Food Guide for War Service at Home / Prepared under the direction of the United States Food Administration in co-operation with the United States Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Education, with a preface by Herbert Hoover

by United States Food Administration; Katharine Blunt; Florence Powdermaker; Frances Lucy Swain

INDEX

Agriculture, Department of.—Aids wheat production, [8]; campaign for increased use of milk, [53].

Austria.—Wheat-supply, [4]; meat-supply, [20]-30; sugar-supply, [45].

Banana flour as wheat substitute, [20].

Barley as wheat substitute, [19].

Beans.—Varieties, [56]; as meat substitute, [57].

Belgium.—Wheat-supply, [2]; meat-supply, [29]; sugar-supply, [44]; milk supplied to children, [50].

Bread.—Advantages of wheat loaf, [22]-23; bakers' bread regulated, [23]; conservation of, by housewives, [24]-25; restrictions on use in Europe, [25]-26; rationing not necessary in United States, [27].

Buckwheat as wheat substitute, [20].

Butter.—Consumption in England, [39]; uneconomical way to use milk, [53].

Calorie defined, [10].

Candy.—Manufacturers restricted in use of sugar, [46].

Canning.—Sugar allowed for, [45]-46; importance of industry, [60]; urged upon housewives for conservation, [61].

Cereals.—Defined, [10]; food value, [12], [17]; wide consumption of, [12]-13.

Cheese.—Valuable protein food, [34]; as meat substitute, [35]-36; a use for skim milk, [54].

Corn as wheat substitute, [17]-18; why Allies can not use, [26]-27.

Corn-syrup as sugar substitute, [46].

Cottonseed meal as wheat substitute, [20].

Cream.—Extravagant use of milk, [54].

Drying.—Process, [60]; importance of, [61].

Eggs as meat substitute, [35].

England.—Wheat-supply, [2]; restrictions concerning bread, [25]-26; meat-supply, [29]; meat restrictions, [30]-31; fat shortage, [39]; sugar-supply, [44]; milk regulations, [50], [54]; cultivation of soil, [55]-56.

Fats.—Food value, [37]-38; shortage in Europe, [39]; resources and exports of United States, [40]-41; necessity for conservation, [41].

Feterita as wheat substitute, [20].

Fifty-fifty rule, [16]-17.

Fish as meat substitute, [35].

Flour.—Manufacture of, [14]-15; 74 per cent extraction allowed, [15]; consumption cut by licensing millers, [15]; by fifty-fifty rule, [16]-17.

Food Administration.—Takes control of wheat business, [6], [8]; licenses millers, [15]; licenses bakers, [23]-24; regulates sugar prices, [46]-47; aids increased use of milk, [53]; achievements in year of existence, [62].

Foods.—Importance of different kinds, [10]-11.

France.—Wheat-supply, [1]-2; bread regulations, [26]; meat-supply, [29]; meat regulations, [31]-32; sugar-supply, [44]; sugar restrictions, [45]; production of fruit and vegetables, [56].

Fruit.—As sugar substitute, [46], [58]; food value, [58]-59; conservation of, by canning and drying, [59]-61.

Garbage conservation, [41].

Gardens.—See Production.

Germany.—Wheat-supply, [3]-4; meat-supply, [20]-30; meat restrictions, [32]; fat shortage, [40]; sugar restrictions, [45]; conservation of food by drying, [61].

Gluten.—Importance in bread, [22]-23.

Graham flour.—Manufacture, [14]; inferiority to wheat, [15].

Grain corporation, controls wheat trade, [6], [8].

Honey as sugar substitute, [46].

Hotels and restaurants.—Regulations in use of bread, [24].

Ice-cream.—Manufacturers restricted in use of sugar, [46].

Italy.—Restrictions on macaroni, [25]; bread rations, [26]; meat-supply, [29]; sugar-supply, [44].

Jam as substitute for butter, [58].

Kaffir as wheat substitute, [20].

Legumes.—See Beans, Peanuts, Peas.

Macaroni.—Restrictions in manufacture of in Italy, [25]; not a wheat substitute, [25].

Maple-syrup as sugar substitute, [46].

Margarine.—Use in England, [39].

Meat.—Shortage in Europe, [28]-32; exports from United States, [32]-33; consumption, [33]-34; food value, [34]-35.

Meat extenders, vegetables as, [57].

Meat substitutes, [35]-36; vegetables as, [57].

Milk.—As meat substitute, [36]; necessity for children, [49]-50; shortage in Europe, [50]; food value, [51]-52; supply in United States, [52]-53; economical uses of, [53]-54.

Milk, condensed.—Use in Europe, [50]; amount exported from United States, [54].

Milo as wheat substitute, [20].

Molasses as sugar substitute, [46].

Nuts as meat substitutes, [36].

Oats as wheat substitute, [19].

Oils, vegetable.—Use in Germany, [40]; supply in United States, [40]-41; as substitute for animal fats, [41].

Peanut flour as wheat substitute, [20].

Peanuts as meat substitute, [36].

Peas as meat substitute, [56].

Potato flour as wheat substitute, [20].

Potatoes as wheat substitute, [20], [57]-58.

Poultry as meat substitute, [35].

Production.—Decreased in France, [1]-2; of cereals doubled in England, [2]; of vegetables in England and America, [55].

Protein.—Defined, [11]; amount necessary in diet, [34]-35.

Rationing: Austria.—Sugar, [45].

Rationing: England.—Bread not rationed, [26]; meat, [30]-31; fats, [39]; sugar, [45].

Rationing: France.—Bread, [26]; meat, [31]; sugar, [45].

Rationing: Germany.—Meat, [32]; fats, [40]; sugar, [45].

Rationing: Italy.—Bread, [26]; meat, [32].

Rationing: U.S.—Voluntary wheat ration, [25]; reasons for not introducing system, [27].

Rice.—Chief diet in India, [13]; as wheat substitute, [19]-20.

Roumania.—Wheat-supply, [4]; meat-supply, [29].

Russia.—Wheat-supply, [4].

Rye, as wheat substitute, [19].

Shipping.—Necessity for saving, [5]; released by decreased use of sugar, [46].

Soy bean flour as wheat substitute, [20].

Substitutes.—See Meat, Sugar, Wheat substitutes.

Sugar.—Consumption in United States, [42]; shortage, [42], [44]-45; restrictions on, [45]-46; price regulated, [46]-47; conservation of, [47]-48.

Sugar substitutes, [46], [58].

Tapioca flour as wheat substitute, [20].

United States: Exports.—Wheat, [5]-6; meat, [33]; fat, [40]-41; sugar, [44]-45; milk, [54].

Vegetables.—Importance in conservation, [55]; production of, [56]; as meat substitute, [36], [56]-57; as wheat substitute, [20], [57]-58; as sugar substitute, [58]; food value, [58]-59; conservation of by canning and drying, [50]-61.

Victory bread, [24].

Vitamines.—Defined, [11]; in fats, [38]; in milk, [52]; in fruit and vegetables, [59].

War bread.—See Flour, Victory bread, Wheat substitutes.

Wheat.—Necessity in war, [1]; shortage in Europe, [1]-4; distribution a problem, [4]-5; supply and exports of United States, [5]-6; controlled by United States Grain Corporation, [6], [8]; conservation of by individuals, [8]-9.

Wheat substitutes.—Corn, [18]-19; oats, [19]; barley, [19]; rye, [19]; rice, [20]; miscellaneous, [20]; keeping quality, [20]-21; vegetables, [57]-58.

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Footnote 1: [(return)]

"Bring a little bread if you wish it."