Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1918 — USE MORE POTATOES. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

USE MORE POTATOES.

ELP consume the 1917 record breaking potato crop. Government experts have estl-

mated that over 700,000 extra acres of potatoes were planted last year. The United StateS Food Administration is endeavoring to push the nation’s big jjotato stocks Into channels of trade and has placed potatoes on the list of substitutes thaX may be bought along with wheat flour. Potato soup has become a war dish. Here is a recipe that has been tested by United States Food Administration experts. Ingredients needed are three potatoes, one quart of milk, two slices onion, three tablespoons butter substitute, two tablespoons flour, one and one-half tablespoons salt, one-quarter teaspoon celery salt, one-eighth teaspoon pepper, few grains cayenne and one teaspoon chopped parsley. Cook potatoes tn boiled salted water. When soft run through a strainer. Scald milk with onion, remove onion and add milk slowly to potatoes. Melt the fat, add dry ingredients, stir until well mixed, then stir into boiling soup. Cook one minute, strain and sprinkle with barley.