The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-22
Every Housewife and Cook Can
Render Great Service.
Helping To Save So People of
Europe Can Eat.
WILSON ASKS FOR 100 MILLION
Utilize Every Ounce OF the
Meats Now Mostly Used.
And There Are Many New Ones
Ready for Use.

President Wilson cabled from Eu-
rope January 2: THE high mission
of the American people to find rem
edy for starvation and absolute an
archy renders it necessary that we
should undertake the most liberal as
sistance to the destitute regions of
Europe.
1.-THE situation is one of extreme
urgency, for foodstuffs must be placed
in certain localities within the next
fifteen 20 thirty days, if human life
and order are to be preserved"
Congress has been asked to appro-
pirate $1OO.O0O,000 toward feeding
starving Europe.
It 3 of vital importance that the
peoples of Austria, Turkey, Poland and
Russia have an abundant supply of
meat to give them strength for the
task of bringing order out of chaos.
This is where our every assistance
is required.
How can the American housewife
and American hotel and restaurant
men render valuable service?
By adopting the free use in the
home and all public eating places OF
such meats as brains, liver, OK tail
joints. hearts, kidneys, melts, pork
feet, OK tails, pork shouts, pork lips,
etc, etc.
This would be a real service as such
meats are better adapted for use in
the united States 1OI IH6 itdSOu that
they are delicate and cannot be eX-
ported to as good advantage as other
cuts of meat.
Think in Certain Terms.
Many think of meat only in terms
of steaks, chops, Foasts, ham, or bacon.
which results in a big demand for
these primal parts, while such whole
some meats as brains, hearts, liver,
etc, are neglected
With approximately 10 per cent of
our meat supply consisting of these
wholesome meats, one can readily see
the importance of utilizing every
ounce of this 10 per cent, thereby pre-
serving the food supply and keeping
famine from the European countries.
These meats, known to the trade as
fancy meats" have been neglected so
long by the American people that they
are now unusual to the average house
wife. They are inexpensive and can
he easily made into nutritious, palata-
bic dinner dishes at low cost
Try the following recipes which will
help you to vary your menu, reduce
your meat bill. and help feed starving
Europe by conserving the meat supply
of the world;
Method of Preparing Hearts.
Wash the hearts in plenty of luke
warm water, adding 1 teaspoon of
baking soda. Cut open so as to re-
move all the tough muscles, fiDerS
and veins Now place in dish and COW
er with cold water for one hour. Re-
move all blood clots. Dry on cloth.
They are now ready to use in any man.
ner desired.
Filled Pork Heart.
Prepare two pork hearts as given
in method. Now make a filling as
follows:
Soak three slices of stale bread in
cold water. When soft drain free from
all moisture. Place in a bowl and
add: onions minced fine, green
salt. 1 teaspoon of white paper, 1
teaspoon of poultry seasoning, p tea
spoon of thyme. 1 egg. Mix thoroly
Now with a darning needle and stout
piece of string sew up the heart. Place
the filling in tight and tie in a piece
of cheese cloth. Plunge into boiling
water and cook 2 q hours. Remove,
roll in corn flour and fry in hot fat
until golden brown. Make a brown
gravy and season with Worcestershire
sauce, salt and pepper. The leftover
portions may be cut in slices and
served as cold cuts.
Kidneys.
To prepare kidneys, cut them in
half and soak in cold water for three
quarters of an hour. Remove white
tubes and then pat dry with cloth.
Pork kidneys-Prepare pork kid
neys as given in method. Dip in flour
and brown quickly in hot fat. Drain
fat from pan and add 1 cup of boiling
wckST- Cook until tender. Lift on
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