The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-01

MRS. SALLY MOUTON, Onaga, Kan
There has been SO much that is good
written on How to Cut the High Cost Of
Living. that it doesn't seem possible to
a story of how one lady know is helping
to cut the high cost of living.
In my lady's home there is general re-
ioicing and good cheer. In her cellar aee
dozens and dozens of cans filled with
fruits and vegetables done up by the
cold pack method; jars of preserves,
cabbages and potatoes.
To help out on the meat bill. this winter
My Lady will serve rabbit cooked IN
various ways-and anyone who has eaten
rabbit pie properly prepared will not re-
gret it. This is the recipe for rabbit pie:
Cut up two young. we'll cleaned rabbits: :
lard lard OF or drippings. Now roll each piece
of rabbit in flour and put IN pan. Let
which will require about 80 minutes. Have
a good sized sauce pan ready, lift rabbit up
on fork and place in sauce pan; also pour
the gravy remaining in frying pan into
sauce pan and briSkly cook on the range
ten minutes, lightly mixing, add one med
ium size onion chopped fine, two bay
leaf of parsley chopped fine, salt and pep
per to taste. Sprinkle two heavy table
spoonfuIs of flour over meat and thoroIy
stir Moisten with enough water to nearly
cover meat, place cover on pan, set pan IN
hot oven and bake forty minutes or until
tender. Now make a rich biscuit dough
of one quart of flour, three large teaspoons
Of baking powder half teacup of lard or
! drfppings. teaspoon of salt, add enough
roll out, make a few incisions in crust
and spread over saucepan; press down
Occasionally MY Lady will serve pot
roast of flank steak, and anyone who has
gate1 not regreet greet having switched from sirioin
or porterhouse and the difference in price
will cause you to gasp.
Purchase from 2 to Az pounds of flank
beef After it comes from the hands of
the butcher wash 1t in some nice clean wa
ter, pat dry with clean towel With sharp
| here's sprinkle on both sides with pepper
/ and salt. roll up tightly and tie with two
in an iron pot large enough to contain It
easily Add one pint of water. and stand
| over range where it will simmer gently.
| the meat has become Drowned on all sides.
! Then add about one pint of water, let cook
gently until quite tender. When the meat
has simmered for one hour, add one med
! ium size onion sliced, one or two cloves
/ and one bay leaf. Keep adding water from
| tender lift out of pot and place on a
| platter. Add water enough SO there Will
be about one and half pintss OF gravey'
utes aehding gravey to table In sauce
bowl. The meat is carved like jelly roll.
lin their downward slices. With this roast
/ MY Lady" will serve a dish of mashed
| potatoes, or maearoni. n nice dish of rice or
| q dish of corn meal mdsh cooked quite
INV TNa Is or piine three times week my Lady
| will delight her husband with bowl of
barley soup, tomato soup or vegetable
/ SOUP think barley or vegetable soup
served with whole wheat bread is a com
| plete meal in itself.
| If the dear editor thinks this is worth
| space i'll his paper. | trust it will help some
| one. MY Lady is not wearing the narrow
toed shoes. Georgette blouse new furs,
| vet she manages to look rather respeeta-
| bic.
! / wonder If you know that most of the
| food conservation, and a vast number of
recipes given out as being economical. are
away above the heads of big majority
| This article is written with the hope
| of helping the people who live rock bot
| tom economy There are few people who
use soup as they should So with COM
mereial soup flavors-chiIe sauce, catsup
/ or various other Aayors at command. each
/ housewife can choose for herself. as she
knows the tastes of her khousehoId, and
| therein lies the secret of really good soup
| which can be enjoyed by all.
| Ny specialties~ lie in meat, eggs and fish,
1 streehers. and favored gravies. and you
! can do wonders in this line when once you
| get started. Salads furnish relief in the
| diet: too long the word salad has been
| associated with luxury. and MANY house
wives have felt that the minute this type
of food is put into the house dietary ii
meant that the food budget would begin