New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-06
VISIONARY WORK
In THE KITCHEN
rsFFTL RESULTS IN TENE-
HENT HOUSES.
p.5;es of East Side Families Built
In and waste of Food and
Money Stopped.

expert teacher or cooking from kitchen
,,rssn in the tenement houses Just 10 save
end the children from the kind Of cooking
81 ,vod 20 do is one OF the novel methods OF
H- . go being employed with great success by
reH@ ,socisrfon for Improving the Condition OF
" 80 Already the results OF the experiment
rns-ked in many families where the cooking
AZ gives lessons the health Of children has
i'ssHe a-ore5 and the condition OF the family
p 80 been so much bettered that the family
- ~ needing help. now gets along very well
,n earnings Il is also noticeable that the
O - !, many OF these homes frequent the corner
- less and are in much better humor because
ST. Feiue fed the things they ought TO eat,
TT, - children are making their luncheons on
s0 ID than when their mothers did not
lI-. .ro,,eh 10 cook simple, Inexpensive noon
,-sss for them
- nsu Of teaching mothers how to cook result
= S-s-tlv from series Of Investigations con-
q - scbaol children who were reported as being
go n many OF these cases the investigators
..s+ the families had sufficient income to
80 enough food for all. and were actually
Al The grocer's and the butchers more
- enough 10 keep everybody well fed. The
-. Icy ii the sort OF cooking mother used TO
- ~,5 the sort OF foodstuffs she bought. In
-.sss good food, after mother got through
Ia. - and FRYING il was anything but palat-
- hss little nourishment left in it In other
- ,-a,bers purchases were so unwise that no
- ~ cooking would make a sufficient diet
out Of them
= hut somehow failed 10 make ends meet or
14O-e, $3.50 enough nourishment for their children
y king teacher went a visitor. Her first
-, vas commonly 8 demonstration that one
- eook good food il dirty kitchen and with
dirty utensils - -. -,
-,o-bs- Al the grocer's and the butchers the
,,oEpg teacher, who has buying down SO fine that
- ca7 feed family for Is cents day a person,
-, N save money for the family by teaching
- ,,s-,er v-hv e very cheap cut was really more
.rneusire than slightly higher in price
,,r75 and why green vegetables should be used
A. this season and potatoes and winter vegetables
l.f- 10 another season. In purchasing a diet for
- moor choice Of different cuts and qualities is
-v i-rno-tsur For while one cannot very well
s7u a si-loin steak costing 60 cents. the cheaper
,rrs are dependent OF culinary skill for apPetzing
ensIty Then the teacher went back TO the
kitchen and with the ordinary utensils and with
ne ordinary foods and seasonings proceeded TO
make materials which had heretofore gone into an
slmost uneatzbe dinner into a Tepast which forced
ne husband 10 ST Up and take notice
Many lessons would follow, and soon the visited
mother would invite her friends TO come in Before
many months she would be trained in skilled puT-
chasing and II the arranging OF dietary pro-
rraurle and competent 10 cook properly the aru-
rles she purchased The family, she would find TO
her surprise was getting more and better food for
less money. And when hard times came this
mother would know just how 10 cut her food bills
50 as 70 save money and vet not materially lessen
the nourishment. Not infrequently the cooking
.eacher found that mothers bought cheap stew
neat. and then spent e Large amount in fuel in
cooking IL These were taught how 10 make fire.
less cookers which saved fuel and at the same
tine kept al the essences Of the meat IN hun
dre6s Of cases the instruction OF the cooking
teacher has proved 10 be the means Of putting the
entire family a better economic plan. When
there were girls old enough TO help the cook
ing teacher that they. 100, became clever
household shoppers and cooks. The instruction
however, vas essentially different from that Of the
cooking school, win marble topped tables. gas
ranges and ideal utensils The visiting teacher
took things as she found them; cooked on coal
CT wood stove OF OIL stove OF charcoal stove
and used whatever at hand She did not,
however The dishpan for stew meat, and
Father insisted a stew pan. This fastidiousness
however, cid not 90 far as recommending eX-
pensVe double boilers, fancy egg heaters ana
spices and other accessories OF the model kitchen
Il double boiler was needed il was made out OF
an Ole bucket can Her mission was TO show
that with proper management and fire, good food is
as cheap as bad food
In cases o. very poor families needing help, the
cooking teacher paid for the food, in addition 10
showing bow Il should be cooked. IN many Of these
families il found that their condition was
ee9 Que 10 WaStefuneSS with 1000 ana IOLdA
ignorance o. how buy and how 10 cook.
Tor the bride OF the tenement house has not had
me same chance as the bride OF the apartment
lhe bride OF Tie apartment can afford TO expert
ment and waste money learning how 10 cook. And
WIEN meals turn utter failure she and her
husband 20 10 a restaurant and joke over IL In
me tenement house, however. ruined meal IS q
Catastrophe and means hungry children and an
angry husband, who has no chance except the
Zee lunch the saloon. So the mothers OF the |
Door have little opportunity to experiment II they
90 succeed IN cooking something that be eaten
1AeF stick 10 that as permanent article Of diet.
i is only when the cooking teacher who is not
afraid Of experiments goes in 20 help that these
women dare 10 essay new dishes which viii vary
Inc mon0tony OF the family diet.
IN the case CT ore underfed child that vas inyes-
lsated the cooking teacher found that the mother
"as spending s. TO 8 . a day without getting
adequate noUTishnent. when the family of three
ao-l's and Two children ought to be able TO live
Oh % cents q dag for food She thereupon planned
menu for The family. A typical menu for day
vas he following, Of which the actual cost was
- cents.
BREAKFAST.
Oatmeal. milk sugar
Co1-s Cocoa shells for children
LUNCHEON.
Stewec pr1l7es.
MIX children Tee
DINNER
Liver
Rice Win cheese and brown Eravy.
Bread
Coffee.
~ ne FIRST year OF her work, which was largely |
sAaong Individuals one cooking teacher made 1os1
4sA 70 4ss families. The per capita Of this |
q 'uetion was - cents Now the work is being |
-e more generally on the group plan, the teacher
s7-llhg group Of mothers living In one tenement |
use N the kitchen Of Of their number. and |
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