WAYS WITH TOMATOES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4410, 4 February 1930, Page 4

WAYS WITH TOMATOES.

Tomatoes will Re at their best for some weeks to come, and for itheir tonic qualities alone they shojild figure in the menu as often as possible. Tomatoes are one of the few vegetables whose health-giving mineral salts and vitamins are not deteriorated by cooking. All the 'same, there is nothing more delicious than ripe red tomatoes eaten straight from the vine, wjith just a ■seasoning of salt, and pepper. • SCALLOPED TOMATOES.

Remove the skins from the topnatoes by covering them with boiling water for one minute and then (peeling off the skins with the blunt side of a knife. Well butter a fireproof dish and sprinkle thickly with breadcrumbs. Put in a layer of sliced tomatoes and a few rounds of finely sliced onion. Sprinkle with s_alt and pepper. Repeat the layers until the dish is full. (Then cover with a layer of grated , cheese; sprinkle fine breadcrumbs over, put on a few pieces of but- , ter, and balke .a quarter of an hour, 1 or until the top is nicely browned, in a moderate oven. BREAKFAST OR SUPPER DISH.

Use large, firm tomatoes. Cut them in halves, across the cross. On each half of tomato place a thin slice of cheese and a thin slice of bacon. Stand in a baking dish with ■a few pieces of fat bacon, and bake in a fairl yhot oyen until the (bacon is -crisp. 'This is a delicious ■dish for breakfast or supper. .TOMATO SAUCE FOR BUTTLING.

Bake the tomatoes in a slow oven until tender, the skins will hurst when they are done. Rub them through a fine .sieve; then measure the pulp. To every pint of tobato pulp allow half a pint of chilli vinegar, half-tablespoqnful anchovy essence, a finely chopped shallot and a finely chopped clove of garlic, a tablespoonful soya bean paste, and salt to taste. Put the pulp in a stowpan, add the rest of the ingre'dients, and simmer until the shallot and garlic are tender. Then pass all through a fine hair sieve, add more salt and pepper if required, and bottle in airtight bottles.