Lessons in cooking through preparation of meals

Wash and cut into small cubes i stalk of celery. Wash, seed and cut into small pieces 12 dates. Wash and pare 2 apples and cut into cubes. Toss all together, cover with salad dressing and serve on lettuce leaves. Vanilla Ice Cream Mix I qt. thin cream with }i c sugar and i^ T vanilla. If desired 2 beaten eggs may be added to this. Strain and freeze using 3 parts ice to i of salt. Or the ice cream may be made by making a custard of 2 c scalded milk i T flour, i c sugar, ys t salt, and i egg beaten slightly. Cook over hot water for 20 m, stirring constantly until the mixture is well thickened. When cool add I pt. thin cream, 2 T vanilla, then freeze. Pack with salt and ice and let stand for several h before using. Preparing the Meal Make and freeze the ice cream immediately after breakfast. If the second recipe is used make the custard on Saturday so that it will be thoroughly cold. Three-quarter h before dinner wash, pare and cook, 5 potatoes ; also at this time cook 3 beets and 2 eggs for the salad for supper. Dredge the chicken, cleaned and cut up the preceding day, with flour, and start cooking in a covered frying pan. Peel and slice the tomatoes, sprinkle with salt and pepper and let stand while making the White Sauce. Prepare the ingredients for the salad, put together with the salad dressing, serve on lettuce leaves and set away in a cool place until needed. Now saute the tomatoes, and while they are browning, drain and mash the potatoes, reserving i whole one for the salad for supper, then place the potatoes in a hot serving dish. Remove the chicken to a hot platter and make the gravy. Pour the sauce over the tomatoes on a hot platter, and serve the dinner. If desired the salad may be placed on the table at the beginning of the meal. The macaroons should be placed on a plate ready for passing when the ice cream is served. Sunday Lesson 195 COLD BOILED HAM BEET SALAD WHITE CAKE WITH MOCHA FROSTING Beet Salad Cut 3 cold boiled beets into ^ inch cubes. Add i cold boiled potato cubed, ^ c celery diced, and 2 hard cooked eggs sliced. Mix all together, cover with salad dressing and serve. Cocoa Use 3 c milk, 2 T powdered cocoa, 2 T sugar, i t cornstarch, yi t salt, I c boiling water, i t vanilla, p 13. Preparing the Meal About 15 m before supper time, make the cocoa, and while heating make the salad and arrange in a salad bowl garnished with lettuce or parsley. Place the cold boiled ham on a plate, cut the cake and place both on the table. Beat the cocoa well, pour into a chocolate pot, and serve the supper. MAY BREAKFAST Lesson 196 STRAWBERRIES AU NATUREL LAMB CHOPS POTATO PUFFS MINT AND GREEN PEA JELLY HOT ROLLS WAFFLES MAPLE SYRUP Table Decoration Let the decorations be, if possible, in wild flowers. Dogwood, May flowers, trillia, hepatica, trailing arbutus, violets, anemones, etc., are all In bloom at this time of the year in different parts of the country. Let the arrangement be careless and graceful, with delicate vines, if they can be secured, running from the center and outlining the plates. Strawberries au Naturel