The Business of Being a Housewife: A Manual to Promote Household Efficiency and Economy — John Shaqi
The Business of Being a Housewife: A Manual to Promote Household Efficiency and EconomyMalek, Leona A. (Leona Alford)
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The Business of Being a Housewife: A Manual to Promote Household Efficiency and Economy
Malek, Leona A. (Leona Alford)
Cooking, American; Home economics
Eggs that are absolutely fresh and in perfect condition when placed in
cold storage, will keep perfectly at a temperature between 29° F. and
31° F. for six to nine months. Eggs laid in April and May are kept for
midwinter use, and the June pack is used in autumn and early winter
when the supply is scarce and prices high.
POULTRY
The box of frozen poultry your dealer displays fresh from cold storage
is most attractive and appetizing. A Nationally known name on the
box guarantees the quality. Such poultry was especially selected and
carefully fed some time before killing. It is fine-flavored and dainty.
Always buy your frozen poultry in the frozen state and thaw it out at
home. Directions for thawing are on page 13.
_Cold storage makes possible a full variety of foods at
all seasons_
GREAT VARIETY OF MEAT CUTS
The great importance of meat as food lies in its high protein content.
Protein is body building material. It forms one-fifth of our food
requirements. Half of the protein requirement is furnished by meat. In
lean meat the solid protein is very nearly in the pure form.
Meat is delicately constructed with small cells of tissue holding the
flavory juices. These cells are held together by a connective tissue.
In the cheaper cuts of meat, the cells or fibers holding the juices are
long and the connective tissue thick. In the structure of the expensive
steaks and loin cuts, the cells are short and the connective tissue
thin. It is this difference in structure that makes it necessary to
use entirely different methods of cooking for the tender cuts and for
the cheaper ones. The same result—a tender, flavory, nutritious cut of
meat—may be obtained with the cheaper cut as with the expensive loin
cuts, if the proper method of cooking is employed.
EQUALIZING YOUR MEAT BUYING
One so often hears the remark, “I wish someone would invent a new
animal.” The housewife is tired of ordering beef, mutton, pork or veal
day after day. Too often she orders only the roasts, steaks or chops
from these typical animals and then complains because her meat bill is
high. This idea of lack of variety in fresh meats is all because of the
unsound and uninteresting habit of buying the same cuts over and over
again.
For every loin of beef there are several other cuts besides the extra
portions, such as heart, liver, kidney, brain, etc. In these lie
possibilities for many distinctive dishes and interesting flavors.
While there are not so many cuts of pork and lamb, there are great
possibilities for variety in the preparation.
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