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Meals On Wheels | by Lou Willson, Olive Hoover



Meals on Wheels is a book which solves the problems of cooking in a trailer. The difficulties of cooking in small space are overcome by following the expert suggestions of these authors. The list of essential equipment will save you money and space. Complete menus, with recipes, are given for delightful meals that can be prepared in half an hour. Clear directions for candy making, picnic spreads and sandwiches are especially helpful. While specially designed for trailer home-making, Meals on Wheels, with its clever tricks and short-cuts in housekeeping, is a great help to those who do their cooking in kitchenettes.

TitleMeals On Wheels
AuthorLou Willson, Olive Hoover
PublisherModern Age Books
Year1937
Copyright1937, Lou Willson, Olive Hoover
AmazonLarousse Gastronomique
Meals On Wheels 1Meals On Wheels 2

A Cook Book For Trailers And Kitchenettes

With Decorations By Barbara Willson

Meals On Wheels 3

Lou Temple Willson has traveled most of her life. She was born in Nova Scotia, and visited most of Canada and the United States as a child, for her parents were Salvation Army evangelists and were sent touring across the continent. After her marriage, Mrs. Willson traveled in Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, China, India, Egypt and Europe, and has frequently added to her gypsy-like experience by living in a trailer. (Her husband is a trailer manufacturer.) Meals on Wheels is a direct result of her travel and food experience.

Olive Hoover is a former teacher of home economics and dietetics, an authority on food and its preparation, and has also known the problems and pleasures of living on wheels. On her expert knowledge of balanced diets and her innate good sense and practical experience, trailer homemakers may rely for the best possible guidance.

