VI. The Extent to which Different Foods are Used

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VI . THE EXTENT TO WHICH DIFFERENT FOODS ARE USED

In the course of the different investigations, information was collected on how many housewives use certain foods. This material can be used for comparative purposes in further investigations and is, therefore, presented here.

Use of Vegetables by Housewives

	Cabbage	Runner Beans	French Beans	Cauliflower	Sprouts	Leeks	Carrots	Swedes & Turnips	Potatoes
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Proportion who serve	96	70	61	87	94	47	80	72	100
Do not serve	4	30	39	13	6	53	20	28	-
Total Sample	2576

Use of Vegetables in Made-up Dishes

No. of times vegetables used in stews and made-up dishes.	Stews	Other Dishes
Once a week	39	23
Twice a week	20	8
More than twice a week	9	9
Not at all	28	51
N.A.	4	9
Sample	2576	2576

Use of Powdered and Condensed Milk

Proportions who use	Powdered Milk	Condensed Milk
Proportions who use	%	%
Regularly *	38	18
Occasionally	30	44
Never	32	34
N.A.	-	4
Sample	2776

* * A housewife was considered to use dried or condensed milk regularly if she made a practice of using it whenever she was short of fresh milk, without cutting down, or out, the dishes in her menu which require milk, inclusive of milk drinks, tea and coffee.

Use of Breakfast Cereals

	Great Britain	Scotland only
	%	%
% who serve	82	90
% not serving	18	10 (2 surveys)
Sample	4398

65% of cereal users never use oatmeal	in Gt. Britain
22% of cereal users never use oatmeal	in Scotland

Buying of Cakes and Biscuits

	1st inquiry	2nd inquiry
% of people who buy cakes and biscuits.	92	97
% of people who don’t buy cakes and biscuits.	8	3
Sample	4398	4760

Taking of Jam Ration

% of people who take full jam ration	94
% of people who don’t	6
Sample	4398

Use of Jam

	%
Served jam last week	96
Use for cooking	52
% who made from 6 - 18 lbs. jam	27
% who made some jam	64
% who made none	34

Use of Custard Powder etc. (including Blancmange, junket and cornflour.)

% who serve	94
% not serving	6
Sample	4398

Custard Powder (only) served last week by 68%

Ready-made Baking Mixtures

	%
% who use	46
% not using	54
Sample	4398

Sausages and Meat Pies

	Sausages	Sausage Meat	Meat Pies
% who use	76	34	37
Seldom or never *	24	65	62
Sample		4760

* “Seldom” is defined as “used not more often than once in two months”.

Fish and Chips

	Fried Fish	Chips
% who buy	35	36
Seldom or never buy	64	63
Sample	4760

Regional differences

	Fried Fish	Chips
Eastern	51	52
Scotland	21	22

Urban and Rural

Urban	38	38
Rural	15	15

Income Group

Under £5	45	45
Over £5	10	10

Meat and Fish Paste

% who use	48
Seldom or never	51
Sample	4760

Tinned and Powdered Soup

	Tinned	Powdered
% who use	53	21
Seldom or never	46	78
Sample	4760

Vinegar, Bottled Sauces, Bought Pickles

	Vinegar	Bottled Sauces	Bought Pickles
% who use	88	77	51
Seldom or never	11	22	47
Sample	4760

Home-made Pickles

% who make	61
% who use only home-made	20

Coffee Essence, Cocoa and Patent Food Drinks

	Coffee Essence	Cocoa	Patent Foods
% who use	48	80	49
Seldom or never	51	19	50
Sample		4760

Bottled Cordials and Lemonade Crystals

	Cordials	Crystals
% who use	43	23
Seldom or never	57	77
Sample	4760

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