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TELEGRAM  CONSERVATION  COOK  BOOK
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TELEGRAM CONSERVATION COOK BOOK

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

28
Calories
1g
Protein
0g
Fat
6g
Carbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 3 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 quart can tomatoes 1500 vz lb
  • one pint of water
  • six people
  • 6 people $0
  • three quarts $0
  • 17 cents
  • 10 min- utes over slow fire
  • 1 portion less than 5% cents
  • 1 shad $0
  • 2 lbs
  • six people costs $0
  • salt
  • pepper

Directions

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with salt; then put on another layer of fish covered with onions and po- tatoes— the top layer should be formed of potatoes. Cover closely and cook slowly. It will take 50 minutes and should be set over asbestos mat to keep from burning'. This is enough to serve six people and forms the main part of a good meal — Mrs. G. Spencer.

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Moulded Halibut or Salmon.

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With Creamed Peas. Cost. 1 lb. fish, salmon or halibut. . .$0.2000

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1 t salt 0003

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% t pepper 0010

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1 T cornstarch 0125

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2-3 c milk 0178

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1 c mashed potato (left over) . .0125

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Gas to cook, 40 minutes 0076

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iy2c peas 1000

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1 c milk 0268

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2 T flour 0018

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1 t salt 0003

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Vs t pepper 0010

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Gas, 10 minutes 0019

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Serves 6 people $0.3835

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About 6c per portion 0639

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Moisten the cornstarch in the milk; add the potato, fish (minced), and salt and pepper. Butter a mould. Ar- range a layer of peas on the bottom. Place the fish mixture on top. Set the mould in a pan of hot water, cover and boil 40 minutes. Turn out on a platter and serve with creamed peas surrounding the mould. — Mrs. Metz- ger.

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First Prize — For the best recipe for cooking and serving fish of any kind in any way, except in soups or chow- ders. "Won by Mrs. Otto Heyde, 181 Grover street, with her

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Fish Stew.

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(Entered for First Prize.)

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% lb. salmon $0.1100

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% lb. halibut 1200

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y2 lb. black cod 0500

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1 quart can tomatoes 1500

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Vz lb. rice 0305

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1 medium sized onion 0125

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1 green pepper 0200

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2 T olive oil 0200

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1 T salt 0008

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Parsley from garden 0000

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Fuel, gas, medium, 10 minutes. .0019 Simmering, 30 minutes 0020

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Cost of three quarts $0.5175

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Cost per quart, 17 cents; per cupful, 4% cents.

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Preparing Fish Stew. — Put olive oil in pot. Add minced onion, green pep- per and raw rice. Braise for 10 min- utes over slow fire. Now add one pint of water and can of tomatoes. Bone and skin fish and put in pot with the salt. Let all come to a boil. Cover pot and simmer for 30 minutes, finish with chopped parsley.

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To make stew more tasty, with little additional cost, add, when al- most done, some crab flakes, clams and oysters. — Mrs. Otto Heyde, 181 Grover street, city.

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Small Fish

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Broiled Salmon Trout. Cost.

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1% lb. salmon trout $0.3000

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1 T butter 0156

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1 t salt 0003

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Gas full heat 10 min 0080

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Serves six $0.3239

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Cost of 1 portion less than 5% cents.

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Clean and scale fish. Split open down back. Arrange skin down in a shallow pan large enough to allow the fish to lie flat spread out. Dot with bits of butter. Set under the broiling flame at full heat. Watch carefully to avoid burning. When partly cooked sprinkle with salt and remainder of butter. Test with a silver fork and when tender clear through set in oven for a minute or two to insure sufficient cooking of under side. Serve at once. Several persons who were sure they did not like fish have changed their minds after tasting this. — Mary G. Morrison. 752 Montgomery Drive.

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Baked Shad.

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(Entered Under First Prize.)

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1 shad $0.2500

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1 c mashed potatoes 0149

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1 small onion 0100

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1 T salt 0008

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Fuel 1 hour wood (V2 use) .... .0143

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Cost $0.2900

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Wash and scale shad, salt, stuff

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with potatoes and onion dressing.

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Bake slowly with just enough water

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to prevent sticking to pan. — Mrs. F.

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N. Taylor.

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Baked Cod (Black).

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2 lbs. codfish $0.3000

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Y4, lb. salt pork 0500

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2 c bread crumbs 0300

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1 pt. milk 0600

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1 t pepper 0083

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1 T salt 0008

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Parsley (in garden) 0000

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Gas, 35 minutes' baking 0149

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For six people costs $0.4640

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One portion costs, 7% cents.

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Figures on The Telegram Market Page Are Guaranteed Correct

By Chapel, Inie Gage, Mrs. [from old catalog] · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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