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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1918
Page
4
Instructions on using water and natural sweeteners to reduce sugar in recipes. Bake apples or pears to form syrup, or cook dried prunes in soaking water for rich flavor. Use syrup or honey to replace sugar in cakes, reducing added sugar by up to half.
A collection of old kitchen instructions describes candy making with maple syrup and maple sugar, plus a buckwheat pudding bake using hot milk honey and apples. It also gives a jello dessert with peach or orange flavor mixed with maple syrup and walnuts.
Step by step method for drying fruits including preparation dipping sulfuring sun drying sweating and packing. The guide notes lye dipping for prunes grapes and sugar treatment with cautions on timing and artificial heat for rainy seasons. It ends with a humorous line about soldier boys dipping from a sugar bowl.
A list urging thrifty sugar use with ten guidelines. It promotes substitutions like honey and fruit, discourages frosting, sweets, and luxuries, and sets a daily limit of 1 1/4 to 2 ounces per person with comparisons to other nations. It notes preservation methods and references USDA guidance.
Instructions on making jellies with honey replacing part of sugar including ratios for plums and apples. Cautions about boiling to avoid scorched honey and notes on keeping quality. Also covers pickled grapes in honey with spices and vinegar for preservation.
A patriotic wartime plea urges planting the flag on the sugar bin and distributing sugar fairly to aid the war effort. The Mid West Horticultural Exposition in Des Moines in November offers prizes for canned fruits preserves and jellies made without sugar.
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