Show the Food Budgeting Money to Get Full Food Valve Value I Consider Nutrition and Bal Bal- Balanced Balanced anted Diet in Making flaking Selections Getting full value for the money expended for food says sas the Bureau of oC Home Economics of the United States Department of ot A Agriculture Is Js not only a matter of ot getting good quality and full measure It Is very definitely a matter of selecting foods for their nutritive value and the particular particular par par- contributions they mal make e to a balanced diet The best way to do this tills the bureau su suggests Is to draw Ira w up tip a n food budget based on a diet balanced balance l for nutritive values valnes and then try to buy accordingly ly Budget Budget- making helps to keep within the family family fam fam- ily By income and also to guard the family health by providing the necessary necessary sary variety of foods for well well planned planned me meals L A foo food budget however like any other budget get Is s very much a n family affair stilted suited to the family for which it Is made ronde and probably no other The housel housekeeper must plan It according ac no- cording to the mal make up eup of her family fam fam- family ily their habits and their tastes as aswell aswell well wen as ns their Income Are there children and If It so how many and how old Do all aU members of ot th the family eat ent nil all their meals at home Do the children get hot lunches s at school Are there many frequent guests at the family table and how much other entertaining Is done In Inthis Inthis inthis this home And last but by no means least Important what likes nn and dislikes must be alio allowed ed for With due allowance for such points as ns these the housekeeper may find It useful to apply the suggestion of the Bureau of Home Economics that she divide her food tood money in five portions and anil spend it for five different groups of foods For example example example ex ex- ample if the family consists of two adults and two children about eight and ten years old and the amount of food available Is 12 or 13 a week It would be well to divide the food dollar doUar like this Milk and cheese one cheese one fourth or more Vegetables and fruits one fruits one fourth or more Meats poultry fish and eggs eggs s about one Bread Dread and cereals about one- one eighth Fats sugar sUS and accessories accessories about about one Within each of these five e groups of foods there will be of ot course a n good many alternatives and In n some cases choices among food products products products prod prod- of similar food value In other cases selection must be wisely made In order to be sure about food value But for a balanced diet none of the groups mn may be omitted and no group Is Interchangeable with any other group To consider the possibilities group by group Milk and Cheese For those who do not drink milk this Important food may be used In soups sauces puddings or In the form of cheese Evaporated E and dried milk are practically as ns nutrItious nutritious as fresh milk mill and five ounces of cheddar cheese Is about equal toa ton to toa a n quart of whole milk Vegetables Generally speaking nil all the vegetables vegetables vegetables vege vege- tables serve similar purposes In the diet but some of ot them such ass as a onions unions and celer celery are more Important important tant tint for flavor than for food value Others ha e special values for whIch they should be given a separate list lIst- Ing Fruits At this time of year of course ourse winter apples are at their best oranges oranges or or- anges and grapefruit and tangerines tangerine are at the height of their their season season ba ba- ba- ba nanas anas are plentiful Until the fresh fresn peaches caches apricots plums pears and pineapple or the berries and grapes rapet are re In season a again aln there are canned fruits of all kinds kind and there are also the he dried fruits with their more concentrated con- con food values Meats Poultry Eggs and Fish Muscle meats whatever the kind kindor or cut have haye about the same food values s. s Liver kidneys s 's and other organs or or- gnus gans of or meat ment animals are still more nutritious and so are arc eggs and somo some kinds of fish Bread and Cereals These mean flour corn meal rice Ii a macaroni spaghetti and various breakfast cereals a ad well as bread crackers and other bakery goods It Is a good thing to use some whole- whole grain cereals to make the most of ot the he food tood values of ot the grain Fats and Sugars Fats and sugars are grouped together together to- to gether ether because they are all concentrated concentrated concentrated concen concen- energy foods The fats include In Include Include In- In clude not only butter margarine lard ard or vegetable shortenings but salt alt pork and bacon With Sugars are classed and molasses also jellies Jams and honey Accessories The main point of r this food budget Is Its variety at moderate cost Human Human Human Hu Hu- man beings beIngs' require energy foods body jody building foods and pro health foods and the diet pattern suggested here supplies all these |