The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1920-06-03
HOW TO LOWER
YOLR MEAT BILLS

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Hints From the Department Of
Justice.)
High Living On Low-Prieed Meat
II don't see how you feed fami-
ly OF five and pay so little for meat"
said Mrs Smith 10 Mrs. Jones who
stood just over the back fence. For
Mrs. Jones always served appetizing
dishes of fresh meat, apparently in
endless variety, and she never had
big meat bills.
"I'll show you how | do it," said
Mrs. Jones TO Mrs. Smith. IF you
come out here every day this week
well compare notes and find out the
way TO reduce meat bills and yet live
as well if not better than ever"
| Mondays morning conference at
the back fence discussed Sunday din
ner which Mrs. Jones had made from
3Ia pounds Of chuck beef a little
oleomargarine, seasoning, and trim
mings prepared as pot roast. The
leftovers went into beef croquettes
and were enough for Mondays din
ner.
1T cost me, at 20 cents a pound,
just 40 cents for good meat for two
meals for five people said Mrs
Jones.
Tuesdays report showed a bill of
I IS cents for three pounds of spare
ribs. out Of which Mrs. Jones had
prepared full meal OF sauerkraut
and spareribs in this manner:
She put spareribs IN boiling water
sailed with one-half tablespoonful Of
salt and cooked until meat began TO
separate from the bones She rem0v-
ed and arranged on a platter, sur
rounded with border Of sauerkraut,
one cupful Of which had been prev
iously heated.
On Wednesday Mrs. Jones describ-
ed how she had fried a pound and a
half Of calls liver, costing so cents
with onions and celery:
IL pounds calf's liver
4 Tablespoonful Oleomargarine.
4 tablespoonful diced celery.
Z tablespoonful onions cut up
fine
Seasoning
She said: Il put four tablespoons
full Of oleomargarine, four Of diced
celery, four Of onions cut up hne and
seasoning into a pan; the liver sauted
in this sauce and served piping hot.
/ saved the leftovers for creamed
meat"
On Thursday she had cooked chop
ped beef in baking dish, two
pounds Of hamburger costing 81
cents. The leftover went into cream
ed meat enough for Friday.
1T can't be done" exclaimed
Mrs. Smith, but Mrs. Jones furnished
proof in the form Of these recipes
Chopped Beef
n 2 pounds hamburger ground.
II IL cupful tomato relish.
10 teaspO0nful tabasco sauce.
! can beets.
Mix chopped beef with tomato rel
ish Add tabasco sauce. Season well
with salt and pepper Put into bak-
ing dish and bake two hours, bast-
ing frequently with high quality Of
table sauce. Serve garnished with
beets cut into quarters.
Dreamed Meat
Add all leftovers together. Add
one-half can pimentoes chopped, one
green pepper and two and one-half
cupsfui Of white sauce made from
-four. evaporated milk, water, oleo-
margarine and seasoning Serve on
rounds OF toast.
Saturdays meal was prepared by
Mrs. Jones out Of two and one-halt
mounds Of flank steak for which she
paid G5 cents, and which came on the
table stuffed with bread crumbs, veg
etables and seasoning.
"Now." said Mrs Jones. Tets add
- orfTl
ply has cost This was what she hg-
ured.
3 - pounds beef chuck at zoe,
20 cents.
pounds spareribs, at 25 cents,
75 cents.
! 10 pounds calls liver at 40 cents,
go cents.
2 pounds hamburger steak at Ice,
80 cents
2 10 pounds flank steak, at 20 cents,
65 cents.
Total-f3.02.
Some saving" said Mrs. Smith
do you know what have been pay
ing for the same amount o. food
value, and not as much variety AZ
that7" She jotted down her own er-
penditures FOR a week which we're
these;
Monday i "a pounds rib lamb
chops AZ so cents. ~ cents
Tuesday ? pounds sirloin a. AZ
cents, "a cents
"Wednesday ~ pounds beef
roast (prime ribs) nj 40 cents. 81 90.
Thursday ~ pounds veal on
leg nd as cents, a. cents
Friday 4 ~ pounds fnrk tender.
loin nj DO cents. NJ cents.
saturday ~ pounds calf
sweethreads NJ CO. cents, 40 cent?
sunday 3 ~ pounds chicken a.
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