Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-11-21
The ONION JOINS
THE ARMY RANKS
The Food Administration Urges
Use OF This Old Friend.
INTRODUCES THE PATRONIoN
state Has oversuppiy Of Onions and
Housewives Are Asked to Use
Them A. War Measure.

~AS i'""'y ~ HdS USCOHl0 MINNIE
sofa war measure. Permit us to in.
troduce the Patronion Fall in be-
hind this leader and put the Hun on
the run with an onion!
Miss Mildred Weigley, home eco
nomics 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-
ley's advice IL given for three rea,
sons
Minnesota just now has more onions
than II can handle unless rather imme
date use is made Of them.
The caloric value of onions IN high:
therefore, they are good food.
Increase In their consumption adds
to the saving OF other foods which
may be shipped to the Allies, or must
be shipped to us.
There are more onions in mSay
sections Of the state than can be
stored through the winter" says Miss
Weigley. With our present food situa.
ton we cannot afford to let one ounce
OF food go to waste II there is a pos
slble way OF using It, Three to four
medium onions or one-third cup of
scalloped onions will give az much
food value as two small baking pow
der biscuits Oh 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:
ecailoped Onions with Cheese.
Cut boiled onions in quarters. Put
In a 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.
Stuffed Onions !.
Remove skins from onions and par.
boil 10 minutes in boiling sailed water
to cover. Remove part OF centers
FIJI cavities with mixture OF leftover
me It and onion and bread cruhs Sea.
son with salt and pepper and moisten
with cream, Bake in q moderate oven
until onions are soft
Stuffed Onions ~.
Peel large onions and remove a por-
ton Of the inside. Put In a sauce pan
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 IS minutes.
Remove onions TO serving dish, thick,
on and season stock and pour over
onions
Glazed Onions.
Peel small onions and cook in boil.
ing water Is minutes. Drain. put in
buttered baking dish. add highly sea-
soned stock to cover bottom Of dish
ind 2 tablespoons corn syrup Bake
until soft. basting with stock in pan
Public Earthquakes Warned.
Public eating places 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 az issued by the
United States food administration. or
take what may become very serious
consequences.
This warning Is issued on the basis
OF Investigations by food administra-
ton inspectors which show that many
restaurants and hotels are not com.
plying with the regulations In spite of
sued from Washington have been pub.
lished in me newspapers. and have
been sent directly to all public eat.
ing places In the state.
MIR Wilson believes that most Of the
proprietors OF hotels and restaurants
and other public eating. places are
ready to cooperate, He says. how.
ever. that IL such places do not CO.
operate, the food administration will
be compelled to use drastic methods.
Take Care of Animals.
The need Of careful feeding and
comfortable housing Of animals and
poultry Ia urged upon farmers by the
food administration. More than a mil.
lion tons OF foods,ufYs, to be shipped
overseas. must comprise meat. fat and
poultry products. The farm ia the
source OF American food and the wise
use OF animal feeds which produces
maximum results from the feed con-
sumed. Ia the basis for this food
Meat. milk and poultry products all
must be saved In large quantities this
year. Scarcity Of feeding stuffs of al
kinds has become SO great in Great
Britain that the Board OF Agriculture
Is encouraging roadside grazing, Tho
labor side OF the question is met by
the part-time employment Of children.
Already the scant supply Of milk 10
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 moro abundant, em.
| phasixe 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 l05. 6O0, 00e Americans must
be fed The starving Of other nations
also are looking TO Americans for food.
Peace will add millions 70 theoo Ill
Nons.