WHAT COOKING DOES TO FOODS 



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beverages are foods? Which are not? Can you give good 

 reasons for this ? In connection with this menu study the 

 food tables and all diagrams given in the chapter. 



Cantaloupe 



Oranges 



Prunes 



Cornflakes 



Oatmeal 



Shredded Wheat 



Beefsteak 

 Boiled Egg 

 Fried Lamb Chop 

 Fried or Hashed 



Brown Potatoes 

 Hominy 



BREAKFAST 



Griddle Cakes and Apple Sauce 



Maple Sirup Apple Pie 



Whole Wheat Bread Crullers 



Hot Biscuits Coffee 



Toast Milk 



Butter Tea 



What cooking does to foods. If we were to examine a 

 bit of raw potato under the microscope, we would find 

 that the starch contained in it was placed in little pockets 

 surrounded by thick walls. Examination of a bit of cooked 

 potato under the microscope will show quite a different 

 condition. The walls around the starch cells are broken 

 and the starch swelled and softened. Cooking breaks down 



