Foods That Will Win the War and How to Cook Them

by C. Houston & Alberta Goudiss

The Use of Mixed Grains

WAR BREAD OR THIRDS BREAD

1 pint milk, or milk and water
2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons molasses
1 yeast cake
2 tablespoons fat
Mix as ordinary bread dough. Add 2 cups cornmeal and 2 cups rye meal and enough whole wheat flour to knead. Let rise, knead, shape, let rise again in the pan and bake 45 minutes.

CORN MEAL AND RYE BREAD

2 cups lukewarm water
1 cake yeast
2 teaspoons salt
⅓ cup molasses
1¼ cup rye flour
1 cup corn meal
3 cups bread flour
Dissolve yeast cake in water, add remaining ingredients, and mix thoroughly. Let rise, shape, let rise again and bake.

BOSTON BROWN BREAD

1 cup rye meal
1 cup cornmeal
1 cup graham flour
2 cups sour milk
1¾ teaspoons soda
1½ teaspoons salt
¾ cup molasses
Beat well. Put in greased covered molds, steam 2 to 3 hours.

BREAD MUFFINS

2 cups bread crumbs
⅓ cup flour
1 tablespoon fat, melted
1½ cups milk
1 egg
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
Cover crumbs with milk and soak 10 minutes. Beat smooth, add egg yolks, dry ingredients sifted together and fat. Fold in beaten whites of eggs. Bake in muffin tins in moderate oven for 15 minutes.

CORN, RYE AND WHOLE WHEAT FRUIT MUFFINS

⅓ cup boiling water
1 cup cornmeal
¼ teaspoon soda
¼ cup molasses
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup rye flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
⅓ cup raisins cut in halves
¼ cup chopped nuts
2 tablespoons fat
Scald meal with boiling water, mix soda and molasses. Mix dry ingredients, mix all thoroughly. Bake in muffin pans one-half hour.

SOY BEAN MEAL BISCUIT

1 cup soy bean meal or flour
1 cup whole wheat
1½ teaspoons salt
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 tablespoon corn syrup
2 tablespoons fat
1 cup milk
Sift dry ingredients. Cut in fat. Add liquid to make soft dough. Roll one-half inch thick. Cut and bake 12 to 15 minutes in hot oven.

EMERGENCY BISCUIT

1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup cornmeal
1 tablespoon fat
½ teaspoon soda
1 cup sour milk
1 teaspoon salt
Mix as baking powder biscuit. Drop by spoonfuls on greased baking sheet. Bake 15 minutes in hot oven.