Breads in Foreign Lands

Many of the-American fancy breads are foreign breads or adaptations of them. The following observation on breads and other foods in foreign lands was made by the author during a visit to the British Isles and European countries in the summer of 1930. The English breakfasts are similar in some ways to the American. Cooked fruits, green or purple plums, pears, peaches and gooseberries are frequently served for breakfast. The cooked fruit is placed on large plates instead of small sauce dishes. Sometimes fresh fruit only is served. The waiter wheels in a cart with dishes of different kinds of fruit and the guests indicate what they want. At other times fruit is served from a side table The breakfast bacon is soft and white, not crisp like the American fried breakfast bacon. It has more lean meat than the American bacon and tastes like ham

Dishwashing: Kitchen Aids

Thinking women study their jobs to determine the quickest and best methods to use. As a result they have more time for things they want to do. Dishwashing is a task that women dislike more than any other. It is monotonous and is a routine job that must be cared for three times a day. A study of it will cut the time in half and eliminate its most disagreeable features if the results are put in practice

Adequate Diet for the School Child

Every mother is anxious that her children grow into men and women who will be a credit to the home and community from which they come. Probably one of the biggest factors that will help to bring this about is the food that the mother prepares every day and which she trains the children to eat. She does get tired of ever lastingly preparing food and often wonders if she is feeding the right thing for health and growth

Individual Note in Curtaining

The window today gives us light, are and a view of the outside world. It has become a necessary part of the architectural scheme of every home or public building no matter how simply built. “In the middle ages it was only a slit in the wall (a breezy slit in the winter) thru which one looked for trouble.” A use it has not entirely lost even at the present time. As the window has developed into its present place in the scheme of building there has been an ever increasing demand for ideas and materials that will help the homemaker fit the windows into the decorative scheme of the whole house both inside and out. It is only very recently that the beautiful materials for window hangings have been on the market. (See more in text.

Desserts To Your Taste

“What shall I have for dessert” is an ever present question to the busy house-wife. Desserts that are easy to make, attractive and wholesome, are always acceptable. Fresh fruits or canned fruits make the simplest desserts. The housewife who has a good supply of other of these can always fool that she has something fine for dessert at a moments notice. Then too the fruits are needed in the diet because they furnish minerals and vitamins which are needed by the body. The woody substance which they contain is indigestible but it is needed to give bulk to the waste as it passes down the alimentary canal and so aids in preventing constipation. In order to keep in health the body fluids must be neutral. The fruits are base farming. The protein food, which make up altogether too much of the American diet, are acid forming, therefore the fruits are needed to help to maintain the desired neutrality. Fruits are excellent serv3ed at the end of the heavy meal because they do not over tax the digestive system

Adequate and Economical Meals

At the county project determination meetings which were held during the early fall months in twenty-eight counties in the state the women discussed the summary of 1200 food questionnaires as well as the survey summary secured through the cooperation of doctors, dentists and grocery men. The survey showed that 15 percent of the children in the families reporting were fussy about their food, 16 percent of the mothers had difficulty in getting the children to drink milk, 15 percent of the children did not eat raw tomatoes and 20 percent did not eat cooked tomatoes. Twenty three percent did not eat cooked vegetables at all. That the average homemaker falls short in not using enough milk, green vegetables and cereals was brought out more strikingly in the house to house survey carried out in four townships in Brookings county by the Rural Sociology Department, State College

Puddings for Economical Meals

The up-to-date homemaker plans intelligently to meet the many needs of her family. She wants her efforts to produce the .greatest possible results in their lives. One of her many problems is feeding the family adequate meals that they will enjoy. She can serve the plainest food and make them feel satisfied if she will serve interesting desserts. Puddings are of wide variety. Changes in basic recipes give results that bear little resemblance to one another. The real secret is to have the finished product well flavored and attractively served

The Health Value of Whole Grains: Quick Breads and Cookies

The grains are more widely distributed than any other one food. Thirty-five to forty-five per cent of the diet of Americans and Europeans is made of grain products. In this country grains vie with potatoes for a place on the menu. About 35 per cent of the diet of the Chinese and Japanese is rice. The southern negro\u27s main food is cornmeal. The grains are truly the staff of life. The importance of the grains as a food staple was emphasized at the time of the World War. The supply of grains, especially wheat, was carefully guarded. Its control and use for food by the warring nations was an important factor in winning the war. Everyone remembers how grain products, particularly white flour, were rationed

Soft Cheese Making

In this circular, created by the Agricultural Extension Service at South Dakota State College, the information provided focuses on soft cheese making and instructions on how individual farmers should maintain a cleanliness on their farm. This information is guided by the Agricultural Department during the year 1923

Homemade Yeast Bread

Each homemaker will have to decide whether it is economy for her to bake or buy bread. The fancy breads from the bakery are more expensive than the plain bread. They can be made with very little more time than that required to make plain bread. To determine the cost of making it \u27is necessary to keep a record of the cost of the ingredients and fuel. The difference between this and the value of the finished product figured at market price will give the amount saved. At present prices about one-half the cost can be saved on plain bread and more than half on fancy breads. Time has not been considered in this estimate of saving. It is a question whether the time spent in making bread would not give greater satisfaction to the family if used .in some other way