Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-19

TN MOST families it is usually the
4 custom to have an especially nice
meal for the Sunday dinner. The
family gathering around the Sunday
dinner table should be the home
event of the week, so this is the time
to give them the various dishes that
they will enjoy. About the middle
of September the oyster becomes
plentiful and should be featured in
an old-fashioned oyster pie with
plenty of crust for the Sunday meal.
Make this crust by the old-fash-
ioned method, using suet for shorten
ing. 1t will be most delicious and
the hearty approval of the family
will more than repay the housewife
for her trouble. Housewives are apt
to frequently feel that the oyster is
an expensive luxury and that the
family can only be indulged with this
delicate, delicious bivalve occasion
ally. This is surely mistake. Oys-
ters when properly prepared may be
considered fully as economical as
most of the reasonably priced foods
on the market today. Usually the
family one and all declare the oyster
pie a big success, only "there was
not enough crust to go round" or
as a small male member of one
household exclaimed, "Some day |
going to buy ten oyster pies so |
get me some crust"
| always feel sorry for the small
chap with a big mans appetite who
has to be satisfied with child's por-
tion. So, Mrs. Housewife, let him
eat to his hearts content and give
him a liberal portion of the good
old-fashioned Yankee oyster pie.
A SUGGESTIVE SUNDAY MENU
Breakfast
Grapes
Cereal and Cream
Virginia Griddle Cakes Sirup
Coffee
Lunnef
Home-Made Chowchow Piccalilli
Ye Olde-Tyme English Oyster Pye
Mashed Potatoes
Buttered and Spiced Beets
Coleslaw
Grape Tapioca Blanc Mango
Coffee
Supper
Bean Sausages Cream Gravy
Potato Salad
Raisin Cake Tea
- The market basket will require:
One small basket of grapes,
Forty atea0ing oysters,
One-quarter peck of potatoes,
One bunch of beets,
One head of cabbage,
One stalk of celery,
T,Oo quarts, of milk,
One can of baked beans,
Three eggs,
One-quarter pound of suet,
One package of tGpioca,
One package of raisins,
: One glass of jelly.
and the usual staples that are in the
house, such as -four, seasoning, bak-
ing powder, etc.
A nice change for the family is to
give them corn mullins and plain
rolls or biscuits in place of bread
Usually in the hurry and hustle of
getting the business folk off in time
in the morning and then preparing
the children for school the housewife
does not have the time to prepare
these honey old-fashioned breads for
breakfast.
The price of butter makes it
almost prohibitive to use it. as a
spread for hot cakes, yet we all like
the butter flavor. So let US follow
the example of the thrifty New Eng
land woman, who puts the sirup in
good-sized pitcher and then adds
two tablespoons of butter to one and
one-half cups of sirup. Place the
pitcher in a pan of warm water and
then heat. Stir frequently, so that
the butter will melt and blend thor
oughly with the sirup. Just before
sending to the table beat thoroughly.
This not only makes a delicious
spread for hot cakes and waffies and
the like, but it is a real economy and
a saving in butter.
Virginia Griddle Cakes
Pace one cup of cornmeal in a
mixing bowl and add
One teaspoon of salt,
Three tablespoons of shortening,
Three tablespoons of strip,
One cup Of boiling aOater.
Raat IN nniY and then add