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please share us with a friend. This episode is brought to you by A Breadbox. Tonight, we'll read

about cooking alternatives to wheat from the 1918 pamphlet, foods that will win the war.

Although the United States did not have food rationing in World War I as it did in World War II,

it did rely heavily on propaganda campaigns at the time to persuade people to curb their food consumption. Pamphlets like this one were part of a vast

public education effort. Recipes were tailored to use corn, oats, rye, rice, and even potato

flour in place of wheat, encouraging families to support soldiers overseas through their kitchen tables.

These simple substitutions reflected a broader spirit of sacrifice and civic duty,

where everyday meals became part of the National War effort.

Herbert Hoover, who led the Food Administration before later becoming president,

became known as the Great Humanitarian for organizing food relief.

His wheatless and meatless campaigns not only shifted American eating habits,

but also demonstrated how propaganda and practical instruction could merge to shape daily life during wartime.

Let's get cozy.

Close your eyes, relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths.

Save wheat.

A slice of bread seems an unimportant thing, yet one good-sized slice of bread seems an unimportant thing.

Yet one good-sized slice of bread weighs an ounce.

It contains almost three-fourths of an ounce of flour.

If every one of the country's 20 million homes wastes on the average, only one such slice of bread a day,

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