Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-24
"GSrimd Your Own Flour Uncle Sam's Experts Advise


surplus of cooked cereals and boiled
rice also mashed potatoes.
"Yes, the recipe for bread Is the same.
The best looking loaf made with a sub
stitute for flour is made with rs per
cent, or one-fourth, OF substitute and
rs per cent of wheat -four. II you use
more Of the substitute you have less
volume and poorer texture. These
breads require shorter period OF fer
mcntation. the loaf needing only to
rise to two-thirds its usual height.
Potato bread? Yes. we have made
potato bread from both sweet and
white potatoes, and while 1t would be
a decidedly expensive luxury for most
families, now that potatoes are SO high,
there are sections of the country
where there are large crops OF potatoes
grown, where they may be used most
advantageously for this purpose On
the great potato farms and also In the
homes of small farmers who raise them
there are always culls and unmarked
able potatoes which might we'll be
uAl in this way In such localities DO
tato bread is more economical than all
wheat-four bread.
mo. it is not troublesome to make.
and is most satisfying Excellent
pounds Of boiled and mashed potatoes
and two and quarter pounds of good
wheat -four. 1t contains more mineral
matter, -four and fiber than ordinary
breads, but otherwise the composition
and nutrittve value Is about the sama
1.-The plan which calls for this use of
potato culls also includes the products
of other sections OF the country The
dasheen and banana of Florida may
thus be utilized. and all of the sorghum
hnr
find congenial conditions The latter
are all rich in mineral salts and pro
teins, though the breads made from
them are dark.
both peanut meal and cottonseed
meal, after the oil has been eliminated.
still contain sufficient fats and other
nutritive elements to make the by-
product of these useful and edible. The
nut breads and those from the wheat
germ are rich and keep moist Longer
than breads containing less fats
THE idea here is to work ont n,a,.
that will benefit the greatest humber
of families. from the poorest to the
most wealthy. But the best Of ali plans
the monthly grocery bills is to secure
the whole wheat. wash 1t well after nict.
ing out any grass seeds or dirt. snread
it out to dry overnight. and 1t will
grind easily Hare IN the ,n morning mo in any
simple, inexpensive hand-mill such ,a
may be purchased for about si.so has
been used and has answered every
purpose. There are 80 many advan.
tages in grinding your own cereal and
flour besides the actual saving in
You get the use of the entire sub
stance Of the grain, which the nubiic
in its esthetic regard for appearances
has caused to be lost IL, IN the polishing
for our fine white fiours.
I'm regard to the cereals, the plan of
grinding or cracking them Ia mareIv
a revival of the custom of pioneer
days. when cracked wheat and corn,
Besides being cheap and palatabie tbaw
contain elements Of body building and
regulating that are beneficial" anu
The Depsrtiment OF Agriculture has
wheat. with detailed and explicit diranl
lions for preparing and cooking foods.
and also recipes for the breads aSvi.
Ing also the use Of skim milk In Mace
OF water.