importance of alternate foods, such traditional notions of what is 
good and good for us, may mean the difference between good health 
and indifferent health. 
As adults some people rebel against foods which were forced on 
them as children. 
Many of us have grown up with the notion that salad greens are 
“rabbit food,” while some housewives consider leaf lettuce, parsley, 
and water cress only as decorations for the salad. These are, in fact, 
good sources of vitamin A. 
We serve on the table more food than we can eat, because it’s 
pleasant to have more than enough. We urge on our guests more 
than they want, because we like to play the generous host and hostess. 
/An extravagant code of table manners is another cause of waste of 
food—not squeezing grape fruit for the last bit of juice, not tipping 
soup bowls for the last drop of soup, not picking up chops and chicken 
bones in our fingers, etc. There is a shortage of fats and butter, yet 
some of us seldom think of soaking up the gravy on our plates with a 
small piece of bread. Some leave a little dessert for appearance’s sake. 
Although such practices may have been justified before the war, they 
can hardly be justified now, when food is scarce at home and when 
hundreds of thousands of our civilian allies are starving. 
THE SOLUTION 
The success of the Nation’s program to reduce food waste in the 
home lies in educating people to take a number of actions. Here are 
10 basic ways of saving food in the home: 
1. Choose your foods from the Basic 7. 
2. Plan your meals by the week. 
3. Buy sea'sonals; try new foods. 
4. Store perishables with care. 
5. Prepare food without any waste. 
6. Simplify table manners—we’re at war. 
7. Pledge your family to “clean up the plate.” 
8. Save the left-overs—make them appetizing. 
9. Share or preserve your Victory Garden surplus. 
10. Help harvest the community crops. 
If these basic steps in the domestic food-conservation program are 
adopted by everyone, food will be saved, people will eat better, and 
victory will be that much closer. 
INFORMATION OBJECTIVES 
1. To Everyone 
A fact which is important to everyone in America is that there will 
not be enough food this year or for several years to satisfy all of the 
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