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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1943
Page
29
A wartime household outlines a weekly meal plan using red and blue ration stamps. It details point totals for beef, margarine, butter, cheese, and processed foods, and projects a Sunday meat loaf dinner with mushroom sauce and sides. The plan notes a 15 point Sunday balance and forecasts purchases, including a 2 pound steak for next Sunday and butter/margarine timing, plus a breakfast and Sunday dessert preparation.
Instructions detail pan frying pork chops then simmering in a covered pan, followed by a flour and mustard gravy. Also includes recipes for ripe strawberry jam and ripe sweet cherry jam with steps for crushing fruit, boiling, adding pectin, and canning.
Government tested menu outlines eight point meat loaf to yield dinner for four and cold slices for next day lunch. Includes two meat loaf variants with stuffing and a second preparation using buttered bread crumbs and vegetables. Also notes other meals like lamb stew bean cheese casserole and fowl from government experts to maximize daily seven food groups.
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