The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-04
Varied Economies
Hidden in Cheese

The housekeeper of economical
mind should not fail to make a thor
ough study of cheeses. They go far
toward giving zest to a meal and are
really nourishing They contain
heterogeneous matter and are. therefore,
muscle or tissue building food.
Cheese is a concentrated food. how
ever, and should he eaten in small
quantities as a relish rather than the
fundamental element of a meal.
The common American cheese is
generally supposed to be the most
digestible of it's family. In reality it
is not so easily digested as those
which are known as rips or old
cheeses, such as Camembert, Rogue
fort and Brie. The housewife of sys-
tematic habits will stock UP her pam
try with different cheeses for different
purposes. For flavorings, making rare
bits and for cooked dishes, she will
use a good grade of American cheese
or Parmesan. The latter can be
bought, ready grated, in bottles.
The best cheeses to serve with salad
are the medium rich, such as Pine
apple, Edam, English Dairy and
American full cream. The Neuchatel
or Philadelphia cream cheese is also
served with salad, but is less easy to
digest than the medium rich cheeses
mentioned before.
The most popular after-dinner
cheeses are Roquefort, Camembert,
Stilton, Limburger, Brie, Schweitzer
and Gorgonzola, all very rich and ripe.
Presumably they are all imported
cheeses. Quite often, however, they
are made in America, and dealers
claim that they give just as good sat-
isfaction as the imported articles.
When cheese is served both with
the salad and with the coffee course
very dainty accompaniment for
green salad with French dressing is
this: Spread thin saltines with a mix
ture of grated American cheese and
butter in the proportion of two table,
spoonfuls of cheese to one of butter.
Dust lightly with cayenne pepper and
stand for a moment or so in a quick
oven. For cheese served with the
final dinner course, there is nothing
more appropriate than hard crackers,
split and toasted a golden brown.
The resourceful housewife will find
cheese an ever-present help in time of
emergency. If company arrives un-
expectedly for dinner, roll of Neu-
chatel cheese with a glass of Guava
jelly or the imported Barbecue (cur-
rants or strawberries put up in honey
served with crackers and coffee. Is
an elegant substitute for the more
elaborate pudding or ice. II the Guava
or Barbecue are not counted among
her pantry supplies, any preserved
small fruit Will do, Strawberries pre-
ferred.
But 1t is as a fiavoring or garnish
for some simply made dish that
cheese plays its most important part
in culinary economics. With an other
wise cold supper on a winters night
melted cheese on toast is a welcome
hot dish. Lay squares or triangles of
buttered toast on thick stoneware
platter and cover over thickly with
grated cheese. Have the oven very
hot, slip the dish upon the top rack
and close the door. II the cheese Is
rich ii will melt quickly. AS soon as
It is melted place the hot platter on
another Of larger size or on a tray
and serve the toothsome dainty direct
~ from the platter on which 1t was
cooked.
Cheese balls are delicious when
served hot with salad. They call for
one cup dry cheese, grated; three
drops OF Worcestershire sauce whites
or TWO eggs, well beaten; pinch OF
salt. Mold into soft balls. roll In
break crumbs. MI wire basket and
cook IN hot lard until brown.
Cheese cakes 10 be used for the
same purpose are made as follows.
One cup -four, pinch Of cayenne. Mix
with melted butter, roll out as thin
as pastry, cut I'm round cakes and
bake In quick oven a light brown.
A standard dish may sometimes be
varied by the Introduction OF a dash
OF cheese. For instance, a plain broth.
such as mutton or veal a. improved
BY the addition Of grated cheese. The
latter is not added 90 the SOUP while
" IL IN che pot, but a pretty dish, Oiled
with grated cheese, stands next 10
the tureen and "a tablespoonful or two
"a added 40 she service ~ each plate.
Here are two Was u giving Eesf 10
the regulation potato recipes. Cream
cold boiled poiaf0ra ln fhe usual man
ner, Place in a oifh ana cover well