The doctors' cookery book

OPEN JAM TART 8 oz. flour 4 oz. lard Water and a little salt 4 1b. jam 1. Rub the fat into the flour. 2. Mix to a dry paste with water. 3. Line a tin with the pastry, put in the jam and bake. BAKED MACKEREL 4 mackerel Pepper and salt 4 oz. dripping Parslev 1. Melt the dripping in the baking dish. 2. Put in the mackerel, sprinkle with pepper and salt. Cover with a plate or greased paper. 3. Bake until tender, basting with the liquor from time to time. 4. Sprinkle with chopped parsley, baste once more with the hot liquor. 5. Serve in the dish in which they were cooked. SEE PAGE FORTY-SEVEN 45 SHOPPING LISTS FOR WEEKS I & 2 FAMILY Man, woman, and three children, aged 6—8, 10—12, and 12—14 years (See page 2, point 3) WEEK I Beef i At); Lentils 3 Ib. Nutmeg and spice Minced Beef ... 1 Ib. SWE EOS es 4 Ib. Cocoa, 1°07: Bacon ... Spy dM tos Oatmeal 3 Ib. Herbs Corned Beef ... # Ib. Rice Pals al lob Cocoanut (dried) Cheese 24 Ib. Treacle Me rite Ahoy Milk 14 pt. gosh... ray 25 Kippers j IZ Ib. Raisins + Ib. Vegetables, etc. Butter ... + Ib. Dates’ *.;. 4 Ib. Watercrese 1 Ib. Suet Dib: Tripe Aa 14 Ib. Apples ... 2 Ib. Lard 4 Ib. Herrings 4 Savoy or| ane Margarine 4 Ib. Greens ‘ Flour ... 54 Ib Small things from store Onions ... 3 Ib. Bread ... 28 Ib Vinegar Beetroot 4 Ib. Sugar ... 64 Ib. Pepper, salt, mustard Celery 1 Ib. Jamies 1 lb. Baking powderandsoda Parsnips 2 1b: Potatoes 15 Ib. Custard powder Carrots. ... SOG | ons WEEK 2 Pork 4 1b. Jam 1 Ib Baking soda Beef Lib; Potatoes ... 214 Ib. Custard powder Mutton (breast) 1 Ib. Wea wae: eee b, Pepper, salt Sausages 4 Ib. Oatmeal ete: Sago (fine) Minced*beef: | badlb>” - Rice 4 1b. Herbs Bacon ... .. i¢lb:. Treacle 14 Ib. Corned Beef ... Ib. Haricot beans.;.. 4:1b: Cheese 13 Ib. Cocoanut (dried) 4+ lb. Milk ee Eges 2 Vegetables, etc. Sau P ee a Ib. nee ‘ " Swedes ... ... 34 Ib. errings igs “ Butter ... $ Ib. ere 4% Ib. Suet ieeib: Tomatoes 4 Ib. Lard mule Small things from store Greens fe 2 Ib. Margarine 13 lb Vinegar Beetroot 4 Ib. Flour? ... 53 Ib Baking powder Watercress 1 Ib. Bread ... 244 Ib. Ground ginger Onions ... wt oe 1D Sugar ... 5: alb. Spice Carrots ... 3 Ib. 46 Ga 4 7® SHOPPING LIST FOR WEEK 3 ‘ » * Sausages 14 Ib. Dried Peas... 41b. Cornflour Rabbit 1 Lentils 3 1b. Curry powder Ox Liver Ae) HETE Uat ed, wscee 33° $b. Turmeric Minced Meat 2 Ib: Oatmeal 4 1b. Vinegar Mutton 24 |b. Rice ay Me Le Custard Powder Bacon ... ... 121b. Treacle ieee tapas Comed Beef ... 7 1b Macaroni Ni ye oe lor Cheese 12 Ib. Eggs se. ee O hotles 3 Milk 14 pt. Figs peak Si sheds Peer 1 Ib. Kippers 141b. Mackerel i POE Onigns a. a tl Butter ... 4 Ib. Apples ... ee no tO: Suet % Ib ~ Small things from store Tomatoes a SLD, Lard $ 1b. Baking soda Greens or : Margarine 1 1b. Ground ginger Watercress} + Ib. HIOUr *... ... 441b. Cloves Lettuce :: .. 4+1b. Bread ... ... 24 lb. Small tin tomatoes,4 1b. Carrots ... ee cub Sugar ... sores dee py ley Sago, + |b. Swedes ... see Se Jam... ... 1 Ib. Mixed spice Plums ... pon ass Potatoes meee oe Uy, Mustard, pepper, salt Lemon (1) a0? va NOs HOW TO COOK YOUR FOOD TO THE BEST ADVANTAGE If you are used to cooking, you will know already how to use up every scrap of food, but if you are a young married woman or an elder sister and have not had so much practice in buying and house- keeping, you may be glad of a few hints on how to make the best of the food you buy. ROASTING AND BAKING Roasting (which is really baking) is a good way to cook the better joints of meat when you are cooking a large piece and want some cold meat over for future meals. Baking in oven ware which can be bought at 6d. a piece is very suitable for meat, fish, and root vegetables. By serving the food in this ware you save washing up. STEAMING AND STEWING MEAT. Steaming and stewing are more economical ways of cooking