| Show FRESH FES fOODS IJ D ET f TRACED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC REfRIGERATION Efficient Refrigerator in Kitchen Essential if Foods Are to Reach Dining Room Table Fresh and Free Bacteria By A H JAEGER Leonard Institute of Food Preservation Pr erva tion Grand Rapids MIch SALT S ALT ment meat dried beans and corn breed d occasionally fresh meat and a n miss SS mess of oC greens by way wa of oC lIlls tills Is the sort of oC meal Lust our pioneer ancestors sit t down downto downto downto to In v It after day In and year 3 ear out No wonder onder brimstone brim stone and nn 1 treacle sere ere on the pro program ram gram as a a sirs sary tonic every viers c ery spring I 1 Compare a this Hinted 1 dl diet t with the sort of din dm ner that the aver er C age American tam fam lly lIy of oC e even esen cn mo 4 ate ute means sit s I t s n dayn down do n to every eHry day t nod tales as ns a milter mitter of oC course A H Jaeger hether In the country countr small community or a congested con congested congested city remote from the sources QC of supply there Is always al n s foun found 1 some kind of oC fresh meat potatoes a green greenI I e and a n sala salad 1 often lettuce and n 1 tomato even eyen In the dead deall of Win Winter winter winter ter fresh fruit Including straw ber In February for Cor dessert desert and an 1 plenty plen plenty plenty ty of oC sweet s milk mill for the children and adults who may want It it AmerIcans are rightly regarded by foreigners as asha ha hawing haIng Ing the highest stan dud of oC 11 king Ing of any nation In the world This vast difference In the kind of table set by our hard working fore Core Slithers iI and ourselves es Is due not sole solely ly I to our having the money with which to purchase all these we Katie ha come to take tahe for granted gr 1 but chiefly to the that scientific re afford 1 a means of oC bring and Ice lee therefore are put side by side the heat hent Is drawn n from the food to the Ice which has the double effect of oC melting the lie lee Ice and leaving leafing lea Ing the foo food 1 colder If It steps are taken to prevent the Ice from melting at a 8 rea reasonable rate the heat will III remain remlIn In Inthe Inthe the tho food and spoilage will III result ThIs shows how foolish It Is to wrap heay paper around the Ice In to the In Interest interest terest of and with Ith tho Idea of economy econ economy economy omy rood Food costs more than Ice and therefore should be considered first C esen Cen en If It Its were not a n matter of oC health and therefore of oC life Itself I or this reason we place both Ice I and food fond In tn a n special container so con conI constructed I strutted that the Ice will melt but not too fast that a sufficiently low tern ran cin be maintained and that absolute sanitation Is assured 1 In other words we build refrigerators The first refrigerators were primitive All were constructed along the same and all nil had the same object In view slew lew but they were noto noto- notoriously notorIously notoriously un unsatisfactory affairs The col cold 1 spring the window box boa the clums clumsy wooden oo chest kept hept do down n In the cellar were ill forerunners of the of eC decent all steel cabinets of oC today In many ways wa n s these early attempts at domestic refrigeration were m more re dangerous than none It If a n woman had no means m ns at all of keeping beeping foo food 1 she shopped from Crom day to day and an 1 dl did 1 not attempt to preserve leftovers overs left But Dut when she had what she believed belleve 1 to be a workable refrigerating outfit It gave ve her a sense ef of false security ant m ny cases o 0 food poisoning pol re resulted suited Old Ice Boxes Clumsy Affairs Besides es this the old 01 1 style Ice was bo bot bo was 1 i clumsy affair with badly fitting Otting lid drains 11 which had ha 1 a n way of getting out of oC order and out of place and nn 1 an LOW TEMPERATURE KEE S MILK n A BOTTLE BOTTIE fit 3 I f OF MILK WC t KEPT AT 60 I a ABY SIL b A BOTTLE f OF MILK AT t A HAPPY BABY A tY 1 y glO FItS I SEI fag Ing them to together In 1 perfect state of preservation from all parts of the country and of oC keeping beeping highly perish perishable able foods foo fresh and wholesome for consumption when they would normally normal normally ly Iy be out of oC season Battle to Protect Foods To mike this possible pos Ible erat Ing engineering has been dl d pe tied 1 cold storage plants plant warehouse e and re refrigerator cars have hate ha e been perfected with the utmost Ingenuity and of or scientific principles In fact the refrigerating engineer might be regarded as a 0 transport officer who has to give gle gl e your