6/8 But, even in pastry or cakes, it has neither the flavor nor the digestibility of butter, and the latter should always be used when it can be had. The most useful and digestible fat meats are bacon and ham, as the dried, salted, and usually smoked, meat of the pig is called. Like all other fats, they can be eaten only in moderate amounts; but thus eaten, they are both appetizing, digestible, and very nutritious. One good slice of breakfast bacon, for instance, contains as much fuel value as two large saucers of mush or breakfast food, or two eggs, or two large slices of bread, or three oranges, or two small glasses of milk, or a quart of berries. Another form of fat is the "meat" of different nuts--walnuts, pecans, almonds, etc. |