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cooking dishes or discarded with refuse in the process of preparation. 

 Butter left on the table was used in cooking. Fruit skins and other in- 

 edible waste were not included in the samples, except in the case of 

 baked potato skins. As baked potatoes were ser^^ed frequently, the skins 

 were brought to the laboratoiy in order that am* appreciable amounts of 

 edible potato might be dried with the samples. 



Table 2.— ^Analyses of edible waste at Sorority House S-1 

 (luring a period of two weeks 



During the fourteen days when waste samples were collected, 201 

 breakfasts, 176 lunches, and 184 dinners, or a total of 561 meals were 

 served. On the two Sundays no lunch was served, dinner being in the 

 afternoon. The students were expected to help themselves to anything 

 in the pantry during the evening. On one evening a banquet was held 

 outside the house for which no samples were obtained. As can be seen 

 from Table 2, during these 561 meals a total of 563 grams of protein and 

 14,550 calories were wasted. This corresponds to a waste per meal of 

 1 gram of protein and 26 calories. Calculation of the total energy and 

 the total protein content of the food purchased and used at House S-1, 

 according to an inventory made during this two-week period, gave ap- 

 proximate values of 440,000 calories and 14,000 grams of protein. This 

 inventory included any kitchen refuse and table waste but did not in- 

 clude the sample meals taken to the laboratory for analysis. The totiil 

 amount of prepared food that was wasted, therefore, represented only 

 3 per cent of the energy content and 4 per cent of the protein content 

 of the purchased food served. From these data it would appear as if 

 there was much less waste of food by the young women in House S-1 

 than by the young men in the fraternity house. This is perhaps ex- 

 plained by the fact that this particular gi-oup of women was a small, 

 newly organized group who were trying to keep the expenses of their 

 house at a minimum. Moreover, they were free to eat left-over foods 



