The Washington times., 1911-05-08

! Oat Meal. .W.
Molasses. .05.
Sugar, II.
Potatoes, 20.
Rice, .06.
Milk, LIP.
Eggs, "a.
Rye bread, 10. -
Sausages, %.
Lettuce, .03.
Beans, ~.
Salt pork.-.15.
Corn meal. &C.
Graham meal. .05.
Butter. As.
Cheese, .16.
Shin of beef, 50
Fish Fish, 90 %
Soap, 90.
yinesar, salt and pepper, about .o5.
Can OF corn, .07.
Onions, GO
Total H.6S
In this account, too. Ruth wat liberal
In her margins. She did better than
TINS later on. A fairer estimate could
nave beer made at the end of the month
and still fairer even than that, at the
end or the year. 1t sounded almost too
good to be true, but 1t was fact.
We had lived. and lived well on this
amount and as yet Ruth was ineXpcri
enced. She hadn't learned all she
who may think We went hungry have
asked Ruth to write out the bill of fare
for this week as nearly as she can re-
member 1t.
One thing you must keep in
mind is that of everything we had. we
had enough. Neither Ruth, the boy.
nor myself ever left the table or dinner
pail unsatisfied.
Here's what we had, and It was bet
ter even than II sounds, for whatever
Ruth made. she made we'll. l copy it
as she wrote 1t out.
MONDAY
Breakfast - Oatmeal, griddle cakes
with molasses, cream of tartar biscuits,
milk
Luncheon-For Billy: Cold biscuits.
two hard boiled eggs, bowl Of rice. cold
coffee. For Dick and me: Cold bis
cults, milk, rice.
Dinner-Baked potatoes, griddle cakes.
milk
TUESDAY.
Breakfast-Baked potatoes, graham
mullins, oatmeal. milk.
Luncheon-For Billy: Cold mullins,
two hard-boiled eggs, rice, milk. For
Dick and me: Cold mullins. rice, and
milk.
Dinner-Boiled potatoes, pork scraps,
hSt biscuits, milk.
WEDNESDAY.
Breakfast-Oatmeal, fried potatoes,
warmed-over biscuits.
Luncheon-For Billy: Cold biscuits,
two hard-boiled eggs, bread pudding.
For Dick and me: Baked potatoes, cold
biscuits, bread pudding.
Dinner-Beef stew with dumplings,
hot biscuits, milk.
THURSD AY.
Breakfast-Fried sausages, baked po-
tatoes, graham mullins, milk.
Luncheon-For Billy: Cold muffins,
cold sausage, and rice. For Dick and
me: The same.
Dinner-Warmed-ov stew. lettuce,
hot biscuits, milk.
FRIDAY
Breakfast-Oatmeal. fried rock COD,
baked potatoes, rye bread, milk.
LunCheon-For Billy: Rye bread. po-
tato salad, rice. For Dick and me: The
same.
Dinner-Soup made from stock of
beef leftover fish, boiled potatoes, rice,
milk.
Breakfast-Oatmeal, fried corn mush
with molasses, milk.
Luncheon-For Billy: Cold biscuits, |
two hard-boiled eggs, cheese, rice. For
Dick and me: German toast.
Dinner-Baked beans, hot biscuits.
SUNDAY.
Breakfast: baked beans, graham muf- |
fins.
Dinner: boiled potatoes, pork scraps, |
canned corn. corn cake, bread pudding.
word about that bread pudding. |
Ruth tells me she puts in an extra |
Quart of milk and then bakes II all |
day when she bakes her beans, stirring |
1t every now and then.
] never knew before how the trick |
was done, but it comes out a rich |
brown and tastes like plum pudding |
without the raisins. She says that II
YOU put in raisins it tastes exactly |
like a plum pudding.
So at the end of the first week found |
rlyself with $50 left over from the ola |
home, 81 saved in the new all my bills |
paid, and Ruth, Dick and myself all fit |
as 4 fiddle.