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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, MAY 14, 1943
War Brings America Knowledge of How
To Eat Properly; Once Lowly Vitamin
Now Important Item in Balanced Diet
U. S. Finds It’s Protein and Not Meat That Counts; Most
By Housetvives; Heavy Meals Necessary
By AL JEDLICKA
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Time was not so very long ago
ivhen all of this nutritive and
vitamin talk sounded kind of
silly.
That was the time when al
most everybody thought that
vitamins were something that
came in capsules or pills; when
women figured that they knew
all of the tricks of the culinary
trade, and when we all liked
food for its taste and gave little
consideration to its minerals,
proteins, carbohydrates, etc.
Plates were heaped with po
tatoes and meat; if there were
any kids around, few vegetables
were served because they didn’t
like them; and then more pota
toes and more meat, and finally
a great big slug of pie, was put
down to top off a gocd meal.
If the Little Woman came home
from some cooking school all
worked up about the science of food
and its preparation, the head man
dampened her enthusiasm by gently
but firmly advising her that all that
vitamin and mineral stuff was the
bunk, and meat and potatoes were
good enough to keep the world going.
In fact, the head man argued in
vincibly, hadn’t the world been liv
ing on potatoes and meat, etc., since
man’s memory runneth, and hadn’t
she, as well as he, been raised on
the old standbys—and, what was
wrong with them? Nothing! of
course.
But that was before December 7,
1941. A lot of things have happened
since then and one of them is Mr.
and Mrs. America’s attitude toward
the vitamin and its entourage. Meat
and other rationing have thrown us
on the defensive and it is now a
question of stretching foods, finding
substitutes and all of the time seek
ing to maintain nutritive values.
The upshot of the whole thing is
that we might emerge from the war
with a more intelligent knowledge of
food, of the purpose of its varieties,
and consequently be in a position to
guide our healthy growth by exact
standards.
If we were to be awfully enthu
siastic about the situation, we might
say that scientific nutrition may be
the one big development following
the war, just like the automobile
came into its own in 1919. But a lot
of people who will find it hard to
reform their old eating habits prob
ably would argue to the death that
we were wrong, because the airplane
will be the thing with peace.
Must Find Proteins.
Since meat rationing came along,
food experts have been pointing out
the necessity of seeking other
sources of protein. In so doing, they
have consoled us no end by their
reminder that, after all, it’s not the
Eggs have some meat value.
meat that makes meat valuable, but
the protein it contains.
“Meat is necessary to our diet be
cause of its high protein content,”
writes one nutritionist. “. . . There
fore, other foods high in protein can
be made to do as well.
“One of these,” the nutritionist
continues, “is fish. Perhaps during
this war our domestic cheese will
come into its own. From the simple
cottage cheese to the fancy Swiss, it
equals in quality any in the world
and could be used to great advan
tage, being superb as a food because
of the high quality of its proteins.”
Soybeans have been found to be
extremely high in protein and
economical in production. It has
been estimated that the same
amount of protein as in meat can
be raised from soybeans at about
one-tenth the cost.
Other high protein foods include
white, navy and kidney beans; black
peas, peanuts and peanut butter.
Peanuts never have been taken very
seriously except at ball games may
be, but with the emphasis on their
decided food value and the indus
trial use for their oil, they have come
into extensive cultivation in the
South.
Nutritionists have been careful not
to put all of their eggs in one basket,
however.
While pointing out the food value
of vegetables, one expert explains:
“. . . ‘Ersatz’ dishes of beans, peas,
lentils and the like are foods having
a lower biologic value than meat it
self. They are sometimes referred
to as meat substitutes, and they
are useful, but one should make cer
tain that milk, eggs and cheese are
included in the menu to furnish bio
logic values similar to meat, chicken
and fish.”
To obtain a balance in diet for
necessary nutrition, another expert
steps to the head of the class with
the suggestion that milk, leafy green
or yellow vegetables, potatoes, cit
rus fruits, tomatoes, whole grain or
enriched cereals, meat or meat al
ternates and occasionally an egg be
included in the day’s meals.
Meats Also Have Vitamins.
