Miss Parloa's young housekeeper : designed especially to aid beginners. . s added. The result is agallon of the most delicious Scotch broth. This soup is justas good when warmed over as when first made, and it is sosubstantial that it answers for luncheon, no meat, fish, orvegetables being required. From the remainder of thehind quarter I get fourteen chops, cutting the last four from BUYING FOOD AND CARING FOR IT. 69 the leg, and a good roast. All the fat is rendered for soapgrease; and as I make my own soap, this is quite an item. The weight of the hind quarter described is about twentypound
Miss Parloa's young housekeeper : designed especially to aid beginners. . s added. The result is agallon of the most delicious Scotch broth. This soup is justas good when warmed over as when first made, and it is sosubstantial that it answers for luncheon, no meat, fish, orvegetables being required. From the remainder of thehind quarter I get fourteen chops, cutting the last four from BUYING FOOD AND CARING FOR IT. 69 the leg, and a good roast. All the fat is rendered for soapgrease; and as I make my own soap, this is quite an item. The weight of the hind quarter described is about twentypounds, and I save about one third what it would cost meto buy the soup meat, chops, and roast separately. Onemust have a good sharp knife, a meat-saw, and a cleaver tocut up meats in this manner. Before going to market one should look through hersupplies, and then make a list of things for use with list of the meals that are to be arranged, and such pur-chases as must be made for these meals, is next in may find it best to make radical changes in her plans. RIB CHOP BEFORE TRIMMING. RIB CHOP AFTER TRIMMING. when she gets to the market; still, the list will be a greataid as a guide. With it, one is not likely to buy too muchor too little. In some places it is a great pleasure to go through themarkets, especially on the regular market days. This isparticularly true where there is a large German or Frenchpopulation. The women of these nationaUties have stallswhere they sell eggs, butter, cheese, poultry, fruit, vegetables,and flowers, — the product of their own and neighborsfarms. Nothing can be brighter or more picturesque thanare such markets in the spring, summer, and fall, whenflowers and vegetables are in abundance. Even the poor la-borers w^ife takes home her little growing plant, or a bunchof fresh flowers. Going to market has not been all proseto that poor woman, although she had to calculate very yo MISS parloas young housekeeper. closely in her purchases f
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