Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-15
Fix DeHcatessen
Products at Home
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Hagh Prices May BE
Avoided by Preparing
OlON FOOdstufs.
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While the dclicatesscn shop fills 7
real need in some communities. il
must be conceded that The prices OF
its. wares are high, and willie II may
not seem oNtravagant 10 purchase a
couple OF slices of cooked meat 70!
one or two sandwiches when one
wants little smack, nevertheless, o:
q larger scale IL becomes a highly rX-
pensivc proposition TO trade ut the
dclicatesscn shop regularly
Said woman to me the other day:
II just love to have folks call on me
for sunday evening suppcr--cspeclai!y
since baby came; | can't get out very
meal at the deltcatesscu shop has be-
come such an expensive proposition |
;inst dread guests land yeti love 20
How about making some OF the deli
catcsscn products At home? The deli
catcssen shops in my vicinity today
ARE asking-and getting--a doilar-tcn
per pound for boiled nam. Yet tho
pest uncoolSed ham in the butcher shop
Is but 40 cents per pound by the
And allowing for fuel and shrink
age it surely seems huge saving to
prepare your own cold boiled ham at
home.
y woman who lives out o. town, and
who often has Sunday evening com
makes meat loaf to be used If guests
arrive. Thirly sliced, attractively gar
niShed with parsley or watercrcss. it
makes an attractive meal dish at a
reasonable cost. II no company ar
rjvcs. the meat loaf is rchcatcd and
served for Monday evening dinner with
Drown gravy or tomato sauce. And
here ia GOOD recipe that will lend
itself 10 variation according. 10 the
taste OF tho individual preparing it:
Veal Loaf.
Two hounds veal. pound pork. =
green pepper. l onion. TABLESPOONS
Gchoppsa p;.rsiey. rating OF nutmeg.
cornmcal ana salt TO taste and few
grains OF cayenne.
N G ;Hnt The Ge1t slowly on until tender
from the bones and run through the
food chopper. Add onion and green
PEPPER finely ehoppsd and then ne
water IN which the meat has been
cooked. Mix in one unbeatcn egg.
Place i'll well creased an md bake
The resourcefui housekecpcr may
substitute poultry or salmon or any
other meat or fish in place OF the veal.
for dinner. From them YOU can pre-
pare your own picked hcets. Place
the bc"is in :, straincr and pour hot
water over them TO remove any scum.
slice the bcCtS Very thin and cover
with vinegar. a hi, Of bay Leaf and two
or three whole allspicc and let stand
Once upon time il was perhaps ~
cheap To purchase potato salad as it
WAS to make it. 6ut now, since labor
is so high. and the overhead expenses
or the delicatcsSen shops ever mount
ing. one gets mighty little potato salad
for % or SO cents. 1t can be made
very much more chcaply at home, and
here is Il good recipe:
Potato Snlnd-
Hot boiled potatoes cut into half
inch cubes or slices; salad oil. = table
spoons: vinegar, tablespoons; salt.
tablespoon: pepper. quarter teaspoon:
onion, chopped fine quarter cup; par
Slcy. cut fine. ! tablespoon.
Mix well and let stand couple OF
hours before using.
Another problem the housekeeper
With unexpected company has is a way
OF providing bread in hurry, The best
way out Of this dilemma seems TO be
IN providing u quick bread. This may
either take the form Of biscuit or muf-
inns.
Prepared flour. that is nour TO which
the manufacturer has added the prop
or quantities OF baking powder and
salt. is Very little more expensive than
plain Hour. II can bc made quickly
into biscuit or mullins with very little
iussing.
Here is a good recipe: To two cups
Of butter or other shortening until the
mixture appears like meal. Put in just
enough milk TO make a soft dough
Drop in S7oonfulS on 4 creased pan /
ard bake about twelve minutes in q F,
hot oven. by adding more milk ami
making the mixture L drop batter, IL !
may be baked IN creased muffin pans /
'v:' fifteen or twenty minutes.