The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-25
Spring Vegetables
Best Tonnes, Says
Mrs. Anna B. Scott
Housewives Advised as to the
Preparation Of Meals at
This Time of Year.
Yes, spring is here, and nobody Is

ms lime ct Year.
Yes, spring is here, and nobody is
more ready 70 welcome the new sea-
/! son than the housewife.
The month or SIX weeks That come
fEetween real winter and the opening
tof buds and return Of birds are the
hardest time of the year for the wo-
man who has to prepare or look after
the preparation Of three meals a day.
says Mrs. Anna 3. Scott, cookery ex-
pert Of the Philadelphia North Amer
lean
Appetites are iaded by a long rou-
tine of winter foods, and even the
best Efforts To work in acceptable
changes are apt to meet with scant
appreciation.
Then one day dish of stewcd rhu-
barb IS brought to the table and the
whole family sits up to take notice
Eyes brighten and some one says
'Rhubarb!" in a tone Of real JOY. just
as If it We're the most wonderful food
in all the world
1t is a delicate and delicious thing,
but that isn't the point.
The point is that it says to the
folks at the dinner table, Spring has
come
And these folks know that before
long a dish Of dandelion greens Will
follow in the wake of rhubarb, and
then platter of asparagus and a
tempting shad and mess" OF new
potatoes-my, how good hey'll taste
after the mean sproIty flavor of the
latest old ones!-and after awhile a
bowl Of red strawberries will light
kup one end of the table
Then all the food dreariness anu
Imonotony Of the late winter will ps
forSotten--put away in the moth balls
Iof memory. TO be brought out again
next February
Flavor is Rest Tonic.
Appetites that caused talk about
'tonics'' Will have come around und Ell
the magic treatment of the best tonic
there is-favor. And while the chill
Edren arc running in with hands full
Of dandel:on- gold and meadow blooms
of other sorts, the woman who is re-.
spons.ble for the comfort of the fam
lily is all aglow at the prospect of be-
ing able to give her loved ones some
thing fresh and green and full OF the
flavor of spring.
OF course. most of the fresh vege-
tables now in market arc from the
South, but no SO far south as a few
weeks ago. And it won't be long I'M
I'll we begin to get certain things
from home" gardens-Jcrsey sell is
wonderfully productive once it gets
good start6under warming sun And
Pennsylvania truck gardens are not.
far behind
Even now those who take the Del
aware bridge route to Atlantic City
eyclaim over the masses of green in
the attractively laid out truck patches
in the bottoms. Already scullions
and early radishes and new lettuce
that kind that doesn't look Ike a
head OF cabbage-are being marketed,
from such specially cared for gar
dens.
Already We have dandelion greens
and what real treat these are for
those who know their goodness.
It is here that our Italian citizens.
have SO much the best Of us. They
appreciate the dandelion They know
from experience that it is better than
any spinach which can be bought at
this time of year. Go out in your back
yard or, If you have none, to some
nearby open lot and cut a mess OF.
the tender young leaves. Cook them
Just as you would cook spinach, and
see how good they are.
Then you will not wonder why the.
Italians are SO fond of them.
Eat Plenty OF Rhubnrh.
Eat as much rhuharb as you can
at this time of year Nature looks
out fol. us in the food line. and rhu-
bari, is one of natures spring regll-s
laturs. What is more delicious than
dish Oft stewed! And rhubarb pie
is fine But this is not the time Of
year when one cares much about pies.
The system Graves green and succu-
lent things. Foods that have a flavor
of spring about them are the foods
we want now.
will lose our appetite for meat. at
least to a certain extent. This is as
it should be. We o not need the
heating nourishment Of meat when
the days begin to get warmer.
Pretty soon spring lamb will be
with US. At first the cost is exces-
sive, but soon it drops to normal, and
Lit is one of the most delicious meats
there is Even now spring chickens
are tempting us. but the price is be-.
yond the average purse. But IL the
housewife will take a little country eN;.
cu1.sinn some lovely afternoon and
stop in at farmhouse or two she
may be able to buy couple of
broilers for little more than she would
have to pay for one ia the city. mar
ket-
Indeed. if some. OF our housewives
would take little trips Of this sort in-
stead of going 10 stuffy theatcr or
movie. there would be many oppor-.
tunities for bringing home delicacies
that cost too much in the big markets
where the addition Of two or three.
profits. however reasonable. lifts
prices beyond the reach Of the aver
age purse.
It's the Dainty Season.
Now that spring has come see to It.
that there is a little bunch of spring
flowers On the table every day-evcry
day when it is possible TO get them