Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-09
FOOD SHOW OPENS
WITH LARGE CROWD
ATTENDING EXHIBIT
FIRST DEMONSTRATION AT.
TRACTS MANY WOMeN-hOME
ADVISOR DELIVERS ExCEP-
TlONALLY FINE ADDRESS.

Over one hundred women attended
the first demonstration given under
the auspices OF the National. Council
of Defense, yesterday afternoon at the
Food Bureau on West Main street
The room was beautifully decorated
with American flags and a Hrge bu'
lein board was covered with all kinds
Of government war recipes. The
room had been decorated by the dee
Grating committee composed of Mrs.
Edward cellars, Mrs. Fred Hathaway
and Mrs. Frank Sinnott
An excellent paper was read by
Mrs T. j Wendell, on the planning
OF meals, and Miss Helen Glotfelter
gave a fine talk on meat substitutes.
saying in part
The human body is a delicate ma
chine, finely adjusted and easily set
| out OF order Like all machines, II
needs fuel, lubricants, 10 keep it run
ming well. and repairs, which it
/ claims as food
! The three classes of foods are as
| follows: Fuel foods, including
starches found in cereals and yege
tables. sugars found in dried fruits
/ and syrups, and fats. for example
butter, corn oil. suet: libricating foods
supplying water. mineral salts and
bulk. including fruits, vegetables,
| milk and something; and repair foods,
milk. beans. peas and nuts.
In machines fuels and lubricants
are used in large amounts and re.
Iairs only as needed; SO in our bo-
dies, the fuel foods and lubricating
foods should be used in large amounts,
and the more expensive repair foods
sparingly For instance. at a meal,
only one protein dish should be
used if one has meat. then do not
have beans. eggs, fish. il one has
baked beans. meat. fish or cheese are
not needed.
The Americans eat more meat per
capita than any of her allies. In ad-
lilion to that a large amount of milk,
eggs and legiemes are taken. making
the amount of protein in our diet
much larger than necessary. We do
not use repairs for our automobiles
in qantities in excess TO our needs.
and the same thing holds true in the
use of body repairs Every bit OF
protein food taken into our bodies, IN
excess to the small amount needed
for repair, is just so much expensive
food wasted. besides oyertaXing the
organs to dispose Of the waste.
The other protein foods are not SO
. liable to be harmful. Milk is the
ideal food as it contains all the foods
necessary for the body. except one
mineral, iron, which is furnished by
green vegetables. MIX is much
cheaper than meat, as source OF
protein.
France and England have {
shortage OF milk because many o
their COWS have been taken for beef
:, due to shortage Of feed for cows
4, and meat. We are exporting con
- densed milk in large quantities anC
that which is not exported should b'
used TO the last drop Every drop o
!, milk sweet corn Of butter should b.
!, used in our cooking Cottage chees'
is an excellent meat substitute !
plain with cream. with nuts, olives
pementos, in salad, as soup, pudding
In sandwiches and in many othe
>, ways. TOO much cannot be said rt
= gardng the importance of using mil
- as source of protein. We hav
:, much of it in Summer and shoul
;, use II in every way possible.
Eggs are rich in protein and nil
80 erals and should not be spared b
!, cause they are high. They are cheal
-, or and more nutritious than meat. bl
!, not so cheap as milk II is goo
80 idea 10 store eggs during the Sun
mer in waterglass for the Winter
for in the warm months eggs al
plentiful and cheaper than In Winte
Beans, peas, lentlls and peanut
z cassed together as legumes, II is q
- excellent idea to use them In larl
amounts, not only for protein, b'
~ !, ash and bulk. or the vegetables "
=" can find no others that are more n
tritious and easy TO prepare. The
Is a wide variety OF recipes. inClu
I'l Ing everything from bread or me
loaf substitutes to green vegetable
sewed in white same.