True food values and their low costs

RAs, cross 1305 Round 835 Rump 1175 Shank, fore 1285 Shank, hind 770 Shoulder and clod 1075 Forequarter 1135 Hindguarler U30 Sides 1145 Soup stock 170 Beef Organs Brain 555 Heart 1160 Kidney 520 Kidney Marrow 3955 Sweetbreads 825 Suet 3540 Tongue 740 Scraps 2580 Roast 1620 Pressed 1610 Round steak 840 Sirloin steak 875 Loin steak 1300 Beef, Corned and Pickled Brisket 1385 Flank 1665 Plate 2025 Rump 1270 Corned beef 1395 Spiced beef 2390 Tongues 1030 Tripe 270 Veal, Fresh Breast 840 Chuck 610 Flank 910 Leg 670 Leg, cutlets 705 Loin 790 Loin, with kidney 770 Neck , 670 Rib 775 Rump 1050 Shank, fore 605 Shank, hind 615 Shoulder 580 Shoulder and flank 975 Forequarter 710 Hindquarter 735 Side, with kidney 715 Veal Organs Heart 720 Kidneys 585 Liver 575 Lungs 530 Lamb, Fresh Lamb chop 1475 Breast or chuck 1350 Hind leg 1300 Loin, Without kidney and tallow 1540 Neck 1375 Shoulder 1590 Forequarter 1430 Hindquarter 1170 Side, without tallow 1300 Lamb, Cooked Chops, broiled 1665 Leg, roasted 900 Lamb, Canned Tongue, spiced and cooked 1010 Mutton, Fresh Chuck 2715 Flank 2065 Leg, hind 1085 Loin, without kidney or tallow 1815 Neck 1420 Shoulder 1245 Forequarter 1595 Hindquarter 1495 Side, including tallow 1520 Side, not including tallow 1560 Mutton, Cooked Mutton, leg roast 1420 Mutton, Organs Heart 845 Kidneys 440 Liver 905 Lungs 495 Mutton, Canned Corned 1500 Tongue 1465 Pork, Fresh Pork chop 1835 Chuck ribs and shoulder 1635 Flank 1065 Ham, fresh 1700 Head 1990 Headcheese 1790 Loin chop 1655 Loin, tenderloin 900 Middle cuts 1825 Shoulder 1690 Side, lard and fat included 2780 Side, not including lard, etc 2505 Clear backs. 2970 Govemment statistics show that the average income of the average American family is $15.90 week, or $827.19 a year, each family consisting of five persons. This means an income of $2.27 a day, inclusive of Sundays and holidays. These data were obtained from two thousand five hmidred and sixty-seven families, comprised of thirteen thousand six hundred and forty-three persons, selected from different parts of the United States. The average expenditure of a family for all purposes was $768.54, leaving a surplus of $58.65. The average amount expended in one year is as follows: Food, $326.90; rent, $117.41; fuel and light, $40.38; clothing, $107.84; insurance, $20,97; furniture and utensils, $26.31; periodicals, $8.35; amusements, $12.28; sickness and death, $23.54; church, lodge, and other dues, $18.64; liquors and tobacco, $23.37; miscellaneous, $13.84 Bureau of Labor statistics placed average of one hundred per cent in 1913 (price of foods) as follows for eight years.s: i^i; 81.9 Vm 842 I^W 88.6 1^10 92.9 lUII 91.9 Wi 97.4 W.S : 100. l^U 102. Smoked Ham The hind legs of a pig, when salted and smoked, are called ham. We broil, fry, roast, boil, atui iKiko hanu The edible portion of ham is forty and three-tenths per cent, water; thirty-eight and eight-tenths per cent, fat, and sixteen and one-tenth per cent, protein. Smoked ham furnishes Due thousand eight hundred and seventy-five calories of energy per pound. Dried Beef Dried beef, eaten with eggs or creamed, is a tasty dish. It is fifty-four and three-tenths per cent, water ; thirty per cent, protein, and six and six-tenths per cent. fat. Dried beef has little nutritive value. It supplies only eight himdred and ten calories of energy per pound. CHAPTER rV Diet and Health