Excerpt from Economy in the Buying and Preparation of Meats
The charts and illustrations show you just how the cuts of meat look and tell you exactly what’ portions to ask for.
They also show you the large percentage of excellent meat that is not being utilized by the average family.
Our recipes tell you in detail the best way to prepare these cuts for the table. You can only take full advantage of this knowledge by doing your marketing in person. You must select your own meats if you expect high quality at a reason able price. The average woman, in a very short. Time, will learn the different cuts of meat and their value as well. This applies to all food products, as well as to meats.
We have compiled our recipe book along practical lines. We want it to be useful and helpful to those who have to make every penny count - to the family of moderate means - and to the more prosperous as well. So that’ you will-save money and have better food, study this book and accept its suggestions in the spirit in which they are given.
Presidentdaily living. It is the staple food in the countries that show the greatest enterprise and energy. Eminent authorities all agree on the desirability of some meat as an article of diet. Meat is almost completely digested by a normal person; is always available, easy to prepare, and tastes good. The savory odors that arise in the cooking of meat arouse pleasant anticipation. The consumption of meat in this country is larger than that in any other nation; meat is cheaper here and of a better quality: We have been prosperous and use meat freely - often wastefully. Conditions demand that this waste be stopped; we are not asked to omit meat, but to use it intelligently. Economy means wise use, not denial.
Very young and very old people require little meat; and it is required only in moderation by anyone. Amounts vary with individual conditions, occupations and habits. People who are undernourished lack resistance to ward off disease - those in prime health have the greater resistance. Meat has a higher food value than most vegetables.
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