Mix ingredients in order given and bake
in moderate oven 30 to 40 minutes.
Corn Meal Muffins
Yellow or white com meal
I cup cooked rice
3 teaspoons baking powder
I teaspoon salt
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2 tablespoons sugar
Milk to make smooth batter
I tablespoon cooking oil✪ Corn Meal Muffins
Proceed as above.
Baking Powder Biscuits
iy2 cup barley flour
y2 cup wheat flour
1 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
2 tablespoons Crisco
Milk to moisten✪ Baking Powder Biscuits
Mix dry ingredients thoroughly; add milk;
roll slightly on board ; cut in rounds, and bake
in moderately hot oven.
War Time Pie Crust
I cup barley flour
y2 cup wheat flour
I teaspoon salt
y2 teaspoon baking powder
y^ cup Crisco
Water to moisten✪ War Time Pie Crust
Proceed as for ordinary pie crust, only
don't roll too thin or crust will break.
Oatmeal Bread
I qt. rolled oats
I qt. barley flour
I
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I qt. wheat flour
I qt. boiling water
54 qt. tepid water
I yeast cake
I tablespoon salt
3 tablespoons molasses
I tablespoon cooking oil✪ Oatmeal Bread
Pour the boiling water on the rolled oats;
add molasses and oil and salt; stir and allow
to cool. Dissolve yeast cake in tepid water
and add to the oats; add barley flour and
wheat flour and mix thoroughly; allow to
raise; mix thoroughly; put in bread tins;
allow to raise again; bake in moderate oven
forty to fifty minutes.
Don't be alarmed if the dough is too soft to
handle; put into tins with a spoon. The fin-
ished product is delicious.
Corn Pone
I cup yellow corn meal
I teaspoon salt
Boiling water to moisten✪ Corn Pone
Mix thoroughly and spread on cake tin
and bake in hot oven till crisp; or grease
griddle and cook on top of stove in spoon-
fuls, turning when one side is crisp. Serve
piping hot with jelly.
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MENUS FOR MEATLESS DAYS
No. I
Luncheon
Potato soup
Cottage cheese salad
Barley muffins
Dinner
Stuffed green peppers (II)
Canned asparagus salad
Baked potatoes
Oatmeal bread
Brown Betty
No. 2
Luncheon
Baked bean rarebit
Potato salad
Oatmeal bread
Dinner
Scrapple (II)
Cold slaw
Creamed potatoes
Chocolate cornstarch pudding
No. 3
Luncheon
Oatmeal soup
Corn pone
Baked custard
ABINGDON WAR-FOOD BOOK 55
Dinner
Creamed eggs
Baked potatoes
String beans
Corn flour cake with stewed fruit
No. 4
Luncheon
Tomato rice
Barley biscuit
Pears and cream cheese salad
Dinner
Cream tomato soup
Cabbage au gratin
Baked potatoes
White corn meal muffins
Chocolate bread pudding
No. 5
Luncheon
Vegetable salad
Cocoa
Strawberry shortcake
Dinner
Baked peanuts
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Carrot and pea salad
Stewed celery in white sauce
Yellow cornmeal muffins
Apple tapioca pudding
No. 6
Luncheon
Baked rice with cheese
Cocoa
Barley muffins
Stewed fruit
Dinner
Corn chowder
Mock Indian pudding
Tomato gelatin salad
No. 7
Luncheon
Baked split peas
Corn pone
Coffee gelatin
Dinner
Dried lima bean rarebit
Vegetable salad
Fried potatoes
Rice with fig sauce
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No. 8
Luncheon
Vegetable soup
Oatmeal cakes
Sliced oranges and bananas
Dinner
Stuffed green peppers (I)
Cauliflower
Potatoes au gratin
Cornstarch pudding with strawberry sauce
No. 9
Luncheon
Baked eggs
Cup cakes
Cocoa
Apple sauce
Dinner
Baked macaroni with cheese
Yellow cornmeal muffins
Glazed sweet potatoes
Pears and cream cheese salad
No. ID
Luncheon
Scrapple (III)
Potato salad
Barley muffins
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Presented as published in 1918. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Mix ingredients in order given and bake in moderate oven 30 to 40 minutes.
Corn Meal Muffins
Yellow or white com meal I cup cooked rice
3 teaspoons baking powder I teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
Milk to make smooth batter I tablespoon cooking oil Proceed as above.
Baking Powder Biscuits
iy2 cup barley flour y2 cup wheat flour
1 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
2 tablespoons Crisco Milk to moisten
Mix dry ingredients thoroughly; add milk; roll slightly on board ; cut in rounds, and bake in moderately hot oven.
War Time Pie Crust
I cup barley flour y2 cup wheat flour I teaspoon salt y2 teaspoon baking powder y^ cup Crisco Water to moisten
Proceed as for ordinary pie crust, only don't roll too thin or crust will break.
Oatmeal Bread
I qt. rolled oats I qt. barley flour
I qt. wheat flour
I qt. boiling water
54 qt. tepid water
I yeast cake
I tablespoon salt
3 tablespoons molasses
I tablespoon cooking oil
Pour the boiling water on the rolled oats; add molasses and oil and salt; stir and allow to cool. Dissolve yeast cake in tepid water and add to the oats; add barley flour and wheat flour and mix thoroughly; allow to raise; mix thoroughly; put in bread tins; allow to raise again; bake in moderate oven forty to fifty minutes.
Don't be alarmed if the dough is too soft to handle; put into tins with a spoon. The finished product is delicious.
Corn Pone
I cup yellow corn meal
I teaspoon salt
Boiling water to moisten
Mix thoroughly and spread on cake tin and bake in hot oven till crisp; or grease griddle and cook on top of stove in spoonfuls, turning when one side is crisp. Serve piping hot with jelly.
MENUS FOR MEATLESS DAYS No. I Luncheon Potato soup Cottage cheese salad Barley muffins
Dinner Stuffed green peppers (II) Canned asparagus salad Baked potatoes Oatmeal bread Brown Betty
No. 2 Luncheon Baked bean rarebit Potato salad Oatmeal bread
Dinner Scrapple (II) Cold slaw Creamed potatoes Chocolate cornstarch pudding
No. 3 Luncheon Oatmeal soup Corn pone Baked custard
Dinner Creamed eggs Baked potatoes String beans Corn flour cake with stewed fruit
No. 4
Luncheon Tomato rice Barley biscuit Pears and cream cheese salad
Dinner
Cream tomato soup Cabbage au gratin Baked potatoes White corn meal muffins Chocolate bread pudding
No. 5
Luncheon
Vegetable salad
Cocoa
Strawberry shortcake
Dinner Baked peanuts
Carrot and pea salad Stewed celery in white sauce Yellow cornmeal muffins Apple tapioca pudding
No. 6
Luncheon
Baked rice with cheese
Cocoa
Barley muffins
Stewed fruit
Dinner Corn chowder Mock Indian pudding Tomato gelatin salad
No. 7
Luncheon
Baked split peas Corn pone Coffee gelatin
Dinner
Dried lima bean rarebit Vegetable salad Fried potatoes Rice with fig sauce
No. 8 Luncheon
Vegetable soup Oatmeal cakes Sliced oranges and bananas
Dinner Stuffed green peppers (I) Cauliflower Potatoes au gratin Cornstarch pudding with strawberry sauce
No. 9 Luncheon Baked eggs Cup cakes Cocoa Apple sauce
Dinner
Baked macaroni with cheese Yellow cornmeal muffins Glazed sweet potatoes Pears and cream cheese salad
No. ID Luncheon Scrapple (III) Potato salad Barley muffins
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