Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1917 — Value of Corn Meal in the Diet Underestimated, Says Expert in Home Economics [ARTICLE]

Value of Corn Meal in the Diet Underestimated, Says Expert in Home Economics

Include corn meal in the diet and learn to like it. The qualities of corn meal have been underestimated, in the opinion of Mrs. Mary P. Van Zlle, dean of the division of home economics in the Kansas Statp Agricultural college. Bolted corn meal is now cheap, as compared with other cereals. It costs about half as much as wheat flour, only a third as mucty as rolled oats, and a fourth as muph as rolled wheat. Corn meal has a high food value, says Mrs. Van Zile. Although the bolted meal does not supply so much tis-sue-building material as wheat flour, it does supply more starch and fat. The ‘unbolted corn meal, which is of good flavor and is preferred by many, has more tissue-building material, as well as more starch and fat, than the wheat flour:" For a long time pellagra was supposed to be contracted through eating corn meal. Scientific investigation has proved that this is false and there is no danger from eating ordinary quantities. Corn meal can be used successfully in a variety of ways. A» a breakfast oereaT r fruifTnUsh. corn brftad, or as corn griddle cakes it is a success from a nutritive as well as an economic standpoint. A satisfactory bread may be made by using one-half wheat flout and one-half com meal. ■