io8 THE USES OF FOODS 



Marketing. Most mothers and fathers do the market- 

 ing for the family, but it would be good practice for girls 

 and boys to do this for one week. They would find it would 

 not be as easy as it seemed, for one must keep in mind that 

 the cost of foods has little relation to their nutritive value 

 and that some foods that cost a great deal have a low 

 nutritive value. They must also remember that the family 

 has need of fuel for the body and building material as well 

 which must be supplied by foods. If you will study the 

 charts on the preceding pages, you will find that all of these 

 factors must be taken into account in buying for the family. 

 An excellent home project would be for each boy and girl 

 to market for one week, and to bring into class lists with 

 amounts and cost of each article purchased. These should 

 be placed in tabular form, giving the size of the family, 

 approximate age of each member of the family, and all other 

 data which would be necessary in order to discuss the 

 material brought in. Class discussion of these lists would 

 then enable you to decide which one of the marketing 

 lists was the best. Why not try this? 



How to select a proper menu. A practical exer- 

 cise which will enable your teacher and schoolmates to 

 determine whether you have understood the foregoing 

 paragraphs will be to select the proper foods from the 

 three following lists, for breakfast, lunch, and dinner 

 respectively. In preparing these menus, balance the diet, 

 keeping in mind your own occupation, your own age, your 

 own ability to digest foods, and the cost of foods. 



What foods could you substitute for meat to get pro- 

 teins? What articles on the rnenu might you select be- 

 cause of their good taste, but which do not have much food 

 value? Should such articles be part of our diet? Which 



