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March 5, 1926
Southwest Washington Labor Press
Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, Washington
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Article by Meta H. Given on the emergency pantry, a shelf stocked with canned goods to quickly prepare meals for surprise guests, enabling efficient hospitality without last-minute shopping.
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Emergency
Pantry
Meets
Home Need
By META H. GIVEN
(Home Economist.)
Efficiency and economy go hand in hand in the home as well as in the business world.
The emergency pantry, latest innovation in the cuisine of the modern housewife, is particularly indicative of the truth of this statement.
This new sort of pantry—it may just be a shelf in the regular larder—does away with that bugaboo of the home maker, the surprise guest.
Every woman has had the experience of welcoming an unexpected visitor when supplies were at low ebb and has searched high and low to find something presentable to put on the table. The emergency shelf in the pantry does away with such worries in short order.
A can opener and presto—a veritable banquet can be prepared in a few minutes. The housewife may have her choice of many excellent meats, corn, tomatoes, mushrooms. If she is short of milk or cream, a can of evaporated milk, which is simply fresh cow's milk sterilized in the can and with sixty per cent of the water removed will do the trick. In fact she may have two hundred or more savory dishes ready to her hand.
When the surprise guest does arrive the hostess naturally wishes to be hospitable. She doesn't want to be tied to the kitchen range half the afternoon. She wants to entertain as she has been entertained.
It isn't possible if she has to phone frantically for the butcher, the grocer and the baker.
But that's only one of the places where the emergency pantry comes in. Backed by a well-stocked emergency shelf, the wife can get together a splendid luncheon or dinner in a jiffy. The spontaneous wish that comes at the last moment to informally invite a few friends for lunch can be gratified at once with the aid of the new pantry.
Afternoon tea for the bridge club is an equally easy matter. A glass of preserves or jelly, a platter of bread and butter, tea, and a dish of cookies will meet the ordinary demands of the casual caller and a can of evaporated milk will answer the milk or cream need.
Pantry
Meets
Home Need
By META H. GIVEN
(Home Economist.)
Efficiency and economy go hand in hand in the home as well as in the business world.
The emergency pantry, latest innovation in the cuisine of the modern housewife, is particularly indicative of the truth of this statement.
This new sort of pantry—it may just be a shelf in the regular larder—does away with that bugaboo of the home maker, the surprise guest.
Every woman has had the experience of welcoming an unexpected visitor when supplies were at low ebb and has searched high and low to find something presentable to put on the table. The emergency shelf in the pantry does away with such worries in short order.
A can opener and presto—a veritable banquet can be prepared in a few minutes. The housewife may have her choice of many excellent meats, corn, tomatoes, mushrooms. If she is short of milk or cream, a can of evaporated milk, which is simply fresh cow's milk sterilized in the can and with sixty per cent of the water removed will do the trick. In fact she may have two hundred or more savory dishes ready to her hand.
When the surprise guest does arrive the hostess naturally wishes to be hospitable. She doesn't want to be tied to the kitchen range half the afternoon. She wants to entertain as she has been entertained.
It isn't possible if she has to phone frantically for the butcher, the grocer and the baker.
But that's only one of the places where the emergency pantry comes in. Backed by a well-stocked emergency shelf, the wife can get together a splendid luncheon or dinner in a jiffy. The spontaneous wish that comes at the last moment to informally invite a few friends for lunch can be gratified at once with the aid of the new pantry.
Afternoon tea for the bridge club is an equally easy matter. A glass of preserves or jelly, a platter of bread and butter, tea, and a dish of cookies will meet the ordinary demands of the casual caller and a can of evaporated milk will answer the milk or cream need.
What sub-type of article is it?
Household Advice
Practical Guide
What keywords are associated?
Emergency Pantry
Housewife
Surprise Guests
Canned Goods
Hospitality
Efficiency
What entities or persons were involved?
Meta H. Given
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Key Persons
Meta H. Given
Story Details
The emergency pantry is a stocked shelf with canned goods like meats, vegetables, and evaporated milk, allowing housewives to quickly prepare meals for unexpected guests or spontaneous gatherings without last-minute errands.