Evening star., 1924-11-07
Answers to Food Questions

Answers to readers questions rega riding die
| will be given by Winifred Stuart Gibbs. food
Questions should be accompanied by a self ad
dressed, stamped envelope. as only those of
general interest will be answered in this col
! umn; others will be answered through the
| mail Every effort will be made to answer
! questions promptly. but VIC bespeak the indul-
! gence Of our readers for any unavoidable dc
| lay The number OF letters received is large
| and each must take its turn. Address: Wini
fred Stuart Gibbs. 81 West Thirty ninth street
/ New York City.
We have adopted the slogan, Cook
| for Health" here in my district and
| they have asked me to speak on the
! subject Will you kindly help and
! advise me how to get the pamphlets
| from Washington on vitamins and
! calories. and tell me something about
| the importance of good cookeryc-H.
j. r.
| In reply to your recent letter, / am
| very much interested in the slogan
which the women in your district
have adopted Cook for Health" is
certainly a good battle cry in ones
| fight for personal and community
| help.
| am very glad to suggest the fol-
| lowing pamphlets: If you will write
to the United States Department of
Agriculture and ask for Farmers Bull
! letin III, this will give you in COM
! pact form a list of the foods needed
! for young children, with recipes for
| cooking. United States Department
! of Agriculture Bulletin 469 will give
you the directions for using fat in
] the home. Inclose cents for this
! bulletin. Farmers Bulletin 391, price
! cents, will tell you about cooking
the meat for health.
| If you send to the United States
Department of Labor, Washington. D.
| c., Children's Bureau, for publication
No So price cents, this will give you
| a discussion of malnutrition, showing
how to detect it and how to prepare
| food to remedy it United States De-
partment of Labor, Children's Bureau,
| publication 35, price cents, tells how
to prepare milk for children; the
United States Department of Agricul-
| ture Bulletin 46S tells about the use
of potatoes as food; Farmers Bulletin
| 1895, price cents, tells about rice;
| United States Department of Agricul-
| turo Bulletin 123, price 10 cents, is a
very helpful discussion OF cooking
| vegetables for health; Farmers Bull
! letin S71, price 5 cents, tells about
fresh vegetables and fruits, with
| recipes.
| My little daughter, age three years
suffered severe attack of ricket:
| last Winter leaving her knock ed
kneed This was due to improper
food. I am very worried about her
Is the diet I have outlined complete:
| Shouldn't she be given meat of some
description? Are the cereal and des-
| sert necessary? Should uncookec
fruit be Injurious? She has slept out
| doors all Summer and takes cod liver
| oil. Is this beneficial? / have two
doctors. The baby specialist gave me
diet list for my baby. Breakfast
juice of one orange, cooked cereal
one soft egg. one slice toast, one
| glass milk. She will not eat the
| complete meal, so / have left out the
| cereal. At luncheon she is supposed
| to have lamb, veal or beef broth, one
potato, one green vegetable and dcs'
sert. I had to leave off the dessert
/ as she will not eat this complete
meal. She has a glass of milk be-
| tween meals, altogether one quart g
day. At night she has milk with
stewed fruit, bread and butter. viii
YOU mail me directions for preparing
scraped beef and tell me the kinds
of meat that would be suitable fol
| her? ! have little time to take her
| for walks. Kindly advise worried
remorseful nother.-F. j.
l. Replying to your letter about diet
| for your little girl, may I say that
since she is in charge of your owr
physicians / think it best merely tc
| give you "A suggestive diet that
would be suitable for a well child
| of her age. Modification should bt
made according to circumstance
and the physicians orders.
For breakfast there should be two
tablespoonfuls Of rolled oats oI
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