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Evening star., 1944-08-31
Make the Best of It!

If you moaners and groaners over
the lack Of prime ribs of beef, and
the top cuts Of juicy steaks would
settle down to learning how to pre-
pare the cheaper and less fine cuts
of beef, you would discover = whole
new culinary world-that has plenty
to recommend it! The main trouble
with 50 many people is that they
try to dress up the more lowly pieces
of meat to look and taste like their
elite kin-and, ladies and gentlemen,
it can't be done.
That Is the reason it is best to
select your lower grades Of beef
with q definite eye as to how they
are to be cooked. Keep them within
their class, and they'll produce
dishes that are a delight to devour.
There's a wonderful pot roast, for
instance, that is made with a hum
BILE 4 or 5 pound piece OF beef, cut
from the bottom or heel Of the
round, the rump, the chuck, or the
shoulder. This roast could never
masquerade AZ q boned and rolled
rib roast-but why should It? It can
stand very well on its own merits
and does.
To bring out the best in this piece
Of meat, it should be wiped, with q
damp cloth, and dredged with 4 cup
flour, mixed with 2 teaspoons salt,
and Y teaspoon pepper. 1t can be
cooked as q "lump," or rolled, which,
ever you prefer. Now 1t should be
scared in heavy kettle, in hot fat,
and then set to cook with half a cup
OF hot water, over q very, very slow
fire, tightly covered. This procedure
takes 3 to 81 hours, to get the meat
tender, and the kettle should be
watched to add water as needed
But don't overdo the water. That
just browns the meat, and takes out
all the flavor. The meat should be
turned frequently.
About half an hour or so, before
the meat is done, vegetables, such
as cut up carrots, celery, leeks or
small onions, diced potatoes, toma-
toes, turnips and so on may be
added to the roast, and let cook
right along with it. Okra is good
IN a pot roast, and some people like
to add noodles. or macaroni. The
vegetables should end up soft, but
not mushy.
Now put the meat on hot platter
and surround 1t with the vegetables.
Measure the fat and juices left in
the kettle and skim of any excess
fat. For each cup of this gravy,
blend 2 tablespoons fat and flour.
Stir into the gravy and add / cup
milk, stirred in slowly and cook for
5 minutes. Season with salt and
pepper and your favorite table
sauce. Strain the gravy and pour
over the meat and vegetables on
the platter.
This dish will make such a hit in
your family circle that no one will
even think about roast beef-let
alone pine for it.
And instead of a strip sirloin, or a
meltingly tender filet mignon keep
your head high and bring home a
nice flank steak from the market
well scored bv the butcher. On your
way pick up a pound Of pork
sausage, too. CT you can't get bulk
sausage, get q pound of ham and
Evening star., 1944-08-31

Did you know we can make a
famous Mexican drink called Hor-
chata from the melon seeds we
usually throw away?
Tropical Middle America, the land
of fiestas and banana plantations,
undoubtedly offers more unusual
and delicious cold drinks than any
other country in the world.
Horchata is, OF course, a Mexican
Spanish adaptation of the famous
French orgeat made originally from
barley and later from crushed al
monds.
It didn't take the Middle Ameri-
can people long to discover that all
melon seeds - cantaloupe, water
melon, or even squash-will make a
surprisingly similar, delicate milky
drink at considerably less expense! /!
The recipe given here Is the ira
ditional one. but 1t is often varied
with dash of lime or lemon Juice,
Evening star., 1944-08-31
Plan Your Picnic Well

Pick a nook for a picnic, then
pack basket for that day of fun
cause picnics are fun. But even
fun comes in degrees and must be
sustained If it is to ring true. So
before slamming the front door in
sure your good time by checking all
the good-time "musts"-the food,
and entertainment aids.
The backbone OF q good picnic is
always the lunch-and there's no
denying that! II the sandwiches
are yummy, the drinks refreshing
and the condiments Of the "just
right" variety. you're one up on q
perfect day already.
Let's start with the sandwiches
without which a picnic just isn't.
Filings must be carefully selected.
must be the kind that can stand
Evening star., 1944-08-31
Readers Clearing House

