Great Falls tribune., 1922-03-12
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CAN YOU PREPARE A DELICIOUS
EMERGENCY DlNNER2
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This is story of housewife who
decided to take dinner out at a rest
aurant for change, SO provided moth
ing special from the markets. Then
the unexpected happened, and a pour
ing rain made gett ng out in comfort an
impossibility, and there was nothing to
do but have a makeshift dinner at
home.
Only a good cook can make a sue
cess of dinner which has to be made
up quickly and of odds and ends. The
novice makes a bad mess of such a
| situation, generally speaking. Anyway,
what happened, and what the family
had for dinner may give an inspiration
to some other home cook caught in
the same predicament.
Potatoes, eight of them. were peeled
and put on to boil Eight eggs were
| next boiled hard. A bottle of anchovies
| and can of sweet red peppers in oil
were opened next and few leftover
leaves Of lettuce were discovered in the
| icebox-quite a find to give a touch
OF luxury to the rest.
| Then a can of tomatoes was opened
| and put into a saucepan with a sliced
onion and few celery tops which had
been left beside the lettuce for future
disposition. Salt. pepper, tablespoon
full OF curry powder bud of garlic and
little Worcestershire sauce were add
ed. The mixture cooked for half an
hour, then it was strained and thick
ened with a little white roux. The
hard boiled eggs were peeled halved
and quartered, then slipped into the
tomato curry to flavor them.
By that time the potatoes were done,
end they were mashed, then seasoned
with a small piece of butter, pepper and
were beaten into the potatoes and
enough flour siftcd and worked in to
make them stiff enough to roll out
one inch thick. This crust was then
cut in rounds, dipped in flour, and
dropped into rapidly boiling salted
water. When the cakes rose to the
top they were done and were taken up
with the skinner. placed on hot plate
busted with grated cheese and covered
with little melted butter. This gave
two hearty dinner dishes. AS there
was no bread, hot biscuits were made
and cooked while the other things were
made.
Now, the anchovies were unrolled
and flaked a bit. The peppers were
coarsely chopped and moistened with
French dressing. Anchovies and pep
pers were then heaped on the lettuce
leaves to make wee salad. A few
water crackers were toasted to go with
the salad
A couple Of grapefruits were found |
to start off with, and it took but a |
few minutes to fix them. The dessert |
was the next consideration, and it |
seemed for a few moments as though /
it would be a postponed pleasure, but
a can of halved peaches was brought |
triumphantly from the emergency shelf
and the message came that dessert
dream would be ready in no time.
The alf-peaches were drained and
dipped in some marshmallow whip re-
posing in the ice chest, then four Of
the hot biscuits. which were large, were
broken open and buttered, and a half
peach was slipped inside. the top was
buttered and little of the whip pour
ed over all. A dessert for the gods
was the united verdict.
What more could one want for a
regular dinner, and for an emergency
what could have been more delightful?
be put upon her mettle once in while
70 see If she really has learned to do
The unusual thing, or if she is entirely
dependent upon u constant fresh supply +
rom the stores. Every home carries
4 running stock of staples, which are
1sed and replenished as needed in the
Usual way, but when they are called
nto emergency use we are very apt to
say we have nothing in the house. II
OF course, we mean by this, fresh
neat, vegetables, salad, soup and the
regulation dinner material, but with
we'll stocked shelves we certainly have
enough in tho house to get dinner
such as the one already described If
We are capable Of thinking over the dim