Sugar prices and sugar imports regulated by Hoover
Hoover cites food administration actions to cap refiners profits and keep consumer sugar at 8.5 to 9 cents a pound amid a world shortage. He explains Cuba and allied sources, shipping limits, and plans to distribute imports. aims to save millions in refining costs and prevent price gouging while urging reduced consumption.
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Delicious Corn Muffins
An old fashioned muffin recipe revived for use in large New York hotels. To make three and a half dozen muffins you need milk butter substitute light syrup or honey eggs salt baking powder cornmeal rye flour. Mix butter with syrup, add eggs, then milk and dry ingredients.
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Wheatless Biscuits from Parched Cornmeal Recipe
Parched cornmeal forms the base of these wheatless biscuits. Mix one half cup cornmeal fried to brown, one teaspoon salt, one cup peanut butter, and one and a half cups water. Heat peanut butter with water and salt, then stir in hot cornmeal. Drop batter into small ungreased pans and bake to yield 16 biscuits each with about one sixth ounce protein.
Corn Meal as a Food and Ways of Using It
Wartime appeal promotes corn as staple for victory. The message urges saving wheat and embracing corn, citing vast corn supplies and diverse uses from breads to hearty dishes. It highlights corn’s patriotic value and directs readers to Farmers' Bulletin 565 for recipes and guidance.
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Winter of Test Promotes Food Sacrifice in America
The message urges voluntary restraint in food use as the 1918 winter tests Americans’ willingness to sacrifice for global needs. It states the U S Food Administration organizes this effort to supply food the world requires.
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Organization of the United States Food Administration
Big Herds Warned as Nations Demand More Meat
The Food Administration urges American stock breeders to conserve flocks and herds to meet Europe’s wartime meat demands. It notes Germany’s relative livestock strength, Britain’s shrinking cattle due to pasture conversion, France’s dramatic declines, and a shift in focus from cereals to meat and dairy production after the war.
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British Bread Subsidy Costs UK Government Millions
The article explains the bread program in England where government payments cover part of the bread cost. It notes grain is seized at set prices and imported wheat bought at market rates, with mills selling loaves of various weights at fixed prices. It compares with France's four pound loaf priced at 16 cents.
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France
Making Meatless Days Permanent
E H Niles writes in the Hotel Gazette that meatless menus could become permanent due to ongoing shortages of meat and fats. He predicts peace may not end the scarcity and suggests developing grain vegetable and fish based menus for several years. He notes cereals and other proteins can replace meat and that small portions may flavor other foods. He cites American Creole and southern cuisine as areas for investigation.
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E. H. Niles
Hotel Gazette
Corn Will Win Democracy's War and Feed the World
United States officials trumpet corn as the nation's mainstay in wartime crisis. A record corn crop and surplus wheat sent to Europe support famine relief while housewives adopt corn meal in bread and pastry to save wheat for allies.
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Made in Germany rumors disrupt Canadian food control
Canada reports Made in Germany lies circulating to undermine food conservation. Officials caution that stories lack foundation and are crafted to arouse public indignation. Each circulating tale weakens trust in food control and demands restraint from passing on such rumors.
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Food Administration Urges Voluntary Conservation Nationwide
The United States Food Administration emphasizes there is no royal road to food conservation. It calls for voluntary action by all citizens, each according to means, across millions of kitchens, dinner tables, and thousands of food-related businesses to share the burden.
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