-Foreword
Wholesome food, well prepared, is a basic requirement in the lives of all of us, and the needs of the human body do not vary in this respect even when we go vacationing. The only real difference betwe...
-Preparation For The Trip. Cooking Equipment
A little forethought just before the trailer cook leaves on a trip goes a long way toward making her vacation enjoyable. Decide, if possible, on the amount of cooking to be done while in the trailer. ...
-Trailer Housekeeping
1. Be sure to buy a first aid kit at the drug store. Do take some salve to put on burns. Do not use butter as the salt is detrimental to healing. Buy some prepared adhesive bandage. A roll of one inch...
-Useful Facts For The Trailer Cook
Equivalent Weights and Measures 3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon. 4 tablespoons = 1/4 cup 16 tablespoons = 1 cup. 2 cups = 1 pint. 4 cups = 1 quart. 2 pints = 1 quart 4 quarts = 1 gallon 8 qu...
-The Emergency Shelf Or Preparing For The Unexpected
Every trailer should have one or two shelves stocked with canned goods. Give the emergency food supply careful thought and consideration before the trailer leaves home. It will take care of many a coo...
-The Emergency Shelf Or Preparing For The Unexpected. Continued
Trailer Staples Garry at least one each of the following staples. They are the ones that are usually out at the wrong time: Scouring powder. Soap powder or soap for dish washing. Soap powd...
-Salad Dressings
French Dressing 1 cup oil 1/3 cup lemon juice or vinegar 1/2 teaspoon paprika 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon powdered sugar Combine all ingredients, pour into a bottle and shake well before ea...
-Main Meals Off The Shelf
The following are menus designed for the trailer traveler who is on a short vacation. It will also help the trailer home-maker who wants a plan for a first rate and first aid food emergency shelf. ...
-Recipes For Main Meals Off The Shelf
Corned Beef With Poached Eggs 1 can corned beef 4 eggs 1 cup medium white sauce Slice corned beef and saute in fat in a frying pan. Poach eggs and place one on each slice of corned beef. Pour...
-Recipes For Main Meals Off The Shelf. Continued
Salmon A La King 1 small can mushrooms 3 tablespoons fat 3 tablespoons flour 1 small onion, minced 1 1/4 cups evaporated milk 1 cup water 1 egg yolk 1 can salmon 1/2 teaspoo...
-Recipes For Desserts Off The Shelf
Pineapple-Graham Loaf 1/2 cup butter 1 cup sugar 2 egg yolks 1 tablespoon cream 1 8-ounce can or 1 cup drained crushed pineapple 1/3 cup pineapple juice 2 egg whites, beaten stiff 2 ...
-Trailer Menus
The most difficult meal to plan when traveling in a trailer is the big meal of the day. Breakfast and lunch are simple, but when it comes to dinner or supper, whichever is the main meal, the trailer h...
-Tomatoes Filled With Shrimp Salad. Hot Cheese Biscuits Brussels Sprouts. Cantaloupe Ring With Raspberries
Routine: Peel tomatoes. Make filling. Stuff tomatoes and place in refrigerator. Clean and cook Brussels sprouts. Mix biscuits and bake. Prepare cantaloupe and clean berries. Put into refrigerator. ...
-Crab A La Newburg. Latticed Potatoes (Packaged) Mixed Green Salad. Huckleberry Or Blueberry Pudding
Routine: Prepare pudding earlier in the day. Prepare salad greens, place in bowl and put into refrigerator. Remove potatoes from package and warm. Make Crab a la Newburg. Huckleberry O...
-Sauerkraut Juice And Tomato Juice Cocktail. Poached Egg With Devilled Ham On Toast. Hashed Brown Potatoes Beet Relish. Sliced Bananas And Oranges With Custard Sauce. Brownies
Routine: Make custard sauce at breakfast time, put into covered jar and place into refrigerator. Blend sauerkraut juice and tomato juice to taste and put into refrigerator. Make beet relish, set in...
-Sauteed Lamb Chops With Glazed Pineapple. Corn On Cob Dandelion Green Salad. Stewed Rhubarb And Strawberry Pudding
Routine: Prepare the pudding. Clean dandelions and make dressing. Put water on for corn. Saute lamb chops. Cook the corn. Glaze pineapple. Pour hot dressing over dandelion greens. ...
-Tuna Fish Salad. Creamed Peas Lyonnaise Potatoes. Fresh Peach Shortcake
Routine: Shell peas and cook. Prepare salad. Prepare potatoes. Make peach shortcake. Tuna Fish Salad 1 small can tuna fish 2 hard cooked eggs, sliced 3 sweet pickles, chopped 1/2 cu...
-Hungarian Goulash. Hors D'Oeuvres Melba Toast. Apple Pie With Cheese
Routine: Make apple pie. Prepare goulash and cook. Arrange plate of hors d'oeuvres. Apple Pie Buy a good bakery pie, or prepare pastry as follows: 2 cups of pastry flour 1/2 cup sho...
-Assorted Cold Meats. Hot Potato Salad String Beans. Cantaloupe With Vanilla Ice Cream
Routine: Bring salted water to a boil. Cook beans. Make salad. Arrange salad and cold meat on a platter. Wash, cut cantaloupes in half, scoop out seeds and place in refrigerator. Assorted Co...
-Cream Of Asparagus Soup. Salad Plate Assorted Crackers. Strawberry Shortcake
Routine: Prepare strawberries and place in refrigerator. Open can of soup, place on stove. Prepare shortcake and bake. Assemble salad plates. Heat the soup. Make shortcakes. Crea...
-Cream Of Tomato Soup. Fruit Salad In Cottage Cheese Ring. Hot Clover Leaf Rolls
Routine: Prepare cottage cheese ring earlier in the day. Prepare roll dough earlier in the day. Make rolls and set to rise one and one half hours before dinner. Prepare fruit and finish salad. Bake...
-Creamed Dried Beef With Mushrooms. Sauteed Summer Squash. Sliced Tomato Salad. Angel Food Or Sponge Cake With Orange Cream Sauce
Routine: Prepare orange cream sauce. Parboil summer squash. Prepare dried beef with mushrooms. Prepare salad. Saut6 summer squash. Sliced Tomato Salad 3 tomatoes lettuce Frenc...
-Sauteed Calves' Liver With Bacon. Creamed Celery. Macedoine Of Vegetables. Boston Cooler
Routine: Cut up celery and cook. Prepare salad, set in refrigerator. Prepare and cook liver and bacon. Cream celery. Creamed Celery Cut up enough celery into one inch piece...
-Chicken A La King. Buttered Asparagus Congealed Carrot And Pineapple Salad. Strawberry Pie
Routine: Make salad earlier in the day. Bake pie shell earlier in the day. Arrange salad and keep in refrigerator until ready to serve. Clean asparagus and cook. Finish strawberry pie. ...
-Sauteed Frogs' Legs With Tartar Sauce. Buttered Cabbage Cheese Dumplings. Apple Crumble
Routine: Prepare apple crumble earlier in the day to avoid heating trailer at dinner time. Make Tartar sauce. Cook the cabbage. Saute the frogs' legs. Heat tomato soup. Drop dumplings into soup. ...
-Welsh Rarebit With Bacon. Perfection Salad. Lemon Bread Pudding
Routine: Prepare pudding earlier in the day, if possible. This prevents heating trailer at dinner time. Prepare Perfection Salad earlier also. Assemble salad. Prepare rarebit with bacon. Welsh ...
-Fried Chicken Country Style. Riced Potatoes. Cucumber Jelly With Radishes. Chocolate Junket
Routine: Prepare salad earlier in the day. Prepare junket. Peel and cook potatoes. Prepare and cook chicken. Assemble salad, keep in refrigerator until ready to serve. Rice potatoes. ...
-Beef In Sour Cream. Tomato Aspic. Buttered Beet Greens. Fresh Blueberries With Orange Cookies
Routine: Prepare tomato aspic earlier in the day. Prepare cookies earlier in the day. Wash blueberries, sugar and chill. Bake cookies. Prepare beet greens. Prepare beef. Orange Refrigerator Coo...
-Chop Suey. Rice Endive And Beet Salad. Canned Apricots With Date Kisses
Routine: Mix and bake kisses; early, preferably. Open canned apricots and place in refrigerator. Boil the rice and when cooked, drain and set in oven to steam dry. Prepare ingredients for chop s...
-Baked Stuffed Fish. Mustard Pickle Creamed Spinach. Fresh Raspberries And Cream
Routine: Prepare fish and bake. Clean spinach and cook. Clean raspberries and put into refrigerator. Cream spinach. Baked Stuffed Fish Scale, clean and wash one two-pound fish and w...
-Curry Of Veal. Noodles Orange, Prune And Cream Cheese Salad. Canned Apple Sauce With Cream. Vanilla Wafers
Routine: Put water on for noodles. Drop them in when water boils. Prepare curry but do not cook. Prepare salad, set in refrigerator. Open can of apple sauce, put into sauce dishes and sprinkl...
-Ham Loaf. Broiled Bananas Succotash. Head Lettuce, Thousand Island Dressing. Gingerbread With Lemon Sauce
Routine: Prepare ham loaf and put in oven to bake. Prepare succotash (corn and string beans). Make Thousand Island Dressing. Make lemon sauce. Broil bananas. Gingerbread may be purchased at bakery ...
-Baked Savory Omelet. Buttered Spinach. Grapefruit And Avocado Salad. Rice Dainty
Routine: Prepare rice dainty and place in refrigerator. Prepare savory omelet and bake. Cook spinach. Prepare salad. Savory Omelet 3 rounded tablespoons butter 3 rounded tablespoons flour 1 ...
-Small Meat Loaf. Baked Potatoes Combination Salad. Fresh Grapes And Pears