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We will withhold both and use
only initials. Please address
mail to the Readers Clearing
House, Woman's Page, The
Evening Star, Washington 1.
Views expressed in the Clear
ing House are not necessarily
those of The Star, and as it is
obviously impossible for us to
test all recipes submitted, we
cannot assume responsibility
for them.
Evening star., 1944-08-31

onion or two. Let this cook In q
moderate oven until the steak Is
tender-about IN hours. Before
serving remove the string and slice
right through the meat and the
sausage. Thicken the tomato sauce
with little butter blended with
flour and serve with the flank steak.
No, there's no need to mourn our
high-grade meats when we can pro-
duce such satisfying substitutes. But
keep them In their proper sphere.
Trying to make them what they
amt" results only in disappoint-
ment!
Evening star., 1944-08-31

a complete breakfast except fol-
fruit juice and beverage.
X X
ANGEL PIE" STARCH FOR
CROCHETED BASKET?
(Thanks to Mrs. J. r. B. H.,
Arlington.)
Here is the recipe for Angel
Pie" requested by an Arlington
reader. Three egg yolks beaten, add
l cup white sugar with l teaspoon
baking powder added, 9 crumbled
graham crackers. teaspoon vanilla,
l cup pecan halves, 3 egg whites
stif1y beaten, folded into above
mixture. Put in ungreased glass
pie plate. Bake in 350-degree oven
81 to IS minutes. Serve with ice
cream or cream.
Evening star., 1944-08-31
By The Vicf0rv Chef

have 1t ground). Shape the sausage
into a nice round cylinder as long
as the flank steak, roll the steak
around 1t and tie it with q string.
Now put the roll into q baking
pan and pour 2 cups Of canned
tomatoes over 1t. Add a couple of
bay leaves and a finely chopped
Evening star., 1944-08-31
CHILL SAUCE.
CHOW CHOW PICKLE.
CANDY FRIITT PEEI,

Thanks to M. B. c., Hyattsuille.)
I would like to submit two of my
most cherished recipes that have
been in my family for generations
and which have been enjoyed by
80 many people, the main i.lgred-
tents now being very plentiful on
the market.
Chill sauce: Twelve ripe toma-
toes, 4 ripe cred, sweet peppers,
2 large onions, 2 tablespoons salt,
tablespoons sugar, cups vinegar.
Chop Cor grind all ingredients, add
condiments and cook until reason
ably thick. Put in sterilized jars
and seal.
Chow chow pickle: Two gallons
chopped cabbage, gallon chopped
green tomatoes, II gallon chopped
onions, small tea cup of chopped
red peppers, l gallon vinegar, 3
pounds sugar, tablespoons salt, l
ounce white mustard seed, l ounce
turmeric, ounce ground cloves (tie
In cloth bag), l ounce cinnamon,
! ounce ginger.
Mix altogether and boil one-half
hour. Put in jars and seal with
paraffin.
I would also like to make a re-
quest for recipe of how to candy
pineapple. orange and lemon peel
as I would like to make some fruit
cake to send overseas. I usually
cannot find these ingredients and
when I do they are unreasonably
high. If it is possible l would ap-
preciate an early reply as the time
is drawing very near for sending
packages for Christmas and I am
cure a tasty fruit cake would play
a large part in making Christmas
as happy as possible.
Evening star., 1944-08-31
AZALEA PLANT.
Thanks to Mrs. A. L. B..

ATItHyIOH.I
To Mrs. j. w. G. regarding her
azalea house plant. We have planted
two OF our azalea house plants in
our garden and both are doing fine.
The one put in two years ago
bloomed this summer and had no
special care for the winter. The
other one was put in this past
spring. They like an acid soil.
Evening star., 1944-08-31
(ThGnkS to Mrs. G.. D.,
AleIdndrid.)

