Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-11
u. S. Advocates
'sFifty-F ifty'' Breads

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idea Uncle Sam has invented for saw
ing wheat flour In hot bread? Two
i cups of corn meal are used, soy beans
which can be home ground, finely
crushed peanuts or rice flour to two
cups of white flour. Or one cup of
\ beans or crushed peanuts with the
wheat product.
4 "Fifty-fifty" mullins can be made
with n and one-half cups of cooked
and mashed sweet or Irish potatoes or
cooked cereal, OF soy beans to an
equal amount of flour. Then there
are "hfty-ffty" recipes for waters and
for corn meal cookies, and all of these
Hooverizeds preparations are said to
tbe exceptionally palatable.
How to make all Of these fifty
fifties," as we'll as home methods for
entire corn meal gems, yeast breads
and rolls made in part of finely
s tatoes, soy bean meal (which a be
1 made at home by grinding the beans
in a handmill), rice. corn meal. or
Cooked cereals, are described in detail
in the United States department of
/, agriculture Circular No. 91-"Partial
i Substitutes for Wheat in Breadmak-
ing" This recipe for 'Afifty-hfty" bis
cults. was worked out by Hannah L.
/ Wessling, specialist in home demon
/ stration work.:
/ 2 cups corn meal, ground soy beans
or finely ground peanuts, rice flour,
or other substitute.
2 cups white flour.
a teaspoons baking powder.
2 teaspoons salt.
2 tablespoons shortening.
Liquid sufficient to mix to proper
consistency q to ! 1-2 cups.)
Sift together the flour, meal, salt,
] and baking powder twice. Have the
shortening as cold as possible and cut
it into the mixture with a knife, finally
rubbing it il with the hands. Mix
quickly with the cold liquid, (milk,
skim milk, or water), forming a fairly
soft dough which can be rolled on the
board. Turn onto a Toured board:
, roll into a sheet not rel IL inch
thick; cut into rounds; place these
in lightly Toured biscuit tins Cor shall
low pans), and bake 10 to II minutes
used, the roasted and shelled nuts
should be finely crushed with a roll
ing pin.
In making the flour and peanut bis
cults the flour and other dry ingredi-
ents should be sifted together twice
and then mixed thoroughly with the
crushed peanuts.
At a special meeting of the Civic
league, held yesterday afternoon in
the farmers room of the county court
house, Mrs. E.. F. Chandler and Mrs.
r. A. Sprague were elected to repre-
sent the Civic league at the State
held In Dickinson the first five days
Of October.
The league will hold the first regu-
lar meeting Of the year on Monday,
September "a.
Miss Geraldine McNicol has re-
turned to her home in this city from
points, where she has spent the sum-
mer. Mrs. TAFT and Mrs. Wilkinson
Of Airdrie. Alberta, whom Miss Nc
Ntcol visited during the. summer, ac-
companied her here. and will spend
some time visiting friends. I
section i d sc Paurs rpt.copa,
guild Is holding a parcel post and
dairy lunch social this afternoon be-
tween 3 and $50 o'clock8at. the home
OF Mrs. Tracy r. Bangs. Mrs. Chas,
%. Bell, Mrs. F.. A.. Brown and Mrs.
A. NJ. Clarke will be the assisting
hostesses at the affair, to which ali
guild members and their friends are
! invited
Mr.. and Mrs. G. e. Ladd of Ger
trude avenue are entertaining Mrs.
"a. s.. GREG Of Baskerville, Iowa, and
Mrs.aR. E. Miller of Seattle. Mrs.
Greig is en- route to her home from a
visit with friends in Bismarck and
Mrs. Miller, who has been visiting at
Vile.
Mrs. r. T.. Dalness has returned
to her home in this city after several
days visit in Crookston at the home
OF her brother, c. A. Dalness, and as
the cues of Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. Dali
ness.
The Business Girls club of the Y.
w. G. A. will hold a campfire weinie
roast and supper at Riverside park
this evening in honor of Miss Flor
ence Stebbins, who is leaving with
in a short time to. make her home in
Montana. a
DR.. and Mrs. H. II. Healy and their
daughters. Misses Gertrude, Florence,
Eleanor and Dorothy Heaiy have re-
turned to their home from a motor
trip to the twin cities. They spent a
week in the cities, and on the way
back stopped for a week at their cot
tage az Maple Lake.
Mrs g. ". Linberg and her baby
are at Grookston visiting at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. ". Q. Wilson.
Miss Hattie Perkins last
night from Hi1lsboro, where she had
been for a week end visit with her
sister Miss Ella Perkins.
Miss Yvonne Pruner is at Brocket
spending a week with relatives.
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