SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE
Sheridan, Mary
Sing a Song of Sixpence By MARY SHERIDAN ARE THERE any people, I often wonder, among those who like cooking or who deeply enjoy food, without a keen sense of smell ? Certainly most memories of...
...Twice before, as I recall, I've praised other free pamphlets issued by General Mills, so I'm a little reluctant to single out the new one...
...when they are inducted and prepared for combat...
...and Vegetable Potpourri...
...If it isn't there, a postcard to the Home Service Staff, General Mills, Minneapolis 15, Minn., will bring one to your mailbox...
...the rich aroma of fruit cake...
...Private enterprise, when it offers such services to consumers, is all right with me...
...Noodles Romanoff, a casserole of noodles, cottage cheese, and sour cream, similar to Louis Untermeyer's' famous Noodles Anton but without the garlic...
...Then there's first-class material on vegetables in general: what they should have to pass inspection...
...and the general strategy and commando tactics that get the most out of vegetables...
...A Good Food Booklet This year, like last, there won't be the all-out preparations that Christmas has usually meant in most kitchens, because of limited sugar, spices, fats, and time, and because most Christmas tables will lack some of their heartiest eaters of yesteryear...
...Ask for "Your Share," and it's free...
...It deserves praise, though...
...Oddenda: Chocolate is supposed to be back in groceries in limited quantities, but I haven't found any yet...
...Whatever happens, food will always taste better because it smells good...
...I've already mentioned the excellent vegetable chart, which covers all standard varieties, preparation pointers, and cooking time...
...All the suggestions and all the recipes are practical ones, and they're economical too...
...It starts right off with that major topic of conversation, meat, and hands out good ideas on how to buy it, extend it, and prepare it...
...There are many new ideas in the sections that follow on eggs, cheese, milk, butter, vegetables (and an excellent vegetable chart), fruit, bread, cereals, des- serts, lunch boxes, community suppers, and menus...
...Coming back to the plainer everyday round of wartime meals, there's a new booklet of menus, recipes, and cooking hints that's well-worth looking for in your neighborhood grocery store...
...The smells around Christmas time are always something special—pungent mace and cinnamon and nutmeg from Christmas cookies a-baking...
...But it's still an aromatic day...
...Favorite Cheese Casserole...
...what to do to avoid mass execution of their vitamins and flavor through submarine attacks, air raids, and continuous fire...
...a Sunday roast and warm apple pie...
...Then there's Yankee Doodle Macaroni, a nourishing main dish of noodles, mushrooms, ground beef, parsley, garlic, and tomatoes...
...the fragrant choeolat-iness of fudge and buttery popcorn on special Friday night sprees when the school week was over...
...They, plus unknown quantities of perishable butter, frozen cream, eggs, fruits, and vegetables, are bulging in storage warehouses...
...that sociable, warm, and intoxicating odor of coffee on cold afternoons after school, when you came home to find the Ladies' Aid or bridge club in full voice...
...Your Share" is a useful booklet, and an educational one...
...Excellent On Vegetables The information here on vegetables, and-the way it's served forth for easy reference, is one of the most concise and clever treatments I've seen...
...Sing a Song of Sixpence By MARY SHERIDAN ARE THERE any people, I often wonder, among those who like cooking or who deeply enjoy food, without a keen sense of smell ? Certainly most memories of childhood include recollections of tantalizing food odors— ones that permeated the whole house, like gingerbread and bread...
...Secretary Stimson warns that Americans still haven't experienced "the drag" of the war, and maybe housewives face far leaner days than we've yet known...
...those and all of the other enticing aromas of pre-Christmas baking, culminating in the odor orgy of the Big Day itself...
...The American Institute of Food Distribution, has predicted that the federal government will soon offer back to the civilian trade some 520,000 cases of evaporated milk, 1,000,000 cans of soup powder, 25,-000,000 pounds of canned pork and beans, 655 tons of raisins, and quantities of canned peas and tomatoes...
...Special recommendations: Six-Layer Dinner, a time saving one-dish meal of potatoes, celery, ground beef, raw onions, green pepper, and tomatoes...
...Over-consumption of Vitamin B (liver, kidneys, whole grain cereals) may lead to gallstones, according to a recent University of California research' study, but whoever heard of anyone getting too much Vitamin B ? Watch out, though, you vitamin pill fans...
Vol. 7 • December 1943 • No. 51
