Connecticut western news., 1917-12-13
NEW FOOD REGULATIONS
To Be Issued Within Few Days by ...s Administrator.

Within few days. the new Hoover regulations governing the use of food in the home will be received from the printer and be packed for general dIs- tribution from the Hartford office of the United States Food Administra- ton. The new cards are to be con sidered supplementary to the first home kitchen card There are now nearly 300, GOO signed up memhers of tn, United States Food Administration in this State and they and their tamilies will be interested in the new regula- tions Households are to be voiuntsr I> governed the sane as hotels and eGtlft places in the matter of wh-atless meatless, and porkless days. In addi tion to this, the new csrds have warning againse hoarding fool stufis and some advice as to how to reduc the sugar consumption
 One side of the new cards, which are to be widely circulated throughout the State, reads as follows:
 Limited States Food Administration Additional Directions to FIIst Homt Card.
 Read again your original Hom. Card. Ii you have lost it, apply for an- ether to the Feleral Food Administra tor of your State.
 The Food Administration, aside from . these general directions, asks everyone to maintain rigidly minimum of ar least:
 One Wheatless day each week and one Wheatless Meal each day; tie wheatless day to be Wednesday. ty wheatless we mean no wheat prod ducls
 One Meatless day each week which shall be Tuesday aud one mestless meal each day. By meatless we mean to eat no red meat-beef. pork, nut
 ton. veal, lamb; nu preserved meat
 beef, bacon, ham or lard. Ore Porkless day each week in addi day. By porkless VIC mean no fresh ol salted pork, bacon, lard or ham.
 Sugar-You can materially reduc' ! sugar reducing the use of candy anC [ sweet drinks. We will make every effort to see that the country is pro vided with supply of household suga
 on the basis of three pounds of sugH for each person per month. Do no consume more.
 Human Food Stuffs Comprise Thre' Principle Elements Protein: Mainly present meat, beans ) fish, poultry, milk and to some exten'
 in grains.
 Fats: That is, butter, cream, lard
 bacon, margarine, cooking fats, beans
 cotton seed oil and other vegetable
 oils.
 bohydrates= Grains, sugar, pota , toes and other vegetables.
 AS a ion we eat and waste 80 pei cent. more protein than we require tt
 maintain health. Therefore. we car
 reduce the amount of meat we ca without harm.
 We eat and waste 240 per cent. mors fat than is necessary. Of the carbohy drates we can inst as we'll consumt corn, cats and other cereal as whea
 and we have abundant supplies o
 potatoes and vegetables. Do not limi
 your supplies of milk and table butter
 but consume it all. Don't waste any
 You can rednce the consumption of fat, , by reducing pastry and fried foods Remember the gospel of the clear l plate, the serving of small portions the purchase of less supplies.
 Hoardlng-Any person in the United States whu buys more foodstuffs thar
 he customarIly keeps at hon in peace | times, is defeating the, Food kdminis tration in its purpose to secure iust
 distribution of food and it's great en deavors to reduce prices".