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New Zealand Tablet, 10 August 1911, Page 1541

At a Health Conference in Dublin, Professor Thompson said that the, herring was as good a food to some extent as either oatmeal or beef, and. that cereals were also very valuable as an energy producing food. Dr. Heron, Armagh, said that tea, coffee, and alcohol were not foods. Oysters were„ v one of the greatest fallacies of the present day, because an egg costing a penny would supply as much nourishment as 14 oysters costing 2s 4d, while one pound of beefsteak contained as much nourishment as 240 oysters costing £ll7s 6d. There was no better food for making up the’waste that was constantly going on than beans,, peas, and lentils.