costs the man who prepares the food or who raises it less
to wrap and ship a few large boxes than many small ones.
It also costs the people who handle the boxes less to sell
them than to make a number of small sales. You can
save money by buying in quantity, as it is called. A fifty-
cent box may contain almost three times as much as a
twenty-five cent box. The cellophane wrappers that pro-
tect food from germs keep it fresher and make it safe to
buy larger packages of breakfast foods, for example, than
you otherwise could.
If you buy at sales, you may be able to save money.
But, although fruits or vegetables that spoil quickly
might cost less in big amounts, unless you have a large
refrigerator—and a large family—you would be wasting
money to buy so much that they would spoil.
Good meals do not ''just happen." They take time,
effort, and planning. But good meals, as everyone knows,
are an important part of health and of the enjoyment of
living.
things to Do
i. From the menu on pages 170-171 choose three good
lunches. For one lunch you have 20 cents; for an-
other, 30 cents; and for the third, 40 cents. Write beside
each food you have listed for the lunches its special
food values. Check each lunch to see that you have at
least one good source of vitamin A, vitamins b! and B_2,
vitamin C, vitamin D, calcium, phosphorus, iron, pro-
tein, carbohydrate, and fat.
If you have no cafeteria in your school, plan a good
lunch to bring from home or find out the best places in
the neighborhood to get milk and vegetables served in a
clean, sanitary way.