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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. CU THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1941
CRISP, COOL SUMMER SALADS
(See Recipes Below.)
AT HOME TO SUMMER
In a recent poll, 37 per cent of the
thousands of homemakers receiving
questionnaires expressed a desire to
be experts at salad making ... 43
per cent wanted to know how to
make food look glamorous.
This report gave me an idea.
Salads, besides being healthful
and givers of vim, vigor and vital
ity, offer a splen
did opportunity
for variety . . .
they can be used
as the appetizer
or *‘starter’*
course, the main
dish, a dessert,
or they may accompany the dinner
course.
So, besides giving you timely tips
on the art of salad making, I’m go
ing to explain literally dozens of
ways in which you creators of daily
menus can give “oomph" to your
tasty dishes.
• • •
The characteristics of a good salad
are simple and fairly easy to accom
plish; namely, it should be well
chilled before serving; have an at
tractive arrangement, and a pleas
ing color combination. %
Salads in summer are as impor
tant as swimming or tennis or golf.
They give an opportunity to add
color and gaiety to the table.
Your choice of ingredients will de
pend upon what you have planned
for your main course and dessert,
prpVided your salad is to be a side
dish or an appetizer.
There are many varieties of fruit
salads. They are excellent by them
selves or as an accompaniment to a
main course of sea food or meat and
a pastry or cake dessert.
Good to eat, wonderful to look at
and substantial is this salad of or
ange slices and prunes, stuffed with
cottage cheese. (See picture at top
of column.)
* Orange Prime Cheese Salad.
On a bed of lettuce circle 10 to
12 <&ange slices. At the side ar
range 3 cooked prunes which have
been stuffed with cottage cheese.
With a sharp knife peel oranges, re
moving all outer skin and inner
membrane down to juicy meat. Cut
in thin, even slices. California or
anges, which are firm-meated and
practically seedless, are excellent to
use.
Serve with a sweet french dress
ing, made with lemon juice. With
a hot bread and beverage, this salad
makes a well-balanced home or
party luncheon.
Sweet French Dressing.
% cup lemon juice
% cup salad oil
% cup red jelly or honey
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon paprika
Shake or blend well before serv
ing. Makes 1% cups. Lemon juice
gives this dressing just the flavor
needed to make the orange, prune
and cheese combination the perfect
salad.
• • •
Keeping cool during summer
months is a problem, solved most
successfully by eating properly.
LYNN SAYS:
Don’t be timid about putting
your own personality into your
salads. Here are some sugges
tions which may help you become
famous for your salads . . .
Try:
Fluting bananas by running the
prongs of a fork lengthwise down
a peeled banana, then slicing it
crosswise.
Adding chopped, broken or
whole walnut kernels to fruit,
vegetable and meat salads.
Using fruit juices to thin may
onnaise and to mix with french
dressing.
Adding a fruit gelatin, sliced or
cut into glistening cubes, to a
fruit salad.
Brightening the edges of lettuce
leaves by dipping them in pap
rika, or adding chopped parsley
to the edges of pineapple slices.
Adding a little lemon juice or
vinegar to sweet cream for sal
ad dressing—makes a quick sub
stitute for sour cream.
THIS WEEK’S MENU
An Impromptu Guest Luncheon
Clear Tomato Soup
Cheese Drop Biscuits
•Orange Prune Cheese Salad
Spice Squares With
Whipped Cream
Tea
•Recipe Included
Plenty of the protective foods, such
as eggs, milk, fruits and vegetables
—all excellent salad materials—
should be eaten.
Japanese Potato Salad will really
give a meal a lift! Easy to prepare,
inexpensive, it may be used as a
main dish, with a cold meat platter,
or for additional variety so accepta
ble to the buffet table.
Japanese Potato Salad.
1 cup flaky, hot boiled rice
1 medium to large potato, hot
mashed
4 hard cooked eggs
% cup french or boiled dressing
2 tablespoons chopped sweet red
pepper, or pimiento
1 tablespoon chopped green pep
per
1 tablespoon chopped onion
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
% teaspoon salt
Mix rice, potato and two of the
eggs, which have been sieved, into
salad dressing.
Chill. Just before
serving, add re
maining ingredi
ents. Taste and
add more season
ing if desired.
Heap on lettuce,
or serve without
greens in a large bowl. Garnish
with remaining eggs, sliced or
sieved. Yield: 4 servings.
