The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-11-22
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THE ONION JOINS
The ARMY RANKS
The Food Administration Urges
Use Of This Old Friend. H.
INTRODUCES THE PATR0NIoN
state Has oversuppIy Of Onions and
E Housewives Are Asked to Use
\ Them A War Measure.
INTRODUCES THE PATRoNIoN

ENO ukllLdTy. II LAS p6COul0 T. E1luHe.
sofa war measure! Permit us to in
troduce the Patronion! Fall In be-
hind this leader and put the Hun on
tho run with an onion!
.@ Miss Mildred Weigley, home eco
Monies director for the federal food
administration for Minnesota, is urg-
ing the housewives of the state to
make generous use Of this somewhat
belittled vegetable friend. Miss Weig-
fey's advice Is given for three rea-
sons: Hf GTFif1sl FH3I ia F}|
N Minnesota just now has more onions
than It can handle unless rather imme-
diate use Is made of them.
II The caloric value of onions in high;
therefore, they are good food. 81 <' a7'"e y
Increase In their consumption adds
to the saving Of other foods which
may be shipped to the Allies, or must
be shipped to US. I VII
n There are more onions fin maay
sections OF the state than can be
stored through the winter" says Miss
Weigley. with our present food situa-
ttOn We cannot afford to let ono ounce
OF food go to waste tf there is3 pos
sible way OF using it. Three to four
medium onions or one.third Scup OF
scalloped onions will give al, much
food value as two small baking pow.
der biscuits or two slices Of Victory
bread or two tablespoons of sugar.
They may be prepared In many at
tractive ways. Here are some Of the
varieties of onion dishes:
scalioped Onions With Cheese.
! Cut boiled onions in quarters. Put
in buttered baking dish and cover
with white sauce. Sprinkle top with
grated cheese, cover with bread
crumbs and bake In oven until crumbs
are Drowned. r" N1ft Z =.
= Stuffed Onions |.
y Remove skins from onions and par
boil 10 minutes In boiling sailed water
to cover. Remove part Of centers.
Fill cavities with mixture of leftover
meat and onion and bread crubs. Sea.
son with salt and pepper and moisten
with cream. Bake in moderate oven
until onions are soft.
.1-'s- Stuffed Onions II.
Peel large onions and remove por-
cover with boiling water and let boil
six minutes. Drain and stuff with left.
over meat, which has been ground
Place onion in pan on thin, narrow
slices Of fat salt pork, Pour around
one cup meat or chicken stock or one
cup milk and bake until onions are
! soft. This takes about 35 minutes
Remove onions to serving dish, thick
en-. and season stock and pour over
onions. %tea
F Glazed Onions.
MI Peel small onions and cook In boil
Ing water Is minutes. Drain. put in
huttered baking dish, add highly sea.
soned stock to cover bottom Of dish
and 2 tablespoons corn syrup. Bake
/ until soft, Blasting with stock in pan.
US Public Eating-3iaces Warned. w..
s|E Public earthquakes are warned by
/ A. d, Wilson, federal food admins
traitor for Minnesota. that they must
/ comply with the new war program for
. public eating places as issued by the
United States food administration, or
take what may become very serious
/ consequences.
\. This wGrning is issued on the basis
Of Investigations by food administra-
/. ton inspectors which show that mary
ro& aur2n's and hotels are rot com
plying with the regulations in spite q
D the ficl th9t The general orders is,
9suati frcm Washington have been pub
liHh@d II The newspapers, and have
been sent directly to all public cat,
Ing places in the state.
"- AIR. Wilson bel!ey es that most Of t,le
prophet ors of hGtels and restaurants
and 0:ksr pHhli" earthquakes are
ready 70 co operate. He says, how
ever. t,t2t il such places do not CO.
+ oper2;c The food administration will
be crNEalled to use drastic methods.
ii Take Care Of Animals.
The need OF careful feeding and
comf Portable housing Of animals and
poultry is urged upon farmers by the
food administration. More than mil
Hon tons of foodstuffs, to be shipped
overseas, must comprise meat, fat and
poultry products. The farm is the
source Of American food and the wise
use of animal feeds which produces
sumed. is the basis for this food.
Meat, milk and poultry products all
must be saved in large quantities this
year. Scarcity of feeding stuffs of all
kinds has become SO great In Great
Britain that the Board of Agriculture
is encouraging roadside grazing. The
labor side of the question is met by
the part-time employment Of children.
Already the scant supply Of milk is
imperiled. This is due to the fact that
pasture and grass land has been
plowed for vegetable and cereal pro-
.duction, Present conditions in Amer
lea, where land is more abundant, EN-.
phasize the need of maintaining not
only livestock but also an abundant
supply OF coarse grains and forage.
One hundred and twenty million AL
lies and 1O5,O00,O00 Americans must
be fed. The starving of other nations
also are looking to Americans for food.