The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
Star-N ews Cooking School
10 Open Here On Tuesday
Miss Ruth Chambers Will
Conduct Pageant OF
Foods AT MINIS
FAMILY FAVORITES
AT THE COOKING SCHOOL

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Mother - Old.fashioned lemon
pie Second day..
Grandmother - Burnt Sugar
cake Second day..
Grandfather - Hunters sou
Second day..
Daughter-Creamed drief beef
with noodles third day..
Son (Boy Scout)-Squaw corn
9th day..
Everybody - Frosted orange
cookies (third day..
Pageant of Foods" Cooking
school, with Miss Ruth Chambers
as lecturer, which the Star-News is
presenting at the High school audi.
forum, consists of four daily ses.
sions, and is the result of months
of planning and preparation.
The main object was to condense
into the four-day program the high.
lights of a complete course in cook
cry, including selection, menu-plan-
ming and serving as we'll as all
methods of cooking the array OF
food which goes to make up the
well-balanced diet available to the
average American housewife.
Because of the Importance OF
meat and the fact that the majority
of meals are planned about this
food, special attention was given
to all cuts of beef, pork, veal and
lamb, not overlooking liver, kidneys
and heart which rank so high
among health-giving foods.
Each Recipe Tested
Hundreds of recipes were studied
and passed upon before the final
selections for Pageant C Foods
were made. These were some Of
the considerations:
First of all, each dish had to be
excellent in itself, nutritious, fine ir
flavor, tempting alike to the eye
andthe palate. Expert "tasters,'
men as well as women, Judged the
food as the recipes were tested.
Next, the food must be available
in most markets throughout the
year. Exotic foods, hard to obtain
unknown to most American cooks
were ruled out. The school had to
be practical.
Then the dishes must be those
which could be prepared by the
woman of average ability in cook
ing, following clearly written ane
very exact recipes printed in the
booklets. Connections such as only
a chef with special tools coul
prepare are not found Or pageant
of Foods" program.
Economy Recipes Included
The course includes examples o.
all the methods of meat cookery
roasting, broiling, p~anbroiling
braising, stewing and cooking il
water The instruction is based or
fundamental principles which ap
ply not only to n dish but tt
others of that type.
Economy and ease of preparation
were taken into account. Ways o.
cooking less demanded cuts of meal
are shown, a help to the housewife
who must watch her food bills
Tempting ways to serve left-overS
also appeal to the thrifty. oven
meals and one-dish meals which
are great time and effort savers
are included on the program.
An Aristocratic Stew
Among the most tempting and
practical of the recipes are severa
for unusual stews. There is al
oven stew which is very pretty
Tomato cooked with the beef gives
it the color of corned beef. A "bee1
stew aristocrat" is given style by
being served on whole cabbage
leaves added to the meat during
the last fifteen minutes of cookins
time. Lamb chunklets are cooked
in a highly spiced oriental stew.
Whole Family Pleased
Another consideration was tina
1.-THE program must include dishes
to please the whole family.
Dad will "go for" a broiled steak
for instance the pin-bonesteak Or
tire third days program, especially
# it is served with the French friec
potatoes, prepared according to the
instructions on the first day.
Mother is sure to be interested in
a new way to make a very flaky
crust for an old-fashioned lemon
pie.
Grandmother will find the burnt
sugar cake just the kind Of treat
she used to make and she'll want
to try her hand at this new version
Grandfather will enjoy hunters
SOUP" 1t is just as good as the
hearty, nutritious soups they used
to serve in his youth, and 1t fits
neatly into a modern menu.
Daughter will find the creamed
dried beef, with pimiento and pickles
cut into it, just right to serve with
Chinese noodles or on toast as a
supper dish for her crowd.
Son will be interested in "squaw
corn" especially if he is a Boy
Scout, or if he goes on camping
trips. It's grand when made over
a campfire.
Everybody in the family will be
reaching for the frosted orange
cookies.
But every family may choose its
own favorites. There's plenty to
select from in the pageant of
Foods array.
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