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THE character of the daily menu is influenced by various considerations, but it will be universally conceded that the idiosyncrasies of the palate play the predominant part, and to suggest to the ordinary housekeeper that scientific principles should be allowed a voice in the determination of our diet would be simply to court ridicule, for of all departments of the household the kitchen is probably the most conservative in its customs and the most dominated by habit and tradition. It will not be the fault of our Transatlantic cousins, however, if the reign of ignorance and indifference in this department of domestic life be permitted to continue, for the United States Board of Agriculture has recently published a series of bulletins or reports on the dietetic value of food stuffs of various kinds, embodying also the results of dietary studies on individuals carried out in all parts of the country.
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FRANKLAND, G. Recent Dietary Studies . Nature 67, 185–187 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/067185b0
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