. American cookery . hout let Nature be limping along, withonly part of the cylinders working, andmeet the acid test, and there is generallya fee for the specialist. The perfect meal is that meal which,in the planning, considers only foodsthat will combine harmoniously. Grape-fruit, so popular as an appetizer, is anacid pure and simple. It should not befollowed by a tomato soup, a fish salad,with a sour dressing, an acid fruit pie orvegetables like turnips, beans, celery,cabbage or other known gassy foods. Proceed, rather, in this way: Grape-fruit, cream of lettuce or pea soup, bake
. American cookery . hout let Nature be limping along, withonly part of the cylinders working, andmeet the acid test, and there is generallya fee for the specialist. The perfect meal is that meal which,in the planning, considers only foodsthat will combine harmoniously. Grape-fruit, so popular as an appetizer, is anacid pure and simple. It should not befollowed by a tomato soup, a fish salad,with a sour dressing, an acid fruit pie orvegetables like turnips, beans, celery,cabbage or other known gassy foods. Proceed, rather, in this way: Grape-fruit, cream of lettuce or pea soup, bakedsweet or white potatoes with the meatcourse, peas, string beans or asparagus,followed by an egg or cream-cheese salad,, a pudding, hot or cold, fancy jelly orSpanish cream. No trouble would followsuch a combination, for all items fol-lowing the grape-fruit would tend toneutralize its acid. Even if Nature werelimping a bit, this dinner would aid herrather than give additional trouble toovercome. Continued on page 222. THIS department is for the benefit and free use of our subscribers. Questions relating to recipesand those pertaining to culinary science and domestic economics in general, will be cheerfullyanswered by the editor. Communications for this department must reach us before the first of themonth preceding that in which the answers are expected to appear. In letters requesting answersby mail, please enclose address and stamped envelope For menus, remit $ Address queriesto Janet M. Hill, Editor. American Cookery, 221 Columbus Ave., Boston, Mass. Query No. 4082. — Can you give me a recipefor a Ginger Ale Salad, made with gelatine, withor without fruit? The recipe to which you refer appearedunder Seasonable and Tested Recipesin the June-July, 1914, number of thismagazine, and is as follows: Ginger Ale Salad Soften one-fourth a package of gelatinein one-fourth a cup of cold water and letdissolve in a dish of hot water; add agrating of lemon rind and one cup andthree
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