European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                60, by Pierre Franey new York times f you say the word florentine 1o any chef or serious food enthusiast no double he will immediately think of spinach. In France foods served with spinach Ere almost invariably referred Loas florentine but i am putted Asfa the origins Al the term. In his Book tie food of Italy at Wierum 1971waverley Rool the food authority and american expatriate mentioned Only one florentine dish and that is baked and served on a bed of spinach with a Mommy sauce on top. Other sources seem to offer no explanation of the term s use either. Be that As it May i have a minor passion far dishes that use spinach As a Garnish in one Lorrn or another. One of my favourites is flounder florentine. In this very easy and Quick dish Boneless Fiah Fil Tela Are lightly coated in milk and then in seasoned flour. The milk helps the hour adhere. The fish pieces Are then cooked in a Ihm layer of Oil until they Are Golden Brown. The total cooking Tine h the Oil is properly heated is less shun s Mir tules. H your Skillet is not Large enough to hold Lou Lilleus. It May be necessary to Cook the Lish in two hatches one Balch Al a time. The preparation of the spinach is simple. Once it has been ringed and drained it is cooked in a Little Olive Oil and butter just until the leaves Are willed. The spinach is seasoned with the classic touch Nutmeg. Creamed mushrooms make an excellent Side dish for ills meal. Whole mushrooms Are rinsed and called dry then cooked briefly in a Little to roller. A touch of Cream is added with a dash of Cayenne Pepper for piquancy. The mushrooms Are then cooked Lor five minutes or until the Cream is a lightly reduced. No Noeh florentine with Pistachios 4 Tel kits Bonena Tum of flounder or Fluke bout1tt Pound life pounds Ireth spinach 1 Tablespoon off of 5 Tautai poof butter Salt at Ltd irad Frt they ground Pepper to tast 14 to Poon Tom hey in cd Nutmeg 3tamaipoonamllk vib cup flour2 table noon com Peanut of vegetable Oil � cup shelled pita Chat Nuu 1 Tablespoon freshly a queued Tarpon juice. Pick Over the fillers to remove Small Bones. Remove and discard Lough stems or blemished leaves on the spinach. Rinse thoroughly and Drain Well. Heal Olive Oil and 1 Tablespoon of the butter in a casserole and add spinach. Sprinkle with sail Pepper and Nutmeg and stir. Cook about 1 Manule or until willed. Remove irom live heat. Put milk in a Flat dish and add flounder pieces. Sprinkle with sail and Pepper and turn the pieces in the milk. Shake off excess. Blend flour with sail and Pepper. Add dish pieces and coat on All sides. Shake Oft excess. Heal Corn Oil in a non stick Skillet and Odd fish Del. Cook about t minute or less until Golden Brown on one Eide. Turn lha pieces and Cook about t minute or leu. As the Lish pieces Are cooked Irater them immediately to individual plates rather than to a Tiller. The fish is delicate and must not be Over handled. Surround each serving of fish with a portion of spinach. Pour off the fat from the Skillet and add the remaining 4 Tablespoons of butter and Pistachios. Heat Una Al bubbling and Sprinkle with Lemon juice. Pour the sauce Over fish. Yield 4 Servings. Creamed mushrooms h Pound Nuh mushroom about 4 cup 1 Tablespoon butter 1 Tablespoon train to in unwed Lemon Trie Salt to taste it desired freshly ground Pepper to tails 3 Tablespoon shallot finely chopped i cup heavy Cream v Teaspoon Cayenne Pepper. Rinse mushrooms and Pat dry heat Bulter in o Skillet and add mushrooms Lemon juice sail Pepper and shallots. Stir and Cook about 2 minutes and add Cream. Sprinkle Cayenne Pepper on lop. Cover closely and Cook 5 minutes. Uncover and reduce the liquid briefly. Yield 4 Servings. The curious shopper by Sonja Heime Are some Che tet Tupp Tod to smell Ilka ammonia i bought some fancy imported cheese Trie name at which elude me 001h Home unwrapped it and was put off by an am Mont smell. I brought h Belt with oils complaint but lha girl in the cheese department Baldit Wal tip posed to smell thai Whf. I got my Money Back anyway. Mrs a Braun Conga Park Calif. No cheese is supposed to smell like ammonia and you wore Light to insist on a refund