TELEGRAM CONSERVATION COOK BOOK

Roast Chicken.

5 lb. chicken $1.0500

2 t salt 0006

■2 t pepper 0041

1 T flour 0009

H..t water 0000

Cost of each person $0.i767

Dress, clean, wash and fill chicken with stuffing and sew up. Place in roasting pan, dredge with flour, add salt and pepper and % cup hot water and bake until tender. Baste after.

Cost. Stale bread crumbs (saved when cutting bread and the

crusts $0.0000

Vz t salt 0001

Vz t pepper 0041

1 egg 0500

1 onion (finely chopped) 0010

1 t sage 0083

14 t curry powder (if liked).. .0040 Stock from giblets 0000

Total $0.0675

Cost for one person 1 cent. Season bread crumbs with salt, pep- per, sage, etc.; add chopped onion and giblets which have been boiled and chopped. Mix with egg or very little of stock in which giblets were boiled.

2 T flour $0.0027

Vz t salt 0001

Vz c milk 0150

3 c hot water 0000

Total $0.0178

For 1 person, $0.0302.

Remove chicken from pan, put on top of stove and brown; add hot wa- ter; let boil; then add flour, beaten smooth in a little milk; cook until it boils well, stirring constantly.

Whipped Potatoes.

4 lbs. potatoes $0.0800

1 t salt 0003

Vz c milk 0150

1 T cottonseed oil 0057

Total $0.1010

For one person, $0.0222.

Boil potatoes, drain, mash, add milk and oil and beat with a fork until creamy.

Apple, Celery and Nut Salad.

3 large apples $0.0500

Celery 0400

1 c chopped nut meats 1250

Total $0.2150

Chop each separately, then mix with

salad dressing.

Uncooked Salad Dressing.

1 egg yolk $0.0300

1 T vinegar 0016

Vz t salt 0021

1 c oil 0906

Total $0.1223

Beat 1 egg yolk to a smooth cream with 1 tablespoonful of vinegar, Vz teaspoonful salt; add slowly while beating 1 cupful of cottonseed oil (this does just as well as olive oil and is cheaper). Beat until smooth and thick; pour over chopped fruit, in individual salad dishes; pour little extra dressing on top; add a few of the finely chopped nuts and a dash of paprika.

String Beans (Home Canned).

1 qt. can beans $0.0800

1 T oil 0057

Vz cup cream (not necessary) . . .0400

$0.1257 Open string beans and cook until tender with tablespoonful oil. .When ready to serve add cream.

Carrot Pudding.

This is delicious and as rich as suet pudding and saves the fats which are so precious nowadays. Cost.

1 cup carrots, grated $0.0200

1 large cup potato grated . . . .0100

1 cup flour 0141

1 cup sugar 0417

1 cup raisins 0500

1 t soda 0007

1 t cinnamon 0083

1 t cloves 0083

Total $0.1531

Mix together and steam three hours in a covered pail.

Sauce for Pudding.

Cost. 1/2 c sugar $0.0208

2 T cornstarch 0063

1 c milk 0150

Flavoring 0292

Total $0.0713

Boil milk and sugar together and add cornstarch dissolved in a little of the milk. Pour over pudding.

II row 11 Bread.

I have figured we will eat about 10 cents worth of brown bread made by this recipe. Save 1 pint of potato water and add to it 2 medium sized potatoes, mashed fine; warm and dis- solve in it 1 cake Fleschmann's yeast and Vz tablespoonful sugar and whole wheat flour for a stiff batter. Beat and set in warm place to rise about Vz to 1 hour until bubbles show on top. Use 3 cups Ralston bran and 3 cups graham flour. Put in bread pan, make a hollow, add 1 teaspoonful salt, 1 tablespoonful oil, add risen yeast and a pint of lukewarm water. Beat

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and add white flour until it can be handled, then turn on mixing board and knead until smooth and elastic. Place in a greased bowl, cover and set aside in a warm place till more than double its bulk from iy2 to 2 hours. Mold into loaves. Place in well greased bread pans, filling half full. Cover, let rise until double in bulk. Bake 45 to 60 minutes. Deli- cious. Tastes very nice with raisins or dates chopped.

Conservation *'usnpkin Pie.

1 large cup pumpkin $0.0300

% cup sug-ar 0312

2 cups whole milk 0060

1 : F.gaho powder 0040

1 T cornstarch 0030

Pumpkin 0742

y2 t mace 0015

y2 t ginger 0041

1 t cinnamon 0083

y2 t salt 0001

$0.0882 Crust — Cost.

2 T cottonseed oil $0.0114

V4, t salt 0001

% c flour 0105

Total $0.1102

Mix filling and turn into pie pan lined with pastry. Bake 35 or 40 min- utes. Dissolve the egg substitute and cornstarch in a little milk. An egg may be used instead which would bring the cost up to $0.1935.

Detail of Cost.

Clear tomato soup $0.1080

Squares of toasted bread 0200

Roast chicken •. 1.1606

Stuffing 0675

Gravy 0178

Whipped potatoes 1010

Salad 2150

Salad dressing 1223

String beans 1257

Carrot pudding 1531

Sauce 0453

Brown bread 1000

Butter 1000

Pumpkin pie 1102

Coffee 0400

Cream for coffee 0430

Sugar for coffee 0080

Wood fuel, 3 hrs 0900

Wild blackberry jelly 0800

Pickles 0500

Olives 1500

Total cost $2.8075

Mrs. J. L. Hardy, Portland, Or., R. F. D. 2. Box 7.

MENU, BY MRS. WRIGHT.

Crab cocktail with salted crackers.

Tomato soup with wafers.

Crab apple pickles.

Stewed chicken with brown gravy.

Persian rice. Currant jelly.

Mashed potatoes.

Cauliflower au gratin.

Biscuits. Butter.

Fruit salad with fruit dressing.

Minced pie with creamed cheese.

Salted peanuts. Coffee.

Crab Cocktail.

Cost. 1 pt. crab (home canned) ....$0.1500 1 T Worcestershire sauce

(home made) 0090

% of bottle of catchup 1500

Salted crackers 0400

Tomato Soup.

Cost. 1 pt. tomatoes (home canned). .$0.0750

1 qt. milk 1300

1 t soda 0007

1 t salt 0003

y2 t pepper 0041

1 T pepper 0009

Wafers 0400

1 hen (stewed) $0.6500

Fuel 0300

2 T flour (for gravy) 0018

1 T salt 0008

1 t pepper 0083

Water 0000

Persian Rice.

To be served with chicken — an add- ed luxury.

1 cup rice $0.0454

iy2 c raisins 0750

2 t minced preserved ginger . . .0100

% c oleomargarine 0200

V2 c walnuts (cut fine) 0625

Fuel 0200

Cook raisins, nuts and ginger in

butter until raisins puff up, then add

mixture to rice, pour in casserole,

cover and let steam for y2 hour.

Mashed Potatoes.

3 lbs. Irish potatoes (mashed) . $0.0600

1 t salt 0003

% c milk 0201

Fuel -0040