Proteins - Tissue Building Foods

Milk Products - Cheese Dishes

In the previous lesson we learned that cheese is made from the solids in the milk, and as these contain the protein and mineral matter, they would naturally furnish highly nutritious food. As cheese is somewhat compact, it is more easily digested when finely subdivided and mixed, or beaten with bulky foods.

School Recipe

MATERIALS:

1 1/4 Tablespoonfuls Flour.

Few Grains Salt. 1/2 Teaspoonful Butter. 2 Tablespoonfuls Bread Crumbs. 2 Tablespoonfuls Grated Cheese.

About 1 Teaspoonful Milk.

Cheese Straws may be made with the above ingredients, or with a pastry dough. The above makes a more digestible cheese straw.

Cheese Straws are usually served with salads. All dishes prepared with cheese are highly nutritious.

Cheese

Cheese is the curd of milk separated and pressed.

Cheese is made chiefly from the milk of cows. Goat's Milk is sometimes used. Cheese may be made from whole milk, milk to which cream has been added, or from skimmed milk.

The curd may be separated by allowing the milk to stand until it is sour. It is then heated slightly and the curd separated from the whey. It may be prepared by the action of rennet. The curd is then pressed to remove the whey. After pressure the curd is set aside and kept at a favorable temperature to ripen - the time required varying from a short time to three or four years. New flavors are developed and the texture altered during the ripening process. The ripening is due to bacteria and moulds. Cheese made from full milk is half fat. Cheese made of skimmed milk is sometimes filled by the addition of cheap fat - lard, etc.

Filled cheese is greasy when warmed, and does not keep well. Various brands of cheese take their names from the places where they are made.

SKIM MILK Cheese are - Parmesan, Edam and Gruyen.

MILK Cheese - Gorgonzola, Cheddar, Gloucester, Cheshire.

MILK and CREAM Cheese - Double Gloucester, and Stilton, Neufchatel Cream Cheese, Camembert and Brie, Brick Cheese, Roquefort.

ONE POUND of Cheese contains as much nutriment as 2 pounds meat. It is a highly concentrated protein food, and therefore should be eaten in small quantities with carbohydrates.

Cheese should be kept covered.

Grate the cheese when it becomes hard and dry.

Any kind of cheese is made more digestible by being finely divided, or dissolved and mixed with other foods, as in cooking.

Cheese may be added to several scalloped dishes (ex.. Macaroni and Cheese), or used as flavoring for soups.

Cheese is sufficiently cooked when melted - long cooking makes it tough.

Soda added to dishes prepared with Cheese makes the Cheese dissolve more readily, thereby making i1 more digestible: 1/8 teaspoonful soda to a cupful of cheese is the usual proportion used.

Working Directions To Be Followed By All Odd Numbered Girls

In today's lesson you are to measure the flour, salt, butter and crumbs, while your partner grates the cheese, measures the milk and combines the ingredients..

Follow each paragraph closely.

See Recipe on Front Page.

Measure the flour and salt into a strainer placed over a bowl. Stir with a spoon. See FIGURE 1.

Measure the butter and add it to the flour.

Rub two pieces of stale bread together to make crumbs. See FIGURE 2.

Measure 2 tablespoonfuls of crumbs.

Mix the butter with the flour, chopping it in with a knife.

Add the crumbs.

Pass it to your partner.

Take out your bread board, sprinkle it lightly with flour. Knead as shown in FIGURE 3.

Roll out the dough prepared by your partner to 1/4 inch thickness (rectangular piece).

Cut into 2 strips about 1/2 inch wide. Make a ring of the left-over piece.

You are to WASH the dishes today according to directions already learned.

FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 3.

Note Book Work

5 Tablespoonfuls Flour.

1/8 Teaspoonful Salt. Few Grains Paprika.

1/2 Tablespoonful Butter.

1/2 Cup Soft Bread Crumbs.

1/2 Cup Grated Cheese. 1 Tablespoonful Milk, or more.

Cheese Straws

Working Directions

Add salt and pepper to the flour, chop in the butter, add crumbs and grated cheese. Mix thoroughly, then add milk to make a dough. Knead until smooth. Roll 1/4 inch thick and cut in strips. Lay them on buttered paper in a pan and bake 10 minutes, or until light brown, in a moderate oven.

Cost of preparing Home Recipe of Cheese Straws:

Working Directions To Be Followed By All Even Numbered Girls

In today's lesson you are to grate the cheese, measure the milk, combine ingredients and bake the straws.

Follow each paragraph closely.

See Recipe on Front Page.

Grate the cheese; if it is too soft to grate, cut-it into fine shavings.

Add it to your partner's mixture.

Work it in with a knife or fork or tips of fingers, until all ingredients are thoroughly mixed.

Add the milk, continue mixing with a knife until a smooth, stiff dough has been formed. It may take a little more milk, but only enough to hold the ingredients together should be added. See FIGURE 1.

Pass it to your partner.

Place the strips prepared by your partner onto the buttered baking sheet. See FIGURE 2.

Bake on top shelf in the oven until a light brown.

Serve your partner and self.

You are to WIPE the dishes today according to directions already learned.

FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 2.