Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-08-05
ECONOMYIN THE KITCHEN.

There Is period IN almost all mousse
holds when the desire to cut down ex-
penses becomes a necessity. AS the
children grow the cost of their main,
tenance increases. They must be edu-
Gated more, and perhaps better, ma
teral is required for their clothing, and
they consume greater amount of food.
The income which was amply sufll-
cieut to supply all their needs while
they were wee tOddlers must be made
to cover the enlarged expense Of ell
larged bodies. The income itself may,
from one cause or another, have been
reduced, or the prop of the family may
have laid his burden down just at the
time when the fruits OF his busy brain
and industrious hands were most need
ed to supply the wants of hungry young
mouths and active young minds and
bodies. Whatever may be the cause
which makes retreGchments seem neces.
sary, the first thing that generally oc-
ours to the heads of the family is to
cut down the cost of eating and drink
ing. 1t may be that there is little scope
for cutting down these items of expen-
diture, but, nevertheless, how to still
further reduce the amount of the butch
er's and grocer's bills becomes the pri.
mary consideration.
Many books have recently been writ
ten on the art of ecouomizing, and the
columns of the daily press have teemed
with suggestions as to how to reduce
the price Of living to a "dime a day."
or even less. These have all been
eagerly read, showing how real is the
desire to obtain the greatest amount of
comfort for the smallest outlay. Wheth-
er they have ever been productive Of
any great amount of good is another
question, but it is fair to assume that
they have not been entirely without
their result. Undoubtedly, some OF
these experiments are well enough, as
experiments, to show that life may be
sustained on very meagre supply OF
food. But as rule this sort of diet can
hardly be said to answer the purpose Of
furnishing the requisite amount of bone
and sinew to enable one to go on indei-
nitely. However, the extravaganza Of
American hOusekeepers is notorious. 1t
has been frequently said, and probably
with some shadow of truth, that q
French or German family would live
comfortably on what an American
family in the same station Of life throws
away. This is not as it should be. In
the first place, il the housewife truly
desires to reduce the expenditure of the
family cuisine 1t is necessary that she
should have all of her stores under her
own supervision. The maid cannot be
! expected to save in small things as will
the mistress who has something to gain
from:ecOnomy. She will throw away
the bones from roast meats and the
water from boiled meats, which make
excellent soups. She will waste pieces
Ofbread, and pare away large proper
ton of apples or potatoes with their
skins. In hundred ways she will
waste where she might save. Properly
stewed meats are as palatsble, and per-
haps more nu tritious than roast meats.
1t will be readily seen that in the stew
ing process none ofthe juices are lost.
The vegetables left from dinner may be
converted into toothsome salads or
made to enter into the composition of
the next days soup or stew, with no
detriment to the delicacy Of its flavor.
Remnants of cold meat recooked with
a goodly quantity of rice form dish
not to be despIsed. In fact, there is no
end to the economies Of the kitchen,
and it is not beneath the dignity of any
wise woman to best0w her attention
upon these apparently trivial matters.
Nor need she fear that in expanding
some part of her energies in this direc-
ton she will become small and sordid.
There Is wide difference between econ
omy and meanness.