Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-29

choice depending on the age of the
children:
8 quarts of milk and 1 pound of
other foods taken from the meat
and meat-substitute group.
! quarts of milk and / y pounds
of other foods taken from the meat
and meat-substitute group.
! In these combinations OF food, II
J Will be noted, bread and other prep
arations of cereal food are used as
freely as they conveniently can be.
| without making the ration one-sided
or unattractive. A diet equal in
nourishment might be planned with
less cereal, but this would make it
necessary to increase the amounts of
more costly foods, such as meat.
fruits and vegetables.
Cereals can be used freely with
out making the diet monotonous II
they are unserved in a variety of
forms and combined with other nu-
tritious or favoring materials, such
as meat, cheese. onions, celery, to-
matoes and other vegetables and
dried, cooked. or fresh fruits.
Sample Meals for Family
The food materials indicated as
being required may be combined into
three meals in many ways. The fol-
lowing meals are given not because
they are recommended above many
others that might be prepared, but
simply to show that such foods can
be combined into dishes commonly
used in American homes. These
meals supply during the day all of
the eight essential substances and
also provide favorings and condi-
ments which, while not important as
sources of nourishment, add to the
attractiveness of certain foods.
Breakfast
Fruit. l 4 pounds of fresh fruit
equivalent 20 3 medium-siz
oranges, 5 small apples, or a quart !
box of strawberries), or three or |
four ounces of dried fruits (euuiv- |
alent to 10 or II dates or 4 or 5 |
fgs).
Cereal breakfast food. ounces
before being cooked, or about IL
pints after it is cooked. The equiv |
alent in food value in puffed or
TAXED, ready-to-eat cereals would be
or 6 cups.
Milk on cereal, \ cup for each
person.
Sugar on fruit. on cereal, or in
coffee, 212 level tablespoons or IL
ounces.
Bread. slices. or s ounces.
Butter, / Il ounces, or 212 cubic
inches.
An egg, or ounces of meat, fish,
or poultry for each older person
and a glass of milk for each young
child.
Dinner
Meat, or fish, 4 pound per grown
person; or, for each child, an egg
or glass of milk.
Potatoes (5 medium sized) Ia
pounds.
Another vegetable (turnips. spin
ach, corn. caulifower or otherj,
pound.
Bread slices, or s ounces.
Butter IA. ounces, or 21a cubic
Steamed apple Cor other fruit) |
pudding. ingredients: Two cups
flour, ? tablespoons butter, q cup
milk, apples, l tablespoon sugar..
Sauce. ingredients: One-half
cup sugar, y tablespoons flour, 2
teaspoons butter, 4 cup water, fla-
vorirg.)
Supper
A gravy made out of 1 pint of
skim milk, Il cup flour, level tea
spoons butter and ounces salt or
smoked fish (iust enough for favorJ.
To This can be added the egg vol5
eft from the frosting of the cake.
(See below.)
Rice, ounces. or l cup, meas
used before being cooked.
Bread, slices, or S ounces
inches.
One-half of a cake. Gngredi-
ents for whole cake: One-fourth cup
butter u cup sugar, 1 egg. y cup
milk. l II cups -four, 21b teaspoons
baking powder.) Frosting made with
egg white and Il cup sugar.
Why the Various Substances arc
Important
TIE mineral substances, such as
ime. salts, compounds of phos-
ohorus, iron, and others are supplied
argely by vegetables. They serve
he body as building material. tend
% ,ounteract acidity in the body tis-
sues and fluids and are useful in
,ther ways. Vegetables and fruits.
therefore,, should not be neglected
n the diet. especially as they supplv
llso another substance, celluiose.
he framework material of plants
which gives bulk to the diet and
ends to prevent constipation.
Protein, a substance supplied nv
neat or meat substitutes, including
milk, is very important fuel and
material. It provides
n element-nitrogen-needed to
orm body tissues. not only during
rowth in childhood but also to
make good the wear and tear of
se in persons of any age, thus keen
ng the body in repair. Absence Of
oods supplying protein would give
diet lacking in bodybuilding ma
erials.