New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

certainly looks as if the women were guilty.
On all sides they are being heckled by the
cry: "You can fight in the kitchen as well as
on the battlefield"
They are all willing, but how?
1t is an ugly chore, getting at the extraya-
gance of the richest city in the country from
the garbage dump. 1t is a much more pleasant
task to get at it from the tidy apartment
kitchen.
Ask dozen housewives what they are do
ing to eliminate food waste in their homes, and
perhaps nine will say they want to do soms
thing; they know they ought to do something
but they don't know what they can do.
Beyond making occasional substitutes for pO-
tatoes, emitting salad one night and dessert the
next, eating fish and the cheaper cuts Of meats
somewhat oftener than usual, most housekeep'
ers have made no effort in this food crisis
1t is quite unusual to find woman with
systematic idea of getting at the waste IN her
kitchen. There are some who have, however,
and their plans are worth passing on.
One housewife has framed set Of rules
which she keeps pasted up in her kitchen where
they are always in sight:
Never peel potatoes until after they have
been cooked; even the thinnest pairing means
waste.
Never throw out a crumb Of Bread there
are almost hundred ways Of using bread
crumbs.
Never waste a drop of milk, sweet or sour
it has very high food value.
Never waste uneaten cereal; IL can be useo
m Oh cta fah1
Never waste any meat fats or left over
gravies.
There is a helpful slogan in this womans
policy: Think twice before you throw anything
in the garbage pail.
Another experienced housewife says she
experimenting with leftoyers, that she buys ior
all her meals with the idea Of having as many
things as possible make their second appear.
ance. She claims that you can make even tns
tinicky eater a convert to twice cooked 1000
you try hard enough. :.
This woman's slogan might be. Make
good enough TO earn an encore
Still another housewife has determined 10 ge'
away from the steak-and-chop type OF menu
so popular as the apartment house dinner olIe
tries new foods as often as poSsbe is WORK
ing to overcome food prejudices in her fanny
and to get out of the habit Of using the sam.
foods cooked in the same way all the time
avoiding food rutS.
Her slogan might be: Eliminate don't l"s
from the family vocabulary" -.
From another woman comes the idea Una.
there is waste in overeating My family as
all adults, vigorous, healthy and inclined 70
like good things to eat. They are also lncnnea
to overweight, and so decided to put the house
on rationS. Gradually / cut down on quanu3a
and slyly drop the sweet and the starch S"'
the fat as bitten as dare" -
Her slogan might be: You waste FOOD s"'
you waste energy when you eat TOO muen. -,
A number of women have determined 70 eu.
down on their use of white -four; others arc
experimenting with corn as food; still otnes'
have pledged themselves TO buy no baby aHlJG'
sucking pig or young calf, and some are 10y
lowing the rule of two meatless days ween
One woman has induced group Of frlends -
buy staples in combination, thus getting WV
advantage Of wholesale prices. ,,y
What are you doing? Have you an econom!
Slopan1