Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
What these numbers assume — 2 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 inch wide
- three parts of flour to one of potatoes
- 60 acres of land
Directions
The fruit is peeled by splitting the skin longitudinally and giving it a rotary motion with the hands. The peel having been thus detached the fruit is cut into thin transverse slices, which are dried in the sun or in a furnace. It is then only neces- sary to grind these slices in order to obtain a fine fiour therefrom. In Central and South America hand mills are in use for grinding corn for corn bread, and such apparatus are admirably arranged for ob- taining from the slices of banaua either banana meal or an impalpable Sour made through simple grinding without any pass- age through a sieve. — From the Scientific
The Vegetarian Society Mill is admirably adapted to reducing dried bananas to flour. Our fourteen-page pamphlet, which gives full descriptions of the mill and over fifty recipes, will be forwarded on application. 171
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From Mrs. Emma T. Anderson's Health Foods and Hoiv to Prepare Them.
PERFECT BREAD. Perfect bread is made of the flour of any kind of grain and pure water. It may be rendered as light, crisp and tender as desira- ble, by kneading or otherwise working atmospheric air into the dough. Water of any temperature may be employed in mak- ing the dough. Hot or boiling water renders the bread softer and damper ; cool and cold water renders it more dry and brittle. But for the best possible article the water cannot be too cold. Iced water renders the bread tender and most delicious, if the kneading is well managed. Excellent bread may be made of entire or whole wheat flour, ryemeal, cornmeal, oatmeal, or of various admixtures of them, to please the fancy or suit the taste.
Hygienic Bread. — Mix whole wheat flour with pure cold water, the colder the better, to a stiff" dough ; knead thoroughly ten or fifteen minutes, or until the dough becomes elastic or spongy and does not require the bread-board to be dusted with flour to prevent sticking as it is rolled out. For baking, the dough may be rolled out and into various forms to suit taste or con- venience. It may be made into rolls, sqvares, strips, rings, diamonds, fingers, etc., the object in all cases being to expose as much of the surface as possible to the heat of the oven. The rolls or fingers are made 3 or 4 inches long and ^ of an inch thick; squares and diamonds are i to 2 inches in diameter (these require pricking), and yi to i/i, of an inch thick ; strips may be 3 or 4 inches long, 1 inch wide and \i of an inch thick; rings are made by cutting out a circle of dough y-2 to Y^ of an inch in thickness ami 3 inches in diameter, then cutting out a ball from the centre of the circle i inch in diameter. The rings 172
and balls present a beantifnl appearance on the table, and no shape in which dough can be cut is in better condition for baking.
For baking, a quick oven is required. The bread should be placed immediately on the grates of the oven, never on tins; it should be placed in the hottest part of the oven at first and moved back a little as soon as a crust is formed. Care must be taken to have the dough thoroughly baked, or it will become heavy when cold. The time required for baking is twenty to forty minutes, according to the size of the bread and the heat of the oven. When well done the bread has an elastic or spongy feeling. See Cold Water Loaf.
Cold Water Loaf (or Dr. Ander- son's Ideal). — This is mixed and kneaded in the same manner as the Hygienic bread, but is moulded in a larger form and baked in a moderate heat, to ensure its being thoroughly done in the centre without burning the outside. It is usually made in loaves 2% to 3^ inches thick and of any length desired. It should be in the oven about \% hours. If the crust is too hard, cover it in an earthen jar, or envelop it closely in a linen cloth until cold, when it is ready for the table. It should never be cut while hot ; it is best two days old.
Potato Bread. — Wash and peel the potatoes, boil them in as Ijttle water as will cover them, mash them through a coUauder with the water in which they were boiled, heat the whole to a boiling point, mix in whole wheat flour until sufficiently stiff to knead, cut inio small cakes and bake in an oven. The flavor usually preferred is se- cured by using three parts of flour to one of potatoes.
The banana used as a poultice allays inflammation. Mr. Younger has found the remedy helpfnl in erysipelas, curing obstinate cases in a few hours.
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Fruits are more easily raised in Florida than vegetables and are quite □umerous.
The present consnmption of peanuts in America for eating purposes alone reaches 4,000,000 bushels. — The Southwest.
Baked apples can be made fit food for the gods if 'they are nicely peeled and baked quickly in a porcelain dish. — The Southwest.
A correspondent in Florida says he would give 1 60 acres of land for the keep of him- self and wife, to a colony, and would co- operate in the effort. Who wilt like to join in forming a colony there?
Land in Southern Florida is worth from $1 .25 to £4000 an acre, according to locality and improvements. You can get good land from $10 to $25 an acre. Clearing is expensive, costing $100 an acre. It is a tropical jungle.