HOW FOODS MEET BODY ISTEEDS. 



11 



MISCELLANEOUS DISHES. 



(Charts 49, 50, pp. 35, 36.) 



Many of the " made dishes " that are prepared in the home or pur- 

 chased in shops or restaurants contain materials from several of the 

 five food groups. In estimating the food value of a meal, it is often 

 convenient to consider these in the form in which they are eaten 

 rather than by the separate items out of which they are made. This 

 is done in the charts for cake and apple pie. 



In chart 49 is represented a pound of rich cup cake, or somewhat 

 over three-fourths of a cake made from the following ingredients: 

 One-third of a cup of butter, 1 cup of sugar, ^ cup of milk, 2 eggs, 

 and If cups of flour. The cake as compared with apple pie (chart 

 60) is characterized by large amounts of protein and mineral sub- 

 stances due to the milk and eggs used in it. In this respect a chart 

 representing lemon or custard pie would more nearly resemble the 

 chart for cake. 



Note. — In most of the following charts a line of a given length represents the 

 same percentage value. In numbers 8, 16, 21, 22, 29, 30. 31, 33, 43, 47, and 48, 

 however, one or more of the lines represent over 100 per cent of the daily re- 

 quirement of the energy or nutrient specified, and in order to make room for this 

 the scale has been somewhat reduced. For example, on p. 15, in chart 9, the base 

 line represents 100 per cent, while in chart 8 represents 110 per cent. 



Group I. VEGETABLES AND FRUITS. 



Chart 1. 0^•E Tound of Irish Potatoes. 



(:5 medium-sized.) 



A pound of Irisli potatoes supplies about 315 calories of energy, 8 grams 

 (about I ounce) of protein, 0.05 gram of calcium, 0.2 gram of phosphorus, and 

 4.5 milligrams of iron. It would furnish, therefore, 9 per cent of the energy 

 a man needs daily, 8 per cent of. the protein, 7 per cent of the calcium, 16 per 

 cent of the phosphorus, and 30 per cent of the iron. This is shown in the fol- 

 lowing chart : 



fNERGY 



nk 



1 



RROTEIN 



sm 



1 



CALCIUM 



7m 



1 



PHOSPHORUS 



l^ff 



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IRON 



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/p 2» JO ♦« JO 6p /o BO 9 a 



Chart 1. — Proportions of energy, protein, ealciuni. phosphnrns, and iron needed per man 

 per day furnislied by 1 pound of Irlsli potatoes. 