This expert had in mind the fact
that besides protein, meats also pos
sess vitamins and minerals; so that
in finding protein substitutes, it is
also necessary to supply vitamin
supplements.
Vitamin B1 and vitamins B2 and
G are present in meat, chiefly in
pork. To make up for any losses,
whole wheat bread, enriched bread
or cereals and milk may be eaten
instead.
Some nutritionists believe that
Study food on nutrition basis.
Americans have never known how
to shop for meat. One says that the
most nutritious parts of every car
cass are seldom chosen at all, but
go into making fertilizer or feed.
Blood, lungs, stomach, pancreas,
kidney, brain, sweetbreads and
hearts—these are among the items
which the housewife passed up with
untroubled conscience on her shop
ping tours.
One nutritionist remarked that the
meat packers who knew the pecu
liarities of the people, put choice
tidbits like those mentioned above
into their canned dog food. As a
result, he says, much dog food was
superior in nutritive value to some
of the meat canned for human con
sumption.,
“There is one thing we shall do
well to remember,” the nutritionist
declares, “and that is there is no
evidence to support the theory that
when we buy expensive cuts of meat
we are buying more or better pro
tein than the cheaper cuts would
provide us.
“Generally speaking, American
habits of choosing, buying, preparing
and serving meats have been waste
ful of both food value and money.
Americans in the main have scorned
the animal organs and the cheaper
cuts of muscle meat, tasteful and
nutritious though these may be.
Many people habitually spurn fat
meats. On the other hand, we rush
to buy the cuts which include a large
proportion of bone and gristle, which
represents waste.”
Find Adequate Diets.
The National Research council in
a recent report on nutrition asserted
that inadequate diets and malnutri
tion in varying degrees occur fre
quently in all parts of the country.
Nutritive Cuts Once Scorned
for Workers.
Diets of many industrial workers
appeared to be below the level of
what is required for optimum nu
trition—and all because foods are
not chosen wisely!
Nutritionists figure that the noon
meal must include approximately
one-third of the day’s requirements
of protein, minerals, vitamins and
calories for heavy workers.
Good breakfasts are essential and
between-meal lunches are helpful in
overcoming fatigue during the day.
Between-meal lunches of foods pro
viding minerals and vitamins and
about one ounce of easily digested
carbohydrates are the most bene
ficial.
If the housewife has received one,
she probably has received a thou
sand suggestions on how to get the
most out of food these days. But
when these suggestions are consid
ered from both nutritive as well as
economical viewpoints, it will be
Vegetables rich in proteins.
considered that most of them have
something on the ball.
For instance:
It’s the style to eat potato skins.
Baked potatoes or potatoes cooked
in their jackets have a lot of good
minerals just beneath the skin, so
when they’re thrown away we’re not
getting the greatest nutritive value
for our money. And this brings up
the subject of eating the greens un
der salads. Valuable minerals and
vitamins are stored there to be had
for the eating.
The sugar supply should go far
ther now because it’s considered
good manners to stir tea and coffee
vigorously after adding sugar, so we
can get its full sweetening value.
This will be even more important
when iced tea days appear—if we
have the iced tea.
We used to eat bread and gravy
when we ate alone, or put aside our
“Sunday” manners, but now it’s
the style to eat gravy on hot bis
cuits, muffins and bread. Every
homemaker is being asked to save
all drippings and to serve them as
gravy to extend the good meat flavor
and add nutritive value to the meal.
Everyone likes to eat around the
bone of a juicy broiled lamb chop
or a piece of fried chicken, and now
we’re not only told that it’s permis-
sable from the standpoint of man
ners, but we’re encouraged to follow
this procedure because it’s the trend
in the style toward patriotic eating.
Every particle of meat is precious
these days.
Learn to Carve.
Not the very least of the sugges
tions is one directed toward the head
man as well as the little woman.
Nowadays, if Papa does the carving
at the table, Papa is advised to
learn how to carve.
It seems there’s more to carving
than merely wearing the badge of
authority; indeed, good carving
avoids waste, assures uniform slic
ings (important to the preservation
of harmony in every home) and af
fords extra servings.
