Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-22
WRONG STANDARD AID
TO HIGH LIVING COSTS
Grandmothers Were Producers as Well as Consumers
While Present-Day Housekeepers Depend Too
Largely Upon Grocers and Sales Agencies

while one article may be purchased
at lower cost, something else may
from week to week This menu
could be carried out at present.da
prices FOR an approximate sum Of 81.
Place In mixing bowl
Ihree cups Of -four,
One teaspoon OF salt.
der.
Three level tablespoons OF sugar.
Sitt 10 mix and then rub in four
tablespoons of shortening and mix to
a dough with one cup of water. Knead
me dough in the bowl for five minutes
then divide into three pieces. Roll
and cut twice. forming a cross. This
Will give. four wedge shaped or pie
shaped pieces about three-quarters Of
an inch thick. Brush the tops with
lttie strip and water and place in
a baking sheet and bake in a hot oven
Tor eighteen minutes.
Brown Potroast Of Shin neef.
wipe the meat with damp cloth
and and then pat into it one-half cup, OF
from cooking the bacon for breakfast
in a saucepan and place in the meat.
Brown quickly. turning frequently until
every part is nicely Drowned then add
two cups OF water and cover closely
and cook slowly for one hour Now
-Four medium-sizcd carrots.
Four mediums sized onions
,,o season ana cover again and cook
slowly until the meat and vegetables
minutes. Now add sufficient water 10
make one and three quarter cups OF
gravy.
Prepare the dumpltngs as follows:
Place one quart OF boiling water in a
saucepan and add one teaspoon OF
salt. Place in mixing bowl
One and one-haif cups OF -four,
One teaspoon OF salt,
One-quarter teaspoon Of pepper.
Two teaspoons OF baking powder
Ono onion. grated
One teaspoon Of shortening.
Mix thoroughly and then add one
and drop by the tablespoonful into
pan closely and cook for ftteen min
utes. then lift on a warm dish and
place the dumplings as a border around
the. platter. LIT the meat and vege-
tables in the center and pour the gravy
EnsIhh brown BETTY
Wash the apples and cur into
pieces and place in a saucepan with
and then rub through a sieve. then
One cup OF brown sugar.
One teaspoon OF cinnamon.
One teaspoon OF nutmeg
One and one-half cups OF bread
crumbs.
Three-quarter cup Of -four.
One tablespoon of baking powder
Three tablespoons Of shortening.
Mix thoroughly and then turn into
a baking dish and bake in moder-
ate oven for forty minutes. Serve
with nutmeg sauce.
Nutmeg Sauce
One cup Of strip,
One-half cup of water
Two tablespoons O.. co.rsta-ch,
One teaspoon OF nutmeg
Stir To dissolve the starch and
then bring to a boil Cook slowly
FOR nve minutes and then cool and
serve
Welsh Rabbit on Tonxt.
Toast large slice OF bread for
each person and keep it warm until
needed Place
One onion, grated.
One-cuarter pound of cheese cut
into bits
in saucepan and add
One-uuarter teaspoon OF salt
one-nuarter teaspoon Of pepper
Onc-uuarter teaspoon OF mustard
Two tablespoons OF catsup or wor-
cestershire sauce
Stir until melted and beat to Slepd
Pour over toast nd serve
Fruit Whip
Place in bowl
White OF one egg
Onc-half glass of Jelly
Beat until stif enough to hold its
shape. Use the yolk o: egg with
mayonnaise or boiled salad dressing.