Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1912 — SAVE WORK ON SEWING DAY [ARTICLE]

SAVE WORK ON SEWING DAY

Here is a Boiled Dinner Satisfying and Appetizing and Easy to Getup. The working housekeeper who, besides, makes her own clothes, knows the misery of getting meals on sewing days. If there is a large family the dinner is the most difficult to prepare, as substantial dishes are expected and sometimes a variety of them. Tne way out of the difficulty is to prepare the kinfolk with the idea that there will not be any grand cooking on sewing days and then serve a boiled dinner. A boiled meal is much more easily managed than a roast, and numerous vegetables may be cooked in the same pot. Here is one recipe for a boiled dinner: Sauerkraut and Pigs’ Feet—Pew families with healthy, men and boys will object to this delectable German dish, which is as good as cheap and does not require the least looking after. Get a pig’s foot, front or back, for every member of the family, clean them all nicely and then put them on in boiling water, including, if the taste is liked, two large onions or half a clove of garlic. Let them simmer for three hours, then dump in the sauerkraut you have bought at the delicatessen, giving It about an hour to cook. When ready to serve drain the kraut of water in a colander and bank it in a long platter around the pile of trotters. English mustard is an addition to this dish and to the other boiled meats.