The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-30

is naturally
more fervor shown for recipes that
are concocted with this IN mind. 1t
isn't as easy as 1t may seem either
to cut down. or add to, the ingre-
dients given. so that any recipe
worth its salt should state how
many portions 1t makes.
Some Surprises
For obvious reasons. the anna
teur cook should be careful about
following directions: this Is no time
to waste precious butter. or any
thing else, for that matter. so un-
less you are one Of those inspired
people who Just naturally whips
up something delectable. watch
your step and do not improvise.
Husbands who heretofore have
been hard to handle In the matter
of left-overs are more easily man
aged when one explains the econ
omy Of serving this or that. And
most men have really Wholesome
tastes in food: It's Jill. not Jack,
who likes creamed and gooey
messes. Unfortunately. the tried
and true masculine favorites. ham
and eggs and cornbeef hash. are
not available in all sections Of the
country. and coffee-well. why go
into that?-but on the whole. the
man of the house Is satisfied to OBJ
serve meatless Tuesday. Give him
an occasional beef stew and he
won't growl.
There are. as a matter Of fact.
many meat substitutes. and the
woman who browses through cook
books. or recipes in the magazines
or papers, will make amazing dis
coveries. and. II she's the type. get
quite a lot Of fun out Of springing
surprises on her family.
The woman who has q maid. or
more than one. is to be pitied. One
has to live up to domestic stah
and hardly dares suggest they eat
what the family is now perfectly
willing to eat. which may sound
silly, but is, like lots Of other equal
ly silly things. perfectly true. A
maidless household may sit down
to steaming bowls Of soup topped
of by q sandwich and q cup Of tea
Sufficient nourishment, by the
way-but there might be some en-
barrassment in serving such q
menu were there butler about.
New Talents Found
With household help graduated
into defense plants. the women not
likewise employed have to be their
own chief cooks and bottle wash
ers. which at least gives them
something others than the affairs
Of their neighbors to think about.
Even the most useless women are
discovering latent talents and.
greatly to their own and other
folks surprise, are doing very cred
liable Jobs. There are even ANUS
ing and enlightening stories Of how
women are getting to be handy
around the house, SO handy, In fact,
that when the men come back
again they may flnd all the leaky
faucets fixed and the various
chores for which the handy-man
existed, all nicely tidied up by the
very WOLIldu VIII COuluIl IllI q Lldll
unless It grew on her own finger.
In households where there are
children. or old people. 1t Is now
doubly necessary for those at home
to know what to do for them In
small emergencies. Doctors are
hard to get in q fifty. II at all. so
don't conflne all your research to
the cook book. Get to know the
simple rules Of medicine and car
ing for the sick or disabled. And
don't. II you have a family, let any
woman working in a defense plant
high-hat you or make you feel like
q Stacker because you are not doing
likewise. You are doing Just what
you should be doing II you are
feeding your family well on as lit
tie as possible, and caring for them
IN sickness or disability. But be
sure you are doing these things and
everything expected Of you to the
best Of your ability.