FoodNet

A manual of home-making

1919

Page 240

Presented as published in 1919. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Buttermilk has the same food value as skim-milk. iSomi persons digest buttermilk more easily than skim-milk becausa the casein is clotted by the acid in the milk- It is believed that. when the casein of milk is clottp<I before it reaches the stomacbi either by natural souring or by the ad<lition of orange, lemon or other fruit juici^ or jiniket, it (loes not form the large finn clots sometimes f*»rmi*d in the cane of swt^t milk. The nutri- tive value of the tnilk is urichungtxK and the clotting may make the milk more easily digested by some jx^rsons. Cottage cheese, itiade of the curd of milk, is a valuable It contains most of the pit)tein of the whole-milk and is a PLANNING THE DAILY MEALS 427 source of this important building material. It contains a part of I he Hiiie ami the pho^^phoruH of the whole-milk, and part of tht^ gifiwth-promoliiit; fafitors, though htlle ctm he said as yet cofieerning the comparative amounts of these substance^s pre-*^eat in it. As a protein food, it is u v^al Liable meat substitute. Whey also ha.< nutritive value aiul .should never be <lisearded. It contains the water-.sohible, and a small part of the fat-soluble, growth-proiooting factors, much of the lime, part of the phos- phorus, and it may contain most of the carbohydrate of the original milk. It should find many use^s in the dietary' in the form of brea<ls and cake^i, gelatin desserts, frozen desserts, and pudding Hauees. The Ameriean Cheddar, or cream, cheese made from whole- niilk contains both the protein and the fat of the milk. Pound for pound, cheese is eonsiderably richer than meat in both pro- tein and fat. Cheese is rich not only in protein mn\ fat but also in lime, phosphorus, and growth -promoting substances. When ehee^se is served as a meat-saver, that is, cooked in combination with other foods, it is generally caj^ily digestecl; it is prol>ably the serving of chc^oe with j>ie at the en<l of a hearty meiil that has given it liie undeserved name of being difficult to digest. Cream, as well as the butter and ice cream made from it, has a definite place in the daily food because of growlh-proraot- ing substances and the high energj^ value of the fat. The sour- ing of cream does not change its nutritive value any more than does the souring of milk. One pound of butter is equivalent to five quarts of milk in energ>' value: but counting the proteins, lime, and growth-promoting factors that milk contains, three quarts of milk will give as much total food as a pound of butter. It is said that not only shouhl three quarts of milk be usefl in place of every pomid of butter given up, but w^hen a pound of butter costs more than the three quarts of milk, it is wise economy to use the milk instead of the butter. In a family where there are three or more little children, no money should I>e spent for a (K>und of butter or of meat until after an allow- ance has been made for three quarts of milk. Butter substitutes are made up more or less of vegetable 428 A MANUAL OF HOME-MAKING oils, which give energ>' but which do not contain the necessary*