| Show fats in winter j by dr R R daniels fat whether animal or vegetable is 1 highly concentrated food in the animal the excels digested food is stored up in various of tho bod in tho fat this fat is usually put on in the summer and ml to furnish the animal with heat during the winter laboratory experiments peri ments demonstrate that fat Is more heat for its weight and bulk than any other form of food during the winter considerable fat 13 used up by the human body in keeping itself warm the majority of persons during the winter do not axt sufficient fit the fats of various meats are all good pork fat being the most easily digested while lamb and mutton fat are difficult of digestion beef fat is fairly easily digested when fertsh butter and cream are valuable easily digested fats w hen stale they carry objectionable germs into the stomach and intestines olive oil and other vegetable oils are valuable sources of fat is no class of food which is so frequently rendered indigestible and ruined as food b popular methods of cooking as the fats bad cooking 11 responsible for tho limited use of fats As they usually come to the table fats disagree with the average stomach and people learn to avoid a valuable food fried foods should never be eaten to be easily digested fats should be neither cook id nor baked with any other food including sugar starches and vegetables how ever fats may be added foods as seasoning after the cooking is completed As far as possible our meats should be cooked so as to prevent the fat being cooked into the lean portion roast dork is decidedly hard to digest but when roasted in a jacket of alternating layers of brown paper and flour batter the fat is not cooked into the lean and the whole is rendered easily digested cooked in the ways suggested fats arc bassily digested they will agree with almost any stomach and can be used in considerable sid erable quantities in the winter ismery per cent of all disease 13 avoidable annece sary |
