But let us take another day’s meals, which can consist of hominy, milk, and sugar for breakfast; potato soup and apple-and-sago pudding for dinner; and fish and bread for tea; when fish is plentiful enough to be obtained at 3_d._ a pound, and when apples are to be got at 1½_d._ a pound, which economical housekeepers know is not often the case in London. +--------------------------+-----------+--------------+-------------+ | Quantity of Food | Cost | Carbonaceous | Nitrogenous | +--------------------------+-----------+--------------+-------------+ |BREAKFAST--HOMINY, MILK, | | | | | SUGAR. | _s._ _d._ | oz. | oz. | |1½ lb. Hominy | ¾ | 17¼ | 3¼ | |3¼ pints Tinned Milk | 3¼ | 4½ | 2¼ | |6 oz. Sugar | 1 | 4¼ | -- | | | | | | |DINNER--POTATO SOUP AND | | | | |APPLE-AND-SAGO PUDDING. | | | | |5 lbs. Potatoes | 3½ | 17½ | 2½ | |1½ pint Tinned Milk | 1½ | 2¼ | 1 | |3 oz. Rice | ¾ | 2¼ | ¼ | |3 oz. Dripping | 1½ | | -- | |2½ lb. Apples | 3¾ | 5 | 1½ | |6 oz. Sago | ¾ | 3¼ | ¾ | |6 oz. Sugar | 1 | 4 | -- | | | | | | | TEA--FISH AND BREAD. | | | | |2½ lb. Fish | 7½ | 1¼ | 7½ | |2 lb. Bread | 3 | 18 | 3 | |1½ pint Tinned Milk | 1½ | 2¼ | 1 | |3 oz. Sugar | ½ | 2 | -- | | +-----------+--------------+-------------+ | Total | 2 5 | 86 | 23½ | +--------------------------+-----------+--------------+-------------+ Again, however, we have spent 2_s._ 5_d._ on food, and even now have not got quite sufficient strength-giving or carbonaceous food.