Foods that will win the war and how to cook them (1918)

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[Illustration: save

  1-wheat
    _use more corn_

  2-meat
    _use more fish & beans_

  3-fats
    _use just enough_

  4-sugar
    _use syrups_

  and serve
  the cause of freedom
  U.S. FOOD ADMINISTRATION]


[Illustration: food

  1--buy it with thought
  2--cook it with care
  3--serve just enough
  4--save what will keep
  5--eat what would spoil
  6--home-grown is best

_don't waste it_]




FOODS THAT WILL WIN THE WAR

AND

HOW TO COOK THEM

BY C. HOUSTON GOUDISS

FOOD EXPERT AND PUBLISHER OF THE FORECAST MAGAZINE

AND

ALBERTA M. GOUDISS

DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL OF MODERN COOKERY

The authors can be reached by addressing the

WORLD SYNDICATE COMPANY

NEW YORK

Copyright 1918 by THE FORECAST PUBLISHING CO.

_All rights reserved, including the translation into foreign
languages, including the Scandinavian._

[Illustration: _This is_ what GOD gives us.

What are you giving so that others may live?

_Eat less_
  WHEAT
  MEAT
  FATS
  SUGAR

Send more to Europe or they will Starve]




FOREWORD


Food will win the war, and the nation whose food resources are best
conserved will be the victor. This is the truth that our government
is trying to drive home to every man, woman and child in America. We
have always been happy in the fact that ours was the richest nation
in the world, possessing unlimited supplies of food, fuel, energy
and ability; but rich as these resources are they will not meet
the present food shortage unless every family and every individual
enthusiastically co-operates in the national saving campaign as
outlined by the United States Food Administration.

The regulations prescribed for this saving campaign are simple and
easy of application. Our government does not ask us to give up three
square meals a day--nor even one. All it asks is that we substitute as
far as possible corn and other cereals for wheat, reduce a little our
meat consumption and save sugar and fats by careful utilization of
these products.

There are few housekeepers who are not eager to help in this saving
campaign, and there are few indeed who do not feel the need of
conserving family resources. But just how is sometimes a difficult
task.

This book is planned to solve the housekeeper's problem. It shows how
to substitute cereals and other grains for wheat, how to cut down
the meat bill by the use of meat extension and meat substitute dishes
which supply equivalent nutrition at much less cost; it shows the use
of syrup and other products that save sugar, and it explains how to
utilize all kinds of fats. It contains 47 recipes for the making of
war breads; 64 recipes on low-cost meat dishes and meat substitutes;
54 recipes for sugarless desserts; menus for meatless and wheatless
days, methods of purchasing--in all some two hundred ways of meeting
present food conditions at minimum cost and without the sacrifice of
nutrition.

Not only have its authors planned to help the woman in the home,
conserve the family income, but to encourage those saving habits which
must be acquired by this nation if we are to secure a permanent peace
that will insure the world against another onslaught by the Prussian
military powers.

A little bit of saving in food means a tremendous aggregate total,
when 100,000,000 people are doing the saving. One wheatless meal a
day would not mean hardship; there are always corn and other products
to be used. Yet one wheatless meal a day in every family would mean a
saving of 90,000,000 bushels of wheat, which totals 5,400,000,000 lbs.
Two meatless days a week would mean a saving of 2,200,000 lbs. of meat
per annum. One teaspoonful of sugar per person saved each day would
insure a supply ample to take care of our soldiers and our Allies.
These quantities mean but a small individual sacrifice, but when
multiplied by our vast population they will immeasurably aid and
encourage the men who are giving their lives to the noble cause of
humanity on which our nation has embarked.

_The Authors._




CONTENTS

                                      PAGE
  FOREWORD       4

  SAVE WHEAT: Reasons Why Our Government Asks Us to Save Wheat, with
          Practical Recipes for the Use of Other Grains       11
    A General rule for proportions in bread-making       15
    Use of Corn       18
    Use of Oats       20
    Use of Rye       22
    Use of Barley       23
    Use of Potatoes       24
    Use of Mixed Grains       25
    Pancakes and Waffles       27

  SAVE MEAT: Reasons Why Our Government Has Asked Us to Save Meat,
          with Practical Recipes for Meat Conservation       29
    Selection of Meat