The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-11
THE sTEAK-AND-cHoP HUSBAND.

Never ate it in my life"
Over and over again 1 meet people
| whose eating habits are confined &C
the most limited routine; they know
pie, but they seldom allow then
| tastes to wander into new eating
areas. These persons persist IN think
ing queer" any food which falls out
side their prescribed eating habits
again.. If they have been accustomed
to eat a certain food in one special
way. they refuse to believe that the
same food would taste equally deli
cious II served in an entirely differ
ent manner.
The more different ways in which
we can cook and serve the most nour,
fishing foods, the greater delight and
pleasure we Will have in our meals
But. further. the more different ways
in which we can cook and serve the
most n0urishing foods. the less our
food will cost us. The "steak-and-
chop" husband costs more to feed
than the man who enjoys spaghetti
and goulash and vegetable loaf the
son who cannot eat soup" and the
daughter who doesn't like vege-
tables will make the food bills run
one-fifth higher than the family who
likes everything"
If we think a moment we will see
how hundreds Of persons limit the en-
joyment of eating and increase their
expenses solely because they refuse
to broaden their food preferences.
There is that family / know whom
secretly call che library paste
family" because in that house every
thing eatable is smothered in a pasty
white or cream sauce.
Then there Is the family who new
er heard" of bean loaf. or OF using
the outside stalks of caulifower as
vegetable or who never ate ehicory
or baked bananas.
In the past when have recon-
mended to women this venture into
untired foods, 1 have always been
band won't eat made dishes or any
of these substitute foods; he must
have chops and steaks" There may
be exceptions of course. but | seem
to have noted that many. many hus-
bands escape from the best home
cooking" quite frequently, and find
their way downtown into little for
eign restaurantS where. they can get
DRY French ragout and gnocci and
goulash. for which they pay good
prices; the great increase in the num-
Der of such foreign eating places
garden variety of American husband
likes queer" new foods If these
foods taste good!
The time to train husbands is be-
wolves on the mothers of the present
generation to see that they raise up
a different race of husbands for the
future and begin to train the chill
dren in varied eating habits
1t has been one of the great as
sets of this nation that we have had
such a varied food supply. But Ii will
be still greater asset to the nation
if it's women become mistresses in the
art of utilizing that food supply to
the best advantage. This means in
creased knowledge of food values. and
the art of cooking plain. Inexpensive,
simple foods in appetizing, deiectable
ways. We want to eat foods we have
never eaten before, because we must;
because it will greatly increase our
pleasure and delight to do so; because
1t is the best dietetics to have great
variety and contrast in the diet; and
greatly benefit flattened household
pocketbooks.
Try these plans: Two new dishes
a week; setting flat sum for din
ner and then trying to make a game
OF II by seeing how much value and
variety may be had for that price:
using the substitute foods in a to-
tally new dish; copying a foreign
dish: never using vegetable in the
same style for two weeks period.
AUNT PATS FORUM.
Dear Aunt Pat:
Ny husband does not like to dress
know | sometimes feel like 1 might
as well not have any husband,
A lonesome wife.
My dear lonesome little wife:
You are fretting over very little
annoyance and because you have not
tried to overcome this annoyance, 1t
has assumed huge proportions. A
woman's supreme duty is to make
success out of her married life. which
must be accomplished not by giving
up all her Individuality but by af-
fecting a series of compromises. those
woman who prove most successful
however keep their partner convinced
that his will is always her wish. The
day that she convinces him that she
card. All good times are not to be
had outside the home. What do you
do for good times at home? If you
plan for good times at home you will
find yourself wishing to go out less.
You must go out some, however. and
1t is due yourself respect to have
your husband look presentable-com-
pliment him when he puts on any
thing good looking and his interest
in dress will pick up.
like to see q man and his wife
out together Nothing fills my soul
with more Indignation than to see
wife. No woman is happy with out an
escort and is embarrassed to accept
courtesies of the escorts or husbands
of her friends. So you must insist on
your husbands company and If you
try to make him happy at home,
think you can manage to get him out
often enough to give you your deserv-
ed outings.
Lovingly Aunt Pat,
AROUT TIME NOW TO START ON
FRUIT CAKE FOR CHRISTMAS,
MORE SKILL is REQUIRED in
BAKING THAN IN MIXING.