The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-10
"FeW Simple WelI-Cooked Dishes"
Don't Fill the Bin, Mrs.
Russell Tells Women
MUST EFFECT SAVING
5a.a IN THINGS IMPORTED
Use Of Fresh Vegetables and
Fruits win Reduce Amount Of
Meat and Bread Consumed

''The dinner that consists Of the old
fashioned "few, simple, well-eookeo
dishes is not the patriotic economy
meal today" Mrs. James Russell IN \
Iormed her hearers at the second Oh
the free cooking demonstrations at IN,
Y. w, Q. A. yesterday.
ION the contrary, the wartime
thrift dinner is the one which has a.
great variety of dishes, all well cookec
and so tempting that the dinner needs
must sample aud then eat all OF them.
Of course the portions should be small
enough, SO that the consumer can prac,'
tise the gospel of the clean plate anp
ut the same time not commit an out.
rage on his stomach. -...r,,. ,Es
'aThe secret of this is that the m0rt
one eats of your fresh vegetables ant
fruits and salads and homemade jams
and jcllies, the less he will eat of the
bread and meat. Always bear in mine
that il is these two last named items
ON which your chief saving should be
made. Saving must be effected in otL
ar things that are imported, too, an.
the meal should be as largely as posi-
ole from home grown, home made in
JredientsD .a
Herbert g. Hoover discovered the fal
lacy of the "few, simple, well cookies
fishes when he was feeding the starv.
ing Belgians. He promulgated an or.
der based on the idea and quickly dis
covered that when the people stopped
foods disappeared, in enormous quaint
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people were requested to eat all they
wanted of vegetables and fancy foods,
,r at least all they could get of such.
Bakers Bread Costs More - IT,.
Mrs. Russell drew an interesting com.
parison yesterday in the cost between
lie home matie war breads and the
ordinary ten cent bakers loaf. In, the
presence of the large audience of Ho
nolulu housewives, she weighed an nv.
erage bakers loaf, showing il to tip
he scales at slightly less than a lOund.
She then weighed baking of home.
made breads, wherein the ingredients
FAD cost Just twenty nine cents, figuring
| he flour at six cents a pound. Thu
homemade batch weighed little more
han FIVE pounds. .....
Thus, she said, the bread which haL
,Ost her twenty nine cents would have
ost fifty cents had she purchased il
| from the baker. This was merely to
prove that there is a small financial
saving in homemade war breads, il
edition to the very large saving tina
AN be made in wheat -four used
The attendance yesterday was good
though not as large as that at the first
demonstration. Mrs. Russell gave her
ime to instruction and demonstration
in the preparation of baking powde
| preads and steamed breads.
She also explained how Honolulu wo
men may effect great saving in tlou
y eliminating the "send back" habit
as she termed it; the returning to H.
| ,rOceT OF corn meal and -four III which
Jugs are found. When the -four is sen.
,ack the grocer perforce must dispose
of it in some way that does not utiliz,
t as human food.
Keep Your Buggy Flour
The demonstration said TINT this flOu'
is good, and that the bugs, or weevils
nay be removed from it by the use
.arbOn bishulphidc. Her method is t.
ut half teaspoonful of this highl!
explosive chemical in q preserve jar
| 18th a tablespoonful of water; set the
iar, uncovered, In the -four box and
close the lid of the box tightly, permit
ing the jar to remain in the box over
night.
! Next morning the bugs will all be
on top of the -four, and will be dead
they may be removed easily; thu
Tour should be set in the sun for d
'ew hours, to permit the Odor of the
chemical to dissipate. The -four thel
8 ready for use,
The one objection TO this method il
he danger from the chemical. Be
arse of it's high Explosive quality, ne
light should be permitted near it. Sh,
ave ont and demonstrated the fol
towing war bread recipes:
Var Bread Recipes
Icur Milk Corn Bread
Two cups eornmeal; two cups SOU
uilki two tablespoonsful oloomargar
inc or butter; two tablespoonful su
gar; one and half teaspOonsful salt
wo eggs, one teaspoonful soda and one
tablespoonful hot water.
Method-Cpok meal, milk, salt, but
er and sugar in double boiler tel
minutes. When cool, add eggs wei
'eaten, ana soda dissolved in hot wa
ter. Grease and bake in shallow pal
en- minutes.
Rice Biscuit
One cup cooked rice; two-thirds cuI
lot milk; One.half cup corn meal; TIVE
tablespoonsful bacon or pork fat; one
lalf teaspoOnful salt; one tablespoon
pul sugar; one egg and a half cup o
aOur. '.'..
| Method-Pour boiling milk onto ric'
nd work with a fork; add cornmea
and fat. When cool, add well-beat
m e2g. Sift -four salt and sugar to
ether; add to other ingredients anC
heat. Bake twenty minutes.
Potato Biscuit ...-.
| Two cups entire wheat, one euI
mashed potato, half q teaspOOhful o
salt; four Irresponsible baking pow
der; two tablespoOnsful fat three
fourth cup of milk,