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A Few Fine Points in Meal Planning
Does the problem of meal planning end when the housewife has decided how much of the family allowance may be spent for food and has insured the health of her family by providing plenty of milk, a variety of vegetables, fruits once or twice\u27 a day, enough fat and sugars to furnish fuel for the body and eggs, cheese or meat for the constant repair of tissues
The Why and How of Meal Planning
What shall we have for dinner? Is there any part of housework more trying to the average woman than this continual, tri-daily guest for proper food for her family? There are so many questions at stake—the cost of food and the fuel needs of the family as well as their whims and fancies
What Shall We Have for Thanksgiving Dinner?
Do you want new ideas for Thanksgiving dinner.
I don\u27t.
Why should we carry the search for new ideas into the menu of this strictly American feast day?
Why not rather preserve the old national dishes and family traditions?
Thanksgiving is a time of homecoming, a time of thanks for the harvest stored for the coming year. Never are the markets more beautifully supplied with fruits nuts and vegetables. What better dinner can we have for Thanksgiving than one like mother used to have
Are You a Successful Hostess?
Pardon my bluntness but what kind of a hostess are you? Do you wear yourself out with pre-occasion sweeping, dusting, cooking, fussing and worrying? Do you sit at the table with your mind and heart in the kitchen? Or do your actions say to your friends— Because you are our friend, we are always glad to have you come to us as we are. We are glad to share what we have with you
Summer Salad Possibilities
Let me see your ice box and I can tell you the kind of meals you serve! I can tell you whether or not I feel sorry !or your family these bot summer days. Will the inspection excite the fagged summer appetite? In other words what are the salad possibilities of your ice box
Who Waits on Your Table?
Is the mother of your family the hostess or is she a waitress for the rest of the family
Christmas Sweets You Will Want to Make
At Christmas time ,one naturally thinks of home made sweets. Most families have their favorite kinds and as this season comes around, the family joins with holiday spirit into the preparation of crystallized fruits, bonbons, chocolates, salted nuts, popcorn balls and fruit cakes
\u27Tis Egg Time Again
Eggs 25 cents a dozen today. Could a housewife imagine more joyful news after a winter of skimping along with as few eggs as possible? At once that 25 cents a dozen means not only that eggs are getting cheaper but it means that egg time, the time of fresh eggs, the time for egg dishes is here and the meal planner rejoices
Summing Up the Serving of Well Planned Meals
The menus given here were made for a family of average means, who have a garden or who have access to fresh vegetables and fruits. Of course, very few families could carry out this week\u27s menus in full since a menu is a very personal piece of work that must be fitted and molded to suit specific needs
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