Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1917 — Knowledge of Food Values Necessary to Proper Economy in the Home [ARTICLE]

Knowledge of Food Values Necessary to Proper Economy in the Home

By Mrs. Irving Brock

of New York

Before she starts her economies the housewife should know where and how to begin, so that she will not proceed about her economizing , unwisely. While saving the food supply, she can do a whole lot of harm to'her family and give absolutely no aid to the government if she has no knowledge of food values. Every woman should know just what foods the government lacks and what to substitute without damage to the diet * of her family. Because our women have adopted, war menus, that does not mean they cannot serve just as appetizing and attractive meals as formerly. This is one of the things they are taught at the cooking schools. For the average housewife I think that the saving of fats will be the most difficult problem, and I want td warn her that fats are very necessary to the individual wd that substitutes for them are few. For the protection of her family, she must study such tjhings before she rushes blindly to the aid of hm . country-