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Show KEEPING WHILES DAYS " Are you keeping wheatless Mondays tad Wednesdays In your home? lue rciponsibillty of supplying our associates asso-ciates in this war with wheat until , next summer has now shifted to your fhoulders, Mrs. American House - . toper. The farmer and the shipper nave dene their work as far as this wheat crop is concerned. The harvest has : bfen gathered, an ample supply reserved re-served for homo use, and the surplus tas alrea'dy been shipped to Europe. There will not be another wheat crop until summer. From now until then every loaf of bread that finds its ' vay "over there" to the homo of a -orn and burdened mother or intothe outstretched hands of a hungry child d!i mean that someone here in America Amer-ica has kept wheatless days. And what does this mean? It means first of all that no wheat Cireals are served at breakfast. Do not servo rolls, hot cakes, or any kind of bread containing wheat flour for this entire day. Most of the so-called war breads or Liberty breads have one-half or one-third wheat flour. These are meant for other days. If you are going to keep wheatless days wholly, you must serve no bread oa these days with a grain of wheat ; kit Can this be done? Yes, it can and is being done today in patriotic homes from coast to coast. And this is the way the housekeepers are managing it. For breakfast and lunch or supper they are serving one of the many corn, oatmeal, rice or rye hot breads mat require no wheat whatsoever, i The two following recipes fill the bill and require very little time for Preparation: Oatmeal Biscuits. 1 cup oatmeal 1 cup ryo flour ; 2 tablespoons fat i '. 1 tablespoons baking powder Liquid 1 teaspoon salt Mix the fat and flour, which has been sifted with the baking powder and salt. Add enough liquid to make a soft dough. Turn on rolling board and roll to about one-half inch in thickness. Cut With R flnnwri hicmiil cutter. Bake about 15 minut z. Cornmeal Dodger. 2 cups corn meal 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons fat 1 cups boiling water Pour the boiling water over the other materials, neat well. When cool, form into thin cakes and bake 30 minutes min-utes In a hot oven. Makes fourteen biscuits. , For dinner on tho wheatless days do not serve any bread. Its place may be amply filled by serving both rice and potatoes for this meal. Do not serve either spaghetti or macaroni on this day, for these are both wheat products. If any pastry is made, make the crusts of cornmeal or the following follow-ing oatmeal reicpe. " Oatmeal Crust. 2 cups finely ground oatmeal 1 cup boiling water 1 teaspoon fat Scald the oatmeal with the water. Add fat nnd mix thoroughly. Roll very thin and lino small pie or tart tins with the mixture. Bake in a hot oven. There are plenty of wheatless desserts des-serts for both lunch and dinner, such as gelatine jellies with fruit and nuts, cereals molded with dates or raisins, fresh or dried fruits, oatmeal or barley bar-ley flour puddings, cornmeal tarts, etc. The list lengthens out indefinitely. Is thero any reason, then, for not keeping the wheatless Monday and Wednesday wholly in your homo? |