Evening journal., 1917-12-28

For two sears this Business OF Being
a Housewife department. in the news
papers has heen assisting tie American
housewife In establishing ways OF
thrift and eannomy in the buying and
manipulation s)f foods Because Of this
work, we are specially prepared to as
sist in suggesting conservation foods
and recipes.
The government has asked US TO be
conservative In the use Of meat. Be
cause OF meat shortage, this was neces-
sary before tho war, now that we need
so many Of the meat products for our
Allies we must be douby careful in the
use OF meats heatless days and care
ful use Of meat on other days will not
affect the farmers business. There IS
now such a grnat demand for meat
that every American farmer could pro-
fltably increase his stock business every
year for some considerable period.
The government has asked us to con-
serve pork products because they are
so high in heat and energy giving ma
terial and are easily prepared so that
they keep a Ions time. The American
taste has been cultivated so that we re-
quire a certain amount Of bacon and
ham flavor in our dishes. To get this
and still conserve the pork supply, we
suggest that various OF the dry sau-
ssges be used.
Dry sausage in casserole dishes will
give that smoked meat flavor and the
delicate spices in the sausage adds
greatly 70 the 1avoT Of the casserole
dish. This will be found a very nutri-
tlous and satisfying conservation pro-
duct
Where any pork Is used in home con-
sumption the housewife should be most
careful to see that every bit Of mate
rial is consumed--all drippings should
be saved, said drippngs can be used
for shortening and for sauteing pur-
poses. The foreign housewives season
bacon drippings with salt, pepper and q
bit Of onion and various spices and use
them as spread on any Of the heavier
breads. Drippings not used In cook
can be thus utilized with our new war
breads.
Cheaper Cuts.
The cheaper cuts Of beef should be
used. These require the long moist
cooking in order TO break down the
thick connective tissue
Extract Of Beef Is a splendid con
servation product in helping TO make
the various cheaper cuts Of meat go
further. Il extends the meat flavor and
is very tasty in different casserole
dishes.
For "meatless" days we recommend
the use OF cheese, beans, flsh, eggs and
peanut butter. Recipes FEATURING these
different dishes have appeared re-
peatedly 10 these pages. We trust
every reader Of the psgo has lle Of
them. The above named products FUR
uish the tissue building mazerial or pro-
tein. such as Is furnished by meat
There are numerous ways OF prepar-
ing attractive dishes that can be served
as the main dish Of the meal from these
various products Tho peanut butter
loaf. or the bean loaf. has proved "a
be A very satisfactory dish TO serve IN
place Of a main meat dish for dinner
wives who have tried them say their
husbands have given high praise OF
these dishes saying that II they can
have such good "substituies' Uncle
sam can go as far as he lilies on this
conservation.
Tuna nsh works up splendidly as
chicken in a tuna fish pie. Used IN
combination with rice and hominy the
cheese and any Of the ash products
gives satisfactory results. Poultry is
meat conservation prodWt mal
should be extensively used.
For the 'wheatless" days. vis recon-
mend the use Of rolled oats. rice and
hominy in the making Of various
breads. mullins, pancakes and even pie
crust. A very novel pie crust substi-
tute is made by lining a pie tin with
rice. the rice Is cooked, seasonal ready
TO serve, the pie tin is lined with thls
and the rice is allowed to cool Fill
This novel crust with pumpkin OF
mipcemeat or any films that does not
need a top crust Top this with a mer-
ineue Of either whipped evaporated
milk or beaten white Of egg.
save Suaar for "Thc Boys"
In the sugar conservation the use o.
syrup. honey, dates, ralsins and fruli
Juices IS recommended. Starch turns
10 sugar in the mouth so from a stand
point Of body need we can do without
considerable sugar when we know we
have had enough sugar in the system
we will often be satisfied without actu-
ally eating so much sugar Grape juice
OF the fruit juices contains coDsid-
erabln amount Of sugar material
BY gradually reducing the amount OF
sugar we take in our daily beverages
and the amount used IN cooking; by
using syrup over cereals and pancake;
we can assist a great deal in saNnt
sugar for the boys.
In Fat Conservation the Government
insists upon our using vegetable short