Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1917 — LIVING WELL WITH ECONOMY [ARTICLE]

LIVING WELL WITH ECONOMY

By E. P. Miller

Editor’s note: Mr. Miller is a member of a large potato handling firm in the United Spates and is thoroughly conversant with the potato situation. Mr. Miller is serving the food administration in an advisory capacity. Some articles of food this season will be cheaper than others and at the same time so desirable as to enable one to live well with reasonable economy. An instance of this kind is found in the southern sweet potato. In the North it is by no means appreciated. But in the Somth. when properly prepared, it is esteemed one of the delicious articles on the table. Those in the North who have had an opportunity to eat the southern sweet potato in its own environment upon returning home have been unable to obtain this delicacy because the northern dealer has not carried regularly a stock. I have known families from the North, upon the discovery of the merits of the southern sweet potato, to secure their supplies in a canned form. That should not be necessary this season. The South has produced an immense crop and preparations are being made for dealers in the North to carry them as a regular stock. Consumers can assist materially by furnishing the demand which will enable the dealer to supply a very desirable commodity at a moderate cost. The southern sweet potato may be baked or steamed economically. Either way-it is delicious. Try making a sweet potato pie as you would a pumpkin pie, simply substituting the sweet potato for the pumpkin. It is necessary for this country to conserve sugar to the greatest possible extent, and the sweet potato is one food that will furnish us with a considerable amount of sugar at the lowest possible cost. The sweet potato is cheap and desirable from all points of view. Try it!