EVERYDAY FOODS IN WAR TIME by MARY SWARTZ ROSE Assistant-Professor, Department of Nutrition, Teachers College, Columbia University New York 1918 The time has come, the Aggies said, To talk of many things, Of what to eat, of calories, Of cabbages and kings, Of vitamines and sausages, And whether costs have wings. _Journal of Home Economics_, November, 1917. PREFACE "FOOD IS FUEL FOR FIGHTERS. Do not waste it. Save WHEAT, MEAT, SUGARS AND FATS. Send more to our Soldiers, Sailors and Allies." The patriotic housewife finds her little domestic boat sailing in uncharted waters. The above message of the Food Administration disturbs her ordinary household routine, upsets her menus and puts her recipes out of commission. It also renders inoperative some of her usual methods of economy at a time when rising food prices make economy more imperative than ever. To be patriotic and still live on one's income is a complex problem. This little book was started in response to a request for "a war message about food." It seemed to the author that a simple explanation of the part which some of our common foods play in our diet might be both helpful and reassuring. To change one's menu is often trying; to be uncertain whether the substituted foods will preserve one's health and strength makes adjustment doubly difficult. It is hoped that the brief chapters which follow will make it easier to "save wheat, meat, sugars and fats" and to make out an acceptable bill of fare without excessive cost. Thanks are due to the Webb Publishing Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, for permission to reprint three of the chapters, which appeared originally in _The Farmer's Wife_. TEACHERS COLLEGE, Columbia University, New York City. December 1, 1917. TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I. THE MILK PITCHER IN THE HOME II. CEREALS WE OUGHT TO EAT III. THE MEAT WE OUGHT TO SAVE IV. THE POTATO AND ITS SUBSTITUTES V. ARE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES LUXURIES? VI. FAT AND VITAMINES VII. "SUGAR AND SPICE AND EVERYTHING NICE" VIII. ON BEING ECONOMICAL AND PATRIOTIC AT THE SAME TIME APPENDIX--SOME WAR TIME RECIPES EVERYDAY FOODS IN WAR TIME CHAPTER I THE MILK PITCHER IN THE HOME (Reprinted from _The Farmer's Wife_, by permission of the Webb Publishing Company.)