Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 305, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1918 — RABBIT MEAT IS MOST DELICIOUS [ARTICLE]

RABBIT MEAT IS MOST DELICIOUS

Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs Being Formed in Various Parts of United States. IS CHEAPER THAN CHICKEN Great Many Hotels Now Regularly Serve Hare Prepared In Some Particular Way—-Pelts Are Used to Make FelJ Hats. Fifteen hundred boy and girl club members are raising rabbits In Tacoma, Wash., and more are constantly joining in this enterprise to produce cheap and delicious meat. All over the country the boys’ an<T girls’ clubs, formed under the supervision of the department of agriculture in connection with the state agricultural colleges, for the purpose of growing rabbits, are on the Increase in size, number and popularity. When the fact began to be realized that the number of domesticated animals ordinarily used for food was not equal to the demand, various other sources which might be used to help supplement the regular supply were Investigated. One of the most promising discovered lay in Increasing the number of rabbits and encouraging their use for food. This was in line with the findings In other countries on the same question. It is stated that 30 per cent of the meat used in Germany last year was rabbit. Delicately Flavored Meat Those who know good food long ago realized that not even chicken could a young hare In delicacy of fiber and flavor, and to increase their use Should not prove a difficult matter. Nearly all the best hotels now regularly serve rabbit prepared Jn some special way their chef has devised. The rabbit associations In California and Nebraska Are making special offers to boy and girl club members which will enable a youngster to start a warren at a moderate cost with good stock. * In Utah the rabbit Industry among the boy and girl club members is increasing in importance, with many youngsters going’ into it this season and finding ft profitable. Demonstrations are given In the boys’ and girls’ clubs as to the best way to kill, dress and market rabbits. The young people are also taught hoW to can the meat and tan the skins for home use.- The popular use of rabbit skins by furriery of this country Is evidenced by the Import lists of last year/ which show 90,000,000 skins', were shipped here from foreign countries in the 12 months preceding. These pelfs are also used by hatters to make better grades of felt hats. Rabbits don’t crow or lay eggs, but they are right there with the cheapest meat that can be produced. Salads for All Winter. For those who Hve away from the large markets, where green salad material is procurable the year around, the problem in the cold months of material for a salad Is often a serious one for the cook. A salad without lettuce, to many, Is like mince pie without the mince, "but necessary as lettuce seems, attractive salads may be served without It Cabbage, if treated as follows, may almost take its place. Cut part of the stem of one off and set it In a bowl of water for several hours. The moisture which will be drawn up through the stem will, make the flabby leaves crisp. The tender center thus treated,® ay be used In the same manner as l«fuce leaves or ft mhy.be shredded before the other salad material placed on It, suggests department. Of agriculture specialists. Small raw carrots or turnips put through a-meat gander may be sue-

cessfully addqd to cooked vegetables for a salad. Apples raw and sliced thin will furnish crispness when fresh plants-are not available. Dried aprieots, peaches or plums, when fully soaked, are delicious In a salad. These are served uncooked. If stuffed with cottage cheese they make a- dish fit to be served on any occasion. Canned pineapple combined with cottage cheese, dates stoned and filled with the cheese, a slice of apple with a small ball of cheese on the center, bananas and chopped nuts are salad combinations which are popular and the material 'for them Is available all. the year In most localities. , ,