The Washington herald., 1913-03-20
TOPICS OF INTEREST TO EVERY WOMAN
ECONOMICAL MENUS
FOR THE HOME TABLE

Plan Meals for Two Days il
Order to Use Left.
BREAKFAST
Halved Grape Fruit.
Economical Egg Omelet.
Graham Mufins
Caramel Cereal Clear Postum.
LUNCHEON
Baked Macaroni with Cheese.
Plum Jelly.
Bread and Butter.
Imitation DEVILS Food Cake.
DINNER
Lima Rean Soup.
Beef Loaf. Tomato Sauce.
Baked Potatoes. Clery.
Apple Pudding.
BREAKFAST
Oranges.
Shredded Wheat Biscuit
Dried Beef Gravy.
Caramel Cereal.
or Postum.
LUNCHEON.
Rice with Rainsins and Creamy Mix,
Stewed Prunes.
Oatmeal Cookies.
Cocoa
DINNER
Tomato Soup.
Escolloped Salmon.
Mashed Potatoes. Cabbage Slaw.
Ginger Pudding Lemon Sauce.
Economical Ese Omelet.
For five persons use four eggs beaten
till foamy, and for each egg add one
tablespoonful milk, and one large cracker
rolled fine. and a pinch of salt. A dash
OF cayenne, a little minced onion or
parsley may be added. Pour the mix
ture into q hot. creased skillet. When
ready to turn. cut into five sections and
turn quickly with a pancake turner.
Serve on hot platter.
Apple Pudding (No Butter or Exss,,
Pare and slice thin six large appIes.
Season with sugar and nutmeg or CHINA.
mon. Add little water. Place in well
creased pan and pour over the apples a
batter made as follows: One pint -four.
a pinch of salt. one tablespoonful sugar.
one heaping teaspoonful baking powder.
one rounded tablespoonful lard or cot
toiene. Mix with these ingredients
enough milk. or milk and water. to make
II right consistency to drop from the
spoon. Bake one-half hour in good oven
Eat with creamy milk or a pudding
sauce
Imitation DEVILS Food Cake.
Two tablespoonfuls butter or butterine,
one cup sugar. two eggs. two-thirds cup
milk. one-third cup grated chocolate or
cocoa barely dissolved in warm water.
one teaspoonfui vanilla and two tea
spoonfuls baking powder. stirred into
two cupfuls fiour-little more -four IL
loaf cake is preferred. Mix and bake as
any butler cake. MAY use, also, ON.
cupful chopped nuts. sprinkled with a
little nour and salt) Either white or
chocolate icing good.
Dried Beef Gravy.
After picking to pieces, each slice OF
dried beef toss quickly in hot creased
skillet TIL quite crisp, add slowly enough
water to well cover and simmer for ten
minutes after it boils. Make a thicken-
Ing OF two rounded tablespoonfuls fiour
rubbed smooth with milk. Stir the thick
enins into the water gradually and add
more milk Tor milk and water) till con-
sistency of thick cream. An egg or a
leftover yolk beaten into the thickening
improves the gravy. Serve on bread or
toast.
Oatmeal Cookies.
Cream one cupful shortening with one
cupful sugar. add two eggs one table,
spoonful cinnamon. two generous table,
spoonfuls sour milk or butternilk to
which one level teaspoonful soda has
been added, two and one-half cupfuls
oatmeal and two and one-haIf cupfuls
flour. Do not roll too thin. Cut in any
shape desired.
The loaf, potatoes and pudding first
day for dinner may all be baked at one
time. thus economizing gas; also the
eScalloped potatoes and baked apples
for luncheon the same day. The cak.
will do for luncheon three days and the
cookies for several times
Materials purchased for two DAYS.