Scientific feeding

day. Bookkeeping. Menus for 56 days, with calculations as how to feed a Family of Five (2 adults and 3 children) on $3.50 per week and on $5.00 per week 189

Before the manuscript for the first edition of “Scientific Feeding” went to the press, it was reviewed by several presidents of Mothers’ Clubs and other women organizations; the...

Foods must contain the same elements found in our bodies. The body requires a combination of different food elements in proper proportion to produce a suitable diet. Foods are d...

The average homekeeper knows little of the nutritive value and chemical composition of the food she buys. The desire to tickle the palate enters more into the selection of food...

Green vegetables furnish a large amount of easily digested carbohydrates and contain much mineral matter in which meats and cereals are deficient. That they add to the highest p...

Pick over the beans carefully, wash and soak them in soft water as directed in chapter on legumes. If the beans are to be cooked with fat, scald or parboil the meat first, add i...

Fish should be cleansed as soon as it is caught, or directly after delivery from the market, and preserved with salt until ready for cooking. If the fish is to be fried, the sal...

A soup of peas, beans, corn or lentils may be prepared from left-over food or fresh cooked legumes. To one cup of cooked legumes add three to five cups of hot water or weak soup...

Wash one cup of buckwheat groats several times with cold water, add about six cups of boiling water and two teaspoonsful of salt. Boil rapidly for 20 minutes or until it thicken...

Prepare a sponge with a pint of white flour, three-fourths of a yeast cake, a little salt and sugar, and a pint of warm water. When light, add two quarts of rye meal, a tablespo...

Good fresh butter, oil and dry flour are necessary to make nutritious sauces. Flour for thickening should boil at least ten minutes. If the flour is to be cooked with fat before...

Lettuce should be kept in a cool, dry place and not left in water longer than 15 minutes. It may be served alone as a salad mixed with French dressing or served in combination w...

Gelatine is a valuable food for the sick. The nutritive value of gelatine is under-estimated. While it alone cannot sustain life, it is superior to beef tea, and if eaten with o...

Place some dried cherries, apricots, currants or prunes in a Mason jar. Fill to the top, cover with water, and let stand over night. The next day set the jar into a water bath,...

Put the desired amount of milk into clean sterilized bottles, put in cotton stopper, set on a grate and heat in a water bath to 170° F. or 212° F. Keep the milk at this temperat...

It is important that the diet should contain the proper amount of protein, starches and fats, suitable to the individual needs. Age, weight, size, occupation, season and climate...

A healthy woman will be guided by intuition as to the selection of food suited to her condition. Unfortunately, only a few women are properly matured in these days of forced edu...

The nursery should be well lighted and ventilated, and if possible be located on the southeast side of the house. The windows should be broad and not too low. The wall-paper sho...

Menus for children, students at college and men and women who have to toil indoors. They can be had in almost any good cafeteria, or be prepared quickly on a gas or alcohol stove:

The harmony and disharmony between the different foods as mentioned above are only stated in a general way. Certain combinations are absolutely harmful to every individual, othe...

Fruit juices, plums, tomatoes, apples, pears, grapes, figs, fruit-soups, fruit-gruels, raisins, gelatines, corn, oats, spinach, oranges, carrots, parsnips, bran, oil, butter, cr...

Select menus suitable for the season of the year. In the spring-time use more of eggs, lamb, fish, green peas, spring chicken and egg-foods in the form of pancakes, omelets and...

For those who require a liberal amount of nutritious food, it is easy to make up a number of additional menus from light protein foods for the evening meal, such as: Cream chees...

How to feed a family of five (2 adults and 3 children under 12 years of age) on $5.00 per week or 14 cents per person per day--71 cents per day for all.

Disease is that condition of the body where there is any departure from the normal, in function, or structure. It may be local or general, and may tend to recovery, death or lif...

Convalescence depends much upon the proper food. Fevers require that the patient’s strength should be kept up. If the body has been overfed on certain articles, these must be st...

Proper growth and activity of the brain and nervous system are promoted by a healthy flow of blood. Pure air and sufficient protein food properly combined and proportioned with...

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