The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-11-04
MOI FOOD WALES

tush,l sugar eight TO ten cents "a
mound meat prices higher b a ever
before, nearly all other foodstuiis
moport,onately high and no ,igns OF
any rciiof. the average housewife has
- hard time making both ends meet
on hubby's income. For the benefit
Of those wives the government has set
to worn u corps OF men who are cN-
p.rts IN food values. They are issuing
nullctus telling us how To- get mot
uut Of the foods than cooks usually
get, how to ave in the kitchen II
what the food values are OF things we
all eat.
There IS great public ignorance
about this question OF food values.
Tho average woman has some sort Of
q notion that meat is more strength
.ning han any other KIN OF food
that eggs are almos Il not quite, 1S
good and beyond that she knows little
that il definite.
And set she uugh, TO be an exper:
along this very line OF food values, Tor
II " one OF the most important things
~ life both from the s~tandpoints OF
economy and " health.
\ woman knows linens and silks
and dress goods and the beet brands
Of shoes and hosiery. She has studied
those him oat. and she will spend
. whole half day shopping around to
re, the mos, linen ia n tablecloth for
the money. and yet, II you ask her
ABOUT, the food values ana the "calor.
les In the foods she Is 10 set upon
that cloth. she viii ,ook at you in
Hank as%,onishment
If you should tell the average house
wife That Il pound OF soda crackers
has nearly twice as much food value
as a pound Of the best roast beef.
she would think You were Joking but
tho government avs 1t IS true.
The Philadelphia Norih American.
discussing this subject recently. point
~ F'N '''N - 'Af' ~ 10 a'sh'Ah siA'hss'
zee a family OF four sharins a dinner
az u quar-, OF milk and one pound
Of popcorn h. would be- moved 10
~ mpathS The same person. obs.ry-
ing a family Of four eating a meal o.
parsnip soup. PORK spar.-ribs with
onions. appi. auc Drowned sweet
potatoes, rolls and butter. gelatin with
whipped cream and coffee. would call
such diners fortunate. lie would say
the popcorn eaters were half sturv-
ed and the other four amply nour-
ishcd.
Yet the milk-anG-p popcorn group.
WOULD be getting two-thirds 49, mucis
nutriinent as tbs other group with
is elaborate meal, and milk and pop
corn would be more wholesome and
disestible. too.
IN" point Is, as government bull..
TINS are pointing out. a housewife who
Knows nothing OF the fuel value" OF
different foods. viii. through that *
nofarcc. pay for some food with 81
'i1ol value Of 200 c%alur.cs twice or
oven -four times as much as would
bus "A similar quantity 81 another food
with sIN times as much fuel value |
There is not room here 20 tell what |
M" government experts say IN thoirl
bulletins about nov 20 save money ly
tuy!ng the cheaper cuts uf meat and |
thon cooking them long enough 81
max" them Jus, as tender and tooth
some as the higher priced cuts, how
60 cook meats so as to retain all ,hcirl
inherent uutriment. and so on.
Jus' one item mat ought 70 be 81
interest On fhc problem of household
economy, Rice is today the SAM. price
was TINS day "a year ago. ana rice
mas q high food value. Rice If N. food
staple 81 nearly oue-,nird OF IA. hu-l
man race There Is no food not even
wheat 'lour, that end Itself Il, mlrel
varied ways OF preparation as food. |
L"ot ia almost ans cooE book anal
find the many different appc,ringl
"ay. D." which rice may De cooked and
served
81 ouis" II everyone went To- caiingj
~" rs price would advance. too. tori
tho rDc crop Of his country ~ only !
dS million bushels this year. While
tho wheat crop was 900 million bush |
els. but while riC. IN the sam, price
today, wheat H. twice as hign as u was
u year ago, and II Is 80 largely bee
cause 80 many families thiuk they,
must have wheat products as Their
Principal food The government food
experts are trying TO show tina, there
are other foods han m.a, and wheat
that are Just as good and lower Ia
price
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