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Meat and Meat Substitutes

Ordinarily, do not try to serve flesh foods (meat, fish, and poul- ) more try) more than once a day. Milk, eggs, and cheese supply a desirable quality of protein or muscle-building foods and may be served instead of meat. The more milk one has, the less meat he needs . Peas, beans and cereals can not replace the highquality protein found in meat, eggs, milk and cheese, but they have great value in supplementing the animal proteins. If beans, peas or cereals are used as a meat substitute, some milk, eggs or cheese should be included in the meal or in the meat substitute recipe. The weekly allowance of meat foods need not be higher than one and three-quarters pound for each person in the family, in order to furnish appetizing meals. This means an average daily portion of not more than a quarter of a pound. Buy eggs instead of meat for children. A child under four five or five years of age is well off without any meat at all. If he has an egg every day in addition to his three-fourths of a quart or quart of milk allowance, he will get adequate protein food. A child four or five years old may have a little meat-food in to addition to his milk allowance. He should have no more than a small serving (an ounce or less) each day of lean beef, mutton, lamb, chicken, lean fish or oysters.

Allowance for the child at this age might add almost one-half pound to the weekly amount of meat-food to be purchased.