HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-03-30, Page 2Meat Economy.
Use less; once a day is ample if
supplemented with legume dishes,
milk soups, cheese dishes, attractive
bread• and cereal dishes, and eggs
when they are cheap enough.
e. Serve eazefally et the table; it is
better Co serve twice than to send
remnants to the garbage pail.
Use cheaper cuts. We pay largely
for flavor, tenderness, ,and excessive
fat is the expensive cuts.
We buy meats chiefly for their pro-
tein food value. The cheaper round,
shank, and neck cuts give more for the
money,
- The cheaper cute' chopped fine make
a Hamburg steak" as quickly broiled as
a porterhouse.
Prolonged cooking at the lower
temperatures will make the toughest
cuts tender and improve their flavor.
This can be accomplished economically
in the double -boiler when the coal or
wood fire is being used for other
things; in the casserole or close -cover-
ed stone erode in the coal stove oven
when it is left for the night; or in the
fireless cooker when gas or electric
stoves are used.
Stews—To many Canadians the
word brings a memory of savories,
chunks of meat swimming in a wa-
tery gravy. In intelligent hands it
becomes a dish of infinite variety
through the combination of different
meats with different vegetables and
seasonings, into juicy pieces of meat
bedded in. most savory sauce.
Make a little meat go a long way.
Spread the flavor over other nutritious
but more neutral -flavored food, e.g.,
meat pies, Irish stew, potpies with
dumplings, stews with plenty of sav-
ory gravy, served in a border of rice,
stashed potatoes, boiled beans, mac-
aroni or vegetables..
Use every part of a meat purchased.
Fry out the fat not used for the table,
and use for shortening and other pur-
poses; trimmings and bones for soups,
and left -overs for .• "made" dishes.
Avoid using too strong heat for roast-
ing and broiling, which ruins bones
and trimmings for the soup pot, be - t
sides wasting heat.
Eliminate meat from the diet of
the small children. The normal child
will thrive better on milk, cereals, and
eggs in place of neat. A child's ap-
,.petite is. what the parents make it, Do
not, feel aorry 'fo the, avho
se
oreakfasti is oatmeal and milk, and
supper is bread a d seta aut ea lamer
r�i�ctxic tee ;au"; thec hill is well fed.
Eggs may replace meat in the adult
diet whenever the price per dozen
gases below the cost of 11i pound round
steak.
• ...Household Hints.
The lightest weight kitchen utensils
make work- less tiresome.
When ascrew becomes loose, re-
move it and fill the hole with bits of
sponge.. packed in tightly. Then re-
place the screw and it will hold as
firmly as ever.
When slipping geraniums remember
that the woody stalks cut back and set
In rich soil will make the best bloom-
ing plants.
'Po set growing hoose plants in a
tub and spray them with a bath spray
is ono of the best methods of giving
their leaves the necessary moisture.
After washing oilcloth and lino-
leum, be sure to dry it properly. If
left damp it will speedily rot and soon
become totally ruined. It is a great
mistake to use too much water for
washing it. The cloth should be
wrung out and passed lightly over:
the surface.
A campstool to hold tht clothes
basket is a convenience on washday.,
It is light, easily carried about, and
when not in use takes up little room.!
In hanging out the clothes and taking
them from the line the stool saves'
stooping and keeps the bottom of the t
basket clean.
Time will be saved if the -house-
keeper will sit down with pad and cook
book and plan the meals for at least
three days, and as each meal is plan -
TIC : e list is made of the food to be
purchased; by this means the market-
ing can be done for three days in little
more time than would be required for
one.
When a child has the slightest tend-
ency ta crooked legs he should have a
very special treatment. His bones
are toe eoft, and he needs more lime
and iron, He should be taken off his
feetfaat once, and have salt water bath-
ing and massage.
at
• Poor mats should never be shaken
against a'+xa)i, It causes the fibre to
w break. They should be placed face
downwards and beaten gently with a
iw Mica: -or brush bead. Mate treated'
'like fails will hist twice a long-, This
method is also cleaner and esglet,
To :freshen a skirt that has become
'wrinkled and mussed from packing or
othepwise, brush carefully, so that all
dust may be. removed, and .hang over
I•
a tub of boiling hot water. Atter it
is thoroughly steamed it will look like
a tailor cleaned garment.
