Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-15
(iermanp's New Foods.

economics and substitutes for dwindlng food sup
ply The Berliner Tageblatt announces that COM
munaI butcher shops have been authorized to sell
ID d. meat" a composite product consisting OF
odds and ends OF meat, fish and certain chemical
ingredients" The rather rank odor of this conn.,
pound. we are told, is almost entirely removed by
few drops of special liquid which the authori-
ties will furnish at nominal charge"
More appealing, IL less practical, is the grave
suggestion of the Frankfurter Zeitung that Hol-
lands enormous surplus of flower bulbs, for which
there has been but beggarly market since the
war, be utilized in German kitchens: Bulbs are
highly nutritious argues the Zeitung and are very
palatabe when mashed, or cooked as a soup with
sugar. soya beans and milk.
Our esthetic sentiments may revolt against
the idea of regarding these glorious blooms
from a culinary standpoint, the same journal
admits. Who would not shudder with re-
morse at devouring a golden lily? But after
time these feelings will fade into the
sciousness that We have endowed the German
people with fresh means of sustenance, bid
ding defiance TO the vile Vaccinations of
enemies"
Blackberry leaves treated with chicory
pected TO yield an excellent substitute for coffee
and tea, especially il certain experiments now be-
ing conducted by distinguished chemist, Prof
Tschirsch, impart to these leaves the stimulating
qualities of the ordinary beverages when that is
lone" declares the KreuEzetung. I'VE shall be alb
solutely independent of imports and can snap our
fingers at England's blockade
These and divers other reports of the kind from
the German press itself are cited by a correspondent
of the New York Sun evidence Of the growing
seriousness of Germany's shortage of food. The
Governments rigid supervision of the bread and
meat supply. the feverish activities of scientists
to discover invent articles of diet, the estab
shment of weekly days Of fasting and the persist
ent exhOrtation to turn every crumb to are
interpreted by this observer meaning that Ger
many feels the premonition IL the actual pinch
of hunger. The menus typical throughout the
country attest the sharp frugality oSthe time The
following examples from the Hamburg Fremden-
blatt Witnessed:
TUEsDAY-DINNER:
Barley Soup
Pancakes
TckIed beans. tomato
rRIDAY-DTNNER:
Potato soup
Fish Pie
sATURDAY-DNNER:
Potato soup
Oatmeal pudding
3 sos Picked cabbage
1t is hardly to be imagined that Germany's
shortage Of food, pronounced though 1t may be- has
reached or is nearing a point where IL will
AFFECT, to any considerable extent the prosecution
OF the war. The civilian population will make the
utmost sacrifice in order that the on the firing
line and in the trenches MAJ be we'll nourished.
Whatever retrenchments and denials may be prae-
ticed in the home. there is hint of any such
policy in the camp. Furthermore, history abounds
with examples of how difficult it is to starve
courageous and united people into surrender
GeTmany's food problem is none the less sig
nifeant, however, showing tendency toward
economic exhaustion. With due allowance for pre-
judice and exaggeration in such reports as reach
us from other than German sources, it is evident
that the Allies blockade is telling, slowly perhaps
but inexorably. Soon late the deprivations now
felt by civilians will be felt by the soldiers. unless
the encircling wall of foes is broken.