The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-18

Ny Dear Louise:


Ny Dear Louise:
Your cry is the cry OF every economi.
cal housekeeper. both Old and young
What shall do with my left overs?"
There are times when IL seems as II the
|. remnants of things amounted to more
than the original amounts. and what to
do with them. so that they shall result
in appetizing dishes puzzles many
housewife. There are bread crusts and
half slices. hits OF beefsteak. chicken,
spoonfuls of vegetables. cold potatoes.
and oh! SO many other bothersome
things. What can you do with them?
Follow my directions and see IL you
do not have some delicious dishes and
smaller provision bill. Don't you get dis
couraged sometimes over the accumu-
lated bits OF bread? Well, these can be
used for a score of things. In the first
place. put all the pieces In the oven in
pan. and leave tho oven door open;
dry them slowly and then CRATE fine In
tin crater and put in glass jars with
close tops. Now. you can use them for
rolling oysters. croquettes, fish, or any
thing for frying: you can make them the
foundation OF stulfing for turkey chick
en- or fish, by moistening them in milk;
yCu Sah tnt~hcn your piufit puutiuB Win
them, make a bread pudding. stir them
into salmon salad. or thicken your soup
with few OF them. and last, but not
least, you can brown them and give
them to the children in milk.
How can you use up the bits of beef
steak? First, wash them In hot water
removing Gil the grease. and then chop
fine; mix with boiled potato season with
salt and pepper. form into croquettes
and roll in crumbs and fry In hot fat.
These meat croquettes make an ex.
cellent breakfast dish.
Another good way to use up bits Of
steak or roast beef is TO make a beef
stew with dumplings. and for this you
can also use the pieces OF left over pars-
nips, turnips and even the onions. first
rinsing In hot water, to remove all the
butter. A beef stew with dumplings is a
pretty good dish on cold day. Now.
you may have mashed vegetables. and II
does seem as IL there was no good way
to prepare these for second serving,
but there is. If you have left over squash
remove the pepper from the top and
make pie for dinner; IL you have few
sweet potatoes. use those in place Of the
squash, and make pie.
or course. you cannot make a pie OF
the turnips, parsnips, onions or beets,
but you can cut the latter up as a gar
nish for a salad, and you can make a
soup of left over beef, mutton or veal,
into which stir the vegetables. boil
thoroughly and then strain through q
fine sieve. Season with salt and pepper,
and few grains of nutmeg often i'm.
proves the flavor.
Bits of cold chicken or turkey can bs
used to advantage i'm croquettes, salads
patties or soup and not a particle should
ever be wasted.
Now, what can be done with the few
cold stswed oysters which were not eat
en- at the last meal? Many cooks would
say. Nothing at ALL" but say that a
delicious oyster soup can be made OF
them. Put the oysters In cold water, say
pint of water to O cup Of oysters. !
When boiling. remove from the flre and
rub the meats through sieve Put one |
pint Of milk. one slice OF onion. one stalk |
of celery and one sprlg of parsley on to |
boil. Melt three tablespocnfuls of but |
ter add three tabiespoonfuls OF -four, !
and pour on slowly the strained oysters:
add the hot milk. two teaspoonfuls of |
salt and one-half teaspoonful of pepper. |
strain and serve. This Will be found |
exceedingly good
or course every cook makes a rice ]
pudding from her leftover boiled rice. |
Nnt another delicious way to reserve IL |
10 In griddle cakes. For these use one !
cup OF cold boiled rice. add one cup of |
milk, one-half teaspoon OF salt. the yoIks |
OF two eggs well beaten, one tabIespoon- |
full OF butter melted, three quarters of n |
cup OF -four. and then the whites of the |
eggs beaten stiff. Fry on hot griddle. l
Stir the rice thoroughly with fork be- /
fore putting in the cakes, so that II will
not be pasty. Beat the eggs very light.
az there is large que -,tt.ty for the
amount OF flour. and IL they are not well
beaten the cakes will be heavy. Cook
the cakes until little bubbles rice and
they are dry on the edges and then turn.
Serve with syrup. l,f tft
IL you boil too many eggs for break
fast. Just drop them In the kettle. boil
hard and then slice and use as garnish
for salads.
III you have some cold boiled salmon.
make IL into croquettes; any kind of
white nsh makes delicious chowder. I'm
which you can use cold boiled potatoes
and onions
There II an old warning, DO not
throw more out of the back door with a
teaspoon than can be brought in the
front door I'm a basket" and every house. J
wife should sec TO IL that she 10 saving IN
the lifflo fhiaUa