To avoid valuable time looking for
the different buttons in your button
box take a wire hairpin and straighten
it out; then shape the wire in a circle
and bend each end back after string-
ing all of one kind of buttons on the
pin, and hook one end through the oth-
er. It takes but a minute and you al-
ways have the different kinds right at
hand.
Fish Recipes.
Salmon Cutlets. — Chop rather
coarsely the contents of a tin of sal-
mon, and mix in an equal bulk of
breadcrumbs, seasoning the lot accord-
ing to taste. Then, with the aid of
beaten eggs, form a fairly stiff paste,
which can be made into cutlets, and
each coated with egg or milk and
browned breadcrumbs. Heat in a fry-
ing pan with dripping.
Creamed Finnan Haddie.--Two cup-
fuls of white (or cream) sauce, two
tablespoonfuls of butter, three eggs,
one tablespoonful of grated cheese,
two cupfuls of flaked finnan haddie,
pepper. Boil one egg hard. Add the
butter and yolks of two eggs to cream
sauce, cheese and pepper and minced
hard-boiled egg. Then add the fish
and heat the mixture.
Baked Codfish.—One cup rice, one
quart milk, one cup shredded codfish,
three tablespoons butter, four eggs.
Cook rice and milk in double boiler
until rice is tender and has absorbed
the milk. Add aveil-beaten egg yolks,
codfish that has been soaked, and but-
ter. When cool add the stiffly beaten
egg whites. Bake and serve with the
melted butter.
Fish Pie.—Remove the bones and
skin from any cold cooked fish, shred
it and add seasoning to taste. But-
ter a baking -dish, cover the bottom
with mashed potatoes and add the
fish and small bits of butter. Season
and cover with a top layer of potatoes
and bake in a host oven for ten minutes
or until it is brown.
CZAR'S CHAIR REMOVED.
Loses His Place in All Powerful
Russian Church.
Next to the overthrow of the Czar,
the, removal of , the •cinnn:.or'a
been' .tTtr'�'yno is
the
most dramatic event which could
'ha en in Russia it
1 for mean
Fp. ,s a re-
volution in the chief bulwark of Czar-
ism, the Orthodox Church of Russia.
The influence of the church on the
peasant masses is enormous, for the
moujik is intensely religious.
The church could be a mighty tool
in the hands of reactionaries, for
one of the most powerful elements in
the overthrown Germanophile Govern-
ment was Pitirim, the Petrograd Met-
ropolitan, who was only second to Ras-
putin as the most influential member
of the dark forces in the court of
Nicholas IL
Together with Shurmer and Proto-
popoff he plotted against the allies.
Says She Suffered
For Many Years
Then Dodd's Kidney Pills Cured
Her Kidney Troubles
Mrs. Felix Ascah Found No Relief in
Doctors or Hospital Treatment, but
Dodd's Kidney Pills Brought a
Speedy Cure.
Haldimand, Gaspe Co., Que., Mar.
26th (Special),—Mrs, Felix Aseah is
telling her numerous friends here that
her complete recovery from kidney
disease from which she suffered for
years is due to the splendid work of
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"My trouble started from a strain,"
Mrs, Ascah says. "I suffered for
years. I was attended by a doctor
and was also treated at a hospital. I
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had a bitter taste, especially in the
morning, and at times was subject to
severe headaches. I had a pressure
and often a sharp pain at the top of
my head and my skin itched and burn.
