Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-03
Che Wcf11an'S Corner

serves. sweet dried fruits, simple cake.
cookies and left overs" from dinner
Fruits and Vegetables.
Representing group 1, depended
upon to supply ash constituents and
organic acids.)
Fruit (fresh or stewed): warmed
over potatoes; leftover vegetables;
fresh vegetables used In salads. such
as lettuce. celery. young onions, rad
ishes, etc. Fruits fresh or stewed
supper as dessert. Sometimes fruit
Is served at. the beginning instead of
at the end OF luncheon or supper.
Dinner
Dinner Ia usually tho heartiest
meal of the day, and commonly q
meal at which all the five groups are
substantially represented. Generally
speaking. the fewer times each group
is represented by a principal dish.
the simpler the meal. For instance,
a dinner with a meat soup and q
IL the soup were omitted. Meals seem
more abundant IL several representa-
tives of group (fruits and vege-
tables) are used instead of only one,
and 1t Is q common custom to serve
one or more vegetables besides pota-
toes. Using O simple dessert which
requires little time to prepare, such
as fresh or stewed fruit or preserves
with cake, or emitting dessert alto
sether, is a good way of simplifying
dinner
Meats, Fish, Cheese ana Similar
Foods
(Representing group 2. depended
upon to supply nitrogen.)
Baked, scailoped. or fried fish.
meat stew, pot roast. or meat loaf
other meat and fish dishes: baked
beans (soy beans or cowpeas, II OBJ
tainable. are as desirable as navy or
other beans more commonly used !;
cheese with macaroni or rice; bean
or peanut loaf.
Potatoes, Green Vegetables, Fruits
and Similar Foods
Representing group /, depended
upon to supply mineral matter and
organic acids.)
Potatoes. sweet potatoes. turnips.
carrots, parsnips, beets, onions
greens (beets tops, kRle. spinach, etc.
celery, lettuce, cabbage. collards,
tomatoes, green corn. map beans.
green peas, or other green or succn-
lent vegetables grown in the garden
or which may be cheaply procured
fresh. stewed or canned fruits.
Members of group 8. such rice,
hominy. or macorori, are often
served in placs of a vegetable. When
this is done. care. must ,,be taken to
supply fruits and green's In order
that mineral matter and fruit and
vegetable acids may not be lacking.
Breads, Biscuits and Similar Foods
Representing group g., depended
upon to supply starch.)
Wheat bread or corn bread, hot or
cold, rye bread, biscuits. rolls, crack
ers
Potatoes and sweet potatoes are an
Important source of starch and SINH
lar nutrients in the diet, and in this
respect resemble bread and other
cereal foods. However, they are In
cluded in group because OF their
special importance as q source OF
mineral and other valuable SUBJ
stances.
Puddings, Cakes and Similar Foods
Representing group 4, depended
upon to supply sugar and give fiavor)
Bread pudding. cottage pudding,
other simple made desserts, dried
sweet fruits, jams, preserves.
Fresh or canned fruits representing
group 1, cheese representing grovp 2
With crackers reprepentin& group, 3. q
nuts representing tfgronn ~ hafy n
kEsed ds.sfs.s.t 8. ser "a rely s, 90 !
bitter, Cream and SAINT y Ess.s27
eRepresenting group s, dependet
upon to supply fats.
Butter. cream, salad oil, and other
table and cooking fats and oils.
breakfast Cereals and Breads
Representing group 8. depended
/ Breakfast Cereals: Corn meal
mush, cracked-wheat musi1, oatmeal
mush. rice. or other cereals = Wheat
a nearby feed store aHd eoarseiy
ground in a coffee " mill Is e. good
homemade cereal. So is popcorn.
Breads: Graham bread, whole
wheat bread, oatmeal bread, wheat
flour and rice bread. muffins, popov-
butter Representing group 81 would
usually be served and sometimes
with griddlecakes, butter and, .sirur
representing group ~ also.
Eggs, Meat, Milk and Similar Foods
Representing group 2, depended
upon to supply nftrogen.) S
Eggs (scrambled. boiled. poached
etc.,, egg toast, meat balls, Goldfish
balls, hash (from leftover or corned
meat). and milk. t4,r.
Milk taken with breakfast cereals
or used as beverage is an .inaportant
source of heterogeneous material, q
glass supplying as much as q ounces
of lean meat or one egg. Cooking
cereals with milk instead of water Is
a convenient way of adding nitro.
genous material to the meal.