New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-22
POPCORN AS A FOOD
A DOMESTIC SCIENCE TEACHER SINGS
ITS PRAISES-FLOUR AND CEREALS.

Popcorn is one OF the best foods we have; peo-
pie don't begin appreciate its value said Mrs.
Mary d Chambers, in the course OF lecture on
cereals 10 a class Of women in domestic science
at the Library Building in Brooklyn yesterday.
And then, seeing the surprise the faces Of the
women before her, she went on: Let your chill
dren eat all the popcorn they want. It contains
valuable oil, has high calorihc power. and is
mostly starch cooked thoroughly by high pressure
Of steam
Where does the steam come FROM" and Are
popcorn balls good food them" asked two stu
dents at once
Popcorn said the lecturer tackling the first
question first. lis made of with a great eX-
cess of water in it. surrounded by tough en-
velope. All the time the corn is in the pepper
this water and the heat from the fire combine TO
form steam When the pressure of the steam gets
so high the skin can't resist it any longer. it
bursts and the is ready to eat AS for corn
balls they a very good food only little salt
sprinkled them is better than sugar mo-
Iasses.
The trouble with cereals as a food is that they
are deficient in fats-that's why put cream on
them. Don't believe what the manufacturers put
on their labels about the time necessary for cook
ing the different oatmeals The three-minute oat-
meals never need less than half hour"
I'VE cook ours all night" put in a slight woman
win mink hat We put it over the gas range
in a double kettle the last thing before we go TO
bed and the next morning it Is delicious
L make my breakfast of cereal and fruit" said
a small woman with eyeglasses, VINO had Deeh
taking notes ndustriously. is that a good break
fast?'
Capital" said Mrs Chambers. only you ought
to eat the cereal first and the fruit aferward. The
stomach is in better condition do its work If 1t
is first stimulated with the cereal. followed by
fruit. The ideal breakfast begins with cereal or
toast; next the proteine food-eggs, meat or fish
last fruit. At the big hotels many people will be
seen to set aside their fruit till the last of the
meal. Some people feel they can't eat breakfast
without first having had something acid, but this
is an unnatural taste. 1 should think. however,
that if one had only light luncheon at noon one
would get pretty hungry before dinner on break
My family insist toast with their oatmeal
remarked woman who had not spoken before.
tTOoo. Then there wouldn't be any doubt about
mastlcating the oatmeal enough. \ New-EngIand
habt-toast with cereal-Isn't it, asked Mrs,
chambers. And the woman had to acknowledge
that her husband was a Down Easter.
Modern white Hour, went on the lecturer, rep
ton has brought about retrogression. Every
knows that modern flour is neither so wholesome
its manufacture is the result of the most scientific
ana skllful processes Bakers bread is so taste
wheat flour represents the revolt from this sarchy
food but people are divided as TO its merits era
ham -four is simply bran added To the ordinary
white flour, and it is said that the -four is the
cheapest and bran the sweepings OF entire
wheat. The poor teeth of the present generation
are attributed to the miserable flour we eat"
Don't you think cutting of the crusts from
poor teeth" suggested large, motherly looking
Yes and no" replied Mrs Chambers Teeth
need exercising as much as the other organs, but
me cTusts aoh furnish the missing chemical con-
Continuing, Mrs. Chambers said that not all
that costs the manufacturer thrce-fourths OF a
cent pound TO buy, which he sells at 10 cents a
Of stale graham bread. Indian meal-any old thing
mixed with molasses and toasted and predigested
healthy persons.