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"Neither from the doctor nor at the
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Effect of Russian Revolt,
A military expert says that as a re-.
suit of the revolution the Allies may
reasonably look for a much more ag-
gressive role in the war to be talren
by Russia. There will be organization,
efficiency, loyalty. There will be no
more scandals about the arming and
equipping of troops. The resources of
Russia have been ample at all times,
but were mismanaged through Ger-
man machinations. " "The ` Russian
people are back of their armies," he
says. "They are as eager to defeat
Germany and Austria as are the pee-
ple of France. 'It is to their interest
to blot out Prussianism, for Prussian -
ism, in the extension of its power and
influence into Petrograd, has been one
of the chief burdens of the Russian
people. They know it." It is said; too,
that there is no lack of food in Rus-
sia, nor lack of proper means of dis-
tributing it, but that thousands have
been brought to the verge of starva-
tion by the old Government in the
hope that a cry for peace might be
raised which would give it an excuse
for carrying out a bargain with Ger-
many.
ARE DANGEROUS
DOCTORS NOW ADVISN MAGNZSZA,
Just how dangerous it is to indiscrim-
inately dose the stomach with drugs and
medicines is often net realized until too
late.. It seems so simple to swallow a
dose ofsome special mixture or take tab-
lets of soda. pepsin, bismuth, etc., after
meals, and the folly of this drugging is
not apparent until, perhaps years after-
ward, when it is found that gastric-Ul-
cers
astric u1-cers have almost eaten their.way
through the stomach walls. Regrets are
th n una.v
:lY't'2l I. i+ . i d at
cessive acidity of the stornaeh and, 'e'r-
mentation of o
food contents that precau-
tion should be taken. Drugs and medi-
cines are unsuitable and often danger-
ous—they have little or no influence up-
on the harmful acid, and that is why
doctors are discarding them and a.dvis-
Inc sufferers from indigestion and stom-
ach trouble to get rid of the dangerous
acid and, keep the food contents bland
and sweet by taking a little pure bisura-
ted magnesia instead. Bisurated Mag-
nesia is an absolutely pure anti -acid
which can be readily obtained from any
drug store. It is absolutely harmless,
is practically tasteless and a teaspoonful
taken in a little warm or cold water af-
ter meals, .will usually be found quite
sufficient to Instantly neutralize oxces-,
sive acidity of the stomach and prevent
all possibility of the food fermenting,
A CONSECRATED REPUBLIC.
Vast Throng in Silent Prayer Before
Petrograd Cathedral.
The revolution in Russia has
brought an immense change in the
people, a great feeling of relief and
relaxing of the tension. of years
of suspicion and fear of Siberia.
Before the Kazan Cathedral, where
the revolution began and the first
red flag fluttered, came the tr1umi-
phant end when the great throng of
people came afoot from the furthest
parts of the city to consecrate the
Russian Republic.`
The Nevsky Prospekt was ° packed
with silent people, for the first time
in their lives unpoliced, yet in per-
fect order, while the soldiers whose,
revolt upset the Government march-
ed slowly through to the cathedral,
Parting the crowd, two officers
this time held on high the symbol of
the tight for liberty, but brought viv-
idly to mind that just a week since
the bare sabres of the police drove
a peaceful bread demonstration to
revolution. The army coming from
exciting exhortations before the
Duma, was singing the Marseillaise
and bearing a transparency' of red
cloth and gold letters proclaiming the
Russian Republic. •
The Marseillaise had been turned
into a Russian hymn. The wonderful
French marching songs caressing
words, in the rich Russiaxt language,
passed over soldiers a,tid` "Opens of
all classes: "Friend �', l}' it ei`;' friend
workman," the meati ;r° pointed by
the lack in the Russituil:language of
the word "citizen,"•tir 'word "friend".
replacing it.
Far across the impenetrable throng
the formal words were spoken, and
just at dark the crowd began faeipg
toward the erose, uttering a prayer, in
the impressive silence.
And afterwards; the great restless
city, unpoliced; slept safely and.
tranquilly in the arms of democracy,
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IN THE HANDS OF THE HUN.
Description of Hardships Endured in
German Prison Camps_
A British soldier on his return to
England after fourteen months a
prisoner of war in Germany, writes
the following:
So far as I have talked with people
since my return, I find that the main
point of interest is the question: "Do
the prisoners get enough food?"
