The Holly chieftain., 1922-09-21
START CAMPAIGN
FOR RIGHT FOOD
Movement for Better Nourish-
ment for Adults as Well as
Children Is Inaugurated.
USE OF MORE MILK FAVORED
Plan to Alleviate Such Common ALL
ments as Headaches, Constipation,
lrritabiIity, Etc.-Some Su.
perior Recipes.

ments as Headaches, Constipation,
lrritabiIity, Etc.-Some Su-
cerior Recipes.
Prepared by the United States Department
of Agrtcuture.)
A successful campaign for better
nourishment of adults as well as chill
dren Is being conducted In Connecti-
cut, which the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture believes could
well be extended to other states. The
purpose of the campaign is to induce
people to add more milk and fibrOus
material to the diet, with the result
that such ailments as headaches, con-
stipation, nervous irritability, and
other disorders, due to faulty food
habits may become less common. The
recipes on this page are being used
to introduce these much-needed food
substances into the bill of fare of
many families.
Cabbage, which Is made up largely
of fibrous material, is inexpensive and
available to both rural and city dwell
ers. Both milk and the vegetables
recommended in these recipes supply
the vitamins essential to good health
Cream Soups.
General rules: These soups are
thickened by cooking butter and flour
together. This prevents a separation
of the thicker and thinner parts cf the
soup and is called binding
Heat the butter until 1t bubbles, add
the flour and seasoning gradually and
stir until well mixed. add the liquid
and cook until about the consistency
of good cream Stir constantly. Add
the vegetable pulp and liquid and serve
hot. If too thick. thin with more milk.
Soda is added to tomatoes in
cream of tomato soup to prevent the
milk from curdling when 1t is added to
the tomato. One-eighth teaspoonful
soda to one cup tomato juice.
Cream Soups.
l tablespoon flour. cup milk.
tablespoon butter cup strained veg
u teaspoon salt etable pulp and
Juice.
Vegetables Used for Cream Soups.
Tomato Potato
Spinach Carrots
Peas Onions
Beans Corn
Asparagus Cabbage
Celery Caulif1ower
Beets
Prunes and Other Dried Fruits.
Wash well. Soak over night in wa
ter to cover. Boil gently in the same
water until tender. Add little sugar
II necessary. Prunes do not usually
need sweetenIng.
Medium White Sauce for Dreamed
Dishes.
2 tablespoons butter. l cup milk
2 tablespoons flour. u teaspoon salt.
Make like thin white sauce for
cream soup.
Foods Which May Be creamed.
All vegetables Macaroni.
Eggs. Meats
Fish
CABBAGE SALADS
Cabbage and Fish.
Tuna Any cold flaked
Salmon fish,
The proportion of cabbage and fish
may be varied. However, 2 cups of
cabbage and 1 cup of fish make a pal.
atable combination.
Cabbage and Pineapple.
2 cups shredded cab / cup cubed pine
bage. apple.
Pear and Cabbage.
halves canned or Shredded cabbage
fresh pear. to cover
Peanut and Cabbage.
2 cups cabbage. ! cup peanuts tsalted
are best)
Peanut, Cabbage and Carrots.
cups cabbage. " cup chopped raw
cup peanuts. carrots.
Cabbage and Cranberry.
cups cabbage. Y cup chopped cram
" cup celery. berries.
Cabbage and Chilli Sauce Dressing.
cups cabbage. Tablespoons horse
" cup chilli sauce or radish
catsup.
Ten-Minute Cabbage.
cups finely chopped Tablespoons butter
cabbage. teaspoon salt
Put cabbage in boiling salted water,
boil hard for ten minutes. drain and
season.
EscalIoped Cabbage.
cups boiled cab u cup white sauce.
bage. Bread crumbs.
Put creamed cabbage in baking
dish. cover with crumbs and bake.
creamed Cabbage Au Gratin.
l cup cooked cab " cup white sauce.
bage tablespoons cheese.
Put cheese in white sauce, cover
with crumbs and bake.
Cream Of Cabbage Soup.
cups chopped cab teaspoon celery
bage salt. or
2 tablespoons onion. cup chopped cell
lery tops
Cook until cabbage is transparent.
Press through colander and add one
pint thin white sauce.
Thin White Sauce.