Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-21
FOR SIX
At TOTAL COST
Of S1.22
Expert Rings Bell on the High
Cost of Living-Market
Basket Results.

You can do it,
You can reduce the high cost OF liv-
ing almost one-half.
| At least that is the opinion Of an
expert who has devoted the greater
portion of his life to the solution of
| this very problem
Seeing the merits Of the Market Bas
ket in last Fridays Georgian and APP
preciating the great saving to the
housewife from the bargains offered,
and the splendid opportunities, Elbert
l.. Thornton, steward Of the Atlanta
Athletic club and for years steward 81
large hotels throughout the country
for five years Of the Kimball house IN
Atlanta-has submitted an interesting
digest, with suggestions which will
prove of great value to the housewife
and the man who pays the bills alike.
The Solution.
Following is the solution offered by
Mr. Thornton:
| In addition to the bargains offered
| in the Market Basket. the following
| suggestions may be Of benefit to Geor-
| gian readers:
Don't throw away the handful of
mashed potatoes, potato cakes, potato
croquettes, etc.
The chicken is cooked, the broth IS
/ left. why throw it away? Save Z
! for Monday. 1t can he used for chick
en- soup with rice and is delicious. You
! had a small amount of rice left over
from your Sunday dinner. The left
over rice would make a nice pudding,
or il you want wheat cakes for break
| fast a little cooked rice in the batter
makes them fine.
THE small amount of lard that is
| left after frying the bacon is enough
| to fry potato cakes or could be used
in making waffles. 1t also gives
! splendid flavor
Ways to Save.
you had a large soup bone. Why
not, after the soup is made and the
meat Of the bone is tender, put it in
| the oven and brown and serve as
meat. and not stop at that, but should
any be left, "a few blocks of raw po-
tatoes and a little onion mixed with
the cut meat make a delicious break
fast hash, served on toast?
After dinner there was a small
amount of stewed corn left. Corn fril-
tiers is the answer. Make little bat
ter Of -four, salt and baking powder
and bacon grease and add the left
over corn and fry in a pan.
Another way to save is in the gas
! bill In cooking with gas, don't have
| too much flame under your pots after
getting the pot to boil. Reduce the
! flame and It will continue to boil on
| less gas When a roast and vegetables
are being cooked at the same time, get
the vegetables to a boiling point, then
place them in the top oven while the
roast is baking underneath the flame,
and one gas burner will do the work Of
the two.
Tasty Menus.
Il submit the following menus, the
cost Of which is the maximum, and
can be reduced considerably by pur-
chasing from the firms who offer bar
gains in the Market Basket:
Menu For Sunday Dinner.
Roast Chicken with Dressing.
Mashed Potatoes, Steamed Rice.
Stewed Corn.
Macaroni with Cheese.
Tomato Salad.
Lemon Gelatin. Ginger Waters
Cost-Chicken. 75c; dressing, left
over bread; mashed potatoes. sc;
steamed rice, &c; stewed corn, loo;
macaroni. 6c; cheese, sc; tomatoes,
sc; gelatine, sc; ginger waters sc.
Total, $1.22. This includes a family
of four, with two visitors for dinner.
Sunday Supper.
Cold Chicken.
Macaroni and Cheese-cold
Sliced Tomatoes.
Coffee
Cost-Au left over except coffee
which would be sc.
Monday Breakfast.
Chicken Hash on Toast.
Hot Grits.
Wheat Cakes.
Coffee.
Cost-Ch.chen legs and wings, left
over. potatoes and onions. sc, grts,
&c; wheat cakes. sc, coffee, &C. To-
tai, lie.
Monday Dinner.
Chicken Soup with Rice.
| Roast Beef. Brown Gravy.
Drowned Mashed Potatoes.
Steamed Okra and Tomatoes
Celery.
Bread and Butter Pudding
| Cost-Soup, left over; roast 40c:
potatoes, left over; can okra and to-
matoes. loo: celery. sc, pudding, bread
left over, eggs, butter and rice, 15c.
! Total, zoe
Monday Supper.
Beef Croquettes.
Corn Fritters.
Bread and Butter Pudding.
/ Coffee.
/ Cost-Croquettes, left over, corn
! fritters. left over; pudding, left over: