Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-04-25
FOOD DEMONSTRATION
Miss Bertha Holden Talks to EMPLOYEES
Of Crystal Confectionery Company

At the Crystal Confectionery com.
pany's plant Tuesday afternoon. Miss
Bertha A. Holden gave a demonstra.
ton before $50 employees of the COM
pany on oatmeal breads and cookies.
Miss Holden made buckwheat break
fast cake and oatmeal waters, and talk
ed to the girls about oat flour bread
and oatmeal drop cookies.
In opening her demonstration Miss
Holden asked the girls how many had
brothers and friends in the army. AL
most every hand was raised Then she
asked how many of the girls were also
helping Uncle Sam by using substitute
flours instead of wheat. She said"If
you are using three pounds of wheat
flour. you should use one and one-half
pounds of wheat and one and one-half
pounds of substitute flours. How many
like corn meal bread?" Most of them
did In giving the demonstration Miss
Holden told the girls just how to
measure correctly and gave them sew
eral hints which would make house,
work easier.
The buckwheat breakfast cake, Miss
Holden said. could be split and used
with maple syrup as griddle cakes
The girls were given page of re-
clpes and sample of oat flour bread
which Miss Holden said would last three
or four days very well. They were
also given some oatmeal waters, which
they seemed to enjoy. The girls listen
ed and watched intently all through the
demonstration. jumping when James P
Taylor set off the flash light because
they were SO engrossed in watching
Miss Holden. After she finished they
applauded her and went home evidently
with the intention of trying recipes.
Ito,
auspices of the Civics committee of the
Klifa club. the extension service, and
the Food Administration. Miss Holden
was assisted by Miss Caroline Meigs.
The bread and cookies were prepared
at Morrill, hall w. c. Clarke Of the
Crystal Confectionery company allowed
the employees to be dismissed early and
did everything in his power to make
the demonstration a success.
The recipes follow
(All measures are leveD
| Dat Flour Bread Make oat flour by
putting rolled oats through the food
chopper three times. Shift together
cups oat flour, teaspoons baking
powder, teaspoon salt, and 1 table,
spoon sugar. Add cup milk. tea
spoon melted fat and IA cup of raisins,
mix thoroughly, bake in loaf for 80
minutes in "a slow oven.
| Oatmeal Waters. Cream 1 cup sugar
and 1-2 cup melted fat. Add 1 egg
wei beaten. 1 tablespoon molasses, and
IA cup sweet milk. Sift together
cups flour, IL teaspoon soda, 1 teas
pooh cinnamon. and l teaspoon salt.
Add to first mixture. Put 1-2 cups
rolled oats through the food chopper
and combine with mixture. This dough
should be stiff enough to roll very thin.
Bake cookies in a moderately hot oven.
Oatmeal Drop Cookies. One cup sugar
creamed with 1-2 cup shortening. Add
beaten egg, 1 teaspoon salt, 1-2 cup
Of oatmeal and / IA cups sifted flour,
IA cups corn flour. teaspoons bak-
ing powder, 9 teaspoons cinnamon and
| cold water or milk to form a drop bat
ter. Drop rounding teaspoonfuls of the
mixture two inches apart on a creased
| baking-sheet. Bake in moderate
oven. One-half cup or more of chopped
peanuts and raisins may be added.
| Buckwheat Breakfast Cake. Sift toge-
Their cups buckwheat flour, l teas
pooh soda and l teaspoon salt. Add
cups sour milk or buttermilk and Ia
cup shortening. Mix thoroughly. Bake
In a shallow pan. Serve like mullins
or it may be served with maple SYRUP
in the place Of griddle cakes.
Buckwheat Spice Cake. Cream
tablespoons fat and IA cup sugar. Add
1 egg well beaten and l cup milk
Sift together l cup buckwheat, 2 teas.
poems baking powder, 1 1-2 teaspoons
cinnamon, IA teaspoon cloves. 1-2 teas
pooh salt and combine with above mix
ture One-half cup raisins or Other
fruit may be added. Bake in loaf
shallow pan or muffin tins
Potato and Corn Meal Mullins. Sif'
together / cup corn meal teaspoon:
baking powder. teaspoon salt, table
spoon sugar. Mix thoroughly l cur
mashed potatoes and l cup hot milk
and add to dry ingredients. Add egg
we'll beaten and tablespoons melted
fat. Bake in muffin pans In hot over
for 80 minutes.