Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1910 — DR. WILEY’S ADVICE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DR. WILEY’S ADVICE.

Food Expert Sara We Have Mach to Learn from the French. Of late much has been written and Bald in regard to the economy of French cooks, and even Prof. H. W.

Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemistry, Department of Agriculture, has felt called upon to make a few remarks on the sub-, ject. Surely American housemothers should profit by advice which comes from so eminent a man and

without doubt one of the greatest living food specialists. "If we are really In earnest about this matter of saving in the cost of living, we might take a few lessons from the French cooks who use up all the ‘left overs,’ ” says Dr. Wiley. “The average American cook throws away as mu,ch as he or she uses first hand. With the French chef the ’left Overs’ make more appetizing meals than the meats and vegetables do when cooked first time. They make the daintiest croquettes, stews, ragouts and sauces out of little bits of things that are tossed into the garbage pail by the American cook, and thereby save half their food bill. Nothing is wasted with the French chef, not even the bread crumbs, or the celery tops, or the apple peelings. Every last scrap of fat is saved for frying purposes, and Instead of buying the best and" most expensive cuts of meat, the French expert buys that which Is cheapest and by clever cooking makes it as tempting as the dearest'. Our cooks as a class under-estimate the value of me cheaper cuts of meat. These are Just as wholesome, just as nourishing as the higher-priced portions, and when prepared as they should be taste as well. “A 10-cent soup bone will give plen'y of meat flavor to half a bushel of potatoes. 801 llt with the pdfUoes, an.l after the potatoes are done, take them

out and make a gravy of the water ‘f you do not wish to use It as soup. In fact, you can make both soup and gravy enough for a big family from that 10-cent soup bone, and all that 1* needed to do it is a little flour tor thickening, pepper and salt, and; judgment on the part of the cook.

H. W. WILEY.