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Foods that will win the war

1918

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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.
Stir rice in milk. Let stand one-half hour. Add other ingredients, having dissolved soda in one tablespoon cold water. CORNMEAL WAFFLES 4 cup cornmeal 4 cup corn syrup + cup flour ‘1 egg 4 teaspoon salt 1 pint milk 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 tablespoon fatCornmeal Waffles Cook cornmeal and milk in double boiler 10 minutes. Sift dry ingredients. Add milk, cornmeal; beaten yolks; fat, beaten whites. CORNMEAL AND RYE WAFFLES 1 cup rye flour 4 teaspoons baking powder $ cup cornmeal 1 tablespoon melted fat 1 teaspoon salt 2 eggs 14 cups milkCornmeal and Rye Waffles Sift dry ingredients... Add beaten yolks added to milk. Add fat and stiffly beaten whites. If waffles are not crisp add more liquid. AND HOW TO COOK THEM 29 Each Food Shown is Equivalent in Protein to the Platter of Meat in the Center of the Picture. SAVE MEAT Reasons Why Our Government Has Asked Us to Save Meat with Practical Recipes for Meat Conservation S a nation we eat and waste 80 per cent. more meat than we require to maintain health. This state- ment, recently issued by the United States Food Administration, is appalling when we consider that there is a greater demand for meat in the world to-day than ever before, coupled with a greatly decreased production. The increase in the demand for meat and animal products is due to the stress of the war. Millions of men are on the fighting line doing hard physical labor, and require a larger food allowance than when they were civilians. To meet the demand for meat and to save their grains, our Allies have been compelled to kill upward of thirty-three million head of their stock animals, and they have thus stifled their animal production. This was burning the 30 FOODS THAT WILL WIN THE WAR candle at both ends, and they now face increased demand handicapped by decreased production. America must fill the breach. Not only must we meet the present increased demand, but we must be prepared as the war advances to meet an even greater demand for this most necessary food. The way out of this serious situation is first to reduce meat consumption to the amount really needed and then to learn to use other foods that will supply the food element which is found in meat. This element is called protein, and we depend upon it to build and repair body tissues. Although most persons believe that protein can only be obtained from meat, it is found in many other foods, such as milk, skim milk, cheese, cottage cheese, poultry, eggs, fish, dried peas, beans, cow peas, lentils and nuts. For instance, pound for pound, salmon, either fresh or canned, equals round steak in protein content; cream cheese contains one-quarter more protein and three times as much fat; peanuts (hulled) one-quarter more protein and three and a half times as much fat; beans (dried) a little more protein and one-fifth as much fat; eggs (one dozen) about the same in protein and one-half more fat. It is our manifest duty to learn how to make the best use of these foods in order to save beef, pork and mutton, to be shipped across the sea. This means that the house- keeper has before her the task of training the family pal- ate to accept new food preparations. Training the family palate is not easy, because bodies that have grown accus- tomed to certain food combinations find it difficult to get along without them, and rebel at a change. If these habits of diet are suddenly disturbed we may upset diges- tion, as well as create a feeling of dissatisfaction which is equally harmful to physical well-bemg. The wise housekeeper will therefore make her changes gradually. In reducing meat in the diet of a family that has been AND HOW TO COOK THEM 31