The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-06-29
NOT HARD TO
co WAEATLESS
STATE COLLEGE DEMONSTRA-
TION OF METHODS TO CON.
SERVE THE WHEAT
Not Necessary for Health to Use All
White Flour, and Substitutes May
BE Made Most Appetizing

"It's no sacrifice for us to get along
without wheat" said Miss Mary An
derson Of the extension division of the
Washington state college, during her
demonstration of wheatless recipes
Friday morning at the Colville high
school. Miss Anderson explained to
the women attending the demonstra-
tion what big part food played in
the war and how little it really was
for the Americans to do to give up the
wheat
Clad in white, Miss Anderson was
a charming picture of earnestness as
she stirred wheatless mixtures and
urged the women to do their part as
kitchen soldiers. She told of the part
food played in the Russian revolution,
how Finland was starved into submits
sion, how it was an admitted fact that
in Italy the soldiers were weakened by
not being properly fed, and how the
French at one point broke down be-
cause after arriving home on fur
lough they found their families hun
CRY and cold and returned to the fight
in a weakened condition with their
morale destroyed for the time being.
Men cannot fight unless properly fed.
How the American Red Cross estab-
lshed refreshment rooms and shower
n so that the men going and re-
t ling from the front might be fed
remove the filth Of the trenches,
wa related by Miss Anderson in
showing the great need of food for
the armies and the allied people.
Don't get panicky over the idea of
going without wheat" the demonstra-
tor advised the women. "Use your
old recipes and in place of wheat flour
use the combination of substitutes
equal to that amount, as prepared for
you in the bulletins of the state
college. Going without wheat until
harvest is a matter of conscience"
The objections which many people
have raised to the wheatless move
ment, such as the use of wheat flour
by the bakeries, the fact that the
Canadians still use wheat, and the
high price of substitutes, were salts
factorily done away with by Miss
Anderson. She explained that it was
impossible at this time for every one
to go without wheat as bakeries were
necessity for baking for camps and
other places where they must have a
bread which would last for a longer
time. In order to make a satisfac-
tory yeast bread the bakeries needed
wheat, so the burden of the wheatless
menu must come on those who can do
it and some of the ways of baking
without the white flour were demon
strated.
The speaker told why it was that in
France they must have yeast breads
since the homes were not equipped
for baking and coal was $110 ton.
The bakeries are so far back of the
lines that great quantities of yeast
bread must be baked for the soldiers.
1t is up to the American families to
make the wheat sacrifice. Friday
afternoon the session was devoted to
wheatless recipes and there was
large attendance.
Saturday morning Miss Anderson
demonstrated the canning of chicken,
spinach, Strawberries, rhubarb, goose
berries and beets. Instead of having
an afternoon session she gave talk
at the Stevens County Pioneer As
sociation picnic on the conservation of
food. The women OF Colville feel
that the demonstrations by Miss An
derson were we'll worth while and wish
to go on record in faver of having
home economics demonstrators to
demonstrate the year round in Ste
vens county.
Following are some of the wheat
less recipes demonstrated by Miss
Mary Anderson Friday in Colville.
Wheatless Cake
ssc sugar, 1ac shortening. Cream
sugar and shortening. 1c syrup (she
used dark Karo), kc raisins, 8 eggs.
Separate yolks and whites and save
whites to add last. Sift flour before
measuring. 11ac barley flour, 1c rice
flour, Ct baking powder, 1t salt, 1at
ginger, Yet cloves, 1t cinnamon and 1t
alspice. Add flour and milk alter
nately. Add stiffly beaten egg
whites, folding them in carefully.
Bake about an hour in not too hot
oven. Substitute dishes must bake
slower and longer than wheat flour
dishes.
Wheatless Bread
2 eggs well beaten, 1c milk, At