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Document - Historical information/data - Food in War Time Booklet -CREAM OF VEGETABLE SOUP Melt . . 2 tbsp. fat Blend in 4 tbsp. GOLD MEDAL Flour 3A tsp. salt Pepper Stir in . 4 cups ps milk Add . . . 1 cup cooked vegetable pulp Cook 10 min. 6 servings. CUSTARD Add ' ' 2 eggs (or 4 egg yolks) . 2 to 4 tbsp6 sugar 1/4 tsp. salt %s tsp. flavoring 2 cups scalded milk For Sen Custard: Cook over not -quite -boiling water, stirring constantly, just until mixture coats spoon (20 min.). Remove from heat, cool. Top with whipped cream, meringue, etc. Or, serve over pudding, fresh fruit, etc. For Baked Custards Pour mixture into 6 cus- tard cups or 8 -inch casserole. Stearnbake (set in shallow an of water) 30 min. in slow mod, oven (3250), VANILLA ICE Easy, delicious delicious Pour I cup scalded milk into mixture of %s cup sugar 4 hp. GOLD MEDAL Flour %a his. salt Cook over hot water 20 min. (until slightly thick). Cool. Fold in 1 cup cream, whipped 1 tsp. vanilla Freeze until firm, stirring occa- sionally. 6 servings. Chacclate Ice Cream: Add 3 tbsp. cocoa to flour mixture in VANILLA ICE CREAM recipe.% Fruit Ice Cream: Add 1cups mashed fresh fruit pulp, sweetened to taste, to cooled cus- tard mixture in VANILLA Ice CREAM recipe. LAST-MINUTE TOMATO SOUP 51ir well . 1 cup cooked tomatoes. to break up (pulp and juice) Add . 3 cups rich milk Neat, stirring frequently. Add 3/s tsp. salt t/ hp. pepper 1 tbsp. butter (if desired) Serve immediately. 4 servings. OLD-TIME RICE CUSTARD PUDDING Mix . 2 cups cooked rice 1/2 cup seedless raisins Ploce in greased B -inch baking dish (3 in. deep). Blend . . . . 2 cups scolded milk info 2 eggs, beaten %t cup sugar th hp. salt 1 tsp. vanilla Pour over rice -raisin mixture. Sprin- kle with nutmeg. Steam bake 1% hr. in mod. oven (3500). Serve warm or chiRed, with or without cream. NUT CRUNCH ICE CREAM Crumble Nut Crunch (see below) and fold into 3 to 4 cups vanilla ice cream that has been softened by breaking up with a spoon. Then put in freezing tray or freezer to re -harden. For home- made ice cream, blend in Crunch when cream is partly frozen and con- tinue freezing until firm, stirring oc- casionally. 6 to 8 servings. Nul Crunch Melt . . . . . 2 tbsp. butter Blend in 0 9 6 . 3 tbsp. brown sugar Cook until thick and smooth, stirring constantly. Blend in . 1 cup WHEATIES cup nuts, chopped Cook and stir 5 min. Then spread in thin layer on cooky sheet. Cool. MOCK INDIAN PUDDING Combine . 2 cups milk 2 small eggs, well beaten 2 tbsp. molasses Add mixture of . 3 tbsp. sugar tsp. cinnamon t/ hp. ginger Mix in . 2 cups WHEATIES Pour into greased 8 -inch baking dish. Bake 1 to 1Y4 hr. in slow mod. oven (3250). Serve warm with plain or whipped cream. 6 servings. If you would like recipes for more custard -type puddings and other mil%foods, write to Betty Crocker, General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis I5, Minnesota, ? K[fk ...13 FOOD IFI WAR -TIME Ad food is vital war material. Our fighting forces and those who fight with us need good food. Those who support the fighting forces behind the lines in factory, field, office, and home need good food. Every American home -maker who selects food wisely, prepares it carefully and conserves it diligently is an im- portant link in our national war effort. In such measures as they guard these links as one of their important war jobs, they are helping to win this war. Food is fuel. From food comes the energy that keeps our bodies warm, that carries us about, and that is released in every type of physical activity. The calories we count are a measure of the energy values of foods. Food is building and repair material for our bodies. From food we derive proteins and minerals that we accumulate in growth and use in making structural repairs. Food provides the materials to make our bodies function with smoothness and effi- ciency. Our bodies need an array of vitamins and minerals for this purpose. X11 V" bFood values are not evenly distributed J among foods. For fuel, for building and re- pair, for running our bodies with smoothness and efficiency, we need a variety of foods. These needs can be provided by food se- lection from the basic seven food groups pictured on the back page of this booklet. We have stated in simple outline below this picture chart the amounts of foods from these basic seven food 36...'i2utnitfocs