The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-10-13
The Homemaker's Corner
BY MARY DOUGLAS

Mrs Julie Kiene, director of West
inghouse Home Economies Institute,
speaking before the opening session
of the Newspaper Food Editors Con-
ference, held at the Drake Hotel in
Chicago a couple of weeks ago, made
this statement: "Tell me what you
eat and I'll tell you what you are"
which is a paraphrase of another old
expression
A report was given of how the
Westinghouse corporation and the
Pennsylvania College pooled their
budgets set aside for research, and
conducted a nutrition study over
the past year. Sixty-four families
in good health were selected and
they set out to determine whether a
better balanced diet would improve
the nutritional standards of these
families Menus were prepared with
sufficient alternates to satisfy the
individual tastes of all, but all menus
were INTENTIONALLY correct Mrs.
Kiene made personal visits to all
the homes, instructing housewives
how to cook vegetables, the proper
utensils to use, the care and use of
the refrigerator, the proper storage
of food, as we'll as the preparation
of it. Each family was given
thorough physical examination be-
fore the test started
AT the end of the study the aver
age medical rating for these families
had increased substantially-in some
cases as much as IA points. The
study brought out two important
points: u that ID per cent of the
people were not eating breakfast
the most important meal of the day,
and q that there was very def
mite improvement in the health
standards of the families, attained
by practicing better methods of food
selection, storage and preparation.
The food manufacturers were on
hand to demonstrate all the new
things on the market. Aunt Jemima
was there with her Devils Food and
Silver cake ready mixes, and to prove
that a mere man can make a cake,
she selected one from the audience
to try his hand. This man turned
out to be the president of the Quaker
Oats company, Mr.. Donald B. Lourie,
who made beautiful cake in no time
at all. Mr.. Lourie stressed to the audi
ence that much time is spent by food
manufacturers in preparing food di-
rections on the package and it is i'm
portant to follow these carefully.
Many other new things made their
appearance on the program, such as
the new soluble tea, made of orange
pekoe and black tea, with added
carbohydrates to preserve flavor.
This Is sister product of soluble
coffee and is a product of the Nestle
company under the name, "Nestea."
The versatile rolled smoked pork
butt, known to the trade as the
Daisy" which will soon come ready
cooked, was also discussed and the
suggested uses for it were varied.
such as spreading the slices with mus
tard and brown sugar and broiled
quickly, and many other ways. All
the newest in china and table linens
was also on display, with the trend
away from pastels to deep muted
tones-of greens, brown, wine, reds
and gray, this was noticeable in
both dinnerware and cloths.
To start off our recipes this week
we have one contributed by Mrs. P.
A. Long, who is always anxious to
pass along to others a helpful sug-
gestion, and she thinks this easy in
expensive little cake will be one
that you will like.
Devils Food Cake
Ozark and Moist)
! cup granulated sugar
"a cup shortening
l egg
"a cup sour milk
IA cups sifted all-purpose -four
2 ounces bitter chocolate
Y cup boiling water
l teaspoon baking powder
pinch salt
/ teaspoon vanilla
Pour boiling water over chocolate
to dissolve, while mixing all other
ingredients together, then add cho-
colate, which has been allowed to
cool slightly. Bake in an 8x11-inch
pan in a 375-degree oven for 80
minutes. Ice with Butter Icing,
made with confectioner's sugar. Cut
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