WHOLEMEAL BREAD [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Referring to
your article entitled " The New Bread " in your issue of January 17th, we would like to say that we are in entire agreement with what you say there. As the proprietors of an old water mill actually producing stone- ;round flour and wholemeal, we know these are far superior to the white flour in which we are obliged also to deal.
' The fact is the public does not know how flour is made, does not know that 'wholemeal contains all the wheat, and does not appreciate the superiority of grinding with the old- fashioned stones. That they are beginning to find this out is shown by the increase in the numbers of our customers and the fact that a very large percentage regularly repeat their orders.—We are, Sir, &c.,
Lox-wood, Sussex. THE BREWHURST MILLING CO.
[We consider this letter, in response to our article, of sufficient public interest to be published. A " health con- science will never be established throughout the nation till people know not only what they ought to eat, but where they can get it. It is absurd that it should be difficult to get what doctors recommend. Since we received this letter we have received others from Messrs. W. Coleman & Son, of Snow Hill, Bath, and Mr. 14I. C. Treasure, of Green Hill, Sherborne, who say that they supply wholemeal bread. We must point out, however, that (though we are afraid we did not make this clear) we intended to confine our list of names to bakers in London. We cannot publish names of bakers all over the country. It should be possible for the public to buy wholemeal bread from any baker with a fair number of customers if only they will insist upon it.—En. Spectator.] Mr. Alfred S. Amoore (Broomwood, Grayshott) writes :- Many years ago when living in London we had the bread recommended by the late Sir Henry Thompson in his book Food and Feeding. Coming to live in the country we gave it up, but after reading the articles by Mr. Ellis Barker and others I made inquiries and found that the bread is still made by Spikings and we are having it again and find it very satisfactory. It may, perhaps, not suit everyone ; but if it does nothing else, I think it will prove a remedy for constipation. I have tried to get the bread made here and have given the baker Sir Henry's formula, but so far it has not been possible, I am told, to get the proper wholemeal.
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