The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-18
FINE BAKERS
Canton Women Unex-
celled in This Art,
Says Flour Man
al LOAVES IN CONTEST

Forty-one Canton women, each i'm
bued with the idea that she could
bake better bread than her neighbors,
entered a contest announced some
weeks ago and terminated Saturday
night with the decision of the judges.
Mrs. w. w. Weber, 701 Correll
street, carried off first honors, three
sacks of the -four from which the
bread was baked. Two sacks of the
-four was awarded to Mrs. Charles
Ehman, 1116 Shorb street, who cap
tured second honors, while one sack
was won by Mrs. l.. e. Rigler, 1416
Harrisburg street.
The contest was conducted from
the grocery store of /. Nolle & Co.,
Cherry and Third streets, and was ar
ranged by J. H. Mullen, district
agent for the Washburn-C Crosby COM
pany, of Minneapolis, makers of
Gold Medal flour.
The judges were practical bakers
from three of the larger bakeries
in the city-W. F. Zahler, foreman
of the Stolzenbach company; John
w. Duerr, foreman for A. Behringer,
and Andrew Grossmeyer, of the Can
ton Baking company. These men
are all natives of Germany, who
learned baking in that country, and
it developed during the contest that
as part of their training to make
them practical bakers they were oblig
ed to spend some time in a Touring
mill and there learn the trade of
grinding wheat into -four.
The loaves were presented to the
judges anonymously. Each loaf had
number and was known only by the
number until after the awards were
made when the number assigned each
contestant was given out.
There were loaves of all. sizes and
of all shapes. Some were still hot
when they reached the grocery store
while others had lost all trace of
fermentation through seasoning over
night. There were ioaves as light
large one tipped the scales at six
pounds. The winning loaves, as
well as the ten or a dozen first select,
ed from the entire exhibit for the
final tests, ranged from a pound and
a half to two pounds and a half
The winners were all round loaves
while others were square, oval or
oblong. All were baked to a nice
even brown and the whole lot pre-.
sented a most appetiZing appearance
Good old fashioned bread, like
mother used to make" was what the
rules called for, and according to
the judges, some of the women made
the mistake of introducing some OF
the modern frills. In some cases too
much sweetening was used while in
| others there was too much shorten
ing.
Following were the points upon
which the verdict was based: Fine
ness of grain of bread, whiteness and
| flavor, weight of the loaf in proper
tion to outward dimensions. To de
termine these points the loaves Were
cut and then the judges tasted and
felt and looked until their minds were
made up.
All of the women had the privilege
of taking the bread back home after
| the decision, but few If any availeC
| themselves of the privilege and the
bulk of the exhibit was turned ovel
to the Salvation Army to feed the
hungry horde ever in or near the
citadel.
at was the finest lot of bread
ever saw" said Mr.. Mullen after the
awards had been made. Il have con
Quoted a number of such contests
and / must say my experience up t.
date compels me to say that in thu
| matter of bread baking, Canton wo
men are far in the lead. Every lOa
exhibited was a good loaf, and it wal
no easy task for the judges 20 decid,
which was the best. Yes, it is prob
able that other similar contests will
be arranged"