Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
Sunday Dinner for Two.

One SATURDAY dllGTUOOli ii SOuLS
married couple went shopping for
their Sunday dinner. She ordered
can of prepared soup, can of peas,
notato chips. slices of filet of beef and
a can of mushrooms to garnish them,
olives, rolls. some pastry and mint
waters, Coffee and butter were stock
ed in the home pantry.
Now, that was a tasty dinner. When
set forth 1t must have looked very
party like. But the young husband
was astonished at the hole 1t made In
$40. He was really bothered. The
thought Of such an extravagant din
ner spoiled his Sunday. He said that
such expensive food was not for them,
that a plain beef stew with vegeta-
bles would cost about half the money,
would be Just as palatable and just
as nutritious. The young wife felt
that the dinner she had planned saved
her time. The dinner she bought took
about % minutes to get together,
while beef stew diner would have
taken her all morning to prepare. And
it would have taken more time to
make dessert than it did to buy it.
These young folks will have to learn
that marriage Is q partnership in
which each must give full share.
When money is short 1t is up to the
young wife to learn about food values.
It Is her Job to know that piece OF
top chuck appetizingly cooked en- cas-
eerole or In a pot roast or served as
Hungarian goulash will give as much
nourishment as fflet mignon
Food prices and personal tastes vary
@ good deal But the young husband
was right when he said that there
would be as much nutrition and that
10, a%rz11 ffxyi IN
beef stew dinner as in the one his
wife had bought.
If the wife feels that beef stew is
not Sundayfied and that Hungarian
goulash doesn't alter the basic fact
of Sunday stew, she could have the
butcher cut preSentable piece of
solid top chuck for her. She could
have few young carrots cut in tiny
dice, a small can of tomatoes to make
q rich gravy and Il bay leaf. Glove or
a very tiny piece of lemon peel for
favor; she could peel the potatoes very
thin and cook them whole around the
piece of pot roast. Plain lettuce salad
or lettuce dressed with grated sea-
soned raw beet would not cost as much
as the olives and would be better
For. though olives yield iron, the raw
salad would give bulk, lime. iron and
the vitamins A, B, G.
If the young couple were very hun
CRY and could afford it, the can OF
soup and the can of peas could also
appear. If at all possible, the young
wife should buy dainty whole-wheat
rolls instead of white flour rolls And
for dessert a colorful gelatin with
plain cream or the top of the bottle
cream or canned cream would do
THE mint waters can be omitted. In
stead of the gelatin, which could bt
fixed in few minutes on Saturday
she might have a simple fruit des
sert, like grapefruit peeled. all thS
membrane removed and broken il
pieces and served daintily in a sher
bet cup with q cherry. This would
be economical, pretty, good for thu
health and very little trouble to pre-
pare.
The dinner outlined is very easy t.
prepare, for the pot roast should b.
9Emmered slowly to break up the mea
lbers and make it tender. The mea
should be Drowned, the gravy ther
made, the meat put in the gravy will
the vegetables and seasonings ant
cooked very slowly about two hours