Arizona republican., 1917-04-14

of honey, or sirup, or an equivalent amount of other sweet.
 1A pounds of food from the follow ing: Fresh fruits and fresh or root vegetables.
 F ounces of food from a class which may be called meats and meat sub stitutes;' that is, moderately fat meats, poultry, fish, eggs, cheese. dried legumes Oceans, soy bean, peas, lentils, cowpeas and peanuts). Milk also belongs among these foods but because of the large amount Of water it contains, half a glass, or 1 ounces of it would be required to equal an ounce of any one of the others.
 A man who works hard out of doors all day probably would need more food than this, and one who sits all day at his desk would need less. The amounts given are suitable for a man who. like salesman in a store, walks about more or less and does more or less of such work as lifting.
 For a Family of Five
 family consisting of a man and a woman, who do moderately hard mus cular work, and three children-say between 3 and r years of age-Wouid get the food they require if supplied daily with:
 Az pounds of bread. having about { the same food value as pounds of wheat or rye four oatmeal, corn meal hominy or.rice; or about 3-4 pounds of such cereals and or medium sized potatoes.
 Three fourths cup of fat Cbutter or butter with oil, beef drippings. or oth- 1 CT fat)-a weekly allowance of 212 to 8 pounds.
 A little more than one cup of suga~ 1 or Q weekly allowince Of 1 pounds: or an equivalent amount of some olher | sweet, such as 1 l. cups of sirup O. | honey a day, or S-4 pound of dried figs or raisins a day.
 pounds in all of flesh fruits and 1 fresh or root vegetables. One of the two following. the choice 1 depending on the age of the children. quarts of milk and 1 pound of | other foods taken from the meat and meat-substitute group. 1 quarts of milk and 1 F pounds of other foods taken from the meet and meat-substitute group. Cereals Used Freely ! In these continuation of food. it will 1 be noted. bread and other preparations l of cereal food are used as freely as they conveniently can be. without making the ration one sided or unat- tractive. A diet equal in nOurishment might be planned with less cereal. but this would make it necessary to ili- crease the amounts of more costly 1 foods such as meat fruits. and vege- | tables.
 Cereals can be used freely without making the diet monotonous if they are served in a variety of forms and | combined with other nutritious or flavoring materials, such as meat, cheese, onions, celery, tomatoes, and other vegetables and dried, cooked, or 1 fresh fruits.
 Meals for Family of Five The food materials indicated as be- ing required may be combined into | three meals in many ways. The fol- lowing meals are given not because i 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 flaVorlngs and condiments which. while not important as sources of nuorishment, add to the attractiveness of certain foods
 Breakfast-Fruit tA pounds of fresh 1rult (equlVaient to 3 medium sized oranges small apples, or a quart-bOX of strawberries), or three or four : ounces of dried fruits Equivalent to 10 or r dates or or figs.)
 Cereal breakfast food ounces be- 1 fore being cooked, or about 112 pints after it is cooked. The equivalent in food value in puffed or flaked, ready to-eat cereals would be } or 6 cups.
 Milk on cereal, F cup for each per son.
 Sugar on fruit, on cereal, or in cof- fee, 21s level tablespoons or ii ounces. M9IpuV puB '7pIeA oIed 'S5 '9uNg A
 Bread, slices, or ounces. 1 Butter, 1A ouncc-, or 21s cubic l 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, II pound per grown person; or. for each child, an egg or a glass of mlik 1 Potatoes 6 medium sized), IT pounds.
 1 Another vegetable (turnips, spinach, corn, cauliflower, or other), l pound. Bread, slices, or ounces.
 Butter, IA ounces, or 21a cubic 1 inches.
 Steamed apple Cor other fruit) pud- ding. UngredientS: Two cups flour 2