Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1917-10-27
TIE SOLDIER WOMAN.
letters From 4 Washington Woman
10 Her Sister in Michigan Tell
Ing How One, Woman Is CO.
operating With The U. $.
FOOd Administration.
Washington, d. G.

washington, - y.
My Dear Sister.
Learning TO be the sort of home
manager described by the Food Ad-
ministration as the first essential in
winning this war is some job
But if every woman construes her
obligation of cooperation as your let
ter Gust received) indicates that you
are doing, the American Woman will
go down in history as the factor in
the fight which tipped the scale on the
side of victory.
They tell us that at least $700,000,
600 worth of food is wasted in this
country yearly with the larger part of
the waste flowing into garbage cans
and running down kitchen sinks.
We are also told that the companies
which contract to purchase garbage
count for their profit upon the fact
that every ton of household waste
yields from 80 to 40 pounds of fat
over and above the residue that could
be used as fertilizer"
Now what doyou think of that as an
Indictment?
/ confess to a blush of shame for
my part in such statistics.
knowing right we'll that most of the
carelessness is in the smaller things
/ began at once with the little leaks
that, combined, amount to so much in
the long-run,
The first little leak | found to be
"left-overs - They are due in my
house to the constantly repeated cry
of q don't like" or Il can't eat"
have held a regular war council, and
Jack has pledged himself to cut these
phrases out. The children, too, have
rallied round the flag.
So that's settled!
The next step was to study the uses
of Ieft-overs. 1 confess knew little
about them because / had always
thrown scraps of everything into the
garbage can.
Perhaps you. too, have waited for
war to show you your sins of extrava-
gance. If SO, you may be glad to
know a few of the things / have
found out about left-overs.
/ find that can thicken soups,
stews and gravies with leftover
cereals.
That stale bread makes a splendid
basis for many meat dishes, hot
breads and desserts.
That every drop of skinned milk
contains nourishment, and may be
added for such a purpose to cereals,
soups. sauces and other foods, while
sour milk, buttermilk and sour cream
can all be used in cooking We like
it better for hot breads than sweet
milk. Then there's cottage cheese,
cream cheese, clabber. of which the
children are particularly fond, while
sour cream is fine for shortening in
cakes and cookies, and useful in salad
dressings and gravies for meats.
That there are all sorts of attract
i've dishes possible from the combina-
ton of meat or fish with cereals and
vegetables, and that leftover meat
can be advantageously used in max
ing cakes, meat or fish pies.
That leftover gravies are nice in
soups and sauces or as fiavoring for
meat pies. croquettes and vegetables.
That the water from boiled meat
furnishes valuable food and favoring
material and should be saved for soup
for use in stews. or gravies, or cook
ing vegetables.
That valuable food and iavoring
can be found in the water in which
rice and many vegetables have been
cooked which could be kept for soup
stock rather than thrown down the
sink.
That the careless pairing of potatoes
or fruit frequently is responsible for a
loss Of as much as 20 per cent of
their food material.
Quite a list of discoveries. isn't it?
/ wonder how many Of them yon al
ready knew.
AS for newell, blush TO tell
Your affeetionate sister,
FRANCES.