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TELEGRAM CONSERVATION COOK BOOK

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

796
Calories
29g
Protein
16g
Fat
129g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Cheese 1 oz (28g) cheddar 113
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Lettuce 1 cup shredded (36g) 5
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0
Pumpkin 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 cranberries $0
  • 1 cup of sugar
  • one-quarter cup of water
  • 1 tablespoonful flour
  • 1 cup of brown su- gar
  • 1 cupful of canned pumpkin
  • 1 teaspoonful of powdered sugar
  • 4 tablespoonfuls catchup
  • a pinch of salt
  • a small piece of cheese
  • 10 min- utes
  • 1 large head lettuce $0
  • 2 celery hearts 0300 $0
  • 1 onion
  • 2 large carrots
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg separately
  • 1 table- spoonful vanilla
  • one cup
  • salt
  • pepper
  • mustard

Directions

1

drain off, save the water, keep hot. When ready to serve add % cup of canned milk, heat but don't boil.

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Cranberry and Raisin Jelly.

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1 quart cranberries $0.2000

4

V2 lb. raisins 0750

5

1 c sugar 0417

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1V2 c water 0000

7

Gas 20 minutes 0023

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$0.3190 Wash the cranberries and pick over carefully. Cook with the raisins in 1% cups of water until they are soft, about 10 minutes. Rub through a fine sieve, add 1 cup of sugar, boil 10 min- utes, pour into a mold, which has been dipped in cold water and set aside to harden. When ready to serve turn out onto a round, flat dish. Decorate with sprigs of holly or a wreath of cranberry and sprigs of parsley.

9

Mock Shrimp Salad. Cost.

10

1 large head lettuce $0.0500

11

2 large carrots 0200

12

1 small onion 0100

13

2 celery hearts 0300

14

$0.1100 Crisp head lettuce in cold water, drain and dry, using outside leaves to serve salad on. Shred lettuce, mince 1 onion, grate 2 large carrots, cut cel- ery hearts into small pieces. Put all but the carrots in cold water until ready to mix, then drain in a wire basket or a coarse towel and shake out all the wate:. Mix carrots and all with boiled dressing. Toss with a fork and serve immediately.

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Boiled Dressing-. Cost

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1 t flour $0.0003

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1 egg. 0400

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V4, c vinegar 0062

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1 T sugar 0026

20

2 T Coleman's mustard, dry . . . .0076

21

Pinch salt 0001

22

A few grains red pepper 0001

23

\i c water 0000

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Gas, 5 min 0050

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$0.0619 One egg well beaten, add dry in- gredients, mix flour and mustard in one-quarter cup of water, heat vine- gar to boiling, mix all together and cook three minutes. Cool and mix as directed.

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Pumpkin Caramel. Cost.

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1 c milk $0.0268

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1 egg 0400

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1 T flour 0009

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1 T vanilla 0875

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1 c brown sugar 0417

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1 R c strained pumpkin 0300

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Total $0.2269

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Beat 1 egg separately, mix the yolk with 1 tablespoonful flour, ,1 table- spoonful vanilla, 1 cup of brown su- gar, a pinch of salt and 1 cupful of canned pumpkin; heat milk (one cup), add all to heated milk and cook two or three minutes. Pour into serving cups or steamed glasses; beat the whites of egg, mix 1 teaspoonful of powdered sugar and spread over the caramel in the glasses; decorate with cherries or nuts.

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Cheese Delight.

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Nuts $0.0500

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Cheese 1500

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Catchup 0200

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Total $0.2200

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Mash a small piece of cheese, add 4 tablespoonfuls catchup (home- made) ; when thoroughly blended roll into small balls, roll in boiled dress- ing and then in chopped nuts; make a small incision in each, using a tooth- pick, and insert strips of green pep- per to represent stems; arrange two or three in small nests of crisp let- tuce, serve salted wafers with these and black coffee. I hope some of you will try this menu. I am sure your guests or family will thank you.

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I use canned milk in cooking, as it takes the place of butter and is cheaper; also imparts a flavor the other milk doesn't give.

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Detail of Cost.

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Clam nectar $0.3197

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Panned chicken 1.3733

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Mashed potatoes 1268

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Creamed cauliflower 2156

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Cranberry and raisin jelly 3190

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Mock shrimp salad 1100

49

Salad dressing 0619

50

Pumpkin caramel 2269

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Cheese delight 2200

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Bread .0600

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Butter 0936

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Coffee 0500

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Sugar 0078

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Total $3.1846

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Cheese delight omitted 2200

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Total cost $2.9646

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—Mrs. W. S. Roberts, 1310 Clay street.

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(Mrs. Roberts' recipes cost a little more than she figured, so we have to leave out her cheese delight, but I'm absolutely sure that it is the best thing that could happen to the people who are to eat all those other deli- cious things she cooks, as we don't want to kill our friends by kindness, but let them stop in time so they "will live to eat another day.")

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The Telegram Sent by Mail for 50c Per Month, $2.75 for Six Months and $5 for Twelve Months

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

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