COLD MEALS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1294, 24 November 1911, Page 4

COLD MEALS.

— "i - Sinco women have had to depend Bd much on their owi)[>fxfPtions, it is in-tores-ting to see how greatly housework is lK'ing simplified. Mys~"an Australian writer. Much, to bo done. Hot meals are t-till a fotish with Hi® Australian housewife (and tlu> tamo thing might be said;Jjt them in New Zcaluml). "A good hot ,<!juner" is something she regards as iniich'llwft appetising than a cold.one. '.She MT\ to" believe that a well-miido vegetable lliiivonaisc is mora likely to appeal io tl.o summer appetite than steaming cauiifio'Vefoaiid almost invariably chciishts, tltti'rconvict'ion that oold moats represent a torfi of washing day imikeehifL in himsc.'keipivipi, She has inherited many tradition* t'ipiu her British grandmother, but has quite ignored ono of the best, since the "toftl Collation" has always sto-xl for Kometliiyitipecially good in Kngland. Australian:;«tftnd practically alone in the belief that .Hiriio hot nieala da ily are desirable, especially'in summer time, liven in tho biggeitiifiuglish houses »i"ri! than one hot dish at breakfast or liincW»n is rarely seen,: while great attention is lxj-.lowed on th? l preparation of wild foods. In a climat! :svuch as ours old fmcls in summer teilfc-niako very greatly kr general health, .junket, cream and fruit, meat in aspic,, ((oiled mutton v-'itli rich jMirslev sauce, 'iVnd oold roast mutt/on and roast beef, n>t ciit till cold, are a few of the staple' tilings which should be supplemented ; vilh r vegetable salads of all sorts and drctoiptions. AIX■ milk puddings are more cold than hot, while of fruit pici.pt! same may be said. Any housewife whY : considers tho matter will be surprise*! tofiiid how very few tliin'/s there are that' her family would not prefer cold to h<E"rpr at least six months in the year. ' It is unbelievable how fie'.coM meat

ha hit minimises hard wor I -ir'r l.tic kitclicn. Practically a.ll the rfeftls for the day ran be prepared in fhi cool of tho morning, and set carefully., in t.ho coolest wcll-ventilatr-d ptai<;' The incidental v,;ishinty rlonr*, the kitchen i 9 a two! plaon, for. the rest of the day, and the housewi'd,'instead of being a hot itnri flurried peron,'- 'who probably greets a hot and tiredji'isb.'ind with th<s assurance that he hag dinner waiting long enough to rriifi ttr thero is, at the end of a hot day a rri'fjnahlo and quite comfortable woman head of affairs. The cold meal is alv3#i a ablo feast, and that nlono irfi.Very great point in its favour. It not work and worry, but an. iiiCAlenlafjJf.-, amount of waste, especially as rcsarifc ,'meat. It makes medals on verandahs ahcW.gardens a pleasant possibility, is nothing in the way of savoury ifpticsto at-> tract the ever watchful fly^iiYd'it is a significant fact that the fartilies who. adopted the cold meal habitrJliiy summers back could not now be'|>tt-d to! return to their old habits. "' r -'