Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
NOVEL METHODS
TO SAVE MONEY
One Housekeeper Found Two
Quarts Of Skim Milk to Equal
One Pound of Beef.
SCHEME OF farmers WIFE
Delicious Stew Made AppetizIng Dish
for Family Dlnner-NumberIess
Ways to Make Meals Nourlsh-
Ing and inexpensive.

Not every farmers wife has large
supply Of spending money but with a
great enough incentive most women
can manage somehow to save little
day by day. Many housekeeper man.
ages to save little each day from
the amount usually spent for food
without reducing 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. It was made from two pounds
of beef, combined with vegetables
carrots, onions and potatoes, and was
attractively served in a border Of
steamed rice. 1t made an appetizing
dish for the family dinner.
The Stew Which Saved Meat.
A neighbor woman partook of the
meal and went home and prepared an
other beef vegetable stew. Her stew
furnished Just as much nourishment
for her family as her nelghbor's but
cost 25 cents less. She used but one
pound of beef instead of two and the
same kinds of vegetables. In both
cases two cupfuls Of rice were used
but in the latter cnse the rice was
cooked in two quarts Of skim milk
instead of water. One cupful Of rice, as
most housekeepers know, will absorb
from four to six cupfuls of milk II
cooked slowly in the double boiler or
in the oven. Rice cooked in this
way has a richness and flavor which
that cooked In water does not pos
sess. The two quarts Of skim milk
furnish the same amount Of nourish-
ment as the pound Of beef left out,
but skim milk can very often be
bought in the country for five cents a
quart while the pound Of beef costs 35.
If preferred the rice can be cooked
in a mixture Of milk and water and
some of the milk reserved and used In
the stew.
Used In NumberIess Ways.
This is just one of the ways in which
the use of skim milk can help save
the pennies. II you live on farm
where 1t is plentiful you can use 1t In
numberless ways to make your meals
more nourishing and inexpensive. Use
It to make vegetable soups and chow
ders. Use 1t in making bread and
for dressing vegetables Cook your
breakfast cereal in 1t or make milk
cereal or bread puddlngs, custards. or
other milk desserts. The protein
given in the form Of rice pudding
or other milk desserts Is just as valu-
able to your body as when served as
the main dish Of meal.
Another way to make milk save
meat Ia to utilize the skim milk for
making cottnge cheese. Cottage cheese
is one Of the most valuable meat sub
stitutes and is easy to make. A nu-
tritious and delicious recipe for Its
use tells how to make meat sausages
from II.
Cottage Cheese Sausage.
cupful cottage v .teaspoonful pow
cheese dered sage
I cupful dry bread v teaspoonful
crumbs or " cupful thyme
cold cooked rice 1 teaspoonfui milk
and Y cupful OF I teaspoonfui salt
bread crumbs X teaspoonful
y cupful peanut pepper
butter or table. u teaspoonful
spoonfuls savory soda
fat tablespoonful
4 cupful coarsely finely chopped
chopped peanut onion
meats
The bread crumbs may be made
from leftover corn. barley or other
quick breads. Cook the onion IN the
fat until tender but not brown. Mix
Ill the other dry ingredients thorough
" with the bread crumbs. Blend pea