Routine: Put meat loaf together and place in oven to bake. Scrub potatoes. Place around loaf tin of meat. Prepare salad, marinate and place in refrigerator. Wash grapes and pears; chill. Small ...
-Sauteed Bass With Tartar Sauce. Potato Chips Creamed Lima Beans. Baked Custard
Routine: Prepare custard and bake. Shell lima beans or open canned beans. Prepare fish and saute. Make Tartar sauce. Place potato chips in warmed oven after custard has been taken out. Hea...
-Fish Souffle. Stewed Corn And Tomatoes. Cucumber And Lettuce Salad. Canned Fig Pudding With Foamy Sauce
Routine: Prepare souffle and put into oven. Prepare corn and tomatoes. Heat just before serving. Prepare salad. Make Foamy Sauce. Heat fig pudding. Fish Souffle 1 cup flaked cann...
-Breaded Veal Steak. Browned New Potatoes. Asparagus Salad Vinaigrette. Mixed Fruit Compote With Store Macaroons
Routine: Bread the veal and set aside until ready to cook. Scrape and put small new potatoes on to boil. Open canned fruit for compote and arrange in individual glasses. Assemble asparagus salad...
-Codfish Balls With Egg Sauce. Baked Stuffed Tomatoes. Molded Cabbage Salad. Fresh Or Canned Pineapple And Peanut Cookies
Routine: Molded cabbage salad should be made early in the day. Slice off enough peanut cookies for dinner and bake on a cookie sheet. While cookies are baking, prepare tomatoes and bake. Boil eggs for...
-Cheese Souffle With Currant Jelly. Hot String Bean Salad Eggplant Sticks. Cup Cakes With Hot Fruit Sauce
Routine: Prepare souffle and put to bake. Prepare string beans and cook. Make eggplant sticks. Make sauce for cakes. Finish preparing beans. Saute the eggplant. Cheese Souffle 3 tables...
-Peppers Stuffed With Corned Beef Hash. Buttered Young Onions And Carrots. Mixed Pickles And Green Olives. Chocolate Meringue Pie
Routine: Make pie earlier in the day. Parboil peppers. Prepare vegetables for cooking and set on to boil. Stuff peppers and bake. Stuffed Green Peppers 1 can corned beef hash ...
-Roast Leg Of Lamb, Mint Jelly. Browned Potatoes Buttered Peas. Assorted Cheese And Crackers. Bowl Of Grapes, Tangerines And Tart Apples
Routine: Put roast into oven. One hour before roast is ready, place peeled potatoes around it. Open canned peas and put into pan to heat, or if fresh peas are used drop shelled peas into vigorously...
-Scalloped Potatoes With Ham. Harvard Beets Raw Carrot Salad. Fresh Oxheart Cherries. Crackers And Cheese
Routine: Prepare potato dish and set in oven to bake. Make sauce for the beets and put in the cubed beets. Shred carrots. Put on individual lettuce nests, sprinkle with salt, garnish with mayonn...
-Spanish Lamb. Julienne Potato Chips. Sour Cream Slaw With Celery Hearts. Warm Mixed Stewed Fruits With Hard Sauce
Routine: Stew the fruits which have been soaked according to directions on each package. Prepare Spanish lamb and put into oven. Mix salad and put into refrigerator. Make hard sauce. Reheat package po...
-Frankfurters Stuffed With Potatoes. Creamed Onions Wilted Lettuce. Orange Boston Pie
Routine: Peel and cook potatoes and mash. Peel and cook onions. Prepare filling for pie and cool. Prepare frankfurters and put into oven. Finish making Orange Boston Pie. Make wilted lettuce. C...
-Stuffed Boiled Ham Rolls. Candied Sweet Potatoes With Pecans. Orange And Bermuda Onion Salad. Prune Sponge
Routine: Prepare prune sponge early in the day. Prepare candied sweet potatoes with pecans and bake. Prepare salad, set in refrigerator until ready to serve. Prepare stuffed ham rolls. Prune Sp...
-Pork Chops With Tomato Sauce. Corn Pudding. Dill Pickles And Ripe Olives. Chilled Grapefruit And Ginger Snaps
Routine: Prepare chops and cook. Prepare corn pudding and bake. Open can of grapefruit or prepare fresh grapefruit, and chill. Pork Chops With Tomato Sauce 4 pork chops, one inch thick 1 ...
-Salmon Puff With Tomato Sauce. Buttered Broccoli. Congealed Beet Salad. Cherry Pudding
Routine: Prepare salad earlier in the day. Prepare salmon puff and bake. Cook broccoli. Heat cherries. Heat tomato soup for the salmon puff. Make dumplings and drop into cherry mixture....
-Fricassee Of Rabbit With Biscuit And Gravy. Eggplant Casserole. Grapefruit And Canned Pear Salad. Chocolate Ice Box Cake
Routine: Make ice box cake and cover the top with waxed paper. The cream should be whipped and put into covered container. Place both in refrigerator. If possible, prepare these immediately after brea...
