West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-09-11
MODERN ICE-CREAM.
\ Chemist Lays Hare the Base DcceptIons
vi tho Mannfnctmrcr..

GLOW is modern iCc-CrC0m madop'
was the question propoundod to n
prominent chemist by the Herald re
porter.
"Oh, | wouldn't bo too hard on tho
girls 10y telling you" replied the man
OF Scioncc because they would do
privo themselves of their favoritc luxury
should thoy know what they cat
but 1t would bc blessing for tho
small-salariod boys" suggested the
scribe. Two dishes of icc.crcam for
the girl and lemonade with n stick in
It, and cigar ON four evenings of call
ing time each week would bc ~. 80, or
over $40 during tho season. That
amount would purchase beaver over
coat with scalSkin cuts and collar.
Think of itn'
The Professor was not proof against
such an example OF domestic arith-
motic and he rclcntcd II noticed. 3"
he said, that DIR Bartlcy. of Brook
lyn, publishes a statement in which ho
says that he finds IA very subtle poison
ptomaiuC i'm icc-CrCnm during this
season of the year The formation of
this deadly alkaoid he thinks. is prob
ably the result ut decomposition i'm somo
gelatinous matter of animal origin
which enters into tho cream as we ret
il now ! rather think that very little
cream, If any, enters into the manufact-
uro of modern iCc-CrCam Milk. eggs
corn starch and thickcuing of gcla-
tine arc the principal ingredients, so
far rs | know. That gives very ap-
pctizing icc-crcam, | should think and
IL is no wonder that they can sell tho
| stun ut dollar the gallon
"l understood that cotton seed oil is
used by some Of the manufacturers, " re-
marked the reporter
Worse than that" was the reply
''Thoy use larl-oil, which is nothing
else than the oleo oil of the huttcrino
trade. Contrary TO tho buttcr-malIng
though, the oil is not chilled 10y being
run into tanks of cracked ice. but
| Is warmed in steam iackct-kcttlcs 10
nearly tho boiling point-tw hundred
| degrees Fahrenheit The milk which
is purchased from the Crcamcrics. is
what.may bc callcdI skinned ON both
sides and partially in tho middle is
also heated to about one hundred and
scvcnty-iivc degrees Fahrenheit, thus
nearly cqualizing the specific gravity OF
VIZ WV " iAANi Hti ilif, i''lNuANs 4 ~ tNNll
| five gallons of milk, costing twenty
cents, is added eight ounces of oloo oil
| After this is thoroughly mixed there is
| an addition of sixteen ounces of potash
starch, which is cheaper than corn
starch, and ono-half ounce of golntinc
This whole dolcctable matter is then
boiled in copper vacuum pans. The
| ingredients unite chemically much
| better i'm vacuum than under atmos-
| phcric pressure, as would bc the case i'm
| open vessels. Again the boiling point
! is lowered, and thus Is prevented what
! has proved such an annoyance i'm but
| tcr-making- suct flavor Whatever
| should remain of that nasty flavor in
| so-called ice-crcam is killed by the
| 1ayoring extracts, mostly vanilla
| Then the mess Is congcaled in ordinary
| freczcrs, and your modern ice-crcnm is
| ready for market. The average van
| lila extract is made from the sprouts
! OF the spruce pine, and better kind
| rs made from the tOnka beam
! "Ihcn this voraciOus animal YOU call
| ptOmaino is not only in cured meat but
also in icc-cream which our dear girls
| consume with such avidityP" This by
| the reporter
"Ptomalno is found IN all articles OF
| food which arc in certain stages OF de-
! composition" said the Professor with
IA laugh, "but then IL is not an animal
| like trichina or bacteria. IL Is an aka
! lOid Of great interest, which needs much
! explanation. AZ this season Of the year,
especially July and August. and some
! times during June, when the air is very
! moist and the vegetation very rank,
| thero arc conditions that favor sickness
! and al the same time decomposition.
! During the first stages Of the latter an
! animal alkaloid is found which Is called
ptomainc. Az just what point this for
! nation takes place 4 am unable TO say.
| bat that 10 exists is beyond "a question
/ of doubt II can not be discovered by
! ocular Inspection nor by the ordinary
| microscopic examination chemical
! analysis must proceed. Therefore. bo-
! fore there is any summary decision
| about the liability of dealers means
! must be provided and conclusions must
| be drawn which will show the exact ap-
| pcarancc Of articles OF food infected
| with ptOmalnc i'm order TO determine the
! character Of such food as 10 its fitness
] for consumption. As far as ! have been
| able 10 learn there are times whom the
| meat appears at its best and looks most
! wholesome, but at the same time is
| charged with this deadly poison. ~ is
! supposed that this poison is very much
! more active than others H. is beyond
! doubt that 10 exists i'm meat and broth,
! and 10 has been found in pudding.
! cheese, ico-crcam and other articles oi
/ food into Che preparation Of which milk
/ enters as main Ingredient ! also have
! an idea that ptOmaiuo b. found in tho
| human body under certain pathological
| conditions. especially in typhoid fever
I and perItouit.s. w. IutCrUteW m CHI
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