# Foods of the Foreign-born

FOODS OF
THE FOREIGN-BORN
In Relation to Health
By BERTHA M. WOOD
Dietitian, Food Clinic, Boston Dispensary
With a Foreword by MICHAEL M. DAVIS, Jr.
WHITCOMB & BARROWS BOSTON, 1922
Copyright, 1922 By Whitcomb & Barrows
MADE IN U. S. A.
PREFACE
The purpose of the study which resulted in the collection of the enclosed material was to compare the foods of other peoples with that of the Americans in relation to health. The inspiration for the work came at the request of Mr. Michael M. Davis, Jr.
A deep sense of appreciation is felt toward many friends and fellow workers who very kindly coöperated. Acknowledgment is here given to a large number of men and women of different nationalities for their patience and help in teaching the recipes which had to be made many times before the measurements were standardized.
Mrs. Mary L. Schapiro's article, "Jewish Dietary Problems," was of great value in making the study of Jewish food habits.
Many thanks are due to Miss Minnie Newman, of the Foreign Department of the National Young Women's Christian Association, for much information secured in relation to both the Polish and Hungarian diets.
Bertha M. Wood.
Boston, December, 1921.
CONTENTS
* CHAPTERPAGE
* Foreword................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................vii
* I.Dietary Backgrounds................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
* II.Mexicans................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................6
* III.Portuguese................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10
* IV.Italians................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................18
* V.Hungarians................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................39
* VI.Poles and Other Slavic Peoples................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................49
* VII.The Near East: Armenians, Syrians, Turks, and Greeks................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................65
* VIII.Jews................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................82
* IX.Applications................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................96
Portions of Chapters I, IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX, were published in "Immigrant Health and the Community," by Michael M. Davis, Jr., Harper and Brothers, New York, to whom acknowledgment is here made.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.
This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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