The Washington times., 1918-02-02
SOLVING MEAT
PROBLEMS
Loretto Lynch Tells
How to Camouflage
Old Prejudices.
By LOrettO C. Lynch,
Instructor War Cookery. n. Y. Eve
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By LOretto C. Lynch,

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kkurY husband simply won't eat
A OF meat" a housekesper
remarked to me the other day. Yet
those OF Us who work with this
man could tell her that more thaa
one day he. has returned after Inch
in a certain Chinese restaurant
praIsing the Chinese cook.
Did he have a steak or good
Canadian mutton chop cooked to a
turn1 Not at ali. He had q dish OF
noodles favored with chicken. II
was one OF those dishes in which.
upon taking q tenth mouthful. you
came upon a cube OF meat meaSur-
ing Ons-sighth Of an inch.
It simply was a dish with an ex-
tended meat flavor Every nation
Ssems to have one particular dish
OF this class And II II often that
the husband goes long distances. uD
rickety stairs and down dark cell
lars. to treat himself and some other
seekers Of novelty TO one Of these
extended meat flavor dishes.-
with one meatless day a week.
many housewives are complaining
that they ind II difficult to plan
meaIA At present. understand. We
are only sending meat to our own
army abroad But in a few heeting
months the herds OF Europe Will be
depleted and then we may be COM
peiled to change our menus to meoe
conditions
Preparedness n the watehword OF
the day. And does IL not seem ap-
propriCte that housewives begin -
accustom their families to some
new dishes which take the place OF
the erstWhile roGstf
have fould that II the meat
substituts Is presented In q form
similar To that IN which folks are
accustomed 20 see meat. they are
more apt to enjoy the dish. "Bos-
ton Roast served a. a meat loaf
was not 50 popular. But when ]
sliced 10 into pieces as big as . large
oyster. and dipped each piece into
-four, eggs and crumbs ana frtsd
them in hct Fat. '15oston cutlets." a.
we called them. were very popular.
The serving dish was garnished
with parsley and sliced lemoa
busted with paprika- Tomato aAdcs
was passed with these.
Make the '.Boston Roast" and II
that delicious dish IL not popular.
camoufiagS It int Boston cut1
Cutlets."
BOSTON ROAST.
One pound OF kidney beans or 8
cups OF cooked beans. gratingS of
nutmeg, u teaspoon dry mustard.
u pound grated cheese. bread
crumbs. salt
Press beans through = sieve or
run them through . meat grinder.
Add cheese, BeaSonings and enough
nns stale bread crumbs to make .
stiR roll Bake In q moderate oven.
basting frequently with buttsrtnS
and water.
The Ingenious housewife viii sx-
pertinent with this mixture. soms<
times adding onion juice. celery
salt. or for . change she viii rub
the inside Of the mi9ing bowl
slightly with q Glove or ga-lie.
The American housewife II net
sufficiently acquainted with lentilA,
which may be purchased dry or
canned. They make q pleasant
change from beans and beans
again"
Try these pancakes for lunch On
'1deatlsss Day Press two cups Of
lentils through q sieve season with
drippIngs. salt, pepper Hnd . spsok
Of cayenne. Cool and add two eggs,
beaten with q cup of milk. Add
cup OF fiour. siftsd, with half . tea
spoon OF baking powder. Beat well
Cook on = creased griddls- Serve
piping hot A very pleasing -sx-
tended meat favor dish 10 made OF
n half pound of meat and . cup Of
rice. The meat II cut into half-
inch cubes and well covered with
cold water.
'It IL cooked slowly until tender.
but not falling into pieces"
The meat cubes are removed ana
the rice. previously picked over and
washed. 10 cooked IN this broth II
Is usually necessary to add mors
water. Men are particularly fond
OF the dish when the cooked meat
cubes are sauted on . pan with .
canned pImsnto nnsly chopped be-
fore combining them with the
cooked rice for serving.
shall be glad to give further
help to any. reader who viii write
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