The Modern Method of Preparing Delightful Foods

Ida Bailey Allen tells the story of American corn — Plymouth breakfasts to the Great War — and hangs a day's four meals on it, for the company that made Karo and Mazola.

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ARE you tired of cooking?

Bored by the thought of spoons, flour, and bowls?

Is your family listless at mealtime?

Have they lost interest in the same old foods?

If any of this is true-you need to cook new things.

There is romance in cooking.

A thrill when one prepares Chop Suey-and thinks of distant China.

A distinct feeling of achievement when one puts together Danish Pastry-if thought wanders to those northern women-Housewives in a land where cookery is considered an art. There are occasions-Son's Graduation from High School-Sister's Success at the piano recital-Father's Birthday-when a good dinner-one that is differentserved daintily-will mark an event long remembered. It is only by doing these things that we-as Motherscan place the memory-milestones that hold a family together. Try one new recipe every day.

Eggs in a different way for breakfast.

Meat or vegetables, a new salad or dessert for dinner. A new candy-on Sunday afternoons.

A painter constantly creates new pictures.

A singer learns new songs.

They cannot afford to be in a rut.

But whether one works for profit or for love- the principle should be the same.

Home-Making must be progressive.

Cookery would indeed be uninteresting if the food repertoire was not increased by delicious, unusual dishes.

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