The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-03-21

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Good, nourishing food-you can feel
sure TINT yOu .nrc feeding your family
right II you give them this dinner. II
contains all their bodies need to help
them work and grow strong.
This dinner helps you no your part
for your country. You ran save whcnt
and meat To ship abroad. our soldiers
and the Miles need them more thnn we
do.
Try These one.Dish Dinners.
Each Of these dinners contains SUI.
dcicnt for II family Of five.
Fish Chowder.
Rabbit, fowl, or my meat mny he
used instead of the FISH, or tomatoes
Instead OF milk. Carrots may be
omitted.
One and onc-hnlf pounds fish (fresh,
salt. or canned).
Nine potatoes. peeled and cut In small
pieces.
One onion, sliced.
Two cups carrots cut In pieces.
Onc-fourth pound salt pork.
Three cup milk. Pepper.
Three tablespoonfuls -four.
Cut pork In small pieces md fry
with the chopped onion for five min
utcs. Put pork, onions. carrots, and po-
tatocs In kettle and owe with boiling
water. Cook until vegetables are ten
der. Mix three ta~blcspoonfuls of flour
with one-half cupful Of the cold milk
and stir in the liquid in the pot to
thickcn. Add the rest of the milk aad
until vegetables are tender. Mix three
tablcspoonfuls Of -four with.half cupful
OF the cold milk and stir in the liquid
In the pot to thickcn. All the rest OF
the fish, which has been removed from
the bone and cut In small pieces. Cook
until the fish Is tender, about ten min
utcs. Serve hot. You can omit salt
pork ana use Il tablespoon of other fat.
>ried Peas With Rice and Tomatoes.
one and Onc.half cupfuls rice.
Two cupfuls dried peas.
Six onions.
one tablespoonful salt.
Onc-fourth t%easpOonful pepper.
Two cupfuls tomato (frcsh or
canncd).
Soak peas overnight in two quarts Of
water. Cook until tender In water
in which they sonkcd. Add rice, onions.
tomato and %scasunings and cook 20
minutes.
Potted Hominy and Beef.
Hominy Is excellent to use ms part
of n one-dish dinner, II you have n fire
In your stove so that you can cook II
for Il long time, or use u ilrclcss cook.
or. Heat one and one-half quarts OF
water to boiling; add n teaspoonful
of salt and two cupfuls OF homlny
which has h"cn :Gdnc! overnight. Cook
In II double boiler for four hours or In
the ~iirclcss cooker overnight. This
makes five cupfuls. This recipe may
be increased and enough cooked In DIFF
fcrcnt ways for several meals. HON.
my Is excellent combined with dried,
canned, or fresh fish, or meat and vege-
table left.ovcrs may be used. Here Is
one combination:
Five cupfuls cooked hom,ny.
Four potatoes.
Two cupfuls carrots.
One teaspoonful salt.
One-fourth pound dried beef.
Two cupfuls milk.
Two tablespoonfuls fat.
Two tablcspoonfuls -four.
Melt the fat. stir In the flour, add the
cold milk. and mix well. Cook until 1,
thickens. Cut the potatoes and carrots
In dice. mix all the materials in O
baking dish, and bake for one hour.
These dishes supply all five kinds OF
food. Each Is enough for the who'll,
dinner for II family Of five. Eat then
with bread and with fruit or jam fol
dessert. Then you will have all IN,
five kinds of food your body needs
These five kinds are shown on the mex
page.
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