Diets and recipes for these diseases are given for each nationality. These recipes are made from our American raw materials, and many of them resemble our dishes so closely that only slight changes are necessary in our recipes to produce a welcome diet for these people. In printing these recipes no attempt has been made to force them into cook book English. Many carry their national atmosphere in the expressions used. A dietitian has never been so honored, in college or out, as she will be by these foreign-bom people when once she talks to them of their familiar foods. An Armenian storekeeper found a fellow-countryman, a chef in an Armenian restaurant, who was suffering from indiges- tion. He said to him : "You come with me. I take you to the smartest woman you ever knew. She knows our foods; she tell you what to eat; you feel better." The recipes have not been worked out in calories or grams, as this can readily be done by the dietitian when necessary to fit specific needs. Because it might be that the same dish could be served with very little change, lowering the fat content, increasing the protein, or les- sening the carbohydrate, as the case might require, it is DIETARY BACKGROUNDS 5 unwise to figure them in advance. To meet the foreign- bom taste, the principal requirement is to give the flavor; any nurse or dietitian can measure the amotmt in calories or grams when she once knows the materials and how to combine them. MEXICANS Mexicans have settled in some of the best fields of California, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Idaho. They are not a people who love academic work, but they enjoy any educational training which develops the use of their hands. Their interest lies largely in music, flowers, and the arts. Mexicans who live in the rural sections, on farms or ranches, are not naturally migratory. They remain in the same locality or in the same communities more per- manently than any other nationality. They are especially desired where irrigation farming is necessary, because they are very skillful at this kind of farming, many of them having been well trained in old Mexico. Most of them live in houses on the farms and pay a per acre rent, although there are some who pay a percentage of the grains. Many live in the smaller villages, leaving their families there and going to work by the day on ranches. This bears a definite likeness to the French system. They live in groups, going out to work small sections during the day and returning to the village at night. They pay rent for their small houses in the villages, although some own the small tracts of land on which they live ; and the men and the older sons take care of these, or leave them to the care of their wives while they themselves work by the day on larger ranches in the neighborhood. To look at their homes, one would think that they were decidedly unsanitary. This is not necessarily so, but depends almost entirely upon the water supply. Most of the water comes 6 MEXICANS 7 trom private wells in rural sections, and if the wells are shallow, the quality of the water is questionable. The people crowd into their small houses, and often there is a deplorable lack of window space. Fortunately, the shacks are only one story high and are not dose to- gether, even in the villages. The life is an outdoor one ; doors are almost always left open, and it is doubtful if the housing conditions have much to do with their ill health.

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Diets and recipes for these diseases are given for each nationality. These recipes are made from our American raw materials, and many of them resemble our dishes so closely that only slight changes are necessary in our recipes to produce a welcome diet for these people. In printing these recipes no attempt has been made to force them into cook book English. Many carry their national atmosphere in the expressions used. A dietitian has never been so honored, in college or out, as she will be by these foreign-bom people when once she talks to them of their familiar foods. An Armenian storekeeper found a fellow-countryman, a chef in an Armenian restaurant, who was suffering from indigestion. He said to him : "You come with me. I take you to the smartest woman you ever knew. She knows our foods; she tell you what to eat; you feel better." The recipes have not been worked out in calories or grams, as this can readily be done by the dietitian when necessary to fit specific needs. Because it might be that the same dish could be served with very little change, lowering the fat content, increasing the protein, or lessening the carbohydrate, as the case might require, it is DIETARY BACKGROUNDS 5 unwise to figure them in advance. To meet the foreignbom taste, the principal requirement is to give the flavor; any nurse or dietitian can measure the amount in calories or grams when she once knows the materials and how to combine them. MEXICANS Mexicans have settled in some of the best fields of California, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Idaho. They are not a people who love academic work, but they enjoy any educational training which develops the use of their hands. Their interest lies largely in music, flowers, and the arts. Mexicans who live in the rural sections, on farms or ranches, are not naturally migratory. They remain in the same locality or in the same communities more permanently than any other nationality. They are especially desired where irrigation farming is necessary, because they are very skillful at this kind of farming, many of them having been well trained in old Mexico. Most of them live in houses on the farms and pay a per acre rent, although there are some who pay a percentage of the grains. Many live in the smaller villages, leaving their families there and going to work by the day on ranches. This bears a definite likeness to the French system. They live in groups, going out to work small sections during the day and returning to the village at night. They pay rent for their small houses in the villages, although some own the small tracts of land on which they live ; and the men and the older sons take care of these, or leave them to the care of their wives while they themselves work by the day on larger ranches in the neighborhood. To look at their homes, one would think that they were decidedly unsanitary. This is not necessarily so, but depends almost entirely upon the water supply. Most of the water comes MEXICANS 7 trom private wells in rural sections, and if the wells are shallow, the quality of the water is questionable. The people crowd into their small houses, and often there is a deplorable lack of window space. Fortunately, the shacks are only one story high and are not dose together, even in the villages. The life is an outdoor one ; doors are almost always left open, and it is doubtful if the housing conditions have much to do with their ill health.

Foods of the foreign-born in relation to health