New-York tribune., 1907-12-26
NUTRITIOUS DISHES.
An Afternoon scith the Working
Glass at the "HOme Centre.

II forget the number. but know the house by
the pretty curtains
The number was No Al Leroy street the address
of the Home Centre recently established by the
Household Economic Association. and the cheese
cloth curtains have made quite a sensation IN
Greenwich Village well as among uptown Wis
ffors Several of the latter have gone home say
ing that they going to have cheesecloth cur
tains too and the Greenwich villagers, having
with some difficulty been convinced that they cost
only cents a yard say that there is no reason
why poor people shouldn't have pretty things
on this occasion the curtains served as
guide TO the Friday afternoon cooking Glass; Tor
nearly all the classes are in operation now, al
though the furniture yet consists chehy OF
the curtains. the pupils had to IND seats the
hest wav they could. One woman sat on the coal
scuttIe and the bride sat in the window with her
brown head outlined against the peauun curtains
which she greatly adnires ana lIllenus eo iePO
duce in her own home -
The tinv store was ali ready for business One
of the Villagers VINO has become quite the main
say of the had 10 that before the class
assembled 1t is a ridiculous little store, IoohIiS
more as If il were intended for dolls mouse imam
for grown-lp kitchen, but il is quite Dig enough
for all ordinary purposes, says the teac.leI' MISS
Annie Waldron-
land our big ranges quite unnecessary
The baby stove requires only half scuttle of
coal a day and 10 burn any more in a bigger
stove would simply be making a present TO the
Coal Trust which neither the Home Centre nor
the Greenwich villagers have any desire TO 90
The lesson was on cornbread and iish chowder
both very nutritious and inexpensive dishes
These are hard times said Miss Waldron, and
we must try to get the most for our money
IL has always been the policy of the home eco
nomic cooking classes to let the students, instead
of the teacher. do the work, for which reason the
members have always been limited TO eight So
ore OF the learners mixed the co-nbread according
to the following recipe:
Sift together one cup Of yellow meal. cup Of
white -four, three level reaspoonfuls of baking
powder, one level teaspoonful Of salt and one table
spoonful of sugar. Add one beaten egg and two
I cups of milk ana water Beat well and pour into
(la buttered pan
II When it was ready to bake Miss waldron put it
In the lower part Of the tiny
When yor wait TO bake anything in coal or
wood stove,' she said, you Should always start il
on the bottom of the oven. Then if the top doesn't
brown fast enough you change IL to the top
II you start 1t on top crust viii form that il
can't rise and 1t VIII be the bottom.'
The cake was allowed 10 bake for twenty min
utes, and meantime the fish chowder was in process
Of preparation
Most of the women said they didn't like fish
chowder and their husbands couldn't bear it, but
Miss Waldron assured them that fish chowder
really more delicate than clam chowder, and when
they had tasted the concocton later they all agreed
with her.
YOU get so tired Of fried fish, said one It's
nice know other way cook it,
One woman had to do all the work for the chow
der because there vas only one knife to work with
and another stood by and read the recipe as fol-
lows:
wash and cut into squares one pound Of nice
fresh fish tnounder in this case), pare and cut UP
three medium sized potatoes and chop onion-
Fut layer OF fish in the bottom OF the kettle add
a cup OF tomatoes. some onion and potatoes han
a tablespoonful of salt and dash of pepper. Con-
tinue with fish, potatoes tomatoes and onion until
al ere used. Cover with boiling water
When the mixture all ready Miss WalGron
put it the stove where il would simmer, but
boil
1T will be done in twenty minutes after it begins
TO simmer" she said, land l. will cook much
quicker if We don't lei il boil. Most Of us have
idea that the harder boil a thing the quicker
it will get done, but that is great mistake. Did
you ever come home q little biz late and try 10
hurry UP the potatoes 10y boiling them hard? You
get them on first and rhen you set your table and
COOK your steak and make your coffee, and stlil
the potatoes hard And then. dis you ever,
when you had plenty Of time push the potatoes to
the back OF The stove so that they wouldn't be
before anything else ready?"
The class intimated by smiles and mods CT
cuescence that this had been a frequent expert
ence. Then they counted up the cost of the chow
der and found il amounted TO Is cents the largest
expense being for the fish at 10 cents pound.
This gives us two quarts Of chowder," said Miss
Na1dron, 'and you couldn't buy two quarts OF
chowder for Is cents You wouldn't know what
In IL either The delicatessen man may not
intend to be dishonest, but he isn't very particu-
lar about having his fish fresh. and nothing will
make YOU sick quicker than stale fish. You viii
always get fresher fish Friday than on any
other day, and II is best TO have your hsh dishes
that day
ooe woman added a pint Of milk another rubbed
together a tablespoonful Of butter and table,
spoonful Of -four and added this also TO the chow
der after having thinned 1t sufficiently with some
Of tie liquid. This nct 10 thicken the mixture
IS Miss WaI5ron explained. but To act as binder
and keep the solids from settling To the bottom
The only thing ieft TO do now was 10 eat the
cirovFder but that was not so simple as il sounds
There were only two cups and there were eight III
the besides the teacher, two visitors ana three
children
IN run home and get some" remarked the main
stay and forthwith she departed on her errand
The teacher fllled the TWO cups. put IN few
crackers and handed tllem 70 the visitors, and
meantime one the had bethought herself
o< the little individual pans used 10 bake bread an
when The staff life happens 10 be the subject OF
the lesson. These answered the purpose perfectly.
and as there were enough OF them 10 go round
every one had finished the chowder course by the
time the rnainstay returned, TO her great disap-
pontrnent- "a,
After me bringing the cups, she said, ruefuHy
..Never mind said Miss Waldron; Wen use
t.,e.n for the Coffee which they did. TIE corn
,,y.s.s being served with the beverage
After this the dishes were washed ard every
thing put to rights for the evening class Bot
f---eod ~ hacking the cups and saucers in her
b,.y.s "a rnainstay put them on the shelf over the
k,scne, table for there is nc china closet as YET.
.aThe evening class VIII need them. she SAID
-. can get them the next time come, but am
Going 10 bring half dozen glasses rs q Donation
All the women who attend the classes AT me
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