The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-06-21

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fecting, opens up happier prospect
to the wife Of the lworkingman, the
clerk or other employe on small
salary, not only In the quantity of the
dishes she may prepare. but in more
leisure for herself.
Lest any frugal house mother may
be appalled, ut the prospect of having
to use some two or three Bags before
she can produce . dinner, let me state
that all the following recipes, each Of
which I have tested personally. can be
cooked in one bag. leaving only the
pudding, pie or tart to be considered
In drawing up these dinners for o
week have had IN mind a household
consistinS q mother, father and three
or Tour cAildrsn, ranging from twelve
to hve years OF age.
It must be borne In mind that meat
wastes practically not at all during the
cooking process In the bag; therefore
II you put four pounds into the bag
four pounds will come out.
Sunday.
Allow a quarter of pound of meat
per head for each child, and a half q
pound per head for the two adults. and
you will have two pounds left over,
either for Sunday nights supper or for
next days dinner. AS to vegetables,
get some carrots. onions and turnips.
mixed, and two pounds Of potatoes.
Peel the potatoes, slice them very
thinly, and leave in water till needed.
Peel and slice the onions and turnips
and scrape the carrots. Cut all into
small squares. Wash well; leave on a
plate till needed. Take q little suet
or two good tablespoonfuls of drip.
ping. Rub this into half a pound of
-four, and salt to taste, being careful
not to overdo this and little pepper.
Mix to the ordinary dumping consis
tency with cold water, and shape into
dumplings about the size of q big
Brazil nut.
Wash the beef well, but do not dry
it. Sprinkle 1t with seasoned flour
that is, -four to which a little pepper
and salt have been added-on both
sides. Now grease the large bag thick.
ly with beef dripping. Take the pota-
toes out OF their bowl. Do not dry
them, but sprinkle them lightly with
the seasoned -four Then take the
potatoes, carrots, turnips and onions,
and mix them all well together, sprink-
ling them with very little salt. Take
a handful OF this mixture and some
dumplings, and put them into the bot
tom Of the bag. Then put in the flank
of beef. Press 1t IN as tightly and as
closely to the vegetables as possible.
Is Light the oven gas beforehand. let 1t
get as hot as 1t can for eight minutes.
Then place the paper bag on the froil.
er, put the broiler on the shelf OF
the oven, and close the door. Turn
the gas down half way, and leave
the bag in from an hour and a half
to two hours
Monday.
What Is left over from Sunday will
make dinner for Monday.
Grease a bag we'll as before. Cut
up the remains OF the stewed beef into
small square pieces. Dust these with
fresh seasoned -four. Put two pounds
OF potatoes. cut small and busted with
salt, into a creased bag as before.
Sprinkle the meat with q little pow
dered sweet herbs put in the bag, ana
add to 1t handful OF either rice, b.
ley or oatmeal, which has been soak
ing all night In cold water. II the
water has not been quite all absorbed,
add this also. Now add the remains
of any gravy which may be over from
the previous day. Close the bag, place
1t on broiler as before. and cook for so
minutes.
A jam turnover will be just the
right sort OF substantial dish to follow
the beef. For this you must have q
bag.
Rub four ounces of lard or good
dripping into half pound of -four sailed
to taste till 1t crumbles we'll. Add
sufficient cold water to make to a stiff
paste; roll out twice. Mark out
square and spread this thickly with
any kind Of jam liked. Fold over the
two sides first and pinch well together.
Now fold over the two sides In the
same way. Brush over with water or
sugar. Put into the creased bag and
bake for forty-Ave minutes.
Tuesday.
Take two pounds OF cold boiled po-
tatoes, pour on to them two wineglass-
fuls Of hot milk or water, add a good
big lump of dripping or cold bacon fat,
and mash to pulp, then beat up with a
fork till quite light. Take one and a
half pounds of either sausages or sau-
sage meat (if the former squeeze the
meat out of the sklns) and make into
small cakes each sausage making two
cakes. Sprinkle a little finely chopped
onion on top Of each cake. Make the
potato pulp into thick round cakes,
and put sausage cake on top of each
Place in a well creased bag. Close It,
and cook in hot oven for fifteen
minutes.
Old-fashioned Irish plum porridge
Soak half pound Of oatmeal over
night in cold water. At the same time
soak four ounces of well washed cur
rants In another dish. Grease a bag