Gala-day luncheons; . rs or pos-sibly the toy store; if, however, they arenot to be had in the country, the creammay be pnt in meringue shells and tiedwith ribbons. The raspberry shrub may be served allthrough the meal, or made a separatecourse instead of a sherbet. It is to bemade some days before it is needed; thisis a simple and excellent rule: Put twoand a half ounces of tartaric acid into aquart of water, and pour over six quartsof red raspberries. After two days stirand strain; add to each pint of juice apound and a half of powdered sugar, stirtill dissolved, let it stand four days, andt
Gala-day luncheons; . rs or pos-sibly the toy store; if, however, they arenot to be had in the country, the creammay be pnt in meringue shells and tiedwith ribbons. The raspberry shrub may be served allthrough the meal, or made a separatecourse instead of a sherbet. It is to bemade some days before it is needed; thisis a simple and excellent rule: Put twoand a half ounces of tartaric acid into aquart of water, and pour over six quartsof red raspberries. After two days stirand strain; add to each pint of juice apound and a half of powdered sugar, stirtill dissolved, let it stand four days, andthen bottle. If this is too much troubleto prepare, serve lemonade coloured withraspberry juice, and if you wish to haveit very nice, use vichy instead of waterin making the lemonade. A fruit sher-bet may be introduced if the drink isserved all through the meal. For a hotday in summer it is a mistake to have 128 Gala-Day Luncheons the noon meal too long or too heavy, som this menu the usual pate or croquetteis A NAUTICAL LUNCHEON This meal may be served at a seasidecottage, or near a lake or even a river, orit may be used on board a yacht. If ithappens to be in a house or on a piazzaby the sea, the walls near by may bedecorated with fish nets and oars. Use a table-cloth for the time, and omitany central decoration whatever, even the 9 129 Gala-Day Luncheons customary piece of lace. Arrange a smallfleet of sail-boats all over the table, fasten-ing them to each other by a couple ofstrands of narrow ribbon, drawn looselyand tied ta each central mast. Heap thedecks with some small flower which will look well withthe colour of theribbon. If but-tercups are to behad, they arepretty, with yel-low ribbons; orsmall pansies arelovely, with pur-ple and yellow;or the deck can be heaped with bon-bons, and the ribbons used as with theflowers, if this is preferred. It is nec-essary to cut off the keels of the littleboats in order to have them stand securely,and the small unpainted bo
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