Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis's Cook Book

Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis's Cook Book, (c)1914 — the great household encyclopedia: cleaning, curing, building, baby care, and a whole cookbook bound in.

Food Values and Adulterations

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Food Values and Adulterations (II)

HUMAN NUTRITION-DIETARY STANDARDS-KINDS OF NUTRIENTS -PROBLEMS OF DIET-MEAT IN THE DIET-FISH AS FOOD- POULTRY AND DAIRY PRODUCTS SOURCES OF…

Food Values and Adulterations: Water

Water occurs in varying percentages in nearly all foods, even those which we are accustomed to think of as entirely dry, such as wheat and…

Food Values and Adulterations: Diet

DIETARY STANDARDS Balanced Diet. - A diet is said to be balanced when it contains available proteid, carbohydrate and fat in the right…

Food Values and Adulterations: Fisher

The Graphic Method of Diet Calculations. - Prof. Irving Fisher has devised a method of making "food maps" which show the proportions of…

Food Values and Adulterations: Beef

Beer round(leang 12 Ham (lean)?# Brook Trout 960 Chicken 32 Lobster 4 tu Clams . 74 Veal ing 2.1 C -Oysters 6-8 (Yeat Liver 23.0 Kalibut…

Food Values and Adulterations: Boiled

Oatmeal Boiled 56 Macaroni 96 Entire Wheat %.

Food Values and Adulterations: Cream

Cream Butter F Food map for dairy products, eggs, and meat substitutes by Dr. Irving Fisher.

Food Values and Adulterations: Olives

Cream of Celery 69 Moyon Olives (green)11 Olives (ripe): 3 yonnaise dressing (white) 28- Olive oil D.

Food Values and Adulterations: Sweets

Meat soups Fish Meals Eggs and Cheeze NUTS Vegetables Milk, vegetable soups Pies PasFiles, Puddings Sweets Jam Marmalades Fruits Sweets C…

Food Values and Adulterations: Chittenden

By reference to the standards given on page 618 it will be seen that the body requires, according to Chittenden, about one part proteid to…

Food Values and Adulterations: Fresh

The average of mineral matter in the various kinds of food is not far from 1 per cent, but the proportion ranges to over 2 per cent in some…

Food Values and Adulterations: Lean

The proportion of proteid present in meats and fish varies greatly with the kind and cut. In beef, veal, and mutton it composes between 14…

Food Values and Adulterations: Fats

Fats. These form about 15 per cent by weight of the body of an average man, but the amount varies greatly with food, exercise, age and…

Food Values and Adulterations: Milk

Lean fish, like cod and haddock, contains a small amount, but fatter kinds, like shad, mackerel, and notably salmon, often contain from 5…

Food Values and Adulterations: Mineral

The digestibility of fod as is also affected by the quantity taken, its mechanical condition, and other causes. "In brief then, the chief…

Food Values and Adulterations: Nutrients

Edible portion. e. g., flesh of meat, yolk and white of eggs, wheat, flour, etc.

Food Values and Adulterations: Oysters

Cod, salt. 7 .45 22 1.43 .22 .01 465 Mackerel, salt, dressed. 10 .74 9 1 .13 .20 1,135 Salmon, canned 12 .57 13 .83 .18 .10 760 Oysters…

Food Values and Adulterations: Corn

Corn meal, granular Wheat breakfast food.

Food Values and Adulterations: Likewise

Sugar.. 117676 1.33 8 10 .08 .01 .54 1,200 1½ 5.00 8 6.67 .02 .02 .65 1,270 10.00 27 1.43 .01 .01 .18 370 12.00 40 1.67 .01 .13 250 8.75 47…

Food Values and Adulterations: Meats

Meats are more similar in composition to the tissues of the human body than foods of vegetable origin.

Food Values and Adulterations: Cuts

Cuts of Beef. The diagram shows the general method of cutting up a side of beef. The neck piece is sometimes cut so as to include more of…

Food Values and Adulterations: Cents

Per cent Per cent Cents Cents Brisket.

Food Values and Adulterations: Skim

Skim milk is often regarded on the farm as having little food value.

Food Values and Adulterations: Cheese

Cheese. One of the most important among dairy products is cheese. This has been a common article of diet among civilized people since the…

Food Values and Adulterations: Department

A series of careful experiments under the auspices of the Department of Agriculture have led to the conclusion that cheese, when used by…

Food Values and Adulterations: Sugar

Sugar, like starch, is fattening since, when taken in excess, it may be transformed into fat and stored as reserve fuel. On this account…

Food Values and Adulterations: Cereals

Cereals. Wheat bread and loaves of corn, rye or other cereal products, together with the cereal breakfast foods, form a very essential part…

Food Values and Adulterations: Hence

Hence the digestible nutrients present are somewhat less than 10 to 30 per cent. The greater part of the solid matter consists of…

Food Values and Adulterations: Place

Benzoic and Salicylic Acid. To detect sodium benzoate or benzoic acid and salicylic acid, macerate and filter a sample as above. By gently…

Food Values and Adulterations: Starch

There is no class or food products, with the exception of spices, so commonly adulterated as jams and jellies. The basis for the cheap…

Food Values and Adulterations: Extract

FLAVORING EXTRACTS AND CON- DIMENTS Lemon Extract. - The extracts in most common use are those of lemon and vanilla. Extract of lemon…

Food Values and Adulterations: Vinegar

Vinegar. Vinegar is usually made from cider, wine, malt, or spirits.

Food Values and Adulterations: Spices

Spices and Condiments. - Spices, especially those which are ground, are very often adulterated. If a sample has not a strong spicy odor and…

Food Values and Adulterations: Canned

The method of testing for borax, which has already been described under "Canned Vegetables", may be used in testing meat products. The meat…

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