The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-07-12
w. S. s.
Food
QUESTIONS ANSWERED
BREAD

BREAD
, 70 bread as important to the American
as to the Frenchman?
No; only 9h per cent of the aver
age American income spent on fooG
goes to bread and -four, and these
articles form only 80 per cent of the
average American diet.
How important Is bread to the French.
man?
1t Ia the basis of his nourishm ent;
bread constitutes 81 per cent of the
total food consumption during nor.
NAL times in France.
u European bread now made of wheat
-four entirely?
| No; 1t Is heavily admixtured
What Is the percentage of admixture?
In England, France and Italy
bread must be admixtured with at
least 20 per cent of some other
cereal flour, and 1t is permitted to
use a large percentage of other
cereals. The extraction of -four is
| also very much higher in other coun-
tries than here.
Why is bread cheaper in England?
Because the British government
has subsidized the bread.
How much does 1t cost the British
government?
s200,000,000 annually.
Is not this money ultimately obtained
by taxation?
Yes.
Is corn bread used in the army?
Corn is not acceptable as an army
ration because it can not be made
into transportable loaf for trench
use.
Are other cereals just as nourishing as
wheat?
Generally speaking, yes.
What is the advantage of ordering
bread "a hours in advance at the
stores?
The baker or grocer can then es-
innate correctly the amount of
bread to have on hand, and thus
eliminate waste.
What percentage of wheat flour sub
stitutes does the Food ,Administra-
ton require bakers to use in bread
and rolls?
Twenty-Five per cent
Why has the Food Administration
standardized the size of the bakery
loaf o. bread?
To reduce the cost of baking and
distributing, to give the public a
square deal, and to fix competition
upon price.
What are the standard weights Of
bread loaves?
Three-fourths of pound, pound
1h pounds, 2 pounds, and other
pound weights.
Why does the Food Administration
advocate the use of the y pound
loaf?
AS wheat conservation measure,
in the hope that the A-pound loaf
may do the work the 1-pound loaf
did before
How many 1-pound loaves of bread
can be made from barrel of flour?
Two hundred and seventy loaves.
Is graham bread wheat bread?
Yes; but 1t also contains 26 per
cent bran, shorts and u1iddlings, |
which are included in the list of |
wheat-hour substitutes.
What Is whole wheat bread?
Bread which contains varying |
quantities Of bran, shorts or mid
dlings. To comply with the "vic-
tory" rule, It must contain at least
Is per cent of these products.
Nay graham bread and whole-wheat
bread be used on wheatless days?
AS general rule, no. Public
eating places can not well do with.
out these and Victory bread, but in
the home, no wheat should be eat.
en- on wheatless days.
What is Victory bread?
Bread baked with at least a Is
per cent admixture of other cereals
than wheat; the bread that will
help win the war.
What other cereals can be mixed with
wheat to make Victory bread?
See answer to 1877, which gives
list of wheat-four substitutes.
FAY bread made entirely of graham
four or whole-wheat flour be called
Victory bread?
Yes, II It contains Is per cent Of
bran, shorts and middlings.
Vas rye -four used in making "vic.
tory" bread?
Yes. until March 81, when 1t was
withdrawn from the substitute list
because a shortage of rye -four for
rye-bread baking was threatened.
low else may the name Victory be I
used?
The nars Victory may also be
given by bakers to sweet yeast
dough goods, crackers biscuits,
cakes. pies, fried cakes. and pastry, !,
provided onc-third of their -four or
meal content consists Of wheat-lour
substitutes
Restrictions In lise Of Beef.