I530 The Cornell Reading-Courses 



Refreshments. — Appropriate refreshments for this meeting are thin slices 

 of cold veal loaf, pork loaf, or salmon loaf, served with bread and 

 butter; a tart jelly or pickle; coffee; and dates stuffed with peanuts 

 or with dairy cheese. 



meat 



Roll call. — Each member should respond with the name of the cut of meat 

 from which she obtains the most satisfactory return for the money 

 expended, and the present price of it per pound. 



Paper. — The selection, the care, and the cooking of meat, with especial 

 emphasis on the treatment of the tougher cuts, particularly tough 

 steak 



References 



Foods and household management, p. 209-221. Kinne and Cooley 



Any good cookbook 



Economical use of meat in the home. U. S. Dept. Agr. Farmers' 

 bulletin 391 



Market classes and grades of meat. University of Illinois. Bul- 

 letin 147 



Relative economy, composition and nutritive value of the various 

 cuts of beef . University of Illinois. Bulletin 158 



Paper. — The sanitary market 

 Suggestive outline 



1. Conditions under which a careful housekeeper would like to 



have meats marketed 



2. Market conditions that could be insisted on by the housekeeper 



3. The accepted requirements of a sanitary market as shown by 



a study of sanitary score cards 



4. Local sanitary standards of food distribution that have been 



established by groups of women 



5. Outline of a practicable plan by which women and local dealers 



could cooperate in establishing sanitary market conditions 

 Reference 



The pure food victory won by the women of Grand Forks. Kath- 

 arine G. Leonard. The American city, June, 19 13 



Score cards for use in judging provision stores may be obtained 

 from the boards of health of most large cities and from the Housewives' 

 League, New York City. Several popular magazines publish articles 

 regularly concerning the work of club women for town betterment. The 

 Women's Municipal League of Boston publishes reports on its successful 

 methods of market inspection. The following is a specimen sanitary 

 score card: 



