RECIPES FOR HOME ECONOMICS CLASSES. 15

Size of 100-calorie Portion (using 14-pint

Vegetables—C ontinued. Cups and Level Measures).

Lettuce

Mushrooms, fresh
Onions, raw

2 large heads.

22 mushrooms 1 in. in diam.

Parsnips, stewed

Peas, canned or shelled
Potatoes, sweet, baked

3-4 medium.
..7 pieces 3% in. by 1% in. by \% in.
% cup (drained).
% medium.

Sweet, glazed % small.
White, baked 1 medium.
White, boiled 1 medium.

White, mashed

Radishes

1% cup (scant).
3 doz. red button.

Spinach, boiled, chopped 2% cups.
Succotash, canned % cup.
Tomatoes, canned 1%, cups.

Fresh

For soups, puddings, cakes, etc., not found in this list see ‘‘ Feeding the Family,” by
Mary Swartz Rose, from which this list was selected.

2-3 medium.

Macmillan Company and this list is printed by permission.

FOOD ALLOWANCES FOR CHILDREN.*

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CALORIES PER DAY.
Age.
Boys. Girls.
Urider 2.0225... 900-—1,200 900—1,200
2—- 3 1,000—1,300 980-1,280
3— 4 1,100-—1,400. 1,060—1,360
4— 5 1,200—-1,500 1,140—-1,440
5- 6 1,300—-1,600 1,220-1,520
6— 7 1,400—1,700 1,800—1,600
7-8 _ 1,500—1,800 1,380-—1,680
8-— 9 1,600—1,900 1,460-1,760
og: Ae eae ES FNS LL SOS ECL UP mC BE a Ee 1,700—2,000. 1,550—1,850
10-11 1,900—2,2:00 1,650—1,950
11-12 2,100—2,400 1,750—2,050
12-13 2,300—2,700 1,850—2,150
be eR Pee SMT Le Me Oe Ce RTA Ae ERE AN ec ee ae 2,500—2,900 1,950—2,250
14-15 2,600—3,100 2,050—2,350
15-16 2,700—3,300 2,150—2,450
16-17 2,700—3,400 2,250—2,550

* Quoted from ‘‘ Food Allowances for Healthy Children ” by courtesy of The New York
Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor.