THE WEEK'S MEALS FOR 27s.
For Two Adults and Three Children
By EMELIE WALLER
SHOPPING LIST FOR FIRST WEEK
6d.
GROCERIES s.
d.
MILK s.
d.
2 lb. Sugar
14 pts (2 pts per day) 3
6
(afternoon - tea
cubes, small size
makes them
EGGS s.
d.
economical)
6
12 Eggs (new-laid,
1 lb. Demerara Sugar
2*
imported) 1
3
| lb. Castor Sugar
2 lb. Butter i
6
1 lb. Cheese
8
MEAT s.
d.
3 lb. Bacon, Flank i 4 lb. Flour 2 lb. Rolled Oats
4i
8
4 lb. Rolled Backribs of Beef 2 1J lb. Breast of Lamb
0
(enough for 2 weeks)
5
or Mutton
f,
\ lb. Corn-flour | lb. Macaroni
2
1 lb. Pig's Fry 1 lb. Beef Suet
8 6
1 lb. Pearl-barley
0
(enough for 2 or 3 wks)
2|
3
0
\ lb. Haricot Beans
l|
1 lb. Syrup
4t
1 lb. Jam
7
FISH
d-
\ lb. Prunes
3
11 lb. Fresh Herrings (5)
1\
4 oz Currants
1*
4 oz Sultanas 4 oz Mixed Peel
Ğl
VEGETABLES & FRUIT
(enough for 2 weeks) 2 oz Mixed Spice (enough for 4 weeks)
2 a*
s. 14 lb. Potatoes 1 Onions
d.
0
4l
Salt, Pepper, Mustard Vinegar
24 2
Carrots Other Vegetables (for
4
Baking-powder Marmite
1
Sun., Brussels Sprouts 3d.; Mon.,
(enough for 4 weeks) \ lb. Tea
10 10
Lettuce 2d., Watercress id. ; Wed.,
\ lb. Cocoa
Q
Parsnips 2d. ; Fri.,
Cauliflower 3d.; Mixed Herbs or
10
4i
BREAD s.
d.
Sage id.) 1
0
10J Loaves per week
3 lb. Cooking Apples
6
(7 cottage, 3J whole-
5 Oranges
5
meal) 3
6
3
7i
Allowance for *Marmalade (enough for 6 weeks) 1 ild.
Totals £1 7s. 6d.
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