Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-06-08
HOW TO MAKE
THE FOOD DOLLAR
Do ITS DUTY

more food than was good for them'
DO you know that many people do
not have enough to eat who could
De well nourished on the same amount
of money if it were spent wisely?
10 you know that the cheapest foods
are also the most nourishing anl
healthful?
These are facts which we are just
beginning to recognize due to the
recent work of experts who have
turned their attention to the study
of food and it's use by the body. They
have found what foods are necessary
for the maintenance of health and
vigor Their Investigations have
shown that many who were spending
the most for food were actually under
nourished. Why is this true?
The body requires certain minerals
which are best supplied by milk,
fresh vegetables. fruit. and whole
cereals. Do you spend as much for
milk as you do for meat? Do you
pay as much for fresh vegetables and
fruits as you do for meat? Most Of
us do not, but would if we followed
the advice of the experst who have
made a study of the subject This
would mean for most of us less meat
meat and more milk, vegetables, and
fruit. All of us should have milk
every day to supply certain elements
which the body needs and which are
in milk. The minimum standard
has been set as quart a day for a
child. and pint day for an adult
Do you have enough milk every day
to supply this requirement to your
family?
We tend as a nation to eat too re-
fined food. We have a digestive ap-
paratus which requires bulk for its
best work, but our usual diet does
not supply it. We feed our horses
hay to give bulk 10 their diets, but
we do not realize that we need the
same things ourselves. This Is
another reason for the use Of fresh
vegetables and whole cereals. They
are foods which give bulk to the diet.
Spinach, cabbage. etc, contain a great
deal Of material which cannot be
ldigested. which passes through the
digestive tract and supplies mass, thus
making the food move more easily,
in the same way that the hay helps
the horse in digestion and elimina-
|tion of it's food. Whole cerials are
excellent for this purpose They not
lonly supply bulk, but have the effect
of mildly scrubbing the walls of the
digestive tract and stimulating them
to action. Refined fours do not have
this quality; they are concentrated
foods. The bulk is supplied by the
outer coats which are removed in the
milling.
Keeping in mind these principles
which will give us the right combina-
ton of foods for proper nourishment,
what foods can we select which give
us the most nourishmcnt for our
money?
Two general principles should be
considered. Foods prepared in the
home are usually cheaper than those
prepared outside; also, the cheapest
and simplest foods are the most
nourishing.
Back yard gardens will supply
fresh vegetables at a lower cost than
will your grocer. The fruits and
preserves canned at home will be less
Expensive than those canned at fac
tory. All home products will be less
expensive in cash than those products
which some one has boeen paid to
prepare We should buy our food in
the simplest form and prepare and
combine it ourselves. Dried sphe-
getti and a few tomatoes. cooked to-
much less expensive dish than the
same preparation purchased ready to
serve in can.
There is an advantage in buying
staples in large quantities. The grocer
can afford to sell the goods for less
because he turns over the stock with
a minimum of handling and delivery
This is a profitable practice if storage
,space will permit. Soap should be
bought for the year. because dry soap
will last much longer than fresh soap
which contains a good deal OF moist
ure and so easily disolves.
We could have eggs all winter at
spring prices il we would buy years
supply at the time they are lowest
in price and preserve them in water
glass, lime, or one of the other good
preservatives now on the market
Eggs preserved in this way are just
az good cs cold storage eggs.
Dried fruits are cheaper and more
nutritious than the fresh fruits avail
able in winter and should be used
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