Four egg whites, 4 teaspoon
cream of tartar. dash of salt. Beat
until stiff, add l cup sugar and
beat until stiff and glossy. Pour
into a 9 inch buttered pie plate.
Bake 20 minutes at 225 degrees,
increase to 300 degrees and bake
40 minutes longer. Il hour in ALL
Beat 4 egg yolks, u cup sugar, 3
tablespoons lemon juice q lemon) :,
2 teaspoons rind. Cook until thick
stirring all the time. about S
minutes.)
Now whip l cup cream. Put half
the cream on the cold baked pie
meringue. do not add f1avoring.)
Now put on cool lemon filling and
put rest of the cream on top of
filling. Put in refrigerator until
used. This sounds complicated but
really isn't, and is really delicious.
You may find it easy to mix the
filling with u of the whipped cream
and then spread the rest on top,
as the filling is very thick. In
strawberry season, this is a delici-
Gus base pie, to be filled with the
berries and cream, also peaches.
Now I would also like to know if
some one could tell me how to
make the starch for a crocheted
vase. Also should the glass vase
be inserted before the starch is
dry or after?
Thanks to all who have made this
Readers Clearing House such an
aid to us housewives.
Editors note: Thanks to Mrs.
G. R. H., Florence, S. c.; Miss
| c. c. and Mrs. H. R., Washino-
ton; Mrs. P. B. S.. Arlington, and
Mrs. G. NJ. S., Siluer Spring, for
similar recipes.)
BIRD SEED:
CANARY AND CAGE?
(Thanks to Mr.. w. P, Alerandria.)
To Mrs. S. c., Washington: If
your canary wastes the rape seed
keep his cup only % full of mixed
bird seed. When you refill his cup
blow out the chaff and add only
the amount of fresh seed that he
has eaten. If this does not work
keep his cup full of plain rape seed
(this may be bought at the pet
shop and every second day add
on the top only teaspoonful of
mixed bird seed Soaking the rape
seed in hot water or crushing it will
also induce some birds to eat it
more readily. My bird does not
eat very much of his rape seed, but
it does not seem to affect him much
His plumage is good and he sings
just as much as ever. If Mrs. S. c.
would call me at Temple 3l72
would be glad to tell her the brand
of bird seed I use and any other
information she would care to
know.
Now have a problem of my own:
1 have female canary and metal
breeding cage that 1 would like to
dispose of. If any of your readers
would care to have her I would be
glad to give the cage and all to
them free. Please call at the above
telephone number for details.
CHOCOLATE MILK STAIN?
requested by Mrs. R. S..
Arlington.)
Does any one know how to get
chocolate milk stains out of a pair
Of light gabardine trousers? They
have been dry cleaned and the spots
were not removed.
I really enjoy reading YOUR COL
Evening star., 1944-08-31
(ThdnkS to Miss p, L. w.,
Wnshinnfo41


In reading your column recently,
noticed request for suggestions
OF what to plant around flagstones
something which will thrive in
the shade. If Mrs. T. A. c. of
Washington will buy package or 50
of portulaca seeds, I believe that
she will find these plants quite
satisfactory. They not only thrive
we'll in the shade, but they are &C
customed to rocky terrain and are
very beautiful also. The directions
for planting are on the back Of the
package.
For two years I have had portu-
laca plants in the back of my yard,
where nothing else seemed to grow,
due to the lack of sunshine. Good
luck with your plants. I hope this
suggestion is useful.
Evening star., 1944-08-31
BEEF WITH TOMATOES,
pEppEPS
(Thdnks to Mrs. M. T. S.,

