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
Scald the cornmeal with boiling water, add butter, and stir. Beat the
yolks of the eggs very, very light. Add the cornmeal and melted butter
and the salt, and beat until very light, moistening with the milk. Then
add the whites of the eggs, beaten to a stiff froth. Beat all well
together. Pour into shallow tins and bake quickly. This is the real
creole corn bread, so highly praised by all tourists through Louisiana.
The secret of the exquisite flavor depends upon the proper beating of
the eggs, as well as on the rising of the corn bread itself. If the
eggs are well beaten, the corn bread will need neither soda nor baking
powder to make it rise properly. Some add a tablespoonful of sugar when
they wish to have sweetened corn bread. Corn bread, to be delicious,
should always be served hot and generously buttered.
_Armour’s Veribest Dry Sausage or Veribest Pork Sausage
improves the dressing for any fowl_
THE POPULAR SANDWICH
The sandwich plays such an important part in the diet
that its food value from the standpoint of balanced
ration is of interest. A sandwich, being composed
of slices of bread filled with meat or fruit and
salad dressing, constitutes a meal when coupled with
a beverage. All food principles are present and in
the right proportions. A sandwich embodies protein,
carbohydrate, mineral matter and fat.
Bread for sandwiches should be twenty-four hours old. Remove all
outside crusts or not, as desired, before slicing. Slice very thin, for
sandwiches should be dainty. Always cream the butter. It not only goes
farther, but spreads more easily.
Cold sliced meats form dainty sandwiches of fine flavor. Chopped
pickles, olives, capers or other adjuncts improve meat sandwiches by
adding a tart, spicy flavor.
Butter is often mixed with creamed cheese, chopped anchovies, or
other material of like nature, to form sandwich pastes for filling.
An ordinary sized loaf of sandwich bread should make between two and
three dozen dainty sandwiches. One-half pound of butter is allowed for
spreading this number of sandwiches.
SANDWICH SUGGESTIONS
WHITE BREAD
Star ham, mayonnaise, chopped pickles, lettuce. Cold chopped veal,
mayonnaise, chopped peppers, pimentos. Cold chopped pork, mayonnaise,
chopped parsley, lettuce. Star ham, Thousand Island dressing, lettuce.
Cold chopped pork, boiled dressing, chopped olives.
BROWN BREAD
Cream cheese, chopped nuts, green chopped olives, lettuce. Chopped
almonds, Thousand Island dressing, lettuce.
RYE BREAD
Grated American cheese, mayonnaise, chopped green peppers. Chopped
liver sausage, mayonnaise, chopped chives, lettuce. Sliced tongue,
lettuce. Chopped egg and cress, lettuce. Bean paste, and chopped ham
and pickles.
WHOLE WHEAT BREAD
Chopped figs, mayonnaise, chopped prunes. Chopped orange peel,
mayonnaise. Chopped cherries, nuts, mayonnaise. Cucumber and tomato,
mayonnaise, lettuce. Tomato, mayonnaise. Cottage cheese and cress,
boiled dressing.
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