6 - False and True Economy in Food
Professor V.H. Mottram, the author of 'Food and the Family', concludes his series of talks on the scientific aspect of food with some very useful advice on 'Economy in Food.' Many careful housewives, with every desire to be economical, waste money because of an antiquated belief that certain standard foods - "usually the expensive ones" - are more nutritive than certain others - usually the cheap ones. How many readers, for instance, are aware of the comparative food values of eggs, steak and herring, in proportion to their price?
