Lessons in cooking through preparation of meals

Fat 'ii9 1,296 3,888 1,242 1,504 2,042 2,588 2,028 2,348 10,761 "31 "so '"38 Starch & Sugar 8,366 3,904 1,104 12,090 2,000 1,000 1,000 1,131 1,978 Total for Week .$11.37 89,349 13,364 33,022 42,963 Food Units per Day — 12,764. Food Units per Day per Person — 3,191. Cost of Food per Day — .$1.62. Cost per Day per Person — $0,405. Op the Total Food Value 15% is Protein, 37% is Fat and 48% is Starch and Sugar. 147 Substitute oleomargarine for butter in cooking. Use top of milk in place of cream for cereal and coffee. In cooking with milk reduce by adding half water, or buy skimmed milk at $.05 a quart. In L. 65 serve toast instead of muffins. Also use ^ pound bacon instead of 1 pound sausage. Get a 5 pound soup bone Monday. For lunch, L. 66, have a vegetable soup with stock instead of cream of celery soup. For dinner, L. 67, instead of boiled ham, chop the soup meat, add to it y^ c currants, % t cinnamon, clove and allspice mixed, 1 c bread crumbs, 1 egg, and % e stock for each 2 e meat. Form into a loaf and bake 20 min in a moderate oven, or until well heated throughout and browned on top. In pumpkin timbales use one whole egg instead of the two eggs. Omit the cream with the jellied figs. In L. 68 omit the peaches with the cereal. In L. 69 serve the omelet plain and omit the raspberry jam. In L. 70 use 1 whole egg instead of 2 yolks in the sweet rice croquettes. Omit the oranges in L. 71 ; also the egg in the creamed codfish. Use plain bread and butter in place of the rye muffins. In L. 72 omit the mushrooms from the macaroni dish; also use but half of the hermit recipe. In L. 73, if the rabbit must be purchased, substitute 1 pound round steak for brown stew (p. 51). Also serve bread pudding (see recipe, p. 49) instead of lemon pie. In L. 76 make a shortcake as on p. 47. In L. 77 use but 1 egg in the batter for tripe, adding Yi e water. In L. 79 omit the egg sauce for the salmon, of which 1 pound instead of 2 will be sufficient. In L. 80 serve buttered toast instead of Scotch scones. In L. 82 omit the banana salad and wafers. In L. 84 substitute IV2 lbs ham for 4 lbs roast beef. Also omit the Yorkshire pudding and serve mashed, instead of franconia potatoes. Also serve plain lettuce. In L. 85 substitute creamed eggs for sweetbreads, also sliced bananas for canned strawberries. ESTIMATED REDUCTION— OMISSIONS AND SUBSTITUTIONS 1% lb. Butter, ,$ .48 less Lemon Pie $ .23 less l%lb. Oleo .30 $.18 Bread Pudding f .05 ? .18 3 pts. Cream 60 Butter reduced bv substitu- 2 qts. Milk 16 tions V2 lb 16 1 lb. Sausage !f .25 less 1 small can Mushrooms 10 14 lb. Bacon .06 19 Rabbit 42 1% doz. eggs (saved in muf- 1 lb. Salmon .18 fins, shortcake, etc.) 47 4 Banana.s 06 3 lb. Ham $ .66 less 4 lbs. Roast Beef $ .56 less $.25 Soup Bone 41 li^ lb. Ham .27 29 % can Peaches 07 1 pr. Sweetbreads $ .30 less