetic Interest in What Ho Is Doing.
And This Explains Why Many Very Plain Girls
Are Exceptionally Popular
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YOU are half as nice as your
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overseas who had started to corre
spond with tho girl ho had not seen
since their school days, "then you must
be awfully nice."
Just exactly what Is the sort of
letter a man likes to tecolve? The
sentimental letter? For a few times,
yes. And then what happens? It
scares the life out of lilm and he goes
about worrying about how to stop
the correspondence. More romance
that might have been has been killed
by untimely sentimentality on the part
of the girl than the sentimental girl
really cares to think about.
What a letter must contain to In
terest a man and to make nlm ant
to come back for anothtr Is, more
than anything else, a sympathetic
Interest In what he Is duing. And
here "sympathetic" does not mean
sentimentality. Put rather that open
hearted concern for the ambitions and
progress or setbacks of one we would
call a friend.
TO SOME women sympathetic Inter
est In the affairs of others, whether
thev he men or men. comes natural.
This particular woman could no more
spend a half hour with a human be
ing nnd not go gently probing around
to find out what Is nearest the heart
of that human -than she could pass
a lovely child without trying to win
a smile from It. Tho lives of other
people frankly touch a warm chord
In hfr heart, and she Is never much
happier than when she Is hearing
nbout them.
If a woman has tills quality then
she Is fortunate, for she will never
want for friends. She can be plain nnd
uninteresting as to looks, hut 'she will
be more popular than the girl who
has the graces of a Venus
If a girl has not this quality nnd Is
nnxlous for esteem of men, whether It
be thiough the mall or In her own
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TO COMU back to letter-writing. No
matter how little a girl mnv feel
she understands a man or knows what
110 lines to talK about, she cannot fall
If she acts on this principle of sym
pathetic Interest. Tastes can he na
far removed as tho ends of tho earth.
but If there shines out In the letter
n frank and honest wish to know Just
now tnmgs ore going with a man, then
tastes, or In fact nothing else, matters.
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