• • •
When the mercury soars skyward
and appetites are on the wane, noth
ing tastes quite so good as a chilled,
molded mixture of fresh vegetables
or fruits, placed on a bed of crisp
greens and garnished with a tart,
taste-teasing dressing.
Lime Cucumber Salad.
1 package lime gelatin
1% cups hot water
2 tablespoons vinegar
Vz teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons scraped onion
Dash of paprika
1 tablespoon chopped pimiento
1 cucumber, diced
Dissolve gelatin in hot water, then
add vinegar, salt, scraped onion and
dash of paprika. Chill until begin
ning to thicken, then fold in chopped
pimiento and diced cucumber. Chill
until Arm and serve on salad greens
with a garnish of mayonnaise.
• • *
Since it’s open season on salads,
homemakers who like variety will
be interested in
several types of
salad dressings.
Here are two
which will do
much to bring out
the full flavor of
your tasty con
coctions.
Thick French Dressing.
1 cup salad oil
% cup vinegar
1 teaspoon mustard
1 tablespoon sugar
3 teaspoons paprika
1 teaspoon gelatin
Mix dry ingredients; add og and
vinegar. Beat thoroughly. Put the
gelatin in 1 tablespoon cold water
and dissolve in 2 tablespoons boil
ing water. Cool; add dressing. Beat
thoroughly about 15 minutes and al
low to stand until a good emulsion
is formed. Use fruit juice instead ol
vinegar for fruit salad. Use more
paprika if a darker red is desired.
Egg Dressing.
Vi teaspoon paprika
% teaspoon celery salt
Ya teaspoon pepper
5 tablespoons vinegar
1 egg yolk
% teaspoon mustard
1 teaspoon sugar
Vz cup salad oil
1 teaspoon salt
Mix ingredients and shake well.
Add beaten egg yolk when ready to
serve. Half lemon juice and vine
gar may be used.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Woolknit Swim Suit Should
Be Included in Vacation Plans
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
I T IS very evident that women are
becoming increasingly impressed
Vith the value of swimming for
health and beauty. Not only do
crowded beaches at seaside and
lake resorts testify to the enthusi
asm felt for water sports, but many
inland towns have created attrac
tive and pretentious modem swim
ming pools that offer infinite enjoy
ment to their communities. Then
too, most private estates have pic
turesque swimming pools where
guests may indulge in water sports.
Which all goes to show why smart
bathing suits together with a goodly
supply of beach togs and accesso
ries have become a positive “must"
in the plans for the summer vaca
tion. As to this season’s swim-suit
fashions, they surpass all that has
gone before in way of smart, ver
satile fabric, clever styling, eye-ap
peal in color and all the dramatic
accents that add to the picture of
Miss America as she takes off for
a merry swim on a summer day.
Outstanding news in regard to
current swim-suit trends is the
strong revival of woolknits and wool-
knit fabric for both sculptured form
fitting types and that which is ultra
chic this season—the suit that is
cunningly dressmaker styled. New
to the scene this summer is the jac
quard woolknit suit such as is shown
to the left in the illustration. Note
the sleek front-paneled skirt in shad
ow plaid of brown and green on yel
low. The back is cut very low for
sun-tanning.
Bright red and white diagonal
striped woolknit fabric makes the
smart slenderizing princess (a favor
ite styling this season) bathing suit
pictured to the right. The V-neck-
line is banded in the solid red knit,
continued into cross straps at the
back. Panties are separate so there
is nothing to break the flattering
smooth line of the suit.
Machine woolknits that look like
handknits are also staging a big
omeback in simple sculptured type
nn m or ci ln\ro f n
wear. You will find handknit tech
nique of heavy cable stitch in stun
ning colors, the stripe effects such
as white with red or with navy be
ing especially intriguing.
There is also a strong revival of
wool jersey. These stress dress
maker styling which now is so pro
nounced throughout the entire swim
suit program. Most of the jersey
suits have practical zipper fasten
ings.
Designers are turning out perfect
ly charming suits dressmaker-fash
ioned after the manner of the Bal
lerina type of waffle pique centered
in the group. Note the coin dot
banding. Dot trimmings are very
smart this season.
Floral prints and various cotton
weaves make front page fabric news
for swim suits and beach togs. The
more audacious the coloring, the
more daring the patterning, the
smarter! This is especially true of
the gay and fascinating Hawaiian
prints now so fashionable. The sa
rong drape skirt in exotic prints
with bra top showing bare midriff is
a leading style. Novelty types are
often styled with “grass skirts’’ in
spired by Hawaiian native design.
