Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-10
UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION
The Possibilities of Peppers

The Possibilities of Peppers l
 Peter Piper may have picked a peck of peppers, but the pickling will have to be left to you. Here are some directions for that and other delight ful things to be done with peppers, suggested by the United States food administration:
 Picked Peppers.
 Cut the sterns out in a round circle with a sharp knife and lay them aside to replace later. Fill the pep pers with a mixture of finely chopped cabbage, grated horseradish, mustard seed and salt. Wash the peppers in cold water; i'll them; replace the stem tfest them with a. soft cord to keep the lids in; pack them in stone jars and fill up with cold sharp vinegar. They will be ready for use in two weeks.
 SMeethread in Peppers.
 ParboI sweetbread, cool and cut. in small pieces; there should be one cup. Melt two tablespoons savory fat, add two tablespoons cornfour and pour on gradually one cup of chicken stock; then add two tablespoons of cream. Season with salt, paprfka and Worces- tershire sauce. Cut a slice from the stem Of six peppers. remove seeds and parboil peppers Is minutes. Cool, fill and bake for 30 minutes
 Further Suggestions.
 Peppers may be parboiled, stuffed with any sort of a mixture cooked rice mush, corn, rice and nuts, and baked
 Peppers combined with cheese are very good as a salad.
 Peppers and cabbage also are very good.
 As Others See Us. A letter came to Mir Hoover the other day from little girl in Scotch mining town. She thanks him for the unselfshress of the American people, contrasting them with the Germans, who she is jolly well sure would not have the heart in them to look after any land but itself, unless they want ed something in return It makes you wonder just how un- selfish you have been, to read these quaint little notes about the food stuffs" that have reached English l homes through American self-denial.
 They are rationed over there. The | little Scotch girl says: T miss all the buildings and nice sweetmeats, but we can live without them, and I will econ- omize as much as possible. When Saturday or Sunday night comes our sugar, butter and jam are finished and we must wait till Monday before we can receive our rations. It is a hard time, but if we mean to win this war we must cake what comes as long as it helps to shorten the war"
 America, too, is on a. ration, ar scarcest now America, as source o1 supply for herself and her allies, is keeper of the books. She can abstract more than her share, but is on he1 | honor not to.
 Of all the sugar used in this country in 1917 from 66 to 72 per cent. wen directly into the households for do mestic consumption. It is here tha the country must reduce it's demands | When the new crops begin to come 1T November, the shortage will be some what relieved. But for the presen there is an absolute necessity that thu country haIve it's use of sugar.
 As Mir. Hoovers young correspon dent said, we do miss the sweetmeats but we, too, can get along withou them. Fruits, especially dried one like figs, dates, etc., contain a larg amount of sugar. So sugar in granu lated form is not the only way for U to have it. That is a necessity over seas, where our fighting is being don for us. If shortage of sugar seem hard to us, what would it be, shoult we stint those weary, mud stained mel of ours who march back to rest iron the trenches of the Marne?
 Our ration is two pounds per persol a month, or less if possible The ra ton is matter of honor, of constan alertness as to whether we could no eat some things without the suga trimmings.
 America is pledged to send it's suga across the seas, to save and scrimp 0. it here. We've promised our soldiers our allies, the neutrals dependent O. rs, for their supply
 Now it's up to individua leffort an
 individual pledges.
 Do you remember how the childre say it?
 Gross my heart, on my honor. hop } to die'
 Latest Food Rulings from the U. Food Administration. To Housewives: Do you find it diff ? cult to keep up with the latest new l from the United States food admins f tration headquarters? This little com
 munique will reach you occasional. 5 It will keep you informed of the lateS ,, developments in our food situation Sugar Drive On. 2 One of the most important an 7 patriotic things which can be dor right now is to SAVE SUGAR. . We must release some of the shiT o4 se!Iddns puB sI9!pIos mo GIIr