FoodNet

Foods and home making

1928

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Presented as published in 1928. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
This table contains single foods both cooked and uncooked. Certain uncooked foods which are never eaten raw are included so that the food value of foods composed of several food mate- rials may be computed. A few commonly used foods consisting of several food materials, such as bread, cake, and cream of tomato soup, are also included in the table. The food value of a dish such as biscuits, composed of several food materials, may be computed as follows : 600 Food Values of Common Foods 601 Food Material Number op Serv- ings Total Calories Calo- ries from Pro- teins Percentage of the Amount Needed Daily of Calcium Phosphorus Iron C A C A 2 c. flour 8 8oo 96 4.8 7.2 20.8 16.O 13-6 2 tb. butter 2 200 2 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.4 f c. milk f 11 3 23 19.6 29.4 151 1 1 -5 2-5 Total for whole recipe: 111 3 121 24.8 37-2 36.3 27.7 16.5 One serving (divide by 12) 92.7 10.08 2.06 3-i 3.02 2-3 1-37 602 Appendix FOOD VALUES OF COMMON FOODS Food Measure Weight in Ounces Total Calories Calories FROM Proteins 1. Almonds 12-15 0-5 100 13 2. Apples, fresh .... i large 7-5 100 4 3. Apricots, dried .... 9 halves i-3 100 7 4. Asparagus, cooked . . . 5 stalks, 3 in. i-5 10 3 6. Bacon 4-5 small slices o-S 100 13 6. Banana, fresh .... 1 medium 4-i 75 4 7. Beans, lima, fresh . . . i cup 2.0 7° 16 8. Beans, navy, cooked . . \ cup 3-5 125 32 9. Beans, string .... icup 1.2 15 3 10. Beef, lean, round, broiled 2 X i-y X i-g- in. 2.0 100 48 11. Biscuits, baking-powder . 1 medium i-3 93 10 12. Blackberries, fresh . . . i cup 6.0 100 9 13. Blancmange t cup 3-9 135 14 14. Bran, wheat ? cup 0.6 54 8 16. Bread, Boston brown . . £ slice 3 in. diameter 1.2 67 7 16. Bread, Graham . . . . 3 X 2 X 1 in. o-5 33 5 17. Bread, white, water . . 3 X 37 X | in. 0.7 5° 7 18. Butter 1 tablespoon 0.5 100 1 19. Buttermilk 1 cup 8.8 89 29 20. Cabbage, chopped, raw . £ cup 1. 1 10 2 21. Cake, plain 2 in. cube cake) -fa cake 1. 1 127 10 22. Cake, sponge .... i-5 130 14 23. Cantaloupe 1 1 9.0 5° 3 24. Carrots ..... 2 medium 4.0 40 4 26. Cauliflower £ small head 2-3 20 5 26. Celery \ cup 1.2 6 2 27. Cheese, whole milk . . 1 in. cube 0.7 89 23 28. Cheese, cottage .... i cup 2-3 65 49 29. Cherries, fresh, stoned \ cup I.I 25 1 30. Chicken, roast .... slice 4 X X £ 1.6 100 5i 31. Chocolate, Baker’s. . . HI. % square o-S 37 7 32. Cocoa, beverage . . . 1 teacup (4 milk) 6.8 195 3i 33. Cocoa, powdered . . . 1 tablespoon o-3 40 7 34. Corn, canned .... t cup 3-6 100 11 Food Values of Common Foods 603 FOOD VALUES OF COMMON FOODS Vitamins Percentage of the Amount Needed Daily of A B C G Calcium Phos- phorus Iron C A C A 1. + + + * + + 3-7 5-5 7.2 5-4 4.0 2. + + to + + + + + + 1.2 1.8 2.0 i-5 3-2 3. * * * * 2-3 3-4 4.4 3-3 3-5 4. variable * * * 1.2 1.8 1.8 i-3 3-0 5. - to + + to + + ? + + 0.2 o-3 3-5 2.7 3-3 6. + to + + + to+ + + + + + 0.7 1.0 2-3 1.8 3-0 7. * * * * 1.4 2.1 6.7 5-i 7-3 8. + ++ * + 5-8 8.8 17.1 15.8 16.9 9. + + ++ + + + + 1.6 2-5 2.0 1.4 2.6 10. + ++ - to + + + 0.7 1.0 12.5 9.8 12.0 11. * * * * 2.1 3-1 3-°