The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16
MAKE NEW DISHES FROM
THE LESS COSTLY FOODS,
MRS. SCOTT" TELLS HOW

studied ways Of preparing attractive
substitute dishes. She planned every
meal SO Us to give her children whole
some foods within the reach OF her
allowance. Il have never had to ask
my husband for dollar beyond the al
lowance. she told me. but she says
1t has taken great deal Of thought
on her part.
at Is just what my friend did, that
the women whose allowances do not
Increase with the rise in prices must
learn to do. Take potatoes as an ex-
ample. They have been rising recent
ly. Why can't the housewives here do
as we did in our home twenty years
ago, when we couldn't get Bermuda
potatoes in March?
1--WE had what we called scrambled
pancake. Cake batter was dropped in
the skillet and scrambled. Then we
had garden salad. served with eggs and
oil and some stewed or canned fruit
and that was our meal. 1t was more
nutritious and wholesome than a meal
of meat and potatoes. The scrambled
pancake looked like hashed brown DO.
tatoes and tasted like them. In some
sections Of Germany and in Alsace.
Lorraine. where they don't get Der.
muda potatoes and southern yege.
tables. they use these scrambled pan.
cakes In place of potatoes in some sea.
sons.
Must Learn New Things.
Women today must learn to try new
things. When food prices fluctuate, as
they are now, they must have the in.
itiative to get away from the conven.
tional dishes. OF course, she has to fill
her table so that the husband will moi
feel he is being starved, and the child
rem must not be robbed of any nourish-
ment.
Take meats. for example. There
was a time when made meatcakes
out OF round steak. In those days 1,
cost Is cents pound. Now 1t costs
as high as rs cents. I could get por-
tons for four persons out of a pound
But now use stew beef, which costs
II cents a pound, and to make up
the bulk and nourishing value / add q
cup of boiled rice. II makes a more
delicious meatcake and / can &c,
eight meatcakes out of It
Then there is peanut butter. Mos,
women forget that peanut butter can
be used for other things than making
sandwiches. But there are numbers
Of dishes in which peanut butter with
its high food value can be used. There
are peanut butter croquets, for ex-
ample, in which potatoes are used for
bulk They make a fine substitute for
the meats OF a meal. Rice may be used
t. 'aesc croquets II potatoes are not
used.
Ina beans have been exceptionally
good and cheap this year. have
bought them for cents a pound. and
haven't used any white beans all year
Lima beans can be used in many ways
and they are Of high food value, too.
"a woman in the kitchen can
frequently save her energy and ex-
pense, too. by putting to use things
frequently thrown away. made cream
OF barley soup the other day from the
barley left on the side OF the kettle
after I had made my cereal for break
fast The particles that had collected
In the kettle would have been thrown
away by many housekeeper. put
three cups of rice stock in the kettle.
added cup OF milk and seasoning
and for 8 cents had four cups Of good
soup
Recipes for several substitute dishes
which Mrs. Scott has suggested in the
a.