The user simply enters a list of foods and the quantity of each.
  Several summary screens are sequential presented.  If the entry is not
  found MealMate  will display a list of foods with similar spelling.  When
  prompted for a food name follow the style of the examples in the file
  FOODNAME.TXT If you get a little frustrated with the format of the data
  there is no reason why you should not copy down the existing entry and
  use the append feature to add it to the database under whatever name you
  like.  At most prompts an underline is displayed which indicates the
  longest entry that MealMate will accept at that point.  In particular,
  the food name is limited to 15 characters. For those of you not familiar
  with the concept of food exchanges, within a given food group any two
  foods having equal exchange value times quantity may be swapped with
  little effect on nutrition.  Medical Doctors and other senior medical
  professionals will receive a number of useful utilities for program
  maintenance and data base modification if a photocopy of their licence
  is included.  Any person who adds 75 or more VALID entries to the data
  base and sends it to me ON DISK will be registered free and given the
  utility "modify".  Occasionally I receive a letter that I find so helpful
  that I send the writer several disks full of "good stuff" and the source
  code to MealMate. [press space bar to continue.]