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Show ABOUT FOOD t - Cheeso that nro well mottled have ofton been assisted to maturity by being probed with pieces of copper wire. Cheeso treated in this way is very injurious for much ot tho green in It is copper, which, as everyone knows, is a deadly polscn. To test for copper, take a little plcco of tho suspected cheoso on a crutch und hold It over tho llamo of a spirit lamp. Coppered cheeso will cause the flame to become bright green, but unadulterated cheeso will mako no dlfforenco to It. It you havo an Idea that your milk Is being watered or chalked, take a knitting needle, dip it In tho milk then hold It up for a few seconds. Puro milk slowly will trlcklo down the steel nnd form a heavy drop a(; tho end. Watored milk will 'run off quickly and drip off in several small drops. If you buy butter that arouses your suspicions, put a llttlo bit into a teaspoon and hold it ovor a flame. Faked butter will splutter, but pure butter will boll quite quietly. Egg testing is very simple nnd the llttlo wooden shield you need to koep tho light of tho candle flamo from tho oyes can bo easily mado at homo, or a squaro oft stiff cardboard with an egg shaped pleco taken out will answer tlio purpose Just as well. If tho egg Is really now laid tho nlr cell at tho larger end should bo clearly clear-ly vislblo, whllo dark spots In it " mako it qulto unlit for consumption, W in any shnpo or form. H |