nd every individual
enthusiastically co-operates in the national saving campaign as
outlined by the United States Food Administration.

The regulations prescribed for this saving campaign are simple and
easy of application. Our government does not ask us to give up three
square meals a day--nor even one. All it asks is that we substitute as
far as possible corn and other cereals for wheat, reduce a little our
meat consumption and save sugar and fats by careful utilization of
these products.

There are few housekeepers who are not eager to help in this saving
campaign, and there are few indeed who do not feel the need of
conserving family resources. But just how is sometimes a difficult
task.

This book is planned to solve the housekeeper's problem. It shows how
to substitute cereals and other grains for wheat, how to cut down
the meat bill by the use of meat extension and meat substitute dishes
which supply equivalent nutrition at much less cost; it shows the use
of syrup and other products that save sugar, and it explains how to
utilize all kinds of fats. It contains 47 recipes for the making of
war breads; 64 recipes on low-cost meat dishes and meat substitutes;
54 recipes for sugarless desserts; menus for meatless and wheatless
days, methods of purchasing--in all some two hundred ways of meeting
present food conditions at minimum cost and without the sacrifice of
nutrition.

Not only have its authors planned to help the woman in the home,
conserve the family income, but to encourage those saving habits which
must be acquired by this nation if we are to secure a permanent peace
that will insure the world against another onslaught by the Prussian
military powers.

A little bit of saving in food means a tremendous aggregate total,
when 100,000,000 people are doing the saving. One wheatless meal a
day would not mean hardship; there are always corn and other products
to be used. Yet one wheatless meal a day in every family would mean a
saving of 90,000,000 bushels of wheat, which totals 5,400,000,000 lbs.
Two meatless days a week would mean a saving of 2,200,000 lbs. of meat
per annum. One teaspoonful of sugar per person saved each day would
insure a supply ample to take care of our soldiers and our Allies.
These quantities mean but a small individual sacrifice, but when
multiplied by our vast population they will immeasurably aid and
encourage the men who are giving their lives to the noble cause of
humanity on w