Connecticut western news., 1918-09-05
WOMEN'S WORK
DURING YEAR
Miss Sprague Tells What Con-
necticut Women Did in Food
Administrations First Year.
BY Miss M. e. Spraauo, Home Eco
Monies Director In Connecticut
for United States Food
Administration.

Results of the first year of the Food
Administration from July / to June ]:
Wheat exports, 120,o00,000 bushels.
Beef exports, ordinary monthly rate,
100000 pounds; largest single month
this year, s7,o0o,O00 pounds.
Pork exports, ordinary monthly rate.
50,000,000 pounds; largest month this
year, 30S,0o0,0o0 pounds.
Price of -four (Minneapolls), one
year ago, $16.75 a barrel wholesale;
present price, $3.50 barrel.
Price margin between farmers
wheat and -four made from 1t, one
year ago difference, $5.8S; present diff
ference, "a cents.
All who have observed wheatless
and meatless 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 I'm our camps.
This is emphatically denied. A food
conservation officer has been appoint
ed for each camp, and every effort is
made 20 eliminate waste. They are
saving more flour than civilians. The
soldier in the army Is eating 10 pounds
of -four less a year than the civilian is
asked to use.
Bread of the Allies.
Many have offered as nm 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.
France, England and Italy all have
-four which is 81 per cent. wheat ex-
traction" while ours has but "a per
cent. Bread made Of higher extraction
than 81 per cent. is quite 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 of
canning Is used cook the product 30
Ipinutes.
Make no jellies, marmalades and
jams except for children, invalids or
soldiers. Fruits put up without sugar
may be combined later and made into
marmalade If there is an increased
sugar supply.
Do not make sweet pickles nor pre-
serve watermelon rind.
Use half sugar and half syrup In
making fruits and jellies. II a sugar
syrup is used for canning make 1t of
one part sugar and four parts water.
Sugar Saving Desserts.
Custards, junkets, gelatin, desserts,
sponges frozen dishes, steamed cereal
or tapioca buildings, fresh fruits with
syrup.
Satisfactory results for the above
may be obtained by substituting as
follows: In place of sugar use cup OF
honey or one and two-thlrds 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. -
1 pint milk IN teaspoons cory
j egg starch
/ cup corn syrup or III teaspoons cold
or honey or suffi- milk water
cient maple syrup IN teaspoons va
to sweeten to nilla
taste is teaspoon salt
Scald milk and add cornstarch mixed
with the cold water or milk. Cook the
mixture over hot water 10 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 any
ice cream.-Jessie A. Boys.
Maple Mousse.
pint whipping Ia cups maple
cream syrup
Is teaspoon salt
Beat cream until thick. Beat in the
syrup and add salt. Pour mixture into
a mold. Pack In equal parts of ice and
salt and allow to stand three hours
Jessie 4. Boys.
Grape sherbet. /
/ teaspoon gelatin l cup corn syrup
/ tablespoon cold " cup water
water Y cup grape juice
Soak gelatin In tablespoon Of cold
water for five minutes and dissolve II
In the boiling syrup and water. Let
the mixture cool, add grape juice aud
freeze. This recipe makes one quart
Jessie A. Boys.
Picnic Sandwiches.
1t is comparatively easy to serve pa.
triotic hot meals In the home, hut MS
sandwiches form the basis for n picnic
lunch and they are usually some com.
bination of bread and meat IL is often
most perpleXing 70 know what TO pack
up for the weekend camping trip and
have them wheatless and meatless.
Try Brown Bread.