The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-03-04
SUBSTITUTE FOR NEAT
PEOPLE OF UNITED STATES TURN
10 VARIOUS WHEAT PRODUCTS.
Are reGnning to Realize the Value of
Such Feeds as Mac2roni. ETC.,
Which Make for Health and
Financial Saving.

AS far BACK as history records,
wheat has been the main food element
Of tie human race, and today. as III
the time OF King Pharaoh. tie prod
nets made from this grain figure large
ly in the sustaining OF life the world
over.
In the United States, we have CON
fined the use of wheat largely to max
ing -four tor breadstu:is, ana until re-
cent years have overlooked the use Of
it in making one Of the most heaIthful.
savory and nourishing OF FOODS that
could grace our tables. viz: macaroni,
spaghetti, vermicelli, noodles and kin
drod products.
For centres Europeans on the
shores Of the Mediterranean sea have
used macaroni and spaghetti as their
principal article Of diet and these peo-
pie are today the hardest races IN the
world The hardness of Americans
in taking Up this food product has
been largely due to the surplus pro
duCtion Of meats. but for the past few
years this surplus has actually
changed 70 a shortage, caused by the
passing of the large ranches and cheap
grazing lands. and meats have been
mounting higher and higher in the
scale Of prices until meat dinners are
fast becoming a luxury. This condi-
con will never be changed-the day
OF cheap meats IN the United States,
as i'll Europe. is forever behind Us, so
We must find substitute that is
equally as meritorious and nutritious
az article Of diet.
Macaroni or spaghetti can be cooked
in such variety Of ways that the
heartiest or most fastidious palate can
be pleased cheese, with to-
matoes. oysters. cheap cuts OF meat.
mushrooms, fish, eggs or cream, the
most toothsome dishes can be pre-
pared and a perfectly balanced meal
served in this one dish alone, and
that, too, at financial saving to the
good housewife that makes her smile
with satisfaction.
One reason for the growing pOpu-
larity OF macaToni products in thi'
country is the fact that large and spot
lessly clean American factories have
been built during the past few years
for the manufacture of the finest quail
ity OF Inacaroni and spaghetti tho
world has yet produced. Until recent
ly Italy and France were the only ma
tons turning out such products; but
Durum wheat from which macaroni
products are made, grows to greater
perfection in the middle Western
states than in any other place on the
globe, even SURPRISING the product of
Russia, from whence the seed was i'm
ported by the United States depart
ment of agriculture several years ago.
The Durum wheat, which is richer in
gluten than any other variety, is
ground into what is technically termed
by millers "Semolina:" fairly coarse
-four made from the berry OF the
wheat, from which only the outer GOV.
ering, or bran, has been removed.
This is mixed with pure water and
kneaded into a dough in large ma
chimes. The dough is put into n.y.
draulic presses and comes out through
dies in variety OF shapes. The prod
uct is then put through curing proc
ess in humidors and drying rooms
which must be maintained at specif-
ic degree of humidity and temperature,
and finally is packed in dust and mois-
ture-proof cartons and boxes
The American system of manufac-
turing macaroni and spaghetti is so
clean, SO efficient, and SO much SUI
perior to the foreign process that it is
small wonder the wideawake house
wives here are quickly adopting this
most healthful food as one of their
staple articles of diet.