Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Review of 1955 Survey Data on Household Meat Consumption
Meat, the most popular main dish of American meals, accounted for one quarter of the household food outlays in spring 1955. 2/ It held a big edge over its nearest competitor, dairy products, which too-ie 17 percent. Cereals and bakery products, vegetables, poultry and eggs and fruits followed in importance. These data were reported by the households surveyed for the usda in a nation-wide food consumption survey in the spring of 1955, the results of which were recently published. 3] Data from this survey also reveal that meat accounted for about two thirds of the amount spent for main dish items-meat, poultry, eggs, cheese, and seafood. Poultry and eggs came next in importance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
