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of protein for 10 cents, the pea soup the next largest amount, and the 

 cream of celery soup the smallest amount. Evidently the flavor of 

 the cream soups adds to their expense. It is commonly recommended 

 that one can of soup be used to serve four people. The energy ob- 

 tained in one-fourth of one of these cans would be such that the in- 

 dividual would receive hardly 60 calories. Hence a serving of soup, 

 eaten without crackers or bread, is of almost negligible caloric value. 

 Examination of the data for the miscellaneous foods shows that 

 the chop suey is an expensive dish, having a low protein and energy 

 content for ten cents. Salted peanuts, on the other hand, have a high 

 food value for ten cents. In fact, they furnish more grams of pro- 

 tein for this sum than any other food analyzed in this survey except 

 the white roll (Sample 17, Table 1). Two of the cheese products 

 (Nos. 368 and 369) are also economical sources of protein. 



DESSERTS 



Pie. Analyses of several samples of pie purchased in different 

 restaurants in Durham are reported in Table 8. Owing to the large 

 proportion of carbohydrate and the minimum amount of fat present, 

 the energy value per gram of air-dry matter in these pies is for the 

 most part close to 4.5 calories. Each piece of pie furnished from 3 

 to 8 grams of protein and from 300 to 600 calories for ten cents. 



Table 8. Pies*. 



No. 



Name 



Res- 

 taurant 



Weight of 

 piece of pie 



Protein 



Fresh 



Air- 

 dry 



Total 

 per 

 piece 



Calories 



Total 

 per 

 piece 



Per gm. 



air-dry 



matter 



88B 



90 

 107 

 115 

 424 



40 

 108 



89 

 112 



88A 

 111 

 113 

 110 



41 

 114 

 423 

 109 



95 

 425 



Apple 



Apple 



Apple 



Apple 



Apple 



Apricot 



Cocoanut cream 

 Cocoanut custard 



Fig 



Lemon 



Mince 



Mince 



Mock Cherry . . . . 



Pineapple 



Pineapple 



Pineapple 



Prune 



Pumpkin 



Raisin 



Minimum 



Maximum . . . . 

 AVERAGE 



4.5 

 4.8 

 4.5 

 4.4 

 4.9 

 4.7 

 4.8 

 5.2 

 3.9 

 4.0 

 4.6 

 4.0 

 4.1 

 4.5 

 4.2 

 4.7 

 4.1 

 4.8 

 4.9 



S.9 

 5.2 

 4.5 



» Average values for one piece of pie, costing 10 cents ; from 2 to 4 pieces of 

 pie used in each instance to obtain sample for combustion. 



