The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-11-22
CON SERV ALTON
"a column Conducted by
the Council of National
Defense Women's Com
mittee of Seward County,
Thoughts For This Years
THANKSGIVING"

Thanksgiving
"The thanksgiving dinner this year
should be festive, but not ornate.
Thanksgiving would not be
Thanksgiving without chicken or
turkey or without cranberries in |
some form. Potatoes and other veg
etables there should be. Corn meal
bread is suggested as a reminder of |
our country's need and to save wheat.
Mince pie is omitted as that means
unnecessary use of meat. Pumpkin
pie is typically American, reminiscent
of the first Thanksgiving day, and
it has but one crust, thus economizing
in wheat flour.
Herbert Hoover"
"Save sugar by making every NOR
sci count in food value. Use brown
sugar, honey and dark syrups in place
of cane sugar. But do not stint the
use of sugar in jams and jellies, be-
cause they may be used in place of
butter. Remember that we must
divide the sugar supply with our
allies-France and Italy are produc-
ing less than they need and England
is cut off from seventy per cent of
her usual import sources.
Herbert Hoover"
With these suggestions from one
who knows and understands, better
than any of us can know and under
stand, the food supply and the food
demand Of the world just now, and
the Importance Of food conservation
and economy in the. winning of the
war we have undertaken, let all of
us who are housekeepers try to pre-
pare rousing good Thanksgiving
dinner, yet one which does not vio-
late our sense of duty to our country.
On Thanksgiving day, even more than
on other days we should have Sour
Country" in our hearts.
In preparing Thanksgiving dinner,
as we'll as other meals, let US keep in
mind some of the things the Food
Administration asks us to do:
BE careful in the use of wheat,
meat, butter fat, milk.
2-Use other fats. for butter in
coking.
3-Use other cereals for part of
the wheat in bread
4-Use other meats lin our part of
the country, fowls) or eggs and
cheese, instead of pork, beef and NUT
ton.
5-Use more largely fruits and
vegetables, and perishable foods To-
cally grown.
eliminate waste in cooking and
serving, and try to observe the gos-
pei of the clean plate.
Remember always that whichever
side in the great conflict first gets
out of food, will inevitably throw up
its hand--that food is a vital factor
in the success of either side as men
and arms, and if we cannot furnish
food, our soldiers and those of our
allies will lose their lives in vain.
We must not minimize the import
ance of each individuals and each
family's effort. Only one ounce of
sugar or of flour saved daily by each
of our 100000 families would in
crease the amount we might furnish
our European friends by one and a
quarter million pounds each day.
Below we give two suggestive
Thanksgiving menus:
Oyster soup, toasted crackers, eel
cry, baked stuffed chicken, cranber-
ny jelly, giblet gravy, mashed pota-
toes, scalloped cabbage, buttered
lima beans, stuffed tomato salad,
spoon corn bread, plum pudding with
foamy sauce, coffee.
Cream of corn soup with bread
sticks, olives, casserole of rabbit,
crab apple jelly, spinach with cream
sauce, glazed sweet potatoes, spiced
peaches, war bread, pineapple salad
with mayonnaise, pumpkin pie,
coffee.