There is not a word so much misused in cooking as the word economy.
Prejudice comes for a large share in the use of it.
How many things are thrown away, or wasted by mere prejudice or
ignorance!
It is often from economy that a woman washes meat, because some part of
it does not look clean. Instead of washing it, do not buy it; or, if
bought, cut off a thin slice and throw it away: it is more economical
than washing the whole piece, which you partly destroy by the process.
It is with a view to economy, that an old, bad custom prevails of
boiling coffee. What an economy of sending the best part of the coffee
(the aroma) to the attic, and the rest to the dining-room. A bad drink
can be made cheaper with many things than with coffee.
Tea is also boiled with an eye to economy.