Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-06

real reasons why certain foods are pre-
ferred to the absolute elimination OF
other more healthful foods from the
diet. Upon reading the history of al
most any popular food we find that al
first it was scorned and some previous
habit had to be changed to make IL
popular.
Almost everyone has talked with an
old timer who remembers when to-
matoes were not even considered as
focd. Even the potato that we have
formed such habit for had to be lit
orally forced onto people There is an
account of shipload of sailors who
were forced at the point OF bayonets
to eat potatoes.
Now the potato habit has become
so strong that II Is n real effort to
change even when we know that hon.
iny or rice gives us more food value.
Another great bugaboo the house
wife has to combat Is "a notion." a
member of the family takes a notion
he doesn't IKE certain food I'm
less there is a real idiosyncrasy against
food and such cases, though rare, do
exist, family should he open to cor
reCtions on the subject Many cases
where n roast Of beef is truly relished
delicious casserole dish made of the
leftover portion is left untouched
simply because the stand has been ar
bitrarily taken that they don't eat
warmed overs"
Besides being a very expensive no.
tlon, this stand deprives the house
wife Of giving variety to her menus.
II seems to be about the easiest thing
In the world for the busy housewife
70 slip into a humdrum and expensive
way of cooking when the family takes
this attitude.
Test Of Efficiency.
One of the tests of efficiency Is the
ability to serve attractive, economical
meals of wide variety. Since II is
the flavor Of food that the majority of
people seem to eat. the wise house
wife will make up her leftover dishes
so as to give the desired flavor. A
little meat will go a long ways in Civ
ing the desired meat flavor to a cas-
serole dish Of rice. When using left
over meat the meat flavor can be in
tensificd If necessary by adding ex-
tract OF beef
Other important tests of the house.
wife's efficiency are her budget ami
her doctor bills. The food expenditure
must be kept in proper proportion to
the income That proportion varies
from 80 to 40 per cent Send to Mrs.
Adams for Budget Suggestions. The
only way to keep the expenditure
within proper bounds now is to use
economy foods and eliminate every
bit of waste.
The fact that sixteen THOUSAND
pounds of grease can be obtained
from less than one days waste Of a
large city should check us up short.
That sixteen thousand pounds Of
grease comes from good leftover
meats and from nutritious drippings
thotlessly thrown away.
Careful Buying.
Thrift, for the housewife, begins in
procuring food. Gardens will cut
down the green goods bill to n great
extent. In buying, the housewife must
remember that particularly since she
is cutting down on the number of
foods served at a meal, she must
choose only quality goods when she
does buy. She must let her dealer
know that she realizes the economy in
standardized foods. Never get hys-
terical at a critical time and boos,
the prices of foods by stocking up un-
necessarily. A moderate supply or
III Tx goods and a staple and omer-
CpnCV shelf well stocked with s,nnf-