The Press., 1918-09-12
WOMEN'S WORK
 DURING YEAR
Miss Sprague Tells What Con. neCtiCut Women Did in Food
 Administrations First Year.
By Mics M. E. SPrSGue,: Home EeO' nemIcs Director in Connecticut for United statSs .ESOd
 Administratien.e

Results of the first year of the Food Administration from July to June ] |:
 Wheat exports, 12O,OOO, GOO bushels.
 Beef exports, ordinary monthly rate. 100000 pounds largest single month this year, 87,OOO,OOO pounds.
 Pork exports, ordinary monthly rate, 5O.OO0,OOO pounds; largest month this year. 3OS 100000 pounds
 Price of flour (AIinneapolis), one year ago. $16.75 barrel wholesale {; present price, $98O barrel.
 Price margin between farmers wheat and -four made from HN one year ago difference, $5.8S present diff ference, 64 cents.
 All who have observed wheatlesS and mearless days may feel justly proud TO have contributed to the above splendid record.
 Food Saving In the Army.
 Often the report is spread broadcast that there is great waste in our camps. This is emphatically denied. food conservation officer has been appoint ed for each camp, and every effort is made to eliminate waste. They are saving more flour than civilians. The soldier in the army is eating l9 pounds of flour less a year than the civilian is asked to use.
 Bread of the Alice.
 Many have offered as an excuse for not giving up wheat that they saw no reason why the Allies could not use substitutes.
 The Allies do. No one receives wheat bread except the soldiers and surely no one begrudges them their wheat loaf. 2
 France, England aud Italy all have flour which is 8l per cent. wheat eX- traction" while ours has but 14 per cent. Bread made of higher extraction than Sl per cent. is Quire likely to cause malnutritiOn.
 Canning Without Sugar.
 Fruit juices and fruits for desserts may be very successfully canned with out sugar. If the cold pack method Ot canning is used cook the product 30 minutes.
 Make no tellies, marmalades and jams except for children, invalids or soldiers Fruits put up without sugar may be combined later and made into marmaIade if there is an increased sugar supply.
 Do not make sweet pickles nor pre- serve watermelon rind.
 Use half sugar and half syrup in aking fruits and jellies. If a sugar syrup Is used for calming make it of one part sugar and four parts water.
 Sugar Saving nfS'srtS.
 Custards, junkets, gelatin, desserts, spOnges, frozen dishes, steamed cereal or tapiOca puddings, fresh fruits with syrup.
 Satisfactory results for the above may be obtained by Substituting as follows: In place of sugar use a cup of honey or one and twO-thirds to two cups of corn syrup. Every cup of syrup or honey furnished One-quarter cup of liquid, therefore for every cup of syrup or honey reduce the original amount of liquid. in the recipe one fourth cup.
 Frozen custard. l pint milk 1h teaspoons corn ] egg starch
 cup corn syrup or 1h teaspoons cold or honey or suff1- milk or water cient maple syrup 1h teaspoons va to swesten to ntll& taste 1S teaspoon salt Scald milk and add cOrnstarch mix 2ed with the cold water or milk. Cook the mixture over hot water 15 minutes. Add the egg slightly beaten and cook the mixture five minutes. Add the corn syrup and salt, stir well, strain and cool. Add vanilla and freeze as aLy ice cream-.JesSie A. Boys.
 Maple M6usss. ,:, n pint whipping 11s cupb maple
 cream syrup
 Is teaspoon salt
 Beat cream until thick. Beat in the syrup and add salt. Pour mixture into mold. Pack in equal parts of ice and salt and allow to stand three hours Jessie A. Boys.
 Grape ShSrbst. teaspoon gelatin l. cup corn syrup 1 tablespoon cold cup water
 water cup grape juice
 Soak gelatin in ,6 tablespoon of cold water for five minutes and dissolve ii in the boiling syrub and wAter. Let the mixture cool, add grape juice and freeze. This recipe makes one quart Jessie A. Boys.
 Picnic Sandwiches.
 It is cOmpara lively easy to serve pA- triOtic hot meals in the home, but as sandwiches form the basis. for a picnic lunch and they are usually some com bination of bread and meat it is often most perplexing to know what to pack up for the weekend camping trip and have them wheatless and meatlesS.
 Try Brown Bread. 2 cups corn meal teaspoons b&k- l cup rice flour ing powder l cup ground rolled A teaspoon soda
 eats teaspoon salt 1 cup barley flour eggs
 3 cups milk h cup molaSsO@
 Use with this bread the following filings" Apple, thinly sliced and mixed with chopped nuts and salad dressing; sliced tomatoes and cream cheese, eggs boiled hard and mixed with thick cream sauce, sliced cuCUp,- Der and tomatoes we'll seasoned,