Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 242, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1912 — SUBSTITUTE FOR MEAT [ARTICLE]

SUBSTITUTE FOR MEAT

DAINTY MEALB THAT MAY BE ' ECONOMICALLY PREPARED. Much Depends on the Proper Furnishing of the Table—Balanced Vegetable Ration Not Hard to Put Together. Now that the price of meat is so high many are looking about for means to do without it, trying to discover something To take its place. Of course, vegetarianism at once presents Itself as a solution of the difficulty, but most people recoil in horror from vegetarianism. They conceive it as boiled cabbage, corn, potatoes coarse bread, beets, etc. These are the articles of diet they see in imagination upon the table aa soon as meat is withheld. But it need not be so. It Is possible to devise tempting and tasty dishes for a luncheon or a formal dinner from which meat is altogether excluded. Coarse vegetables, such as those mentioned, need never be gprved; indeed, many vegetarians hardly ever touch them. Let us think, then, what we shall eat and how to make the table look appetizing. In the first place, the table may be made to look charming if It is tastefully laid with fine linen, spotless glass, polished silver and dainty china. The dishes which are brought on to the table should contain food dressed and arranged artistically. It is possible to arrange dishes so that no one knows exactly what he Is eating, but thinks it delicious. Instead of giving one vegetable, give several at once, mixed together thoroughly, and covered with dressing or sauce, to make it appear still more appetizing. In arranging these combinations, vegetables or fruits which blend together well must be introduced; also due allowance must be made for the various combinations and proportions of the foods —that is, acids, proteids, carbohydrates, etc., must be balanced as nearly a* possible. Salads of all kinds beneficial, and fruits are also very good during the hot weather. A delicious fruit salad may be made by mixing together, in a large bowl, chopped oranges, pears, plums, grapes, peaches, apricots, etc., dates, figs and nuts, and pouring this Into another bowl, lined with lettuce leaves. Honey should be poured over this and whipped cream placed on top. This, with a couple of peanut butter sandwiches, will make a delicious and sustaining meal. The following is a delightful salad: Scoop out the insides of several tomatoes. Cut up three or four anchovies into small fragments. Cut up also the centers of the tomatoes. Mix together with a little finely chopped cabbage, green pepper and a flavor of onion. Replace In the empty tomatoes and serve on lettuce leaves. Cream cheese will be found a valuable addition to many salads. Nuts - also may be used freely, both for purposes of decoration and to increase the food value of the salad, since nuts contain the same muscle forming elements as meat. By trying a number of experiments in the combinations of foods in this way a number of tasty and nutritious dishes easily may be devised.