The St. Joseph observer., 1918-12-28

manage somehow to save little day
by day At this time in order that
more Liberty Bonds and War Savings
Stamps may be bought some unique
methods Of saving have been develop
ed Many a housekceper manages to
save a little each day from the amount
usually spent for food without reduc-
ing the nutritive value of the meals
she serves her family. The following
tells one way it can be done. A
farmers wife not long ago cooked for
her family a delicious stew. 1t was
made from ? pounds of beef combined
with egetables-carrots. onions and
potatoes, and was attractively served
in border OF steamed rice. 1t made
an appetizing dish for the family din
ner
Ohe Stew Which Saved Meat
A neighbor woman partook Of the
meal and went home and prepared
another beef vegetable stew. Her
stew furnished just as much nour-
ishment for her family as her neigh
bors but cost 25 cents less. She
used but l pound of beef instead OF
2 and the same kinds of vegetables.
In both cases cups of rice were used
but in the latter case the rice was
cooked in 2 quarts of skim milk in
stead of water. one cup Of rice as
most housekeepers know, will absorb
from 4 to 6 cups of milk If cooked
slowly in the double boiler or in the
oven. Rice cooked in this way has a
richness and flavor which that cook
ed in water does not possess. The 2
suarts Of skim milk furnish the same
amount OF nourishment as the pound
Of beef left out but skim milk can
very often be bought in the country
for cents a quart while the pound
Of beef costs 35 cents. II preferred
the rice can be cooked in mixture
Of milk and water and some Of the
milk reserved and used in the stew.
Used In NumberIess Ways
This is just l of the ways in which
the use of skim milk can help save
the pennies If you live on a farm
where it is plentiful you can use it in
numberless ways to make your meals
more nourishing and inexpensive. Use
1t to make vegetable soups and chow
ders, Use It in making bread and
for dressing vegetables. Cook your
breakfast cereal in il or make milk
cereal or bread puddings, custards or
other milk desserts. The protein
given in the form of a rice pudding or
other milk desserts is just as valu-
able to your body as when served as
the main dish of a meal Another
way to make milk save meat is to util-
ize the skim milk for making cottage
cheese. Cottage cheese is one Of the
most valuable meat substitutes and
is easy to make. A nutritious and de-
licious recipe for its use tells how to
make meat sausages from it.
Cottage Cheese Sausage
l cup cottage cheese.
cup dry bread crumbs or
u cup of cold cooked rice
and Y cup bread crumbs.
u cup peanut butter or
2 tablespoons savory fat
4 cup cOarsely chopped
peanut meats.
1steaspoon powdered sage.
y teaspoon thyme.
teaspoon milk.
teaspoon salt.
u teaspoon pepper.
Il teaspoon soda.
tablespoon finely chopped
onion.
The bread crumbs may be made
from leftover corn. barley or other
quick breads. Cook the onion in the
fat until tender, but now brown. Mix
all the other dry ingredients thoroly
with the bread crumbs. Blend pea
nut butter and onion with the cheese
and mix with them the bread crumbs,
Form into flat cakes, dust with bread
crumbs or cornmeal and fry in a little
fat until delicate brown. Variations:
To utilize leftover cereals, use l cup
OF cooked rice, oatmeal or cornmeal
mush with y cup OF bread crumbs.
Dry cornmeal or finely ground oat-
meal may be used for stiffening the
above mixture, but in such case IL is
better to form into a loaf and bake II
In the oven about 25 minutes. Other
seasonings may be used in place OF the
above. The amount of liquid will vary
in every case. The mixture should be
very stiff. since the cheese tends to
soften II during the cooking. See IL
you can't save enuf money 10 buy a
Thrift Stamp each day by the wise Sc
lection OF food for your family.
CARE OF KITCHEN EQUIPMENT
American women as a class have
not practiced economy TO any extent
On the care of household equipment
the States Relations Service OF ths