TETT c1I0.
Thanks to Mrs. M. T. S.,
Arlington)
I certainly don't blame Mrs. c.
W. R. for seeking the recipe for
beef with tomatoes and peppers.
I serve it quite frequently and my
friends have all asked me how to
prepare it. Here is my native recipe
for it, and it makes enough for
about two servings.
One-half pound tender beef, l
medium onion, l tablespoon soy
sauce, small piece of whole ginger,
tablespoons water, 2 large toma-
toes, l medium-sized pepper, l tea
spoon cornstarch, l teaspoon sugar,
salt.
Cut the beef into about 1s-inch
cubes and fry in hot skillet with a
little lard for about minutes. Add
salt to taste and remove the beef
from the skillet before it becomes
more than medium rare done. Cut
the pepper and the onion into tri-
angular pieces about an inch in
width and fry in the skillet with
the ginger, which has been crushed.
Fry for about two minutes and then
add the tomatoes which have been
peeled and cut into eighths. Cover
and cook for about five. minutes
longer. Mix we'll, in cup, the corn
starch, water, sugar and soy sauce,
and add to the tomatoes. Also, at
the same time, add the beef which
had been fried. Stir we'll all the
ingredients in the skillet until the
mixture has become thickened, and
adding enough salt to suit your
taste. Continue cooking for about
two minutes. And now the thing is
done!
This dish can really be prepared
any way you like. If you like more
beef, add more beef, and if you like
more tomatoes or peppers, then add
more tomatoes or peppers. Also, in
place of beef, you can substitute
chicken, or veal, or pork. However,
the chicken or pork must be cooked
until well-done.
Evening star., 1944-08-31
Thanks to Mr.. p. H. T.,
IV1cb in nfton

Washington
In regard to Mrs. T. A. C. re-
questing something that will grow
in places where other plants will
not grow, please sow the princes
feather.
1t is nice tall crimson plant. I
have some feet tall and will be
glad to present you with some roots.
Let's form gentleman,s club.
Evening star., 1944-08-31
Thanks to Mrs. E. w. M,
ARLINGTON.

<AS ssS6SVSks/
In q recent issue OF the Clearing
House I noticed the request OF
Mrs. T. A. G. for the names Of flow-
ers to plant around flagstones,
which would thrive in the shade
Since have experienced the same
problem, I would like to suggest the
following to her:
Lilly Of the valley is q lovely
flower which blooms early in May
and which thrives in a shady spot.
The plants should be placed about
6 inches apart, since they have a
tendency to spread.
Mountain phlox spreads over
stones and likes the cool, shady
places.
Also, portulaca is q lovely, small
flower in yellow and pink, and opens
in the morning and shuts at night.
These are three plants which I
have tried and have had good luck
with.
If Mrs. T. A. c. wants a flower for
bordering her stepping stones or
walk, would suggest petunias.
I enjoy your column very much.
Evening star., 1944-08-31
TART JAM.
Thanks to Mrs. J. B. p,

Greenbelt.)
A delicious tart jam is damson
plum jam. Damsons are on the
market now.
-Four quarts damson plums, l
quart cold water, sugar. Wash
plums, add the water and cook
fruit until skins are soft. Cool
and remove seeds Measure and add
two thirds as much sugar as fruit.
Stir mixture over low flame until
sugar is dissolved. Boil rapidly un-
til mixture is thick and clear. Pour
into sterilized jars and seal.
Hope YOU like this
Evening star., 1944-08-31
X X X \
TWO RECIPES.
(Thd1kS to Mrs. G. M. S.,
.SilDer .SDrino.j

StlDer spring.
would like to submit two recipes
which 1 think other readers will
find helpful and different. One in
cludes use for dill which was also
asked about awhile back.
Picking Beets: One and one-half
cups sugar, liz cups vinegar, Il cup
water, y teaspoon salt, spray of
oill "a must).
Sauce Recipe: Use this sauce
recipe to change the ordinary maca-
Eoni and cheese dish to one which
will make every one ask for more.
Combine l can of salmon COR
tuna fish with l can of mush-
rooms, add a little water and
thlcken with cornstarch. Serve
this in separate bowl so each per-
son can take as much as wanted
and pour over the macaroni dish.
After using the recipe for butter
milk pancakes using bread, l found
It one of the best tasting ever.
My thanks to the Clearing House.
haven't been able to find any
dried beef since coming to Wash
ington not very long ago, but if it
is broken in small bits and added
to pancake batter, it makes for
Evening star., 1944-08-31
WHAT TO PLANT.
RATION POINT uEv DO