four nose was tailing you something which Howard Hillman confirms in Kitchen science Many a cheese Monger has convinced uninformed customers lha the ammonia scent of a surface ripened cheese such As Camembert indicates that in has reached its maturity. French gourmets love eating their cheese in this condition. Not so ones you can smell More hat a Iraca of ammonia the cheese is Over the Hill because it is sensory confirmation thai certain enzymes Are attacking countless amino acids a process that spoils the  How about advil Long a Good wallpaper cleaner Tor Vern of for wallpaper without any Vinyl or for paper with Al not in various degrees use either Ivory liquid detergent diluted with water and wipe ii Down or a product called a Sorene also known As the Pink Ball of magic. This product has been around since 1h91, and is like a Ball of Clay which you rub Over the wallpaper or other surfaces you want to Dean. Flocked wallpaper is hard to clean. If you want to do More than vacuum it you can also use the Ivory liquid solution bul it lends to Harden the wallpaper once it s dry. Foil wallpaper can be cleaned with Lemon Oil. Wipe it on and in will bring Back a Shine. Grass cloth can t be cleaned but then it does t hold dirt and dust As much As locked wallpaper does. Another hint is to run a piece of while bread Over the paper it your conscience will allow such a use of cod. The bread has just enough moisture in in bul not too much and in absorbs grease and stains As Well As a cloth. Reader feedback keeping cottage chem d.r.k., of Roseburg. Ore. I recently Reed your column about keeping collage cheese from going bad. You recommended being sure the refrigerator was clean to prevent bacteria from invading tra cheese i have found a worthwhile solution which is to put the cottage cheese Back in the refrigerator upside Down after opening 1 Nave kept cottage cheese up to two weeks ills  thank you and All the other readers who provided this tip. I Don t know Why this would work but i can venture a guess since cottage cheese is Low in acid and High in water Content 70 to 80 per enl water it s a Good medium Tor bacterial contamination. If the cheese sits in a refrigerator the same Way All the Lime the water will tend to Rise to the lop. But if you turn the Container Over the water will be distributed throughout the cheese and hence More Prelec Ted. Storing celery and other vat by i Diana Dixon Laws  Calif. I wed hosting a Slack of celery. Obviously you can t use it for salads bul in cooking a soup or sauce it s Fine. You can slice it while Frozen and put the real Back in the Freezer in a plastic  Erma Bombeck it started off As a Greal week. I had my Leeth cleaned and there were no cavities. I found my favorite lips lick in an old handbag that i thought was lost. And the Daffodil bulbs i planted upside Down were pushing up through the soil. Then t got a idler from an attorney in Ohio saying he was tunning me for president of the United states. His name is Thomas Cecil Hellering Ohio and he is beating the i Abrass roots on my behalf monday inn and my sundays facing Sam Donaldson and George will on television. Sam Toots like every credit manager i be Ever known and George reminds me of the kid in Grade school thai the teacher always put in charge of inking names while she was Oul of the room. And he always did. I Don t want another Job where i have to work Oul of wednesday March 23,19b8 my Home. I be done hat and it s the oils people running in and out using your phone and asking where the extra tissue is i m sick of balancing budget trying to figure out if we go Oul to dinner or make a House payment no Hank you. As for entertaining every dignitary who comas Down Pennsylvania Avenue that gets slate. For too Many years i be hosted and hoisted until i thought my face would break irom smiling. I m bored to death Wilh the responsibility of Teung people what to do and when to do it making new tews and enforcing them and serving As a mediator to promote peace. I Don t want to work with Congress. Heaven knows i be raised enough children. I did t mean to overreact Tom but the presidency la a dead end Job for women. We re ready Lor something bigger. Some Lhing at a higher entry leva