iV$;' ' '' t"" "?' ' fis e.i fji V'"' ' EVENING "PtfBLlO LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY. FEBRUARY 21', 1921 yer ha VI V u U s. : V V ! L laledfamOyshoffld come to nrunes some format least once a d ay a quotation from the food-service article, "Three Allies of Health and Economy? in the February issue of the people's home jolrs'al. The author is c. Houston goudis.s who is nationally famous as a writer and authority on food and health questions. He says that prunes should he used with the same regularity as attends the potato and the meat dish. Jiffy are setnt if the lush-li'lits in Dr. Gtudiss' article. Every persm interested in health and dimes tic eemtmies should read whatftlUws: hen it comes toprunes and every well regulated family should come to prunes in some form at least once a day it is "Wi one of the most encouraging of present-day food tacts that last year Californiahad to furnish nearly a quarter of a billion pounds of these dried plums to supply the demand. "Within the past decade, notably within thr past five years, prunes have made great forwatd strides as a popular food. When Uncle Sam set his seal of approval on them as one of the mod v aluable foods that could be served to our tight ins men a good mny people who previously had passed them bv paused to proe their right to uch preferment. One trial sufficient "One trial is sufficient, as a rule, for when properlycoolted, stewed prunes constitute one of the most delicious of dishes. ' 'AH things considered, the prune is one of the most nutritious articles of diet ye have, forthry contain large amounts of protein and easily di gestible sugar. They are as well adapted to sub ktantial dishes as to desserts, and the fact that Mibstantia! dishes can be made from them is a large point in their favor. A triumphant food trinity ' 'They can be eaten in some form or other b v rvry member of the family even babies find them a welcome addition to their simple diet Your grocer has them when cooked soft and the, pulp ereshed--3pd prunes are often included in special diets for in valids. Because of their concentrated form thev are easily kept. "They constitute a really triumphant trinitv in any consideration1 of food, whether weighed in the balance of nutritive worth or economic value. They supply health, strength and goodness in a single package, so to' speak, and during the win ter months they take the place of fresh fruit, whose peculiar nutritive elements are so needed by the body, but which are so often beyond the reach of the average pocketbool. "Eat more fruit" "In ccry home where good food is rnjoved, yet where eating is regarded as something more than a mere pleasing of the palate, the date, the fig and the prune deserve to be used with much the same regularity as now attends the potato and the meat dish. Their food value places them far ahead of the former and gives them good right to march in front of the latter in the great proces sion of edible products. Until we have learned to male larger use of them we shall be neglecting a rare opportunity to pleasantly and economicallv build up the best of all possessions a sound bod) lit to house a sane mind. "With the beginning of the New Year wrn not put among your resolutions: 'Lat more fruit,' 'Keep well through food,' 'Give more thought to diet.' Any one of these slogans would bring our attention to these excellent dried fruits which provide larger nutrition at less cost than the fresh, varieties, and especially is this true when supplies run low in the wintertime." .... The riht way to stew prunes There's ail the taste-difference in the world in prunes when they're properly prepared.' And it' just as easy to prepare them rizhu Perhaps you have a pet way of stewing prunes. But if you haven't and even if you have try this tested method: lirst soak them over night, if possible but if not, for several hours at least. Second cook themjWy until tender it the water in which they were soaked. Third use plenty of water so the fruit will be"oosc."rourthbesureyou don't cook them too long as they will become too soft. Flavor with an inch stick of cinnamon orsome lemon or orange juicr. Sugar is not required, as slow cooking brings out the rich fruit sugar in Sunswect Prunes. If sugar added, however, put it in aflrrihc prunes arccooled but while still hot so the sugar will dissolv e. Send for Recipe Packet I housands of housewives the nation over hve found new delights and new economies in our Sunswect Recipe Packet. The recipes pre pared by a domestic scientist of national reputa tionare printed on summed iKps 5x3' so you vin paste them in your scrapbook or on recipe filing cards for reference We'll send it gladly on request. Simply addres- Cm ikornia Prune & Apricot Growers Jm an jose, california-1 0,000 crower-mkm er1 I1NSWEET prunes Butler & Sergeant, Distributors, 27 So. Front St., Phila. 1 Hi l q i vfjj $' till I US ' 1 !lfl . SI A 1 mmmmmmmmmf Mmmmmw ' vSm m mmmmmr ' iffit mw I mm - aM H a I !tJra m f m zrr k . ' ' fdll JwmM "Aji1 - ii-irhj-- i ,. jff If YBR i ' I ' ml ( 'TMrWf mmmm
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