(1) What knowledge is necessary for the planning of economical and
well-balanced meals?
(2) Discuss a systematic plan for the purchasing of foods.
(3) Compare the advantages of buying foods at a cash store and a credit
store.
(4) Mention the advantages of keeping an account of household
expenditures.
(5) Tell how economy in the purchase of foods may be practiced.
(6) Discuss the training of a child's appetite.
(7) Why is a variety of food necessary in the diet?
(8) Name the factors that influence the amount and proportion of food
substances required for an adult.
(9) (_a_) Explain the meaning of calorie as applied to food. (_b_) What
is the average number of calories required by the adult?
(10) With the aid of Table V, find out how many pounds you are under
weight or over weight. Then tell how you would proceed to acquire your
correct weight.
(11) Make out menus for breakfast, dinner, and supper for 1 day for a
child 12 months old.
(12) Plan a dinner menu that contains foods suitable for both adults and
a child 4 years old, and from it select the foods you would give
the child.
(13) What does a balanced diet include?
(14) What can be done to balance the cost of foods used in a meal?
(15) Give several points of importance in selecting the dishes for a
meal.
(16) Make out menus for the seventeenth and eighteenth days from Table
VII.
(17) Plan an original menu and decorations for a dinner you can serve
for a special occasion.
(18) What are the advantages of a nicely arranged table?
(19) Give a few general rules for the correct serving of food and
setting of tables.
(20) Why is the following menu undesirable and what changes would you
suggest to make it more nearly correct?
Cream Soup
Potatoes
Roast Pork
Greens
Bread and Butter
Pudding
Hard Sauce
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