Evening star., 1949-03-28
NEW FURNITURE:
RUSSIAN DRESSING;
FRENCH TOAST

cause you'll be stuck with what
ever you get. You may just as
we'll shop little bit more and
get something you really like.
For Miss D. E. M, Washington
Russian dressing is fine. made
with mayonnaise and catsup, but
try it with mayonnaise and chilli
sauce instead. We like that much
better, and then you don't have
to bother with eggs, etc.
For Mrs. D. E., Churchton
Good French toast can be made
by cutting the crusts off the
bread. dipping the bread in bat
ter and frying it in deep fat like
French fried potatoes. The bread
puffs up. and after draining it on
a paper towel should be rolled in
powdered sugar.
If you don't like the deep fat
idea. try grilling it without any
fat at all on your pancake griddle.
The griddle should be very hot,
as for pancakes.
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TO WHITEN MARBLE?
(Fronl Mrs. H. S., HydttsDille)
Can any one tell me how to
whiten a badly yellowed marble
table top?
ECONOMY TRICKS.
(Fron, Mrs. r. w. E., WdshinotonJ
About economy menus. haven t
been able to keep my food budget
down to $40 week for a family of
five, but I have cut our food bills
by about $40 per month by a few
practices that may help others. ]
now buy milk at the store at low
price and I usually get four quarts
plain mix ana one of the choco-
late drink. We don't drink the
chocolate straight. but mix it
about half and half, or weaker
with plain milk. which forti-
hes the skim milk used in
the chocolate drink. Dry skim
milk, which makes up to skim
milk at about 7 cents a quart
is used with evaporated milk in
cocoa and used by itself in pack
aged puddings, cakes and for the
cat. We have cream only as a
treat and miss it from certain
dishes, but hope to get it back on
the food lists as milk prices drop.
Meat is the one item that is most
likely to knock the budget out of
line. so that I try not to allow
more than an average of so cents
a day for this. When I buy a pork
shoulder or a roast. it has to be
in various ways over
days to bring it into the
budget limit. If necessary the
bones finally go into a pot for
soup, along with any leftover
gravies (and combination of
gravies from different meats i'm
proves the flavor of the stock. In
addition to the meat stock add
a can of mixed vegetables. an on
ion, celery leaves, parsley and any
leftover vegetables I may have on
hand. Once a week we have a
meal of dried beans or peas. a big
bowl of coleslaw with varied salad
dressings, and a hearty dessert
There is a fine variety of dried
beans available and we have tried
all of them, which keeps our bean
meal varied and interesting. With
lentils I usually use one frank
furter for each person, cut in thin
slivers, when I do not have a
smoked picnic hook. A good ad-
dition to split peas is grated car
rots and cubed potatoes added
when the dish is nearly done, SO
that the carrots are not too soft
and the potatoes remain in
chunks. This is good use fo1
leftover potatoes. The letters that
have been published on this sub
ject lately have been big help in
adding variety to our meals. I am
glad the subject has been brought
up, and wish to thank those who
have written in.
For those who have inquired
about automatic washing ma
chimes, I have had mine for al
most two years and find that by
following the instructions of the
demonstrator who called when il
was new, that my weekly washes
average about "a cents over 10
week period. This includes soap
which I buy in 5-pound boxes:
water softener. also in 5-pound
boxes at coop stores. and bleach
The water bill for the year was
about 50 over the minimum.
Garments made of reused WOO
shrink even when washed with
care, a fact which I discovered
when washed four sweaters al
one time. The two cheaper ones
shrank, but the two made of all.
new wool came out as we'll as il
they had been washed by hand
A solution of household ammonia
and water will help some ir
stretching woolen garments il
they have not become too small
and matted.
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POLISHING CLOTH.
(Fron1 Mrs. c. A. H., VienndJ
The "blitz" polishing cloth usec
by Army and Navy is super fol
silverware, brass and all metals
The Auburn Specialties Co.. Au-
h,,rn N v carry them.