Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-21
HUNDREDS OF WOMEN
VISIT FOOD SHOW
Dishes Made of Substitutes and
Taste for Themselves Their
Deliciousness.

No. they were not going for books. that
unusually large number of women that
| filed in and out of the Library Building
Yesterday all dav from Ii m the morn
ing TIL Q at night They were going to
tho Liberty Kitchen Liberty Kitchen
because saving wheat and fats. meats and
sugars is one nf the many WAYS IN which
women arc helping to win the war.
There were two lines of women, that
made the Food administration exhibits
such a great success. and they were the
i Hoover Clubs and the Home FconomCs
Committee and their helpers. who stayed
there all dav. assisting Miss Doddrdgc.
explaining about the vlands. giving ont
tastcrs and making very charming
hosteSses for vcrv delightful and profit
able dav for the women ot Wilmington
There were several hundreds of women
who went 10 SOC the foods. and "a tastr.
and II IS quito safe to predict that n least
ono oi those vlands will hc reproduced m
those several hundred homes represented
bv the women visitors.
Every woman As she entered the Liberty
Kitchen was gwen book. 'ldbertN
Recipes, gotten M bv the extension
service of Delaware College. also a paper
plate and tin spoon for tasting Then she
went around examining All tho foods set
forth IN most attractive array and she
tasted thereof. \ great many OF tho
visitors had children with them, and the
little folks were not forgotten IN the
tasting any moro than IN the menus and
foods set forth
WHAT THEY TASTED.
And what did they give them to cat
/ WHY a variety Of things. although not
everything exhibited That would not
have been practicable. rs there was only
sufficient Of a few things made for dis
trlbuti0n The other things were made m
small quantities for showing. For instance.
tho pastry display was most delicious
looking. but il was feast for the ewes only
In tho bread room they were gwen
Sapnlcs ot oat meal cake coffee cake.
corn meal cake and corn meal ginger
bread In the meat substitute room they
tried the baked homiuv with peanut
butter. and the salmon loaf with cgcless
sauce In tho fat saving room there were
sandwiches made with nut butter instead
of butter. and salads made with vegetable
oils The sandwiches that were handed
out included potato bread with date and
dried peach filling. and oat meal bread
with bean filling In the sugar-savIng
room they served chocolate pudding with
vanilla sauce, taplocs pudding corn meal
and oat meal cookies. huckwheat spice
cake. and egglcss, milkless and BUTTERFLIES
cake.
SALADS AND PERlsBAB ABLFs
Tho exhibit Of salads served three pur-
poses. t0 show how very attractive and
delicious salads can be made. to show that
fresh fruits or root vegetables are necessary
every dav and to show how 20 use the
perishableS that grow near us The salads
IN the exhibit were " aldorf, orange. let
| tuce with Russian dressing. Dutch cheese
tuna FISH meat substitute. peas and nuts
(moat substitute. bananas and nuts, vege-
tables in gelatin and cabbage
CORN DINNER
Corn meal Is the one thing thought OF
when the use of corn Is advocated. and SO
| to show how many and varied are the
| forms of procuring corn and serving It,
Miss Doddridgr made up a menu, and had
/ II arranged Is tetC a tete dinner. This
| Is II
Corn Chowd der Corn Meal Bread Sticks
EscalIopcd Hominy and Cheese
Corn and Potato Salad Corn Mullins
Cornstarch Blanc MaAgc with Fruit
Sauce
Corn Meal Cookies
Then there was an exhibit Of daily food
requirements for a family Of five father
and mother doing moderately hard muscu-
lar work. and three children between ;
and II wears of age Such family needs
10000 calorics day-3000 for the man
2 500 for the woman. and 500 each for
the children For this the exhibit included
a steak. representing = pounds meat or
meat substitute quarts milk; "a cup
fat (2l3 or 3 pounds weekly; cup sugar
"A pounds weekly; Az pounds bread or
cereal food: pounds fresh fruit or root
vegetables. and eggs A head Of cabbage
and ) apples represented the vegetables
and fruit
CHILD ) BREAkFAST.
A sensible breakfast for child was an
exhibit that always had admirers around
it This is baked apple, ? slices Of
toast, pat Of butter, bowl Of cereal and
or , glasses Of milk Children should have
butter and not butter substitutes, and
children up to 10 years of age should have
! H TO quarts Of milk daily.