It's Silly to be Extravagant with Food

Sheryl

May 11

family eating — Source: Larkin Housewives' Cook Book

Here's what a hundred-year-old cookbook said about the value of eating economically:

E C O N O M Y ! !

I've asked the printer man to please let that word stand out just like that - boldly, defiantly, all by its little lone self!

Economy! If over-eating is a national trait, over-spending is certainly another. . . Extravagance with food is not clever, it is simply silly. Meal planning or preparing is no job to be slouched and hurried over as quickly and as extravagantly as possible. You do not need to use fussy, difficult recipes, either. It is no harder to cook a flank steak than a porter-house. It only take a little more skill.

Look on your marketing and cooking as a game. Take pleasure in seeing how cheaply you can set a healthful, delicious, and plentiful table.

The Calorie Cook Book (1923) by Mary Dickerson Donahey