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Show THE USE OF : LEFTOVERS I 5 It would' probably require consld crablo s'edrchlng to discover ainortf wdustrious worker in behalf of. domestic do-mestic economy thnn G6orgq' W. Perkins. Already Now York has had I from his busy pen soveral bulletins' concerning food values and prices, I what to cat and how to cook it,' and now, as though tho Instructive scries scri-es wero nearlng nn end, ho has turned turn-ed to n discussion of tho uso of left overs. Thoro, of course, ho finds a broad field, which Iio might have an ticlpatcd. Dut, whether ho did or did not, it appears that ho and his co-workers have been so deeply impressed im-pressed by what their exploration of It disclosed Hint this new leaf'.et of golden words of wisdom Is addressed not merely to New Yolk housowlves I uvcrywhoro. Thus, In a way, Is dem- I onstrnted unow tho importance or the eternal question of the left over "Eat It," says Mr. Perkins and his associates. And they contlnuo by reminding re-minding American housowlves that "European housowlves aro noted for knowing how to combine leftovers In such a way as to mnko most savory nnd nourishing dishes." "Indeed,"' thoy add, "it is a common saying that a European family can live on what tho averago family In this coun- ( try throws away." And a common I saying It Is, too, nnd nn old saying ns well, and It Is barely posslblo that It may bo moro remarkable for its ago than fqr Its truth. There Is no denying, however, that there Is moro wasto than thoro ought to tio, and that Mr. Perkins' advice, though It is not novel, is timely. In-point of fact, whllo a slnglo leftover remnlns, it Is alwuy8 timely. "If possible,1' counsels tho bulletin, "buy for moro than Just ono meal at a tlmo; In other .words, when buying Plan to have something loft, over for another meal, particularly whoro tho llrst cooking takes a long time or where' tho food can bo rqheatod to ndvantago. This w!U,pavp you tlmo, labor and mpnoy." From Iho vlow-point vlow-point of economy, probably nothing could bo truer. Rut is It not nlso truo tlmt the recommendation Is a llttlo sweeping? This Is only a suggestion, howover, mado cautiously on behalf of tho long suffering nnd patient victim vic-tim of too much hash nnd with a vivid viv-id recollection still beforo us of thnt horolc strugglo with tho holiday turkey tur-key from which most of us liovo only recently omerged, oxhnustcd hut triumphant. tri-umphant. Mr. Perkins, though, has tens to renBsuro us by pointing proudly proud-ly to tho addenda of 12.j "recipes" for as many "appetizing and nourishing nourish-ing dishes" dlshos tlmt may ho com pounded of leftovers of ovo-y description, des-cription, from stnlo brcod to bour milk. Somo of them moreover, seem promising, tholr economy uslde nnd cortalnly tho housewife can find uso, nt ono time or another, for till I of thPtn Indianapolis Npwb. I |
