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Show T ; : Beef Stew Propaganda By Frederic J. Haskin. WASHINGTON. D. C. May 2.- yu can no longer afford to buy sirloin steaK, hunt out the home demonstration class which the department of agriculture is probably holding in your town, and attend at-tend one of its lectures. A lecture may seem a poor substitute for sirloin steak, but at these lectures they actually pass out more substantia substvutes, such as beef stew and pot roast, designed to prove to you that these things can be made good enough to ticKie any palate. Not only housewives, but restaurant keepers, hotel men. Prore sional cooks and all others who ha i t do directly with the preparation ol io are finding these classes , wo h rti These home demonstration class . which were started m all "Vfc cities during the war as a national con servatton measure, are now be.nK con untied for the public wfelfardeollat was months ago, the value of a dollar ws. 52 cents; now, the latest calcul auo places it at 47 cents. Tins nnsdr families which formerly spent a donar a day for food will now have to spena two dollars, unless they learn to use a bay leaf here and a bit i P"r, Jy, there, and make cheaper 'oodN.t'lteoutse! piace of more costly Products. o house wife who is interested in stretching her income to cover the ever-expanding cost of food can afford to miss these lemons. Those who ignore them should in the opinion of a certain male "t;0"'' ,s afraid to be quoted be run down by truant officers and made to a"end th em One of these classes is held here in Washington in the Smithsonian Institu tion. tucked away in an a of the building, which collection of gorgeous Oriental ta pes tries and models of the first automobile and the first steam engine. It Is 1 pie sided over by a young womar by tne name of Miss Ollie Chmn, who is a spe cialist in household economics. It you tell her what you eat for breakfast, she can immediately point ?"4 h menu is wrong-what should be - taken out and what put in to .constitute a healthy, balanced diet. Or, if you ai.pen to be interested in clothes, she can tell vou how your last winter s suit cut up and made into several garments for the children. The course of lessons includes not only a complete study of the economical purchase and preparation or food, but a lecture on textiles and the renovation of old clothes; a discussion of familv budgets of labor-saving dev.ces for the home, and of balanced diets. Tne room in which the class Is held contains an electric wajijmt, . - leam-pressuro cooker, a home-made tireless cooker and a home-made tea-cart, tea-cart, a model gas stove, rcirigerat-.r. kitchen cabinets, sink and drainboara. ! table and kitchen utensils. Along in walls are cases containing more sc.en-1 sc.en-1 tific specimens. Two of these contain various food products of the same ca- loric content. Thus the unscient.de individual in-dividual is surprised to find that an orange or-ange contains as much fuel valua for the human bortv as a two-Inch slab of meat, , or two tabiespoonsfuls of pe.is or about ; two dozen stalks of asparagus. Anothtr ' case contains specimens of canned yoods ' put un bv the girls' canning clubs ur.uor 1 the direction of the department of agri-' agri-' culture. The department Is trying to introduce in-troduce these products to city w&men through lis home dt-monsiration ch'Ss-s. which have arranged to take orders for them. 1 The food classes, which are helnr h!a every Thursday afternoon, ar lway well attended. A couplo of weks J ; the cl;ii-3 tool: up the study of the ero- nnmieal use nl meats. Miss Chmn j gnn hv exi-laiiiirg the ano.cct. but utii- verf.afly unaccepted, fad that An-.eri-I cans cat too much nt- at. and that, cf course, one of the first economics vsn to stop providing fo rr.u. h of it The S' lent -sts of the depvrtUj -:,t of .isri- ll-ture. ll-ture. according to Mif l imit!, have d.p-covered d.p-covered tllat twelve t-uncs of meat nr.i meat substitutes are all that it is' nec?-1 nec?-1 sary fr.r a man to consume in ar.v or.o I d.iv. A woman reuu r- s only c'ltht- tenitis as n.uch. In other words, ihrfe or four mines of meat a day are enoucli I tor anybody. If he eats e.chl or r n I ounces of meat sur n; it utes, ir.ciildir.(r. i preferably, four ounces, or a nil. I, of i m i i k . ' Having decided Thl. th china r'xt I took up the question of buying. Mis , Chinn pointcl out thru n cheap cut of ! mat was lust an Kocd as an exj ec.sive cut of meat, if prcperlv ck.J and 1 flavored lint it seems that liu-re :t a i wide difference retwevi cheap cuts atvt cheap cms. Like tha little girl w.th the curl, when irnod the chap rut 1 very, very poo.l, nnrl when b.ui it is hrrl.t It ail d. fciuls upen th Rnur.al frcm which it is t.ik-'ii. Now it Is one of the nv?-. niis-fortupt-s of Washmstn. f.ivs M m-( m-( hinn. that it re vi-s v.-ry little cf tho choicest ir.cit il ijc rihu' ed hv th pnckl'iR inrl isirv. '1'h, .so o'.,;:,rs lv hiill'lio tl-.o Is-. it Kri'ics of incut at hl.k'h prlrrs un.l-ally un.l-ally it-fuse to h.indlo llie ch.'.ipest cuts at all. but Ki-'I thoiii to other d.'.ilors. S. it is a matter requiiinjr a prrut hipcu-h of skill to pick out a K'.cd pot rust f..r cxauiplc, fi,,ru a mls.-oll.iru-ous is.ll.-tlon of pot roasts. Novorih-M. ?s. M js t'hmii assorts, there aro certain uiiniiftak.llo ind cat Ions. r,-,,,d m.-at sliould he bright rod. and thct-oimhly mottled with f.it ii"t cristlo. The fat should he s. lld f.it , and a Rood shnda of yellow, and v,n spoloKlii for the wnrtil s'ltnv. Th,se rt tha ironeral p.. tuts. but. It Is iidni.ttod. I nbsolnta knowlodsn In this llnn may he Hcipiired only throuch bitter e.paiionca A meat chart, shnvim tha dlffaront rntn nl mo.it as ihcv nppoar on (lie animal. Is s.nd lo of Rtout help Miss l hlnn hold up a plica of round steak to Illustrate to tho cla.-s what site mount. Kound stenl.. she asserted, was I'lK It In the ove'i f..r ah -ut an l our or -; 1hree-qu:r;oip of an hour I'V a a.i-ia 1 thine m:y ha dona with a vaai c-.nit 1 I 't rmle 1 in bread ,-niml-. rd .its a d so.,red. or a pie,-,, ,.( hra.Tst o( r . al-I'viik-h this. ,.( course, is not qur.e so , cheap. I Yo provo her lhorv. M r.s t'tvrn y r .simples of tha ra.-ipes a,h,v-,i,.t iV,h nil tha t;m ,ao boon c .-kinir in f,o I ho,,,a-mr,de ft,!,,.- cooker. ,,,, ,,, clBssrwm Thav do pi o o It not oneap you havo to pnv 7.S cants (or a pound anil a cpmrterhiit it ;s chain In comparison to other steaks. heeniiFa there Is so little waste m tha form of bono. Karolv , p,,Ss hie to achieve Kood results In broiling round rtrnk but properly treated nnd n trf rt-sm'ilsad It is a doliesoy. Tha best method eui;-K"S'ed eui;-K"S'ed hv tha homo demonstration C.,.., Is to rut tho slcak strips. pt(f , broad crumbs, roll It nnd (la It with n piece of stnni;. and plaoo It h, Httla wilier at the hack of tha stove to slip, mcr. Ill cookl,,,; the cheaper cuts of meat ,i low firo should he mod. for oook-lou oook-lou -h'l'nM It' " ''''"I"'"""1" nlaj Aiiolhor cut of ment, which can ha tinned Into a ,lolloh, dish over low firo or in fireb-ss cooker, is tha so. t ailed cbuek t-ons . Thin , .1 . . Ilka ll, moio ovponsivo nii'roasl, '''a' usually ...iio.li. hut ,,.v ,, depart, , ion, or aiinciilluio reoipe on vonr i-ook- 1,,,, off th roast win, op.,,, ip oi,,,,,: bd!'or'rn, 'nV " "Vl""' I f I I. an. Iborouuhly soar l, sides. bin uhould h doa t cmp-riil,,,,. In order , " P".es and hua prevent ,,,0 ,. tro, "iciplllir. When completely ,,,.,, " ply the e-en.souliiK. 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