Perfectly elementary in itself is
the fact that a sharp knife is essen
tial to a good carver. And equally
elementary, a good carver should
take enough interest in his tool to as
sure its care. Thus, knives should
not be let loose in a drawer where
other metal can dull or nick the
blade. A properly sharpened knife
can be kept keen for a long time by
a dozen strokes with a steel before
use.
In carving any cut of meat, it is
desirable to understand the anatomy
of bone structure of the cut to be
carved and to remember that meat
should always be carved across the
grain. Steak, because it is tender
and the meat fibers are already rela
tively short, is an exception to the
rule.
HERE’S WAY TO BUY BONDS —GET MORE SLEEP!
An extra hour’s sleep in “the near
side” of the evening was recom
mended as a war thrift measure by
the National Thrift committee. With
small wage earners facing the neces
sity of buying more and more war
bonds, the National Thrift commit
tee issues the warning that drastic
economies on the home front are
inescapable. Health-giving sleep will
automatically curtail many extrava
gances, in the opinion of the com
mittee.
Spring cleaning of budgets is rec
ommended by the committee as an
aid to the purchase of more bonds
by every family. Recognizing that
most budgets are as full of old hab
its at this time of year. as closets
are cluttered with clothes, the com
mittee suggests a family conference
upon items to be discarded for sim
plified living, with consequent sav
ing. Out-moded budgets, the com
mittee says, are i npatriotic in war
time, and the fact Jiat certain things
have always been in them, is no esti
mate of their value. A serious fam
ily conclave over expenditures of the
first quarter of the year is sure to
result in discovery of ways to save
money.
“The first thing that clutters up a
budget,” says the committee, “is
debt. Loans, installment payments,
charge accounts and delinquent bills
are a heavy tax on any income.
Obviously, the only way to get clear
is to pay off.”
IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
S UNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for May 16
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
PETER AND JOHN PREACH TO
SAMARITANS
LESSON TEXT—AcU 8:14-25.
GOLDEN TEXT—Lift up your eyes, and
look on the fields; for they are white al
ready to harvest.—John 4:35.
The Church as it grows has prob
lems, and so God calls leaders to
serve Him in meeting and settling
them for His glory and the good ol
the Church.
Philip had gone to Samaria (as a
result of the first persecution of the
Church) and there he had been used
of God to bring many to faith in
Christ. Now that the new groups
of believers needed guidance and in
struction, Peter and John were sent
to help them (v. 14).
A proper understanding of, and at
titude toward, God’s gracious gift of
salvation is of first importance. New
converts must recognize that it is
a gift: that it cannot be earned oi
bought, and that it issues in a life
of service and testimony.
All three of these matters are cov
ered in our lesson.
I. Spiritual Life and Power Is
God’s Gift to Believers (w. 14-17).
The Holy Spirit was received by
these early members of the Church
by the laying on of the apostles’
hands, but later He came directly
into the believer’s heart the moment
he had faith in God. This is now
our blessed privilege, and the pro
vision for our every need as follow
ers of Christ, to recognize the in
dwelling Holy Spirit.
What a glorious truth it is that the
believer is indwelt by the Holy
Spirit, He who is a divine person,
not just a power or influence (I Cor.
6:19). Thus every believer, includ
ing the humblest as well as the
greatest, has in him the One who
gives spiritual ’life and power, who
gives grace for holy living, and em
powers for service.
Her Own Bolero
IT’S true, not every little girl can
boast a bolero dress of her
own! This one is something very
special with its heart-shaped neck,
huge pockets and bow-tied belt.
The bolero itself might be worn
with other dresses.
• • •
Pattern No. 8207c is in sizes 3, 4, 5, 6,
7 and 8 years. Size 4 bolero and dress
take 2 1 /. yards 35-inch material; 4 yards
rick-rack.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions, slightly more time
is required in filling orders for a few of the
most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT.
530 South WeUs St. Chicago.
Room 1958
Enclose 20 cents In coins for each
pattern desired.
Pattern No Size
Name
Address .'
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The greatest power In all the
world—the power of the infinite God
—is thus available to every true and
yielded believer, as God’s free gift.
Gone then is all boasting of our
own strength, and gone are all ex
cuses for weak and careless living.
The power and grace are His, and
He gives them to us as His gift.
