Project Gutenberg 2004-11-17 Public domain in the USA. 109 Rose, Mary Swartz 1874 1941 Rose, Mary Davies Swartz Rose, M. S. (Mary Swartz) 18006207 Everyday Foods in War Time Reading ease score: 66.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. E-text prepared by Audrey Longhurst, Barbara Tozier, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Everyday Foods in War Time" by Mary Swartz Rose is a practical guidebook written in the early 20th century, specifically during World War I. This work addresses the challenges faced by households in managing nutrition during wartime food shortages and rising prices. The author's objective is to educate readers on how to maintain a balanced diet with limited resources, emphasizing the importance of nutritional meals while being patriotic and economical. The opening of the book sets the tone for its themes by introducing the critical role of food during wartime, highlighting how common staples like milk can act as substitutes for more expensive options such as meat. Rose discusses the necessity of understanding food composition—focusing on proteins, vitamins, and calories—to create meals that are both nourishing and affordable. Through engaging metaphors, she encourages readers to view their diets as complex structures that need careful planning and balance amid the chaos of wartime rationing. The chapter includes practical advice on maximizing the use of available ingredients, emphasizing the importance of nutrition for both civilians and soldiers, and reflects a strong sense of duty and care for the community. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Cooking, American Food conservation TX Text World War I Browsing: Cooking & Drinking Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Nutrition 170937 170227 2024-10-06T11:08:48.361434 2023-10-06T11:39:08.582216 text/html text/html 166941 2020-12-18T16:42:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 57612 2020-12-18T16:42:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 143632 2024-10-06T11:08:55.518403 application/epub+zip 143168 2024-10-06T11:08:51.577412 application/epub+zip 128919 2024-10-06T11:08:50.303430 application/epub+zip 296482 2024-10-06T11:08:58.661357 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 282973 2024-10-06T11:08:54.681408 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 237682 2022-09-07T14:23:30.764791 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 152410 152312 2024-10-06T11:08:47.690447 2023-10-06T11:39:08.110230 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 152131 2020-12-18T16:42:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 54685 2020-12-18T16:42:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 152162 2020-12-18T16:42:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 54682 2020-12-18T16:42:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22122 2024-10-06T11:08:58.801403 application/rdf+xml 13906 2024-10-06T11:08:50.843414 image/jpeg 3801 2024-10-06T11:08:50.571413 image/jpeg 139039 2024-10-06T11:08:48.376465 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia