Herrings for Health

by a Medical Man

Whether she bothers with words like calories, vitamins and dietetics
or not, every woman with a family to feed knows that well-planned
meals must do more than merely satisfy the pangs of hunger. Her
family's health depends on an adequate supply of vital nourishment.
Bulk isn't everything. There must be body-building foods, foods
rich in energy, foods that will give growing children sound bones,
good teeth and a reserve of strength to ward off infections and illnesses.

How to provide these essential foods in appetising and economical
form is the daily problem of wives and mothers everywhere. Apart
from sugar and starchy substances, which are contained in bread,
potatoes and other common articles of diet, meat, poultry and fish
provide concentrated nourishment—and herrings are particularly
valuable. They supply just the body-building elements needed for
growth and replacement of wear and tear of the body cells and tissues.

Herrings have further special advantages as wholesome nourish-
ment. They contain quantities of fat, the most concentrated of all
energy foods. They contain, too, vitamins and mineral salts which
are the great safeguards against disease. These are only too often
missing in average mixed diets which may appear quite adequate
from other points of view.

It is a great mistake to suppose that the market price of the various
kinds of foods is any guide to their proper worth as nutriment. In
value for money the modest herring is a prince among fishes. In its
various forms—fresh herring, kipper or bloater—it gives the greatest
quantity of body-building "animal" food that can be bought for the money.

Another very important point is that the amount of nourishment
which can be obtained from any food depends on its digestibility.
The more appetising a dish is, the better it is digested and the more
completely is the nourishment absorbed. It therefore follows that
good cookery is half the battle.

In the following pages you will find a wide
tested  recipes for  Herring  Cookery, designed
delicious dishes and get the best out of the fish.
use of breadcrumbs or oatmeal when cooking
makes the fish more inviting but also makes it
The  fat which is  supplied by  herrings needs
starch with it before your system can turn it
Bread, oatmeal and potatoes provide this starch,
are so often advised in the cooking of herrings.

range of tried and

to  help  you  make

For example, the

herrings  not only

do you more good.

a certain amount of

into useful energy.

That is why they