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10. What is the value of soups as foods ? 



11. What is a fireless cooker ? What is its main value ? 



12. How does milk compare with eggs in food value ? 



13. How do nuts compare with meat as a source of proteid ? 

 Which is the cheaper ? 



14. Discuss the subject of poultry as food, its value, 

 cost, etc. 



15. Explain how beans and peas may well be called " the 

 lean meat of the vegetable kingdom." 



16. How does rice compare with wheat as a food ? 



17. What are the condiments and flavors ? What is their 

 use? 



18. Of what importance is diet in sickness ? 



19. Why do Arctic-living tribes live almost exclusively on 

 blubber, or fat ? 



20. What are the uses of inorganic foods ? 



21. What is known about alcohol as a food ? Nicotine ? 



22. How does ten cents' worth of beans compare in food 

 value with ten cents' worth of lobster ? 



23. How do animal foods compare in cost with vegetable 

 foods ? 



24. How does milk at 6 cents per quart compare in value 

 with rump beef at 14 cents per pound ? 



25. What is the principal reason for using butter on 

 bread ? 



26. How does cheese at 16 cents per pound compare in 

 economy with meat at the same price ? 



27. Is it necessary that eggs be perfectly fresh and not 

 case eggs in order to be wholesome ? 



28. What are the principal reasons for using fruit in the 

 diet? 



29. Are soup greens economical ? What might be used in 

 their place ? 



30. Which is most economical as a source of fat, lard, 

 suet, or butter ? 



