The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-02-19
A TALK ABOUT FooD.

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A Few Practical, SuggestIons on tho
Subject OF What is Cheapest and
Best for Poor People to Eat.
From the Grand Rapids, CIIch.) Eagle.
The scarcity ofmoney and the difficulty
b obtaining permanent employment
makes it necessary for poor people TO
look about for something to cat less costly
than roast beef and plum buildings, for
there are to day quite q number, who are
Sorely put to 1t to contrive how To exc
out existence till summer and work come
again, and the supply OF some has already
become exhausted; indeed, there are
now 'quite'a number who "too proud 10
beg, too honest to STEAL" are battling
with the wolf, lfthe reports that come TO
US from the Directors OF thu Poor and
the Benevolent Society are true. What
ever will tend to show poor people what
TO eat in such times less expensive than
their accustomed diet will be Of value to
them. For this purpose we venture q
few suggestions. -, ,..,,y-,~,
Fresh meats Of all kinda at the price
retailed by the butchers are not econom.
ical food. Sailed meats are cheaper Than
fresh. In economizing food meat should
never be fried. uYou would get the
most substance out Of fresh meat, make
1t into soup or stew. The best meat d
the most economical for soup. Do not
buy bones.
Do not buy your bread al the bakers
Homemade bread Is far more nutritious,
besides being cheaper. Make use Of corn
meal, Graham flour, or hominy, in prefer.
ence TO fine wheat flour, both for health
and economy. HominY Is an article that
no family desirious. Of practicing economy
should dispense with: 1t is very CHEAP,
and contains no moisture, while the best
OF -four holds from twelve to fifteen
pounds Of water to the barrel. One hun.
bred pounds Of Graham flour are worth
as much In family as one hundred and
thirty three pounds of white flour. Corn
meal costs less than half the price of -four.
1t Is worth twice as much. .---
BuckYheat flour. should never. be In
dulged in by families who are obliged to
economist food. It Is dear at any price,
It must be hoated In dear butter; and
many say 1t Is not healthy. A cheap ar.
ticle'oi food isWhitS besns. They retail
at from six to ten cent pr quart, and are
worth from 81 70 to s. so per buahel,
Professor Lieplg has stated that pork and
beans form a Comp und Of lsubstanoes
peculiarly adopted to furnish all that ia
necessary to support life and give bone,
muscle and tat, ID proper proportions, to
man. This article Of food will enable one
to perform more labor, at less cost, than
any, other substance. Poor peoples can
hardly afford to eat potatoes al 81 fper
bushel; they cost about half as much al
bushel Of beans, while q bushel Of the
latter are worth as much for food as q cart
load OF potatoes. Rice d cheap article
OF food, and very wholesome.
Vegetables are not considered economi.
cal, although they may be sandwichedIfh
occasionally fofEaS change. Carrots are
the cheapest of.all roots, but thew arc M
tie used as human food, though very nu-
tritious. Turnips are dear Of any price,
There Is more nutriment in quart ofcar.
rots thanina bushefof turnips. Turnips
ere 81 per cent Waters Cabbage Il nutri-
tious, but rather expensive. Buy very
little Of 1t II your money Is short. Ano-
ther excellent and economical article Of
food Is peas.
II would be good for a change to those
who are put to their Wits end TO know
how to get enough ID feed their families,
lfanythng that we have said shalF put
them In a way Of changing some Of their
old habits, so as to buy such articles as
will satisfy hunger while giving them
healthAnds Htrengt orless th6n hSlFsthe
money they. have been accustomed TO
spend though living only half comforta-
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