The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-01-15

EVERY lOou you 0ot ihoy "" P"' ~
one Of these groups. Each group
serves special purpose in lourish-
ing your body. You should choose
some food from each group daily.
1. Vegetables and fruits.
2. Milk, eggs, fish, meat, cheese,
beans, peas, peanuts.
8. Cereals-corn meal, oatmeal,
rice, bread, etc.
4. Sugar, sirups, jelly, honey, etc.
s. Fats-butter, margarine, cotton
seed oil, olive OIL drippings, suet.
You can exchange one food for an
other in the same group. For ex-
ample, oatmeal may be used instead
of wheat, and eggs, or sometimes
beans, instead of meat; but oatmeal
can not be used instead of milk. Use
both oatmeal and milk
You need some food from each
group every day-don't skip any.
Here are the Reason Why You Need
the Five Groups
Fruits and vegetables furnish some
of the material from which the body
is made and keep 1t many parts work.
ing smoothly. They help prevent con-
stipation which gives you headaches
and makes you stupid. The kinds you
choose depend upon the season, but
remember that the cheaper ones are
often as valuable as the more expen-
sive.
Milk, eggs, fish, meat, peas, beans
These help build up the growing body
and renew used-up parts. That Is
their main business. Dried peas and
beans make good dishes to use in
place of meat part of the time, but
don't leave out the other foods entire
w.. Milk is the most important. Buy
at least pint day for every men,
Der Of your family. No food can take
its place for children. Save on meat
IL you must, but don't skimp on milk
Cereals. Bread and breakfast foods.
These foods act as fuel to let you do
your work, much as the gasoline
burning in an automobile engine
makes the car go. This you can think
of as their chief business. And they
are usually your cheapest fuel Be-
sides, they give your body some build
ing material.
Don't think that wheat bread Is the
only kind of cereal food. The Gov
eminent asks US to save wheat to
send abroad to our soldiers and the
allies. Let the North try the South
ern corn bread and the South the oat-
meal Of the North. Half the fun OF
cooking is in trying new things. An
oatmeal pudding is delicious. See
article No. 6 for the recipe.
Sugar and Sirups are fuel, too, and
they give flavor to other foods. They
are valuable food, but many people
eat more of them than they need.
Sweet fruits, of course, contain much
sugar and are better for the children
than candy.
Fat Is fuel-Some is needed espe-
cially by hard-working people. Re-
member that expensive fats are no
better fuel than cheap ones. Use
drippings. Don't let your butcher
keep the trimmings from your meat
They belong to you. Children need
some butter fat. Give it to them in
plenty OF whole milk or In butter.
Do You Want More Help
In planning your meals SO as to use
these Eve kinds of food9 There are
other leaflets like this to help you
and answer your questions. They
have practical suggestions for meals
and simple and economical recipes
Here are tn names of some Of the first
leaflets In the series:
United States Pood Leaflets
1. Start the day right. A good
breakfast-what you need and how
to cook II.
2. Do you know corn meal? Many
ways Of cooking II, all Of them good.