Bertha M. Wood

Name: Foods of the Foreign-born — Chapter 2
Author: Bertha M. Wood

Foods of the Foreign-born — Chapter 2 (1922)

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“Foods of the Foreign-born — Chapter 2”, published in 1922, is a work by Bertha M. Wood. It explores elements such as Mexicans, rice and milk.

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Bertha M. Wood, Foods of the Foreign-born — Chapter 2 (1922)

“ With regard to their food, Mexicans eat beans, rice, potatoes, peas, and all sorts of vegetables. The chili, or pepper, is often considered a sacred plant which furnishes health to those who eat it. Therefore it is found in many of their dishes. They still prepare their food largely as they did in Mexico. To write fully about it and its preparation would require many pages. In brief, however, they eat less meat than Americans eat, and generally it is mixed with vegetables and well cooked. When not too highly seasoned, Mexican dishes are very tasty. ”

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Bertha M. Wood, Foods of the Foreign-born — Chapter 2 (1922)

“ During the winter, when vegetables are scarce, their food is limited almost entirely to beans, rice, and potatoes, using a little meat when they can afford it. Such a diet abounds in starch and has too little protein and mineral matters, thereby causing stomach troubles of all kinds. In some ways, however, their foods are superior to ours, and by making adjustments, if they do not acquire some of our bad habits, there ought to come from their dietary a sensible, economical, and nourishing group of foods. ”

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Bertha M. Wood, Foods of the Foreign-born — Chapter 2 (1922)

“ Almost none of the houses in which Mexicans live have bathrooms, but plans are under way to provide a system of public baths, which will probably be better than having bathrooms that would not be used. There is one small public bath, which is almost always crowded with Mexican boys.
As the Mexicans live almost entirely in one-story houses, part of which are of brick and part of adobe, the housing problem should not be a serious one, as there are few elements of danger. ”

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Bertha M. Wood, Foods of the Foreign-born — Chapter 2 (1922)

“ Only lack of variety and the use of hot flavors keep their food from being superior to that of most Americans.
Undernourished and malnourished children are frequently found in Mexican families. They are served with the same foods as the adults, foods highly spiced, with a large amount of fat added, or corn meal fried in fat. Bland foods are quite unknown in their dietary. Chicken, chicken soup with rice, vegetables, fruits and cereals, with milk and eggs, are good foods for the children. Clean milk, however, is not always easy to procure. Rice and oatmeal are the cereals most commonly used. ”

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Bertha M. Wood, Foods of the Foreign-born — Chapter 2 (1922)

“ The life is an outdoor one; doors are almost always left open, and it is doubtful if the housing conditions have much to do with their ill health.
Infant mortality is always high among the Mexicans in both city and rural districts, and this is no doubt entirely a matter of feeding and bathing. Most babies are breastfed, especially during the first few months, but in addition to the milk, Mexican mothers generally insist on feeding the children heavier foods as soon as they will begin to take them. ”

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Bertha M. Wood, Foods of the Foreign-born — Chapter 2 (1922)

“ The people are responsive to right treatment, although suspicious, but not necessarily unstable. Their suspicious nature handicaps efforts to get their cooperation. They are responsive only to the degree that they understand the motives. The prevalent idea is that Mexicans are very deceitful. ”

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Bertha M. Wood, Foods of the Foreign-born — Chapter 2 (1922)

“ Most of the water comes from private wells in rural sections, and if the wells are shallow, the quality of the water is questionable.
The people crowd into their small houses, and often there is a deplorable lack of window space. ”

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Bertha M. Wood, Foods of the Foreign-born — Chapter 2 (1922)

“ They are especially desired where irrigation farming is necessary, because they are very skillful at this kind of farming, many of them having been well trained in old Mexico. Most of them live in houses on the farms and pay a per acre rent, although there are some who pay a percentage of the grains. ”

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Bertha M. Wood, Foods of the Foreign-born — Chapter 2 (1922)

“ They live in groups, going out to work small sections during the day and returning to the village at night. They pay rent for their small houses in the villages, although some own the small tracts of land on which they live ”

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