Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-07
COOKING EXPERT URGES
EATING OF VEGETABLES
srs. ChristineS Frederick Says Carrot
Pic and Salad Should BE Made
1iy All Housewives.
RUSSIANS APPRECIATE BETS
Sweet Potatoes Now i'll Their Prime
and Cannot Be ENccllcd as Energy
Food for Cold Days.-Toothsome
With Bacon aud Eggs.
NJ MRS. CHRISTINE FnEDERICI<.

ny MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK.
wha, are tho .'root Vegetables"
Carrots and beets: parsnips and oyster;
P ras dnGs fH a2d ass white and
and onions, :sbyt 1 have net women
th mG most IeIica,e of ali the roots.
and whose only knowledge of turnipS
+ is with, boiled dinner" My chicfi
idea today is 10 encourage the use OF
tho same old roots III new ways. which
Will he the equivalent of finding many
grated them. made thcni into Il car
rot, pie or z salad or used them in a
rote!x y carrot cnstard is one of the
most lelestahlG ct winter dishes. with
aEToF cream anG to sSur v'ns all it's own
served once each week.
How do you cook parnsnips: | hope
not always with wcariSomC cream
sauce Try them fried with y roast
of meat in place OF potatoes or mash
cd and made into cakes or fri,tcrs.
toes in brown sugar. In any OF these
Ways they make :, dish fit for Il King.
are e delicious St and rIfa ToTn nav tns
AS we'll as aouriShins dish.
Cut in Small Dice.
Done .cutSturnips into thick chunks
and hon for four hours until red and
coarssc. CIT in small dice. cook in
sailed Uncovered water and add Il
little crcsim and seasoning. Such 4
dish VIII easii! be worth quarter, yet
meals for a dime. Use the white Kind
E in thin slices, scalloped, with white
meat stew and serve hoaiineH in the
gravy.
forgot, leeks, although 1 bought
morning. Perhaps YOU hardly know
This hnmble member of the onion fam
hn f.h -
Kings aud played prominent part
in ancient feasts.
out of !, bunch Of sour greens" But
dealer. 60 downstairs to lbs store
costs about cents each. Cut the leek
in half and tie together tho white
EMS enc simmer slowly and serve either
cold as II salad with French dressing.
\ well-holled leek, cold and covcrcd
at asparagus and at a fourth its price
should BE We'll scrared.
oyster-piant should be well scrapcd
hot cut-and laid At once under
MAS bee to w ddG fe Noe drops of
il. becomes black on exposure to the
air AIR Us uaisgthe WHOLE root if small or cut
melted ,Suttcr or cold ms M: a salad enn' or
9ystcr- piant makes quite Il wonder
fui and tasty soup. too and one en-
rub the eookeI. root. through a Goa rse
sieve and combine with o white sauce
BcctS deserve wider use They C.an
he eaten h0t,;aHd whole, or sliced hot
or diced and: served with IN white sauce
rms last maSfseenl.nn odd way! but II
Is very good joiie: 80 Pickle cd and spicod
siS "sTsf Fasa SB i anS m msa,a
ana ana n mid y xi5essaar, adj whole Gloves
Let ths es sssssH Il f iSia n
~, ~ Sseins G1at only the Russians
of bects. :'Phcifsmost famous SCUM
borsch," oG,rwhich | haye spoken be-
Tore, IS made of pared raw beets, cut
INTO juftenncs, sand cooked in meat
Also try ,s,icinE the heets when hot.
equal part S.5Skicooktd peas or enrrots
as c6mht&ation veg efable.
MS ] :wrltc--thiS sweet potatoes orn
~ 1hei prime, and az an energy food
Tor coid days cannot he eNccllcd They
fnrnish.thc body high amount or
Iucl Trey are best baked. az this re-
moves Ihc excess water and pcrferts
Inc COOKING OF the starch.
drilled Sweets NoprIties
Eu, II we'll hoiled and drained. then
paEed and later scalloped or made In
some sqch form, tNey arc the most
a.ecePtasic or root-regetable dishes
more ssnitablo- for the Christmas
dinner Grined sweets with bacon or
poached egg are delicious breakfast
novelties, toothsoHe. and criSp
nave spoken So. oitcui.a bout Knob
celery lilat prctt:- Ssor SON" one will