Public School Domestic Science

by Adelaide Hoodless

Cost, protein, and fuel value of the above.

	Cost.	Protein.	Fuel
With small amount of milk.	Cents.	Pounds.	Calories.
Breakfast	48	.39	5,300
Dinner	51	.39	5,800
Supper or lunch	33½	.34	3,200
	———	———	———
Total per day	132½	1.12	14,300
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Total for one man	33	.28	3,575
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With large amount of milk.
Breakfast	43	.36	5,270
Dinner	47½	.41	5,400
Supper or lunch	34½	.34	3,600
	———	———	———
Total per day	125	1.11	14,270
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Total for one man	31	.28	3,567

Menus VI and VII, following, are intended to illustrate how nourishing food can be procured in sufficient quantities and moderate variety at a cost of not over 16 cents per day. The cost to the farmer would be much less, since these menus call for considerable amounts of milk, which is hardly worth more than one-half or one-third as much on the farm as it costs in the towns and cities. Coffee has not always been indicated, but can be introduced for any meal at a cost of from 1/2 to 1-1/2 cents per cup, according to how much coffee is used in making the infusion, and how much sugar, milk, and cream are added.

It is, of course, not important that each meal, or the total food of each individual day, should have just the right amount of nutrients, or that the proportions of protein and fuel ingredients should be exactly correct so as to make the meal or day's diet well balanced. The body is continually storing nutritive materials and using them. It is not dependent any day upon the food eaten that particular day. Hence an excess one day may be made up by a deficiency the next or vice versa. Healthful nourishment requires simply that the nutrients as a whole, during longer or shorter periods, should be fitted to the actual needs of the body for use.

Menu IV.—For family equivalent to 4 men at moderate muscular work.

Food materials.	Weight.		Cost.	Protein.	Fuel Value.
Breakfast.	Lbs.	Oz.	Cents.	Pounds.	Calories.
Bananas, 4 (or grapes, 1 pound)	1	4	6½	.009	362
Breakfast cereal		4	\	/ .031	421
Milk		6	} 3	{ .012	122
Sugar		2	/	\ ...	232
Mutton chops	1	4	20	.165	1,812
Potatoes	1	0	1½	.018	325
Butter		3	6	...	653
Rolls		12	4	.077	1,148
Coffee		...	3½	.010	410
	———		——	——	———
Total			44½	.322	5,485
Dinner.
Tomato Soup	2	0	12	.036	370
Roast pork	2	8	32	.353	3,350
Potatoes	1	4	1½	.022	406
Turnips		8	1	.005	67
Tapioca pudding:
Tapioca		3	\	/ .001	310
Apples	1	0	\	/ .004	255
Sugar		2	/ 7	\ ...	232
Cream		4	/	\ .006	228
Coffee		...	3½	.010	410
	———		——	——	———
Total			57	.437	5,628
Supper.
Milk toast:
Milk	2	0	\	/ .066	650
Bread	1	2	\ 18	/ .107	1,356
Butter		4	/	\ ...	869
Cornstarch		2	/	\ ...	238
Sliced cold pork		8	6	.071	670
Fried potatoes:
Potatoes		8	\ 1	/ .009	162
Lard		½	/	\ ...	132
Cake		6	4	.026	619
Coffee or tea		...	3½	.010	410
	———		——	——	———
Total			32½	.289	5,096
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Total for day			134	1.048	16,209
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Total for one man			33½	.262	4,052

Menu V.—For family equivalent to 4 men at moderate muscular work.

Food materials.	Weight.		Cost.	Protein.	Fuel Value.
Breakfast.	Lbs.	Oz.	Cents.	Pounds.	Calories.
Baked apples	2	0	2	.008	510
Boiled hominy		8	\	/ .041	823
Milk		10	} 4½	{ .020	202
Sugar		3	/	\ ...	350
Broiled sirloin		10	11	.099	650
Potatoes		8	1	.009	162
Muffins:
1 egg		4	\ 5	/ .032	162
2 cups flour		8	/	\ .057	820
Butter		2	4	...	435
Coffee		...	3½	.010	410
	———		——	——	———
Total			31	.276	4,524
Dinner.
Tomato soup	2	0	6	.036	370
Veal stew, shoulder	2	0	20	.332	1,350
Potatoes	3	0	4½	.054	975
Apple dumpling:
1 egg		2	\	/ .016	81
4 apples	1	8	\ 8	/ .006	382
1/2 cup lard		4	/	\ ...	1,055
1 cup flour		4	/	\ .028	410
Sauce for dumpling:
Butter		1	\ 3	/ ...	217
Sugar		4	/	\ ...	465
Bread		12	3	.071	904
Butter		1	2	...	217
Coffee or tea		...	3½	.010	410
	———		——	——	———
Total			50	.553	6,836
Supper or lunch.
Dried canned corned beef		8	6	.142	560
Potato croquette		8	1	.009	162
Biscuit		12	4	.070	1,297
Butter		1½	3	...	325
Oranges, 4	1	4	7	.007	400
Skim milk	1	6	2	.046	234
	———		——	——	———
Total			23	.274	2,978
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Total for day			104	1.103	14,338
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Total for one man			26	.275	3,585

Menu VI.—For family equivalent to 4 Men at moderate muscular work.

Food materials.	Weight.		Cost.	Protein.	Fuel Value.
Breakfast.	Lbs.	Oz.	Cents.	Pounds.	Calories.
Cornmeal, in mush or cake	0	5	1	.022	414
Milk		6	1	.012	64
Sugar		2	½	...	232
Toast		10	2½	.059	753
Butter (24 cents per pound)		2	3	...	434
	———		——	——	———
Total			8	.093	1,897
Dinner.
Beef roll (for roasting)	3	0	15	.417	2,280
Potatoes	1	8	2	.026	488
Beets		8	1	.007	85
Bread		10	2½	.059	753
Butter		2	3	...	434
	———		——	——	———
Total			23½	.509	4,040
Supper.
Beans, baked	2	0	6	.446	3,180
Pork		12	6	.012	2,556
Potatoes, fried	1	8	2	.026	488
Lard		2	1	...	537
Bread		10	2½	.059	753
Butter		2	3	...	434
	———		——	——	———
Total			20½	.543	7,948
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Total for day			20½	1.145	13,885
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Total for one man			13	.285	3,471