FoodNet

Foods, their selection and preparation

1935

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Presented as published in 1935. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
* MILK EQUIVALENT IN TERMS OF PROTEIN AND MINERAL CONTENT A EXCLUDING FAT PORK CUTS U.S.D.A. Nutrients in United States Food Supply • The nutritive quality of the civilian per capita food supply was considerably better during the Second World War than in the years 1935-1939, and this improvement has continued in the postwar period. The significant increases in the daily supplies of minerals and vitamins are due to the enrichment of cereal products and to the greater consumption of meat, fluid milk, citrus fruit, and leafy green and yellow vegetables '• •• _ v^v 3 nnniiihTrnr gj m A Good Selection Menus that include foods like these will supply the family with the protein, min¬ erals, and vitamins needed hoped that pointing out some of the scien¬ tific implications in the selection and prepa¬ ration of food may raise the level of the art, and that a beginning, at least, may be made in the development of a science of food preparation. Chapter XXVII gives sugges¬ tions for meal planning, preparation, and service. SELECTED REFERENCES Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics, National Food Guide, A1S-53, United States De¬ partment of Agriculture, 1946. Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics, Food for Two, AIS-21, United States Department of Agriculture, 1945. Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics, Food for the Family with Young Children, A1S-59, United States Department of Agricul¬ ture, 1946. Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics, Helping Families Plan Food Budgets, MP 662, United States Department of Agriculture, De¬ cember, 1948. Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics, Food for Families with School Children , A1S-71, United States Department of Agriculture, 1948. Clark, Faith, and McCay, Ieanette B. "Nutritive Value of the U.S. Food Supply,’’ Journal of Home Economics , Vol. 38, pp. 333-337 (June, 1946). Sherman, Henry C. Foods: Their Values and Man¬ agement, Chap. I, Columbia University Press, New York, 1946. Sherman, Henry C. Food and Health , Macmillan, New York, 1947. Sherman, Henry C. Principles of Nutrition and Nu¬ tritive Value of Food , Miscellaneous Publication No. 546, United States Department of Agricul¬ ture, 1944. Table V • Weekly Quantities of Food for Each Member of Family • F A M I L Y F 0 0 D P L A N A T LOW C 0 S T Family members Leafy, green , yellow vegetables Citrus fruit , tomatoes White potatoes , sweet potatoes Other vege¬ tables and fruit Milk' Meat, poultry, fish Eggs Dry beans and peas, nuts Flour , cereals2 Fats and oils3 Sugar, sirups , preserves Children (under 12) Lb. Oz . Lb Oz . Lb Oz. Lb. Oz. Qt- Lb . Oz. No. Lb . Oz . Lb. Oz. Lb . Oz . Lb Oz . 9-12 months4 . . T 8 2 0 0 8 0 8 7 0 2 5 0 8 0 1 0 1 1-3 years56. . . 1 12 1 12 1 0 1 0 5| 0 10 5 0 1 1 4 0 2 0 2 4-6 years. . . . 1 12 1 12 1 8 1 4 5 i 1 0 5 0 2 1 12 0 6 0 6 7-9 years. . . . 2 0 2 0 2 8 1 8 5 i 1 8 5 0 4 2 4 0 8 0 10 10-12 years. . . 2 4 2 4 3 0 1 12 6 1 12 5 0 4 3 0 0 12 0 12 Girls 13-15 years6 . . 2 8 o 4 3 0 2 0 6* 2 0 5 0 4 3 4 0 12 0 12 16-20 years6 . . 2 8 2 4 3 0 2 0 5 2 0 5 0 4 3 0 0 12 0 10 Boys 8 8 13-15 years. . . 2 2 4 0 2 4 6 i 2 0 5