The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-01-05
Homemakers' Column
Edited by Miss Mildred Barton, Home
Demonstration Agent, Oakland
Il ResOlve"-HOmemak Style


do and those who don't, the believers
and the skeptics. Of the believers
there are the wavering and the stead"
fast, those who resolve and fall by the
wayside, and those who resolve and
hold to the straight and narrow.
Among the skeptics those who keep
resolutions without making them, out
number those content to drift with the
wind.
But in the end, all these groups add
up to one. They are all members OF
the great class of folk who are MOI
quite satisfied with what they made
of their lives, their efforts, and their
money during the past year. And so,
for Garrett county homemakers VINO
feel they would like to make a fresh
start in 1889 here is a set of new
years resolutions, drawn up by the
Bureau of Home Economics, in the U.
S. Department of Agriculture:
81 Resolve To Make A Spend
ing Plan. No list of new years reso-
lutions would be complete without the
mention of the family budget-a plan
designed to help get the most good
from every dollar the family has to
spend.
To Plan The Family Diet. A week
ly shopping list-a set of menus to
match-a systematic tour of the
markets-will do much for the health,
wealth, and general welfare Of any
family. Make weekly plans, and in
these plans remember the notices O
good nutrition. Among them are, cat
least a pint of milk daily for e7ery
member of the family, preferably a
quart for children" OF "four OF more
servings of vegetables and fruits
daily"-at least one of the vegetables
should be leafy green or yellow
tomatoes or citrus fruits several
times week." eggs, almost daily Cor
small children, several times a week
for adults"
To Plan The Family Home Produced
Food. The home produced food plan
has its place in the family earning
spending-saving scheme, and no part
of it should be left to chance.
To Read The Labels On Foods. Read
the labels to know what you buy, don
guess. Judge howm UGH you are get
ting by net weight or by volume, not
by the size of the package.
To Be An Honest Cook. The family
pays for the food you prepare; feed 1t
to the family, not to the garbage can
or the kitchen sink. Peel potatoes
and other vegetables and fruits cts
sue-thin". Or even better, bake or
steam in their jackets. When boiling
vegetables use no more water than
necessary so you can serve the soaked
out minerals and vitamins in the
gravy or in soup. And save the oil
from canned salmon for its valuable
vitamin D.
To Make My Kitchen A Better
Workshop. Waste motion, unneces-
sary retracing of steps, STOPPING, and
reaching in the kitchen, steal energies
that belong to the real homemakers
job. Study your kitchen. Be youl
own efficiency expert. Are the equip
ment and utensils grouped into work
centers? Are the vegetable brush,
colander, and pearing knife within
easy reach of the kitchen sink? Can
you mix cake or get a pie ready for
the oven without moving the work
table? Do you work progressively
around" the kitchen, or are you con-
stantly criss-crossing the room?
To Sit At Work Whenever Possible.
Kitchen stools with backs come in cor
rect heights for different work sur
faces. Ironing boards are now being
made with adjustable heights for sit
ting and standing. Vegetables may
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a comfortable kitchen chair OF stool
with back.
To Make The Family Meal A Happy
| Occasion. Dinner time is the family
social hour in many a home. The
food is symbol of the family's we'll
being, let it be offered at it's simple
best, well chosen, well prepared, well
served. But in this connection the
food is only a symbol, while The
family gathering is an occasion.
worthy of the best homemaking eff
fort.
H. d. A. Schedule
Monday, Jan. 9-Kitzmiller Senior
All club, p. m.
Tuesday, Jan. 10-Kitzmiller Junior
All club, p. m.
Wednesday, Jan. 11-Avilton All
club, 8 p. m. Sunnyside Grange at
1880 p. M,
Thursday, Jan. 12-Mt. Lake-Loch
Lynn Homemakers club, 2 p. m.
Friday Ian IA a,,op+oD How, n