I have a very short and emphatic
apswer to that question. Tliey don't,
And if the British Tommies over there
did not.got parcels from their friends
x
hero`�,. ' es a`nd through the arganize-
,
;Tdiig'1I3 ofwar, they
would most assured-
ly
starve, for the food given by the
Germans to their unlucky prisoners is
slight in quantity and almost uneat-
able,
Here is the unvarying menu at Mun-
ster Camp, where I spent fourteen
months, and at all other camps
throughout Germany:
Bi eakfast.—A pint of coffee, or
sandy cocoa, which turns your stom-
ach for the first week or ten days af-
ter your "initiation." With this is
served a hunk of black bread, made
chiefly of sawdust and potatoes. The
look and feel of it is enough to blunt
your gastronomic senses for evermore.
Dinner.—Three or perhaps four po-
tatoes, and a ration of what is called
soup, but which is not nearly so tasty
as the medicine my mother used to
give me when I was a small boy and
had been overeating myself.
Supper.—A repetition of dinner,
Occasionally this is varied by a sup-
ply of burnt cabbage, after the useful
properties of the vegetable have been
extracted in the production of sauer-
kraut.
Of' course, it goes without saying
that none of the British prisoners ever
took kindly to such terrible feeding.
In my hut alone I have seen weeks go
past and not a mouthful of the stun
eaten. The poor Russians, who never
got any parcels from kind folks at
home, were only too glad to take it off
our hands, and. I have seen the faces
of the poor devils light tip with smiles
when we cried to them to come and
remove the "German dirt" to their
own log cabins.
God only knows how these unfor-
tunate Russians exist in the prison
camps of Germany. As a matter of
fact, they only exist; "live" you can-
not call it. And many of them sim-
ply die of hunger. I have seen Rus-
sian peasants—big, hardy -looking
chaps when they came to the camp —
crumple up gradually, and I have also
seen more than one of them drop dead.
I have seen it mentioned in the pa-
pers that British prisoners of war
have been in the habit of selling their
portions of black bread to their Prus-
sian gaolers; This is a lie. There is
not a'lirit s:irceolftler In Germany who
would sell his nations to a Hun. He
would not so far demean' him 1
se f, As
a rule the camp rations are handed to
the Russians.•
Tipping a Millionaire.
The Marquess of Bute, who enlisted
early in the war as a private, is now
an officer in the Welsh Regiment.
An amusing inoident ocourred when
bis lordship was stationed at Bristol.
Walking dawn a side street one after-
noon lie stopped before a shop win-
dow. He badly wanted a oup of tea,
but the shop did not look at all invit-
ing, and he hesitated about going in,
His hesitation was noticed by an elder-
ly lady, who thought he wanted tea
but hadn't the money to pay for it
Going up to the marquess, she pressed
half a crown into his hand, bidding
him to go into the shop and have a
good tea. Foilawing her behest, the
marquess went into the shop, had a
cup of tea, and left the half crown un-
der the saucer for the girl who served
him, The old lady afterwards learned
that she had tipped one of the wealth-
iest peers in the kingdom,
The fertile plain in which Damascus
is situated is about thirty miles in
diameter and is due to the River
Barada which is probably the Abana
of Scripture. Two other streams,
the Wady Helbon, on the north, and
the Awaj, on the south, increase this
fertility and these two contend for the
honor of representing the Pharphar,
the other scriptural stream.
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,t AITA
There's a good way
to keep growing boys and girls
healthy and happy and that is
to give thein
Grape -Ni t
for br eaffsfast.
This wonderfully nourishing
food has a sweet, nutty flavor that
makes it popular with childreiz.
One of the few sweet foods
that does not harm digestion, but
builds them strong and bright.
.4 grocers everywhere.,
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Low -Priced Foods With High Nutri-
' tive Values.
