The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-08

much as during the summer. The
very natural desire is for cold foods
such as salads and the like, but
while these are excellent for lunch-
cons and suppers they are not suf-
ficiently nutritious for the main
meal, regardless of whether it is
served at midday or at night.
During hot weather one may well
cut down on both breakfast and
luncheon or supper, but it is not
advisable to do so with the chief
meal of the day. In my family,
during this season, we simplify both
breakfast and luncheon. Every day
with the exception of Sunday, we
have fruit, toasted whole wheat
bread, marmaIade or some other
preserve and coffee. Luncheon is
usually composed of sandwich,
fruit or vegetable salad. At other
times I prepare eggs in one form
or another. 2
Ban Fried Foods.
Dinner, which is served in the
evening, is our big meal and the
main dish is either boiled, pot-roast-
ed or broiled meat--three ways Of
cooking food approved most gener-
ally for the summer by food experts
and. doctors. It is very unsafe to
serve fried or other greasy foods in
warm weather and for that reason
the skillet plays very small part
in our kitchen during the summer,
Unfortunately, viewer, Tor
women who neither own an cleo
trio range nor an electric nreless
cooker, boiling and pot-roasting
meals usually is accompanied by
great discomfort. These are lengthy
cooking processes and a great deal
of heat is generated when done with
a fuel range. Not that the electric
range or cooker works quicker. but
they are both so well insulated that
although they might remain heated
an entire day neither would neat
the kitchen percepubly.
!. Need Not Stay Home.
Too, they make it possible for
woman to have these wholesome
foods without having to remain at
home to supervise their cooking.
She need only prepare the food,
heat the oven or the cooker, put
the food in ana, half an hour or SD
later, switch off the electricity and
leave the food to finish cooking by
stored heat in the fireless cooker
way. 4
Nearly every electric range is So
that the oven may re
used as a fireless' cooker, while
others have both an oven and a
separate fireless cooker compart-
ment. Thus, the housewife may
go out to the beach or country Tor
the entire day and upon returning
home find her dinner cooked ana
practically ready to serve.
The following is a menu that Will,
by varying the salad and dessert, do
very nicely for two main meals:
Beef pot,roast, fresh vegetables,
or watercress salad, rhu-
barb pie.
In my home during the summer
we omit the dessert when we
have a salad or omit the salad when
we have dessert-however, every
other housewife knows the capacity
of her family well enough to know
how much and what to serve them.
But, too much of sweet things is
not particularly good for anyone,
hence we strike the happy medium
by alternating with one day the
salad and dessert the next. Also
I always keep, plenty Of fresh and
stewed fruit in the house in case
anyone of us wishes it.
Making Pot Roast.
I use fairly good size iron
kettle for pot-roasted foods. 1t
takes a little longer to heat bit
once thoroughly heated it holds the
heat longer and cooks the food
more slowly and therefore better.
/ put the iron pot over one Of the
heater units of my electric range
and in it render the suet. When
this has become very hot put in
the roast and keeping my heat at
high for about ten minutes. ! brown
it thoroughly on both sides. Then
/ switch the heat to medium and
add to this two or three lettuce
leaves, five carrots, as many onions
and a whole can of tomatoes. When
this begins to boil / add to it about
a pint of water. During all this
time / heat my electric oven and
when. it has reached a temperature
of about 400 degrees l transfer the
pot properly covered into the o2nu
and leave high heat on for
about half an. hour, then switch off
all the electricity and let the pot
roast cook slowly in the fireless
cooker way.
About half an hour before dinner
1 add my potatoes, about a cupfuI
of peas and a tablespoonful Of
chopped parsley. Then r. switch
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