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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
6
Practical guidance from home economics experts on using barley flour as a low cost substitute for wheat flour. Notes cover liquid absorption, weight per cup, need for eggs, flavor adjustments with cornstarch or corn products, mashed potato additions for moisture, baking temps and times, and a barley based soup recipe with optional oat crackers.
The Office of Home Economies issues a kitchen hung card promoting wheat saving by using specific substitutes. It lists substitute amounts equal to one cup of flour, notes good combinations with cautions, and presents an old bread recipe swapping 2 cups wheat flour for 138 cups barley and 1 cup corn flour.
Cottage cheese uses expand to soups sauces meat dishes potato egg salads dressings sandwiches breads pies and puddings. Whey can be made into whey honey and lemonade syrup stored for long shelf life and served on waffles pancakes or as a pudding sauce. Whey lemonade or punch combines whey sugar juice lemon slices and spices for a refreshing beverage with fruit juice variations.
A compact recipe mix uses flour, cooked oatmeal, sugar, raisins, soda, cinnamon, baking powder, fat, and molasses. Heat molasses and fat, combine with dry ingredients, and bake in muffin pans for 30 minutes to yield 12 muffins. Also notes Scotch soup with bread and dessert plus a basic lentil style broth with oats and potatoes.
Iowa State College home economics presents a wheatless Nut Bread recipe using barley and rice or corn flour with baking powder and nuts. Instructions include mixing dry ingredients, adding milk and eggs, rising fifteen minutes, and baking about an hour. Also notes on meatless one dish meals and the five food groups with practical meal ideas and a fish dinner recipe for a family of five.
Names of Charlie Baker James Rhoades Ernest Barbour and others appear around Glenwood and Pacific Junction with visits, family gatherings, and church or neighborly social events noted. Several groups meet at the George Townsend home and Willstes farm, with local families listed among attendees.
H. L. Scott traveled to Council Bluffs on Wednesday. Several ladies including Misses Heme Haynie Nellie Smith Violet Fern Palmeter and Viola Hughes visited the George Townsend home last Wednesday evening. Mrs Kenneth Mendenhall and daughter Marie along with Viola Hughes and Neilie Herbert and Chester Smith were guests at the George Haynie home Tuesday evening.
In Pony Creek news, Mrs. P. H. Martin of Peru Ind reports Chamberlain's Cough Remedy eased her daughters whooping cough. The ad cites A. J. Howe as dealer. The column also records local visits and social notes from Crest, Oakland, Glenwood and nearby towns including residents of Malvern Red Oak Council Bluffs and West Oak visiting friends and relatives.
The article explains that grain use per pound of pork decreases when pigs run on blue grass pasture and rape is used as a supplement. Spring feeding is palatable, while July and August feed is less so, but rape provides green feed all season. Small sowing efforts yield high returns as pigs gain faster. It notes several railroad presidents seeking jobs and a call for motormen nationwide.
F B Trassey of Richmond Kentucky says Chamberlain's Tablets are a wonder and unmatched for digestion or constipation. The ad notes A J Howe sells the tablets and hints at taxation debates with Congress weighing a four billion revenue tax bill and the public seeking funds.
A brief note explains sour stomach as a mild indigestion from fast or large meals and suggests eating slowly chewing well, limiting meat and supper, to avoid symptoms. It recommends Chamberlain's Tablets to aid digestion and notes sale by A. J. Howe.
Hastings notes record visits from Indiana and Silver City visitors to Hastings over the weekend. Lake George opens for the season east of Hastings. A baby boy arrived to Mr and Mrs Owens weighing seven and a half pounds. Visitors include Frink family from Sheridan Wyoming with Olive. Kenneth Dolph now carries the mail. Carl Baxter plans to leave the 15th for medical care. Dease Clark visited Omaha. Climax residents Mr and Mrs Carticle visited BH Ard last Sunday.
ISU Animal Husbandry official EH F Ferrin compares rape to skim milk in feeding value, noting rape provides food value for hogs. He describes rape as succulent, 80 percent moisture, crisp, tender, and capable of meeting appetite in spring.
A Huntington Indiana mother praises Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for swift relief during 1911 when two of her children fell ill with cholera morbus. The ad stresses keeping the remedy at home and notes it is sold by A. J. Howe.
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