During the present crisis of the food
market the housewife may be interest-
ed to know that a large variety o>t
food products rich in nutritive value
may be purchased at reasonable prices,
For instance, potatoes, our most wide-
ly used vegetable, have one a' id eight -
tenths per cent: of protein, Qne-tenth`
of one per cent. of fat and fourteen
and seven -tenths per cent. of sugar or
carbohydrate. Rice, on theother
hand, contains about five times as
much of these food essentials and
may be prepared in a variety of ways
suitable to the appetite. The various
cook books show recipes of a number ..
of dainty and palatable dishes of rice.
Onions, which are commanding 'a
high price, have only a small food
value. , •' This is also true of such
vegetables as cabbage, lettuce and cel-
ery, the greater bulk of which is made
up of water and cellulose. Far mare
valuable than these are peas and
beans, which are rich in protein and
carbohydrate content.
Mush is also recommended as an
elegant substitute for the more ex-
pensive foodstuffs, for its nutritive
value places it among the foremost
nourishing table commodities.
As a suitable substitute for butter
on your bread we may return to our
childhood favorite, molasses, which is
comparatively cheap and capable of
producing abundant heat and energy,
Milk and cheese are within reach of
us all and are very rich, nutritious
foods. Sour milk prepared especially
as a table delicacy is a valuable and
nourishing product. Sour cream, is
also a palatable and heat -generating
food,
Among the various other com-
modities which have high food values
and yet come within reach of all wage-
earners are cocoa, macaroni, oatmeal,
dried fruits, canned salmon, mackerel
and codfish.
In recommending foods of low price
and high nutritive value it must be
remembered that palatability is a
principle of dietetics which, ,must not
be overlooked. Foods must be pre-
pared to appeal to the appetite, for
there is a greater secretion of the di-
gestive juices and Metabolism is en-
hanced when edibles are attractive and
pleasing.
Nor is it the intention to. request
the housewife to reduce the variety orf
table delicacies, for a mixed diet Is
most desirable. When the same
menu is repeated too often there is a
tendency to lessen the appetite. While
some foods may have relatively great
heat -producing value, they may con-
tain a large proportion' of indigestible
products which have no food value, but
which act as "fillers" or "roughage",
tending to make are the bulk of food
and acting as laxative agents upon the
bowels, thus serving a valuable pur-
pose.
The housewife should, therefore, re-
member the three essentials necessary
for a well-balanced diet if she desires
to limit herself to the cheaper foods
—palatability, variety and digestibil-
ity.
The following is a list .of common
foodstuffs and their relative nutritive
values:
Food units
870
1610
1680
1000
1216
1820
820
160
580
250
640
1 lir, potatoes
1 lb. rice
1 lb. cornmeal
1 lb. fish
1 lb,' bread
1 lb. dried beans
1 pint milk
2 eggs
'}aa .lb. Canadian cheese
1 ounce butter
ria, pint molasses
1 ib. apples (edible portion) , , 290
1 ]b. bananas (edible portion) .. 460
1 lb. oranges (edible portion) ,. 240
1 ib. onions (edible portion) 220
1 1b, celery (exclusive of waste) . 85
1 lb. cucumbers 80
1 lb. lettuce 90
1 ib, carrots 210
1 lb. cauliflower. 140
1 Ib, cabbage .. ,,.. , 145
Frogs' Legs For Wireless.
Science has just discovered 'that
frogs' legs are good for other pur-
poses than forming a most appetizing
dish. The leg muscles of this .amphi••
bious animal are now successfully
used for recording wireless messages.
In utilizing a frog's muscles for this
purpose scientists say that the. leg of
this animal makes an ideal radio -tele-
graphic detector, To record a wire-
less message with a frog's leg the
sciatic nerve of the leg is connected
with the inicropbonie circuit of the re-
ceiver. One end of the'' leg is fixed to
a base and the opposite 'end connect
ed with a pivoted lever., so as to record
on a slowly 'revolving, paper -covered
drum the contraction of the Muscles
caused by the electric, impulses.
An aviation schoolW is about to ha
opened by the Chinese government.