Domestic science (1914 text-book)

Digitized by Google Lesson XXX Peanut and Potato Combination Materials used: i c mashed potato 2 tb chopped peanuts J tp butter i tp salt 1 tp milk Utensils needed: Saucepan meat grinder . spoons pan baking dish knife paring knife bowl fork Work to be done: 1. Wash, pare, and cook potato. 2. Shell and grind nuts as directed in Lesson XXVIII. 3. Mash and cream potato. 4. Add nuts, butter, milk, and salt to potato. 5. Cream all ingredients thoroughly. 6. Butter the baking dish and put the mixture into it. 7. Bake in moderate oven till thoroughly heated through and browned on top. Principles: Potatoes, being a starchy food, and nuts, being an oily food, make a composite dish of much food value. Serving: This dish should be served in the dish in which it is baked. It may form the main part of limcheon. Table manners: Rule: Talk only on cheerful subjects during meals. It is stated on good authority that cheerfulness aids the digestion of food. To prove the truth of this one has only to Digitized by Google note how quickly the desire for food passes away and how quickly the digestive organs become inactive under the stress of strong feeling. Light, pleasant conversation with occasional laughter adds to the enjoyment of eating and aids digestion. Cleaning up: 1. Clean meat grinder, desk, stove, and oven perfectly, and put utensils in their proper places. What has been learned: 2. Potatoes and peanuts together have nutritive value because they furnish different food principles. Additional Recipes Peanuts and Rice One-half cup rice cooked in 3 c water and drained. Add 1 c dry bread crumbs, i c chopped nuts, 1 tp salt, 1 egg slightly beaten, i c milk. Stir together and put in a buttered or crumbed baking dish. Cook in a moderate oven 25 minutes. Salted Almonds The nuts must first be blanched, that is, whitened by being put into boiling water to remove the brown skin. Let boil for a minute or two, then plunge into cold water, when the skins may be easily removed with the fingers. (English walnuts need longer cooking and a knife will be needed to remove the skins.) Put the blanched almonds into a pan with melted butter and set the pan in a moderately hot oven. Stir frequently so that they will be a light brown on all sides. Sprinkle with salt while hot. Or, Fry the blanched nuts, a few at a time, in a small saucepan of olive oil to a delicate brown, stirring meanwhile; remove with a skimmer, drain on soft paper, and sprinkle with salt. Blanched raw peanuts, pecans, English walnuts, or roasted peanuts from which the skin has been removed, are salted and served the same as almonds. Lesson XXXI Nuts (Reading) Definition and description of nuts: A nut is the fruit of certain trees and shrubs. A typical nut consists of three parts: (1) the inner part, or kernel; (2) the Digitized by Google brown coat, or epidermis covering the kernel, and (3) the hard, woody outer shell. The kernel can be easily removed from the shell by crushing the latter. The brown covering of the kernel can be removed only by plunging the kernel into boiling water for a minute or two, after which the brown skin can be easily removed by pressing between the fingers. Usually, however, the skin is eaten with the kernel. Place of nuts in the diet: Nuts should form a more important part of our diet than they commonly do. Like the legumes, they are very rich both in starch and in tissue-building food. But, unlike the legumes, they are also rich in fat. * For this reason, they make an almost perfect food, and when they can be bought for ten cents a pound, they are one of our cheapest foods.