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
NUT BREAD
Cold sliced chicken, mayonnaise, lettuce. Chopped ham and egg, boiled
dressing, lettuce. Deviled turkey, parsley, boiled dressing.
GRAHAM BREAD
Star Summer Sausage, lettuce. Caserta Peperoni chopped with green
peppers. Cooked sweetbreads, chopped, dressing, lettuce. Strassburg
liver pudding, lettuce.
RAISIN BREAD
Corned beef, lettuce. Chopped dry sausage, pimento, boiled dressing.
Loin roll, tomato ketchup. Smoked ham, lettuce.
USE OF LEFT-OVERS
Waste has no place in the substantial American home. The wise home
manager uses every bit of wholesome edible product for food. She makes
tasty dishes of all left-over foods. A bit of extract of beef adds just
the flavor necessary to make many left-over meat and vegetable dishes
favorites with the family.
Left-over egg yolks are rich in fat and may be used with skimmed milk
in making custards, pudding sauces, salad dressings, noodles and in
soups or drinks. Left-over whites may be used to clear coffee, consommé
or bouillon.
Left-over bits of cheese are excellent as garnishes and as flavoring
for soups and milk sauces; they not only add a great deal of fat, but
some protein also. Cheese may be grated, added to white sauce and
served on toast. This makes a fine, tasty luncheon dish.
[Illustration]
_Armour potted and deviled meats make most appetizing
sandwich fillers_
FEEDING THE YOUNGER GENERATION
The fundamental principle in child feeding is the gradual development
of the digestive powers.
A normal child fed upon his mother’s milk doubles in weight in the
first six months of his life, largely because his food is adapted to
his needs. Never will he double his weight so rapidly again.
Cow’s milk is the safe staple throughout the second year. Milk is
easily assimilated; its protein furnishes nitrogen in the best form
for muscle building, and its fat provides the valuable vitamines. The
mineral salts, so necessary to bone formation, are also found in this
valuable food. Great care must be exercised to maintain clean, pure
milk.
Eggs, cereals, orange juice, tomato juice, or other mild fruit juices
(a few spoonfuls at a time), round out the diet.
When the teeth are cut, stale bread or dry toast should be added to the
diet, to train the child to masticate.
When the children grow older they should be gradually given a variety
in diet and, above all, trained to eat what is put before them without
comment. Avoid monotony; children as well as adults enjoy change in the
form in which food is served.
A normal child three to four years old needs 1100-1400 calories of
food per day; at the age of five, 1435-1517 calories are required; at
the age of six, 1530-1575 calories; and at seven, 1600-1700 calories,
according to weight.
Milk and eggs continue to supply the necessary protein, even after
green vegetables are introduced, and a plain, simple dessert may be
served at the end of a meal.
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