Thanks to Mrs. A. D, Washington. J
May I suggest portulaca as an
answer to the question of Mrs. T. A.
c., who wishes small plant instead
Of grass. Portulaca will grow nicely
in shady or semishady spot, and
once one plants the seeds, there is
no further need to bother, as it
comes up" each year.
I need help! I have two ration
books and am having dimculty OBJ
tanning enough meat for the month.
With butter now 16 points, and we
use two pounds month, 80 points,
I wonder sometimes how others
with the same number of ration
books manage. Well, here's hoping
some one is kind enough to laid
mel"
Don't know how we managed be-
fore we had the Clearing House. It
gets better all the time!
Evening star., 1944-08-31
CHOCOLATE MILK STAIN?
REQUESTED by Mrs. r. S.,

St4oSoAh z M1b1A . h1NS
(ReQuested by Mrs. r. S..
Arlington.)
Does any one know how to get
chocolate milk stains out of a pair
Of light gabardine trousers? They
have been dry cleaned and the spots
were not removed.
I really enjoy reading your COL
umn and have read many helpful
suggestions. I hope some one has
an answer to my problem.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-05-04
Q BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON Q

has first been approved by the
Bureau of the Budget. Neverthe-
less, when the appropriation
bills are written in Congress, no
Budget Bureau man sits in. Ex-
ecutive and legislative aren't to-
gether.
One result of this may be OBJ
served in the fact that in IL out
of the 20 pre-war years, Con-
gress has raised total appropria-
tons above recommendations
by the Bureau of the Budget in
order to increase pet programs
or finance pork projects dear to
the congressional heart. This Is
one side of the picture which is
seldom shown.
2 TO 4 HUNDRED MILLIONS
A YEAR SAVED
But even so, after appropria-
tions have been made by Con-
gress, Bureau of the Budget has
been able TO effect reductions in
expenditures through its regu-
lar inspections of all govern
ment agencies, constantly re-
viewing programs and person.
mel. In the war period, while ap-
preparations have been heavy,
these savings have amounted to
as much as 100000 to
100000 a year.
These savings, it is worth not
ing, are made without the aid Of
microphone, loudspeaker and
GO dish bowls which are stand
ing props of all congressional
Investigations. 1t has frequently
happened. the budget director
asserts, that congressional COM
mittees have taken credit for
savings and cuts that have al
ready been made by the Bureau
of the Budget. Further, many OF
tt economy Investigations con-
Quoted with loudest noise have
been unnecessary in that all the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-05-04
BY PETER EDISON

This rash of SO special in
Vestigations now raging in Con-
gress calls for further diagnosis
TO see if the exercise of little
preventive medicine couldn't
have stopped the epidemic be-
fore it got started.
On paper. responsibility for
inspecting all branches of the
executive departments in the
federal government rests with
the Bureau of the Budget.
Budget Director Harold d. Smith
admits frankly that the disclo-
sures of congressional commit
tees often make the operations
of the bureaucrats look terrible.
He processes, however, to be all
in favor of congressional inves-
LEGATIONS if they are well-disci-
plined efforts to improve gov
ornamental administration, and
not mere political ballyhoo for
the headline Qualification of one
individual wanting to make cap
ital out of another's mistakes.
And he has been through so
many of these internal battles Of
government that his further
ideas on this subject of admin
istrative policing are worth lis
tening to, even if they do blow
tie Bureau Of the Budgets us
ually muted bugle.
Under the present govern
mental system of separation OF
powers, explains Mr.. Smith, all
government departments are
constantly harassed by both
congressional committees and
the Bureau of the Budget.
From these two sources there
is double pressure to economize,
or conflicting pressures to eX-
pand. No government agency
may ask Congress for an ap'
preparation unless the request
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-05-04
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON

