Show SOLDIERS LIKED WAR BREAD breader british fighting man found thell health improved through use of unbolted meal A little more than it a century ago when britain tind had been fighting for bears years against napoleon food became very scarce following Is from it a book on bread making written by sylvester graham in 1837 in order to conserve wheat as much ns as possible the british government ordered that lint the army should be supplied with bread rondo mode from unbolted wheat meal 1 c e simply the wheat ground without having the bran or I 1 removed the sold soldiers lerm were at first displeased with the broad bread and refused refused to ent eat it oven even casting it from them in great rage but after two or threes three weeks they began to be much pleased with it and preferred it to the flue i flour bread the result of this experiment was wn that not only was the wheat made t tol 9 go further but the health of the sol diers improved so he much and so annil mant featly in the courso course of it few months month I 1 that it become a matter of common rel mark among themselves and of and surprise among the officers cerl and physicians physician of the army they ex cx pressed themselves with confidence and zeal on the subject tile tho public declared that the soldiers sold lers were never I 1 me BO healthy and robust the public pal ani pers were for months filled with of whole wheat bread and it was regularly introduced into families I 1 still after this experiment with such auch happy results and so general end ands full a testimony had been given in fil fa or of tile the coarse wheat bread when large supplies of superfine su flour came in from america and the crops from home become became again abundant and the net act of parliament regarding the food of the army became extinct roost most of the people by degrees returned to theli their old habits of eating fino bread |