20—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 28,1971
People’s Pork Eating Habits Studied
TT pork item reportedly served
The following USDA report on 'by a yearlong study on U.S. by 95 per cent of all home
people’s pork eating habits was homemakers’ opinions and at- makers and by six out of 10
released recently by the USDA: titudes on meat and meat two or three times a week
During the 1960’s America’s products by SRS’ Special Sur- The few homemakers' who
per capita pork consumption v ®y s Branch in cooperation with shunned bacon altogether or
stayed pretty even 64.9 the National Live Stock and served it infrequently cited
pounds in 1960, 64 8 pounds in Meat Board. health reasons or bacon’s high
• cost. Some homemakers con-
Meanwhile we upped our per Almost all the homemakers sidered it solely a breakfast
capita beef consumption by 25.5 reported serving beef and chick- meat and rarely used it because
pounds and our chicken by 110 en during the 12 months preced- of their personal breakfast
pounds mg the SRS survey, but fewer habits.
Why did pork fail to increase? served pork and pork products. Nine out of 10 homemakers
Part of the answer is revealed Bacon was the most popular said they had served fresh pork
sometime during the year but
only about three in 10 put it on
the table at least once a week.
Chops were the tops with the
homemakers.
Fresh pork rated high on
tastiness but low on health con
siderations such as digestibility.
Price and grease or fat content
Grange Plans Meeting
Pa.
Officers of the Somerset
County Pomona Grange, headed
by Glen Handwork, master, Som
erset RDS, and staff members of
the Pennsylvania State Grange,
including a dozen men and
women from Southwestern Penn
sylvania, will play major roles
in the grange’s 99th annual slate
meeting in Somerset October 25
to 28 Officers from the other
areas will assist, and delegates
will attend from all parts of the
state
A Wayne Readmger, Harris
burg, state master, said state of
ficers from this area who will be
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FIELD DAY
SEPT. 7, 1971
10 A.M. to 3 P.M. (Rain Date Sept. 8)
Hesston 2000 Pull Type and 4000 Self Pro
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See them in operation at the Merle Groff farm.
Located on Lemon Road R.D. 4 between Lancaster
and Strasburg Phone 872-2116.
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8 Miles East of Lancaster
R. D. 1, Bird-in-Hand, Pa. Phone 717-656-7926
active in the convention will in
clude Miss Mildred M Shultz,
Somerset, state lecturer; John H.
Minor, Morgantown, W Va , and
formerly of Waynesburg, trea
surer, Robert E Steese, Grove
City RDI, gatekeeoer M, ss
Linda Zahn, New Brighton RD2,
lady assistant steward, Mrs J.
Leßoy Cooke, Cross Creek,
pomona, William H. Ringler
Berlin RDI, deputy master, Mrs
Ringler, junior deputy master,
Peter Karenbauer, Chicora,
chairman of executive commit
tee, and Glenn Patterson, New
Castle RD4, chairman of finance
committee
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•were other considerations held
against pork—especially by the
homemakers who didn’t serve
It often.
Nine out of 10 homemakers
said they had used smoked or
cured pork, generally known as
ham to consumers, in the preced
ing year but fewer than two in
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10 served it once a week or
more. ~
Generally the women thought
ham was easy to prepare and
made a good warm weather
meal. But infrequent or non
users avoided smoked pork be
cause of its cost, taste, incon
venient size, or health reasons.
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