FoodNet

History and present status of instruction in cooking in the public schools of New York city

1899

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Presented as published in 1899. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
.Softening of starch and cellulose by addition of water. I Blight. Fungi.. < Mildew. | Must. Insects J ?reeVes* * \ Moths. Many feed on insects and seeds injurious to grain. Birds Bobolink exception, causing great loss to rice grow- ers. f Feeding and fattening animals. ! Imitation coffee. I Intoxicating liquors. Food and litter for animals. Hats. Mats. Bedding. Thatching. Packing. f Beds. ■I Packing. [ Adulteration. Ceres, goddess of corn. Cerealia feast held in Rome. Wheat Native of Lands around Mediterranean. Color Varieties Red. White. Time of sowing ^P™ & \ Win Appearance j ing. inter. Bearded. Bald. Food value . . .Easy of digestion ; almost perfect food. 48 Uses. Bread. Breakfast foods . Flakes. Granules. Germs, etc. [Macaroni. Pastes J Spaghetti. I Vermicelli. [ Introduced into China 2700 B. C. Historv J Used as vegetable in early Middle Ages in Eng- ( America greatest wheat field of the- world. Varieties ....f£lack. 1V\ hite. Uses . Breakfast foods. Hulled. Steamed. Eolled. Food value . Thin cakes from meal. Food for horses. [Very nutritious if sufficiently cooked and hull I removed. [ In cultivation before Christian era. History ' Grown in colder climates than wheat. [ AVild oats used for hay in California. Xative of. Uses History. .Central Asia. Barley water. Fermented liquors. Soups. Bread. First of all grasses used for food. Up to middle of seventeenth century principal breadstuff of England. Xative of Food value Uses . History India. Northern Australia. Large quantity of starch. Little protein and fat. Easy of digestion — one hour. Vegetable. Cakes. Puddings. Adulterate wheat flour. Fatten poultry. Saki by fermentation. Food of one-third population of world. Asia and America two largest rice fields. Eequires much water during growth. Native of Black and Caspian seas. Next to wheat. Food value Harder of digestion, caused by acetous fermen- tation. 49 Eye Uses . Com Bread (Russia. [ Germany. Thin cakes. Sweden. Substitute for coffee. Whisky \_ _ Kvass > By fermentation. Grows on poorer soil and in colder clime than other cereals. Native of America. Distinguishing features Largest and handsomest. Bearing two kinds of flowers. Uses . ( White. ™- ter (Pop. f Nutritious. Food value {Rich in oil. [Cheapest cereal. Breads. To cheapen wheat bread by admix- ture. Vegetable. Fodder. Fattening animals. Distilling. \ Sugar. Oil. Paper. Fuel. In cultivation before discovery of America. In 1847 potato famine increased its use in Ireland. Supplanting millet in South Africa. National bread of Mexico. Tortillas. Polenta in Italy. !As they contain all the nutrients, meats and more expensive foods can be used in smaller quantities where whole grain is used. History . Specimens J en t preparations ( Grains on the straw and the differ- ent preparations. Plants grown in school. N. N. PUPIL'S EXERCISE ON LESSON ON CEREALS.