The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-31
HOME FOOD PROBLEMS
IN 4.P4CE NUTSHELLS
UNITED States Food Leaflets" Convey
Nations Expert Thought to Ma
tons Women.

Uncle Sans food advice To his people
at war, condensed in four page United
States Food Leaflets and aimed to slim
ulate food saving without sighting body
needs, are now ready Prepared by the
United States department of agriculture
and the food administration and with the
aid of state representatives, the leaflets
carry the country's expert thought on
! food conservation and utilization trans
lated into popular language. For the
mother who may be confused with much
advice about her war obligations, as well
as for the food conservation worker the
message Of the leaflets should be most
helpful.
Beginning with the days first meal the
experts take up the daily food problems
of the average home. start the Day
Right with Good Breakfast il food
leafet No. |. Then follow Others now
ready; do You Know Corn Meal = "A
Whole Dinner in One DISH" Choose
Your Food Wisely Make Little Meat
Go Long Way" "Do You Know Dat
mealf" Food for Your Children More
will follow.
In four.p page nutshels and in big read
able type, the problem of foods and diets
are presented in way which should
make them strike home"--every home
in America. War diets for the child and
the adult, carefully selected, not only
with regard to 0calories" and protein
scientific measuring rods-but also with
delicate respect for young, middle-aged |
and grown-up appetites, are presented by |
means of menus, recipes and hints
MANY of them new and all of them |
simple and practicable.
A Dinner in One Dish.
Confident that "A Dinner in One Dish"
presented in food leahet No. 3, will make
good its name, the governments food
specialists guarantee that's
THE youngsters will like it,
Father will like it,
You will like it,"
Your pocketbook will surely like it,"
"Your bodies cant help liking it"
"UIncle Sam is bound to like it
Here is another brief lesson in food
economy taught in one pointed para
graph: use cereals--corn meal mush,
rice, hominy grits. These are
much cheaper than some 'ready-to eat
breakfast foods Ready. eat break
fast food may cost - cents for big
package, but if the package contains
only one-q quarter of pound 60 cents a
pound for cereal This is eight or ten
lines as expensive as corn meal at six
,r seven cents a pound. Look for the
Weights printed on the package and get
he most for your money.
Diet for Little Citizens.
Diets for the children. one leaflet says
n big type. should not be skinny, but
wise selection will enable food saving
wen in their meals And then. after
model breakfasts, dinners
md suppers, the experts make bid for
he child vote with these suggestions;
Sweets are good for themthe right '
mes at the right time. Dates, raisins,
tewed fruits, simple buildings and sugar ?
ookies are better than candy. Give I
hem at meal time. Between meals let !
hem have bread and butter, cracker Z
+ fruit. They won't spoil the appetite G
nd candy between meals will.
A New Method of Distribution. +
The United States food leaflets are in b
ended to supplement rather than replace =
he department of agricutures publca ;
ions on food and other home problems. n
With the funds at its disposal the de- II
artment of agriculture will be able to Il
upply these leaflets directly only to ?
,aders and active workers in food con o
ervation movements. Efforts are to be
lade to induce the press to republsh y
his material widely and thus make it h
irectly accessible to millions of readers. G
he department also will endeavor to in =
rest womens clubs churches, civic and
her organizations, dry goods and other "
erchants, owners of factories and other -
nployers to purchase these leaflets in
lmbers at actual cost and to distribute
rem to members, employees or friends.
he seven leaflets now published are the
rst of series of leaflets to be issued
lring the emergency, each dealing in the
me simple language with practical food /
onomies that any housewife can eff
ct.