A lei necklace of flowers added, is
the final glamour accent.
Bathing suits of elasticised fabric
are to be had by the score. The
newest thing in these types is two-
color effects done in white with
bright colored godets or inset verti
cal bands. Allover shirred lastique
insures a sculptural figure fit. Bright
applique of gorgeous flowers on
white jersey is especially effective
with a long matching beach cape.
There are endless cunning dress-
maker-styled gingham shantung and
crinkled seersucker suits. In knits
and lastiques girls love the suit that
zips up the back from the waistline
to give a perfect fit.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Chic Plus Glamour
In a blaze of glory, lovely neck
wear comes into its own this sea
son. Women of fashion are enthu
siastically playing up the vogue with
appreciation of what magic frothy,
snowy lingerie touches perform in
way of accentuating feminine charm.
Fine lace insertion, tiny tucks,
dainty lace edging and eyelet em
broidery combine for sheer fem
ininity in this dainty collar and cuff
set designed for the new V-neckline.
In fine permanent finish Swiss or
gandy famous for its washability,
this set provides a practical way to
add glamour to a simple frock.
Cool Summer Outfits
Of All Black Are New
You can dress in all black from
head to foot and still look cool and
summery. This is the miracle style
creators have wrought. Briefly out
lined the plan is sheerest of sheer
black frock, hat of black sheer,
gloves of the lacy sort and black
stockings so cobwebby sheer they
are almost transparent.
The newest black sheer dresses
are finished off with edgings of fine
black lace. This use of black lace
trims is being played up to the
point of being recognized as a most
important vogue. Not only are
dress-up black sheer frocks femi
nized to a most fascinating degree
with lace frilled at throat and
sleeves, on pockets and here, there,
and everywhere to add glamour but
the movement has been taken up
by milliners who either make the
entire hat of lace or trim with it.
Big brims edged with lace frills are
one of the new an<? entrancing lace
expressions.
Enormous Brims Versus
The ‘Pretty’ Little Hat
The problem is up to milady
whether she will go hatted this sum
mer in the flattering little frivolous
flower concoctions she loves to
wear or whether she will top her
costume with a hat of enormous
brim and look chic and sophistical
ed. Each type is attractive and the
fashion-right way, is to include botl
in this summer’s wardrobe of hats
tpASY stitchery—a little time—
^ and this appealing panel is
ready to be hung up—a brightener
for any room. Even the beginner
will find this simple and pleasant
to do.
Pattern 2797 contains a transfer pattere
of a 15 by 20 inch hanging; illustration*
of stitches; color chart; materials re
quired. Send your order to:
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept.
82 Eighth Ave. New York
Enclose 15 cents in coins for Pat
tern No...-.
Name
Address ;
Right of Government
The divine right of kings may
have been a plea for feeble ty
rants, but the divine right of gov
ernment is the keystone of human
progress, and without it govern
ments sink into police, and a na
tion is degraded into a mob.—Ben
jamin Disraeli.
Signal Code
The International Code of Sig
nals, adopted by all nations for
marine communication in 1934,
uses 40 flags, 26 alphabetical, 10
numeral, 3 substitute flags and an
answering pennant, says Colliers.
Although no more than four or
five flags are usually hoisted at a
time, at least 375,000 messages
may be transmitted with them, all
being visible through glasses, in
clear weather, for a distance of
five miles.
Paying Debt
There are but two ways of pay
ing debt—increase of industry in
raising income, increase of thrift
in laying out.—Carlyle.
Influence of Beauty
The grape gains its purple tinge
by looking at another grape.—
Juvenal.
Driving a cross-country bus is a man-sized job,
says Bus Driver WALTER STINSON
Common Friendship
Friendship is like rivers, and
the strand of seas, and the air.
common to all the world; but ty-1Taylor.
rants, and evil customs, wars, and
want of love, have made them,
proper and peculiar. — Jeremy
It’s A GOOD
AMERICAN
CUSTOM
PEANUTS f OR JUMBO
; feeding peanuts to the elephant
is a good American custom that
'probably started when Crownin-
shieid's elephant made its historic .
bow in Salem, Mass., in 1796.
Another national custom is enjoy
ment of the full, fine flavor of
America's most popular cigar—'
[ King Edward. For real smoking
pleasure, try a King Edward today.
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