You probably won't recognize
him because his back is to the
camera, but that's Red Shelton
who asks Orchestra Leader or
zie Nelson for a match in short
scene in new film musical,
Take 1t Big" The comedian
was visiting the set of the Pine
Thomas film for Paramount
when he suggested playing the
bit as a good luck gesture for
pal Ozzie.
For a battle scene in -Four
Jills in a Jeep," Martha Raye
dives into a slit trench with a
soldier just as a bomb bursts
nearby. Moaned the extra-in-
uniform: Here am a Az, and
get blown up in every pic
ture."
The British press, usually re-
luctant TO praise Hollywood
films, went overheard in praise
for the Goth Century-Fox film,
Holy Matrimony.' Even scored
British producers for not giving
Oracle Fields a meaty dramatic
part instead of what they call
.siap-dash- farce. L. Commented
one London newspaper, the Sun
day Times: 1t has been left to
Hollywood to realize our Grac-
les potentialities."
Sudden thought: Whatever
happened to the old-fashioned
mystery thriller? Everything in
that class these days iSAtermed
a Psychological MystUg."
Promised and hoped for: Bob
Hope wrestling with a 600
pound bear for a scene in Road
to Utopia"
Appropriate names depart
ment: A prop man on Para
mounts THE Hitler Gang is
named Adolf Sneake. Nice
letter from Vic Mature in the
Coast Guard. He says: PLEASE
phoen my girl" Which one
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-05-04

No. the Noz chapter in Colosseum history be-
Ionos with those Of early Christian rortyrdom those
brave professors Of new faith we're enemes OF the
established ORDER" That wos their crime. That wos
also the crime Of the 300 victims Of the Noz's. 1t
was not matter Of whether they had shot the guns
or thrown the bombs that killed 38 German soldiers
and Fascist m|itomen. They we're chosen to fulfill
promised ten-to-one reprisol because they had fled
Foscsm when MussoIini fell, or because, like stout
hearted old Vittoro Orlando, they had always re-
sisted it,
In their death the Romans may now see and
toste the fruit which in two decades has sprung
from the seed Of Foscisn
The Nozis have turned back the pages Of Rome's
history to time Of cruelty and oppression which
Rome had forgotten. Wild beasts in the second GEN.
tury or machine guns in the twentieth, the intent
and result we're the same.
Churchnen pleod thot Rome may be spored
Their plea is natural and understandable
But the Nozs in Rome now. They have shown
themselves as they really are, in spIuree Of brutol
ity and perverted brovodo They have not spared
Rome's people, and they will not spare its ontiqui-
ties il they ore challenged.
Perhaps they have demonstrated to Rome that,
If bombs are necessary to drive them out, they are
bombs Of liberation.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-05-04

information uncovered by me
probers could have been secur-
ed by a telephone call to the Blu
reau of the Budget, which had
already collected the dirt and
raised cain about it, inside the
government.
SMITH SEES A NEED
In spite of these things which
the public never hears about,
Director Smith still sees that
there is a great gap in the in
spection job done by federal
agencies on their own actlvi-
ties. It is a two-fold shortage.
First is the shortage OF compe-
tent administrators who can put
business in government and take
out waste. Second is the need
for a field service which can
pull together the scattered &C
tivities of the many federal
agencies throughout the coun-
try.
A start was made at organic
ing this field service in the
simmer of 1943, with the open
ing of a Houston office for the
southwest. In Kansas City it was
shown that equipment and facil-
tiles of % federal offices were
used only half the time, and that
was an indication OF potential
savings. Later offices were op-
ened in San Francisco and Chi
cago and plans had been made
to open nine such offices. The
House approved this program
but the Senate Appropriations
Committee cut out the item, so
the six offices now in operation
will be closed by June 30-in
the interests of economy.