Tips from the 1918 War Cook Book for American Women

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War Cook Book for American Women
Suggestions for Patriotic Service in the Home

Compiled from Official Sources
By: Frederic J. Haskin

Issued by the: United States Food Administration (1918)

During the Great War, the First World War, food shortages and the need to send food overseas to support the war effort left less for those on the homefront. The American people were asked to conserve those items needed to support the war in Europe. The United States Food Administration (1918) published information recognizing that much of the needed saving can be affected by substituting one kind of food for another in our diet. This booklet contains some of the information and recipes from the First World War; information that has value today, as well.   


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Service Suggestions

Join the Service Army
Everybody must pull together. The consumer must help to see to it that the farmer gets reasonable prices for his products. The farmer must help the government to protect the consumer from the extortion of unscrupulous and disloyal food speculators.

Go Back to the Simple Life
Be contented with simple food, simple pleasures, simple clothes. Work hard, pray hard, play hard. Work, eat, recreate, and sleep. Do it all courageously. We have a victory to win.

Keep Fit
It is the duty of every citizen to keep himself in good health. This means proper exercise and sleep. It also means careful attention to food. Eat the right things, the proper combinations, and the right amount. 

Follow these principles laid down by the United States Food Administration.

  • Buy less; cook no more than necessary; serve smaller portions.
  • Use local and seasonable supplies.
  • Patronize your local producers and lessen the need of transportation.
  • Preach and practice the ''gospel of the clean plate."
  • We do not ask the American people to starve themselves. Eat plenty, but wisely, and without waste.
  • Do not limit the plain food of growing children.
  • Do not eat between meals.
  • Watch out for the waste in the community.


Don't Waste Food by Serving too Much
Cook just enough for your family. Do not imagine you are going to have unexpected guests. The chances are that you will only waste good food. Serve smaller portions, so that none will be left upon the plates.

Don't Try Dangerous Experiments
Careless cooking must go. We must not conduct wasteful experiments. Let the departments at Washington and at your State universities do the experimenting for you.



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