-City Chicken Legs. Creamed Peas And Potatoes. Cranberry Relish. Butterscotch Apples
Routine: Open canned baked apples or bake fresh apples. Prepare the City Chicken Legs, brown in butter and set to simmering. Peel potatoes, shell the peas (or open canned peas) and cook. Make relis...
-Lamb Croquettes. Baked Tomatoes Buttered Beet Greens. Raw Carrot Sticks. Melba Peaches
Routine: Make cream sauce. Add minced lamb and set to cool. Clean and put beet greens on to boil. Prepare tomatoes for baking. Make Melba peaches. Bake tomatoes. Make carrot sticks. ...
-Chilled Grapefruit Juice. Roast Beef With Carrots And Onions. Devilled Egg, Celery Hearts And Watercress Salad. Chocolate Pudding With Whipped Cream
Routine: Place roast in oven to bake. Put eggs on to boil. Make chocolate pudding. Peel onions and carrots. Make salad. Roast Beef With Onions And Carrots 3 pounds rolled rib roast 12 sma...
-Veal Birds. Cauliflower With Cheese Sauce. Lettuce With French Dressing. Cherry Whip
Routine: Make Cherry Whip and put into refrigerator. Prepare dressing for the veal birds; finish birds, and let them simmer. Cook cauliflower. Cut lettuce, place in refrigerator. Make cheese sauce ...
-Panned Pheasant. Creamed Carrots Escalloped Apples With Onions. Lettuce With Roquefort Dressing. Lemon Chiffon Pudding. Oatmeal Drop Cookies
Routine: Dessert and cookies should be made after breakfast if possible. Prepare escalloped apples and onions and put in oven to bake. Scrape carrots, slice and cook. Prepare pheasant, brown ...
-Pork Tenderloin Baked With Sweet Potatoes. Cinnamon Apples Creole Celery. Chocolate Spanish Cream
Routine: Prepare chocolate gelatin. Prepare meat dish. Prepare creole celery. Make cinnamon apples. Chocolate Spanish Cream 1 cup hot milk 3/4 cup cold milk 1/2 cup sugar pinch of salt 2 ...
-Picnics
What opportunities for outdoor picnics the family has when traveling in a trailer! Instead of eating in the trailer the usual way, why not set up a card table outside? Dish up the dinner inside, and l...
-Picnics. Continued
Picnic No. 3 Fruit Salad * Nut Bread Sandwiches. Watercress and Lettuce Sandwiches. Stuffed Celery * Ripe Olives. Hot Cream of Asparagus Soup * Fruit Salad Take along canned f...
-Picnics To Assemble Partly Outdoors
Picnic No. 1 Half and Half in Vacuum Jug * Broiled Steak Sandwiches * with Cliff House Sauce * Devilled Egg Salad Raw Carrot Sticks. Fresh Strawberries and Sugar * Hot Coffee in Vacuum ...
-Picnics To Assemble Partly Outdoors. No. 2
Picnic No. 2 Western Sandwiches * Pickles Olives. Fresh Fruits. Frosted Chocolate Cookies * Picnic Coffee * Frosted Chocolate Cookies 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup butter 1 ...
-Picnics To Assemble Partly Outdoors. No. 3
Picnic No. 3 Supreme Hamburger Sandwiches * Sliced Tomatoes. Rhubarb Pie with Cheese * Hot Coffee in Vacuum Bottle. Supreme Hamburger Sandwiches 8 hamburger patties for 4 persons...
-Picnics To Assemble Partly Outdoors. No. 4
Picnic No. 4 Pan Fried Fish and Tartar Sauce * Slaw Potato Chips. Butterscotch Brownies * or: Toasted Marshmallows. Hot Coffee in Vacuum Bottle. Pan Fried Fish, Tartar Sauce B...
-Picnics To Assemble Partly Outdoors. No. 5
Picnic No. 5 Fried Corn Meal Mush * Frizzled Bacon. Raspberries and Cream * Hot Chocolate in Vacuum Bottle. Iced Coffee * Fried Corn Meal Mush 2 cups water 1 teaspoon salt ...
-Picnics To Assemble Partly Outdoors. No. 6
Picnic No. 6 Oysters en Brochette * Camp Fried Potatoes * Pickled Beets and Onions. Peach Shortcakes * Chilled Tomato Juice in Vacuum Jug. Hot Coffee in Vacuum Bottle. Oysters En Br...
-Picnic Sandwiches
Making Sandwiches The crusts, as a rule, remain on the bread for picnic or lunch-box sandwiches. The bread should be cut fairly thin - not over one half inch. If the crusts are removed the sandwich...
-Candies
The cooked candies, for which recipes and directions are given in this chapter, are easily prepared and always prove popular. Several uncooked candy recipes are included as well. These can be prepared...
-Fish
Quantity Per Person One should allow at least a solid third of a pound per person. If the portions are estimated from a whole fish, allow one half of a pound for each one. To Scale A Fish ...
-Fish Sauces
Suggested Sauces For Boiled Fish Egg Sauce 1 cup medium white sauce 1 sieved hard cooked egg Combine the two ingredients, season and serve hot with fish. Bechamel sauce 1/2 cup of b...







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