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Show FARMmJHOMKtfi I TAB 9TATR KXTKNSION 8HHVICB ItHirUl.T'"!' - HI" 1. ITlAnMli By Mary Lois Reichert Home Demonstration Agent by Mary Lois Reichert 1 Once viewed as the "Big Bad Villian" of the dinner table by weight-conscious Americans, the often-snubbed potato is finally ciming into recognition as a low-calory, low-calory, low-priced budget balancer bal-ancer of no mean importance in today's food picture. One medium-sized potato contains only about 100 calories no more than an apple or a banana and only about half as many as a medium-sized piece of pie. The- old notion that potatoes are "fattening" is unjust to the noble "spud." The vegetable often of-ten "takes the rap" for fats and gravies that are frequently piled on a cautious helping of potatoes pota-toes with reckless abandon. Fats and gravy actually build up the calories in a helping of potatoes. Highly beneficial to health because be-cause of their nutritive contents, a generous serving of potatoes will supply a good portion of I the minimum daily requirements require-ments of Vitamin C, B vitamins. I iron, minerals and energy. The big appeal to many modern mod-ern shoppers, though, is the low cost of spuds today. With a big crop in 1953, they rank as one of the top buys at the grocery store. Despite the popular belief be-lief that potatoes are fattening, the use of potato chips and French fries has been increas- I ing for years. |