COMPARATIVE COMPOSITION OF MEAT AND MEAT SUBSTITUTES

[Guest guest]

I found this chart in one of those old cookbooks: " Foods That Will Win

The War And How To Cook Them (1918). " Apparently citizens were encourged

to eat less meat and wheat products.

 

What's interesting to me is how much protein lentils contain - more per

pound than beef! With that, who needs meat? One more excuse down the

drain.

 

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COMPARATIVE COMPOSITION OF MEAT AND MEAT SUBSTITUTES

 

|Carbo- |Mineral|

| Water |Protein| Fat |hydrate|Matter |Calories

Name | % | % | % | % | % | per lb.

-------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+--------

Cheese | 34.2 | 25.2 | 31.7 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 1,950

Eggs | 73.7 | 13.4 | 10.5 | ... | 1.0 | 720

Milk | 87.0 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 0.7 | 310

Beef | 54.8 | 23.5 | 20.4 | ... | 1.2 | 1,300

Cod | 58.5 | 11.1 | 0.2 | ... | 0.8 | 209

Salmon | 64.0 | 22.0 | 12.8 | ... | 1.4 | 923

Peas | 85.3 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 9.8 | 1.1 | 252

Baked Beans | 68.9 | 6.9 | 2.5 | 19.6 | 2.1 | 583

Lentils | 15.9 | 25.1 | 1.0 | 56.1 | 1.1 | 1,620

Peanuts | 9.2 | 25.8 | 38.6 | 24.4 | 0.2 | 2,490

String Beans | 93.7 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 92

Walnuts | 2.5 | 18.4 | 64.4 | 13.0 | 1.7 | 3,182

Almonds | 4.8 | 21.0 | 54.9 | 17.3 | 2.0 | 2,940