Diet and Health eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 70 pages of information about Diet and Health.

Diet and Health eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 70 pages of information about Diet and Health.
       A.h., 3 cakes 300 C. 
       (This does not include butter and syrup, remember.)
     Hominy 4 oz. 100 C.
       2 h. tbsp 85 C.
     Macaroni, plain 4 oz. 100 C.
       2 h. tbsp 90 C.
     Macaroni and cheese (depends on amt. cheese)
       2 h. tbsp 200-300 C.
     Muffin, average 3/4 m. 100 C.
       1 muffin 125 C.
     Oatmeal 5 oz. 100 C.
       1 small cup 100 C.
     Puffed Rice 1 oz. 100 C.
       5 h. tbsp 50 C.
     Popcorn (cups) 1-1/2 100 C.
       A.h. depends on butter added. 
     Rice, boiled 4 oz. 100 C.
       1/2 cup 100 C.
     Shredded Wheat Biscuit 1 100 C.
     Triscuits (2) 100 C.
     Waffles scant 1/2 w. 100 C.
       1 waffle 225 C.

CANDY, PASTRIES AND SWEETS

Chocolate creams, medium. 1 100 C.
Chocolate, 1 lb 2880 C.
Cherries, candied 10 100 C.
Cup Custard, 1/3 cup 100 C.
Chocolate Nut Caramels
1 x 1 x 4/5 in. 100 C.
Other candies, reckon sugar, nuts, etc
Cookies, plain, diam. 3 in. 2 100 C.
1 cookie 50 C.
If raisins or nuts in them, count extra. 
Doughnut scant 2/3 100 C.
1 average size 160 C.
Ginger-snap 5 100 C.
1 gingersnap 20 C.
Honey h. tbsp. 1 100 C.
Thick syrups approximately the same. 
Ladyfingers scant 1 oz. 100 C.
1 ladyfinger 35-50 C.
Macaroons 2 100 C.
1 macaroon 50 C.
Pie with top crust, about 1/4
ordinary slice, or 1-1/4 in. 100 C.
A.h., 1/6 pie 350 C.
Pie without top crust, 2 in. 100 C.
Custard, lemon, squash, etc
A.h., 1/6 pie. 250-300 C.
Puddings, average cup 1/4 100 C.
A.h. 200-350 C.
Depends upon richness. 
Ice Cream h. tbsp. 1 100 C.
A.h. 200-350 C.
Depends upon richness. 
Cakes 1 oz. 100 C.
A.h. 200-350 C.
Depends upon size, icing, fruit, nuts, etc.;
compute approximately. 
Sugar cubes 3 100 C.
Granulated h. tsp. 2 100 C.

Saccharine, a coal tar product 300 to 500 times sweeter than sugar, but of no food value.  Not advisable to use habitually.  Better learn to like things unsweetened—­it can be done.

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