Mrs. Fryer's Loose Leaf Cook Book

The loose-leaf cookbook, c.1917 — built to be taken apart, from the principles of cookery through fireless cooking and school lunches.

Balanced Rations

34 recipes in this part of Mrs. Fryer's Loose Leaf Cook Book.

Food Groups and Their Uses

GROUP 1.-Foods depended on for protein; that is, foods in which the principal parts of the nutrient is in form of protein: milk, skim milk…

Chart Showing the Composition of Foods

Water 36 Parts Water 50 Parts Protein 16 Parts Fat 33 Parts Protein 13 Parts Ash 1/2 Part Ash 3 Parts Yolk Eggs Fat 83 Parts Ash Water 7…

Chart Showing the Composition of Foods (II)

Daily Energy Requirement. - Many studies have been made in various countries to establish the food requirements of persons at different…

For an Average Family (Prepared by Caroline L Hunt)

Specialist in Food Preparation and Use The total (milk, 14 qts.; other foods, 101/2 lbs.) provides about 160 hundred-calorie portions or…

For an Average Family (Contribution from Office)

Contribution from Office of Home Economics C.FLang worthy. Chief. Prepared by Caroline L Hunt 飞 Specialist in Food Preparation.oud Use in

Shortening

FAT The total (butter, 2 lbs.; other fats, 1 lb., bacon, 1 lb., cream, 1 pt.,nuts, 1 lb) provides about 160 hundred-calorie portions or 1/5…

For an Average Family (Contribution from Office) (II)

Contribution from Office of Home Economics C.F.Langworthy, Chief. Specialist in Food Reparation and Use

Rice

The total (bread. 10 lbs. and dry cereals, 71/2 lbs.) provides about 240 hundredcalorie portions or 3/10 the needed fuel. This proportion…

Sugar

The total(sugar and candy, 3 lbs., honey, sirup, molasses and jelly, each 1/2 lb) equals about 4½ lbs. of sugar and provides about 80…

Breakfast (Oranges breakfast cereal)

Oranges; breakfast cereal with milk; bread or toast with butter. Sliced pineapple and bananas; breakfast cereal with milk; bread or toast…

Sunday

Chicken stuffed and roasted or fricasseed and served on toast or with rice; sweet potatoes; asparagus; jelly; bread; pineapple ice cream.

Monday

Macaroni and cheese with warmed-over chicken; boiled cabbage; bread; apple pudding, baked or steamed.

Tuesday

Beef stew with turnips, carrots, onions, and dumplings; bread; orange custard with nut cookies or sliced oranges with nut cake.

Lunch or Supper

Peanut sandwiches with lettuce salad; or bread, milk, and butter for children; candy. Lima bean chowder; crackers or bread and butter…

Thursday

Meat cakes with tomato sauce; lima beans; bread; baked bananas. ed cheese and rice; lettuce; Cheese sandwiches or scallopbread and butter…

Friday

Fish, stuffed or baked; sweet potatoes; beets with greens; bread; suet pudding with raisins. Cream of pea soup; scalloped sweet potatoes…

Saturday

Scrambled eggs with smoked fish; string beans; celery; bread and butter; strawberry shortcake. Creamed fish on toast or boiled rice; bread…

For an Average Family (Prepared by Caroline L Hunt) (II)

Prepared by Caroline L. Hunt Specialist in Food Reparation and Use The total (52 lbs. fresh and canned with 3 lbs. dried, or '70 lbs. fresh…

Counting the Cost

Use Specialist in Food Prepartion and Use.

Aweek's Food Supply

Celery; cucumbers; lettuce; melons; rhubarb. 1 per lb. Asparagus, cabbage,cauliflower, lemons, spinach, squash, tomatoes, turnips. 1½per lb.

Food Materials

Milk, condensed, unsweetened Milk, condensed, sweetened. Number of 100-Calorie Portions. 3 per pound or 6 per qt. 3 per quart. 3 per quart…

Group II. Fats and Fat Foods

Coconut in shell, Suet. 34 per pound. without milk. 14 per pound. Cream, 18 per cent. 9 per pound pound or per pint.

Group III. Cereal Foods

Flour, buckwheat. 66 9 per loaf, 16 oz. dough, Macaroni. 16 per pound. 12-14 oz. baked. Wheat, shredded. 16 per pound. 18 per pound. 16 per…

Group IV. Sugars and Sugary Foods

Number of 100-Calorie Portions. 1/2 per quart. 1½ per pound. 1 per pound. Honey “ Molasses. 66 Sirup, corn.

Group V. Vegetables and Fruits

1 per pound. 51/2 per pound. 7 per quart. 134 per pound. Tomatoes. 66 1 per pound. 14 per No. 2 can.

Diet for Weight Control (Graceful as a willow wand But)

Graceful as a willow wand, But more divinely proportioned. -Romance of Youth. Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean; And…

Diet for Weight Control (ROM the nature of their diet)

ROM the nature of their diet, it is easy to believe that Jack Sprat of the nursery rhyme was under weight, and that Mrs. Sprat was the…

A List of Foods to Avoid

Appetizers-catsups, pickles, olives, horseradish, etc. Rich foods made with fat or oil bases-cream soups and sauces, oil salad dressings…

What to Eat

Fruits-oranges, grapefruit, peaches, pears, apples, grapes, cherries, etc. Berries-fresh strawberries, blackberries, huckleberries or…

How to Add Weight

Foods to Avoid. It is very much easier to add than to reduce weight, for all the "indulgences" of diet are the things needed. Usually the…

Height (Ft in ft in ft ft in ft in ft)

19 20 21-22 23-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 4 ft. 10 in.. 98 102 106 110 113 116 123 119 126 129 4 ft. 11 in.... 103 107 109 112…

Height (Ft ft in ft in ft in ft in ft)

19 20 21-22 23-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 5 ft.. 107 110 114 118 122 126 128 131 133 5 ft. 1 in.. 112 115 118 121 124 128…

School Lunches (Child is building the temple)

The child is building the temple of the soul, planned by the divine Architect-but ofttimes ruined by man's bad workmanship. -Child Life…

School Lunches (HE witty French cook who said)

HE witty French cook who said, "Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are," might even more certainly have stated, "Tell me…

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