our food safe conduct from Its source to your table a n host of oC enemies ery c Inch of oC the way lY iy These enemies are the yeasts molds nn and 1 bacteria that are tr trying In to wage w r upon It con The ammunition used hed cd to corn com combat bat these enemies Is some CO GO tons of Ice winch which are manufactured or harvested annually In the United States to sty sly nothing of oC the mechanIcal median Ical e ei ed Refrigeration Is Ut u used ed etl In each cach stage stase Qt of foods flod s journey from the source until un untIl ill tIl you sou ou IL It it Milk for etam pie Is cooled the moment It Is taken from the cow until the dairy farmer farmer Is ready le 1 ship It a few hours lster It travels In refrigerator cars to the town where the local dehler has an anlee lee Ire coole cooled 1 chamber ready to pop It Into the moment It arrives Zhe sameli same samela I la true of oC meat eggs fish fresh freshe e yes and fruits and all other oilier perIsh Producer and 1 wholesaler job jobber jobber ber and retailer all nil use every e cry device known at nt a tremendous ous cost In or order order tIer der to supply the public with fresh and bacteria free foo foods The last stage stase of oC the journey how however however ever Cr that from the kitchen door to the dining room table Is b as vitally Important aa ail n any of the others All the precautions taken talen up to this point can be futile If IC the individual housekeeper house housekeeper keeper heeper docs does not make adequate provision pro I lon for continuing this tills process s of oC rc refrigeration To do this she must hu hue hate e an fin up to-dato to refrigerator era tor preferably all steel and In order to be able to use It shoud know something about the principles of refrigerating Melting Ice Cools Food HUll Heat di dues does cs not absorb cold instead a cold colli object will the heat fromn from from froma n a warmer one and by drawing away this heat will Ill leave lease the object cold It will do this In proportion to the In Intensity of the cold object When Mien food Interior which made a happy hunting ground for microbes and bacteria Compare this with the modern nil all steel refrigerator C eT part of which Insl Inside and out Is easily cleanable which Is 13 Insulated to maintain the proper temperature not just after re Icing but twenty four hours a day nil all the soar round So thoroughly Is It protected against the Invasion of oC out outside outside outside side heat hent that the refrigerator of oC to today today today day can cnn be safely kept In the kitchen where here It Is most convenient leHt to the housewife In her cooking Instead of oC oCla ofin ofIn la in a n dark cellar t to be reached by steep and nn dangerous steps or out on the back porch where the sun melts the ke ice In summer time and In winter etch ec trip to and fro Is a n In for Having laving the In the kitchen saves ninny hundreds of oC steps for we iry feet Ceet I 1 fifty degrees Is the maximum tern re refrigerator engineers hive agreed at which perishable food should be kept In a of approved ap approved proved Insulation there will be a n dif difference ference of oC a fI few Cew degrees d grees between the coldest place Inside that Is the small mall food foo 1 chamber directly beneath the Ice or mechanical unit and the warmest place the top of oC the large food eliam cham chamber ber Steel Refrigerator Steps In For this reason food must be put In Inthe inthe the refrigerator with rare care and find Intel No food at nt all nil should be kept In the Ice chamber Itself Milk and butter belong In the coldest colde t place be beneath beneath neath the Ice lee Here also belong meat broths custards s and gelatin desserts that have hate to set and screw capped bottles of oC drinking water On the bottom shelf of the large food chain cham chamber her ber put meat with the paper wrap wrap- wrappings wrappings wrappings pings d and left left overs espe cape especially especially daily those with m cre sauce On t the neat shelf shelt go fruits and eggs and uw raw vegetables that do not have hate a n strong o odor or These with cheese go or o the topmost shelf A most Important consideration to tn u using the refrigerator Is to keep leep a good circulation of oC air Do not oser o overcrowd crowd the food chambers therefore but get a cabinet large to n et your family requirements A set of oC small tall enameled food rs Is a wise Investment lD ns as they will save space ce and prove prose pro e an nn economy being Also be he sure that nothIng noth nothIng Ing Is put against the lie cold col air and warm air outlet as JS this woud de de- de destro destroy stroy the perfect circulation of oJ air n iHl J |
