Evening star., 1914-05-17
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thoughts toward the question whether
the cheaper cuts can be made as nutri-
tious and attractive as those costing
more.
pensive cuts OF meat differ from the
cheaper varieties only In tenderness and
flavor To populariZe these cheap cuts
he has placed at the disposal of every
housewife in the country practical, tested
recipes, which show her how actually to
cut down the meat bill with no detri-
ment TO the family's good health or
pleasure.
Uncle Sam declares that the test of a
good cook depends not so much upon the
number of fancy dishes she can prepare
as upon the tasty, inexpensive dishes
she knows how to make for everyday
use.
Vegetables also have been studied for
their food value. In all cases the facts
are practical and of benefit TO the woman
in the kitchen. For instance, Uncle sam
says that when potatoes are peeled before
cooking some nutritive material is re-
moved with the skin. This material
amounts to an average loss of 20 per
cent The poor mans wife, who must
make every ounce of nutrition count. can
save pennies If she makes it her bust
ness to get acquainted with facts OF this
sort.
Cheese beans, sugar and milk are given
their proper places IN tHlS eStlInSte VI
valuable foods. Methods are outlined and
suggested for canning vegetables in the
home. so that the housewife may take
advantage of the low prices that prevail
in the summer and prepare for the winter
when the husbands work IS apt to be
desultory on account of bad weather.
Fruits are recommended for greater use
in the diet. as they supply at the least
cost much of the mineral matter that the
body demands They are also of value be-
eli rich
organs. Ways of serving them and
methods of canning and preserving them
are included in the information collected
along this line.
These recipes have a special appeal to
the poor mother. Jams and jellies spread
1pon bread have long constituted the
favorite dessert of the poor mans chill
dren Now they can be supplied with these
favorite delicaces at the minimum OF
cost and the maximum of purity.
Probably more indigestion is caused.
dieticians say, by unpalatable bread than
bv all other badly cooked foods. The
greatest care, Uncle Sam suggests. should
be used in making and baking the dough
and the finished loaf of bread.
Cereals are OF great value in the diet
of the five most commonly used for
breakfast food, oats contain the largest
amount of the important nutrttive quail
ties Wheat ranks next or the list, bran
next corn after that and rice and barley
least of all Thoroughness in cooking is
the factor emphasized IN connection with
all cereals.
For family OF four men employed at
heavy muscular work Uncle Sam has
prepared four daily menus containing fish
n1a ~ rif ,s.ff-
tons for the purchaser of fish have been
compiled for the education of the poor
mans wife who is planning to curtail the
food bin by substituting fish for meat.
Milk-so necessary to the poor mans
babies and so difficult TO obtain pure in
hot summer months-has received special
study from several of Uncle Sans work
ers. One scientist III particular has rem
dered great and by preparing a bulletin
instrUcting the poor mother how to pas
terIriZc milk at home.
The care of all of these foods in the
home. their utilization and storage, with
special emphasis upon the handling of
dishes and cooking utensils. is the final
investigation Uncle Sam has made to
round out this vital survey of the poor
mans existence.
The place in which man lives is
nest in Importance after his food
Realizing this and that the average poor
man is apt TO continue to live in the
midst of unhealthy surroundings-slmply
because he docs not know how to better
them-tncle Sam has been greatly in
terestcd in explaining how modern home
conveniences may be installed at the
least expense.
Among the lesser Of these conren-
fences. hut ones Of considerable interest
10 the housewife practicing economy, are
the ice box and the firelesS cooker. Plans
for building these chearlv, but at the
same time effectively, have been includ-
ID in the plans he has made for the
equipment of model kitchen.
The bureau OF chemistry OF the De
partrncnt of Agriculture has charge of
the administration OF the food and drugs
act which means the overseeing of the
food and drug supplies that reach
American homes. one result of this
work is the reduction of cost to the CON
suner of certain foodstuns. through
proper labelling. Under the new labelling
system the consumer is getting what he
pays for instead of unnutritious or
Injurious adulterant.
The laboratory of the bureau Of chem
Istry works also To prevent waste of
materials produced on farms. and to
maintain quality When they are being
shipped TO the consumer. y very i'm