New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-29
In Praise Of Corn
This Country Might Well Send
Europe All Its Wheat
To the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Now that we ere IN the war, not M
marily as a high. vague duty, but because v.
have been pushed into it b. Germany. |. a,
! heartening 10 note how the different seetio,,
of big America are grouping together 70 rear,
a common understanding Far away and A..
now seems the day when across the M.,,,,
J Mason and Dixon's invisible fence neighbo,,,
amenities were exchanged, the shocked p,o
tests from the Northern side az the spee,,..
OF their Southern neighbors eating hot b,.,.
three times day and perversely thry,,
! on il, and the retort discourteous rom =.
Southern side that the esteemed pie Of u.
/ North was but a synonyme for dyspepsia. II.
pie problem, If there is one, will solve i,,.y
, bu, bread we must have, hot or cold, no. or,
! for ourselves but our sons and their conrad,
/ in arms.
Europe seems utterly at sea as regards II.
corn bread question, and as there is no i'm.
now to hold national cooking classes /, /,
obvious they must have our wheat, and We "a,
our corn. To those who from preferenc. o..
corn bread once, sometimes twice, day. Ara
may from necessity eat il three times d,v
the suggestion carries no thought OF saersc.
But there is corn bread and corn bread; nu,,
depends on the corn. White corn is bes. a.
/ the yellow corn has rather q rank asyo,
which may account for the practice Of usi,,
sugar in making this bread in localities rL,,.
! it is not a daily article OF diet, but orlvr
agreeable Change" The natural sugr I,
the corn does not admit OF this addition q,
/ bread that is daily used.
When the average healthy man who 90.
not require pink sauces scattered over ever.
thing he eats partakes Of the delectable com
pone, a green vegetable and a simple dew.,,
he feels he has Gined, and dined well, though
J cheaply for his body has received every .le.
ment of nourishment il requires; but the
corn pone needs skill and practice TO make.
notwithstanding ii is composed of nothing but
meal and water and salt. Egg bread, owing to
/ the prohibitive price of eggs, is economically
undesirable but corn "batter cakes withou,
eggs are extremely good for a breakfast dish,
although butter is their natural accompani.
ment; even so, the expense is negligible, for
/ the corn cakes fully take the place OF meat.
MT. mower appear TO tne nOuSekeeperS OF
America makes it imperative that they &C,
promptly. The struggle between motherhood
and patriotism is going on everywhere, the
same motherhood that would stand before is
sons and direct 70 itself threatened dangers.
But this may not be; they are leaving III.
shelter and safety Of home 10 do a mans
work, the hardest work they will ever be
called upon TO do; 10 give the supreme proc.
of their right to citizenship. In this matter
Of food patriotism and motherhood are cid.
by side; after all, it is little thing that (.
required Of US. We are not asked TO do with.
out bread, but to substitute one kind for an.
other equally nourishing, so that our sons and
their comrades in arms will not be sent to
meet the common enemy weakened from lack
OF proper nourishment.
We are known all over the world as the
most eXtrayagant people on earth. Are We
also 70 earn the lasting reproach OF being the
most selfish? No amount of money, no apprs.
ciatiye oratory. will take the place Of sys.
tematic practical food conservation, for al.
though the money be spent in food, II that
food is scarce, because Of our dislike 10
change our menus we have added 10 the bur.
den our sons must carry.
We might we'll send them all the wheat ard
yet suffer no hardship. How could we, with
rich Americas cornfelds back Of US?
MRS. COMMON PEOPLE,
Knoxville, Tenn, June %, 1917