Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-01-20
SUBSTITUTE FOR MEAT
PEOPLE or UNITED STATES TuHN
TO VARIOUS WHEAT PRODUCTS.
Are Beginning 70 Realize the vaius Of
Such Foods AZ Maesconi, Etc.
Which Make for Health ard
Financial Saving,

as far back AZ history records.
wheat has been the main food clement
Of the human race, and today. As IN
the TIME Of King Pharaoh. the prod.
ucta made from this grain figure large
y Ia the sustaining OF isfe the world
over.
In tho United States. We have con
fined the use OF whaat largely % max
ing -four for hrcadstaga. and unsfl re-
cent years have overlooked tha use 81
It in making one OF the most heaithful
savory sud norrishsng o. fo0da tiAat
could grace our tables via msearoni.
spaghetti, Fermlceili. noodles ard Ain
drcd products
For centres Europeans on the
ahoroa or this Mediterranean sea have
used macaroni and epaghetti ~ their
principal article 81 DIET. and these poo
pie are today the hardest races IN the
world. Tho tardincsa 81 Americans
In taking up this ford produet has
been largely due 10 ths surplus prSs
ductson 81 mrafs, hgt Tor the past fes
years this surplus has actually
changed 10 shortage. caused By the
passing OF tho large ranches and cheap
grazing lands. and meats have been
mounting higher and higher in the
scale OF prlcea until meat dinners are
fast becoming luxury This conai.
ton viii never BE- changed tho day
OF cheap meats IN tho United States.
as 10 Europe, is forever behidd as. 50
We must find substitute that Il
equally rs mcrif0rious and nutritious
an article Of diet.
Macaruni or spaghetti can be cooked
IN such a variety 81 ways that the
heastiest OF most fastldious palate can
he pleased with eheeae, with TO
matocs oysters, cheap cuts Of meat.
mushrooms, ash. eKga or cream. the
most tooihN0mn diahos can be pre-
pared and a perfectly balanced meal
served IN this one dish alone. aud
That. tho, al y financial saving ID the
good housewife that makes her amlle
with satisfaction
One reason TOR The growing popu-
larity or macaFoni products IN this
country Is the fact that large and spot
leasly clean American factories have
been built during this past few years
for the manufacture OF the finest quail
ity OF macaroui and spaghetti the
world has yet produced uutil recent
~ Italy and Franco we're the only ma
lions turning out such products, but
Durnm wheat. from which maceToni
products are made, crows TO greater
perfection in the middle Western
states than IN any other place on tho
globe. even SURPRISING the product Of
Russia. from whence the seed was inn
ported BY the United States depart
ment Of agriculture several years ago.
The Durnm wheat, which IL richer in
gluten than any other variety. II
ground into what ID technically termed
by millers "semolinas" fairly coarse
-four made from the berry 81 the
wheat from which bniy the outer COW
ering. or bran. has been removed.
This is mixed with pure water and
kneaded into d dough In large rna-
chimes The dough III put Into hy-
draulic presses and comes out through
dies 10 a variety Of shapes The prod
uct Is then put through curing proc
ass III humidors and drying rooms
which must be maintained al 4 speesi-
ic degree ofhumidisy ana temperate
and finally is packed in dust ana mobss
ture.proof cartons and boxes
The American system 81 manufac-
turing macaroni ana spaghetti Is 30
clean. so efilelenr and 50 much aa.
perior 70 the foreign process that It is
small wonder the wideawake house.
wives here are quickly adopting this
most healtbful food % one d their
staple articles OF diet. and 4 is not too
much 10 predict that these products
bearing the label Made 10 Z, $. AZ
will be found in uas the world over
before many years have elapsed