The Washington times., 1918-05-30
How to Use Cereals
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR THE HOME
Exactly How to Make the Most Of
the Rice and Oatmeal You
Buy with Wheat Flour.


q J. one almost falls 70 believe
that the prOpristor e obsSing the
Law. 90 well has he managed ts
-eamouaags" the sabstltuts.
II you cannot obtain rice nouH.
boil rice until son and rinse it
with cold water. Then press lt
through 4 ans atrainsr. Whsn riea
prepared In this manner. Is COM
binsd With nour. hin the making of
the various breads. Il is most diRi-
cult to detect the prsssnce o.
wheat substitute. Try it and youIl
Be surprised what a good results
you win get
Again. instead Of using rice for
ersakfast only. try uslng'lt twice
a day. Cooked rice combined with
white sauce AM cheese. might b
used a. the main dish AZ a Iunch-
con on meAtless day.
Children appreciate little mound
Of cooked rice topped with a spoon.
ful Of bright red Jelly or Jam a. ;
dessert Rice win TOP milk ana .
few gratings OF maple sugar is very
delicious and makes a simple at
traetivs dessert for the groWn-ups
A. well a. the SounEsters Also
cooked rice may Be rolled into
cones. dipped into beaten egg ana
then into eornmeai and fried.
These unsWsetsnsd eroqusttes
may be served with the meat or
fish in place OF potatoes. Or they
may be Hwsetensd In the making
and served with melted jelly or
melted marshmaliows a. q dessert
Rice pudding with datss prunss or
raisins might be served once Or
twice week without boring the
family palate
Oatmeal. II kept very long. es-
peeially in warm weather. is apt
to spoil. and so II the grocer only
had oatmeal to sell you as a whsaE,
substitute when the Food Admin
istratiOnN told you. you might buy
banana flour or bean flour as wen
as others. then you must devise
ways Of. using your oatmeal up
soon Try grinding your oatmeal
through the finest grinder Of your
food chopper.
And right here let me say that
often wonder II the groeers hoH-
sstly try to get these cereal flourA
It has taken me months 70 locate
grocer sufficiently intelligent 70
realize that there really exist bsaa
flour. sweet potato flour. white po-
tato flour. banana flour and host
Of others.
And this particular grocer does
not waste my time and his. own in
trying to tell me no such cereal
flour exists And he doesn't try 70
make his customers take bulky es-
real for which many Of them have
no storage space.
Having offered my services to
the United States Food Board
through DR.. Mary schvars Rose.
world renowned distician. author
Of Feeding the Family" and other
books. it Is N.Y. desire to be Of az
much assistance to the readers OF
this paper as possible. and ! shall
welcome any complaint or sgggss-
tion. either from dealers OF house.
wives. that viii tend toward the
bettsring Of food rulings In the
interest Of all concerned.
What do you. Mrs. Reader or 0Er.
Grocer. want me to personally talk
over with the various members Of
the Food Board who are unseihsh-
" tolling often far into the night.
so that food wiz bring victory to
our country
One thoughtful woman wants me
to hnd out why certain, ash. rsquir-
ing neither food. care nor housing.
nor extraordinary labor to procure.
costs as much as beG
Feel free 20 write me your prob
lem. Each Communication win re-
esivs my personal attention.