Refrigerator
Refrigerator
Book Title
Book Title
Left-over foodsandhow to use them
Icannotsay that I altogether agree with the statement, “Scraps are accidents to be taken care of, no doubt, but the very last objects on which to bestow either expense or labor.†The “scraps†or “left-over†bits of food that accumulate in the average household,areworthy of consideration and with little labor and expense are convertible into the most palatable viands. There is always some labor attendant on any and all household duties, for we have all learned that the Earl of Chesterfield uttered a great truth when he said (away back in the 17th century), “Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.†I have discovered that this old maxim applies to household management as well as all other vocations.
It is the careless tossing together of “left-over†food and giving the creation when finished, a name quite as unattractive as itself, that has caused this great antipathy so prevalent among people, for serving or partaking of “made-up†dishes.Hash, itself, is a very much abused term as well as the mixture thus named.
This little book of helpful suggestions has been carefully prepared and if followed by the housewife, fortunate enough to receive one, she will find immediate help over some of the “rough places†too often found in the daily routine of house work, where the preparation for such duties has been limited.
Study the chapter on “How to Measure Accurately, and Combining Ingredients,†and all the others and you cannot fail to learn, thoroughly, the lesson “Left-Overs and How to Use Them.â€