Christian friend, are you allowing
the Holy Spirit'who dwells in you,
to infill and use you as He will?
II. Spiritual Life and Power Can
not Be Bought by Works or Money
(vv. 18-24).
Men of this world are so used to
putting their trust in money that
they come to think that one can buy
anything. To them every man and
every desirable thing must have its
price. Let us be clear that there
are men who cannot be bought, and
that the best things in life bear no
price tag. A mother’s love, friend
ship, fellowship with God—priceless
they are, but not for sale.
Above all let it be clear that eter
nal life, and the power of God the
Holy Spirit, cannot be gained by pil
ing up good works, nor by payment
in the coin of this world.
Simon Magus wanted this power
to improve his business as a magi
cian. He made a very gross pro
posal, but one wonders whether he
was any more to be censured than
many in the Church today who are
doing the same thing, though by
more cultured and skillful methods.
Not only are there those who are
trying to buy their own way into
heaven, but also those who by hold
ing the purse strings, try to con
trol the message of the preacher.
What about those who by their finan
cial gifts seek to gain control of
church organizations?
Their efforts are doomed to ulti
mate failure—God will see to that!
—but in the meantime they do much
harm to the cause of Christ. Many
a church and pastor would like to
rise up and say with Peter, “Thy
money perish with thee.”
III. Spiritual Life and Power
Should Result in Testimony (v. 25).
Peter and John set the Samaritan
Christians a good example as they
went back to Jerusalem, by permit
ting the Holy Spirit to use them to
testify and to teach the Word of the
Lord in many of their villages.
One of the great hindrances to the
carrying out of the great commis
sion has been that Christians have
received spiritual life, and even spir
itual power, as though it were some
thing for their own gratification or
comfort. God saves us to serve Him
in testimony and in life.
The Holy Spirit does not speak of
Himself. He guides the believer in
all truth (John 16:13), particularly
the truth regarding Christ. The Spir
it’s primary interest is to glorify
Christ (John 16:14).
It follows then that the Spirit-
filled believer will be busy about
speaking for Christ and glorifying
His name. The Holy Spirit is ready
to teach even the words to say that
Christ may be lifted up and men be
saved.
Peter and John, as good leaders
of these new Samaritan believers,
gave them by word and example a
good foundation for growth in grace
and usefulness to Christ.
iUOUSEHOU)
niNTSft^
Do not wash eggs before putting
them on ice as washing destroys
the protective film that keeps out
odors and air.
• • •
If the sugar in a pie is placed
between two layers of fruit, the
juice is less likely to boil over.
• • •
Since crisp cookies and crack
ers soften if kept with bread and
cake, keep them in airtight tins
or boxes of their own.
* * •
The best coat linings are made
of slippery material which will
help to get the coat on and off
easily.
• • •
Stirring air into hot food during
cooking or sieving increases vita
min destruction by oxidation.
• • •
A common clothespin, split in
half makes two ideal and economi
cal pan scrapers which do not
rust or scratch enamelware or
precious aluminum.
• * •
Lemon juice sprinkled over
sliced fruit will prevent it from
turning dark.
• • •
H there is a tear in your lace
curtain, tack tissue paper over it,
loosen the tension on your sewing
machine, and stitch back and forth
across the paper both ways until
it is cohered. A strong durable
mesh will result. Paper may eas
ily be removed when the curtain is
laundered.
SNAPPY FACTS
ABOUT
RUBBER
Airplanes now transport workers
and supplies to South American
rubber forests in hours. Until war
C aced rubber on the "have not"
it in the U. S., weeks and months
were consumed In carrying sop-
plies to the rubber tappers.
When one considers that Ibr more
than 20 years car and truck owners
were encouraged to abuse their tires,
through various forms of road haz
ard guarantees, it must be acknowl
edged that a laudable patriotism is
being shown by them now in con*
serving their rubber supplies.
Remember the days when 20
f tounds pressure per cross section
nch was the standard inflation
recommendationl Rough riding
and flats were the order of tha
day.
A new highway has been constructed
to the Mercapata gold mines in Peru.
But rubber is the most important item
being carried over it.
um^z peace
first in rubber
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