The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-01-25
FOOD Experiments.
gsxdow DR.. Wiley VIII Test
Cold Storage Products.
.TRY OF EPICUREs TO BE CHOSEN

.ESrRY OF EPICURES TO BE CHOSEN
gss@ Determining Relative Nutritive
sMaIues of Fresh amG Cold Storage
gESands the Chief Of the Bureau of
s.<zChemistry Must Invite Men With
asSuItivated PaIates to BE Els Guests
sxsat Dinner-May Be Two Squads.
s8Aaving completed his experiments
gsxn food aduiteration, DR.. Harvey w.
Wiley, chief OF the bureau of chemis-
ary of the department of agriculture.
twill inaugurate new and interesting
sssseries of tests, with a view to solving
>>seertain important but as yet unanswer-
sd problems in cold storage, says the
Washington Post.
ST would like to have it understood"
he said recently, that l am not at
lacking cold storage nor seeking to
condemn cold storage products Cold
storage is a great benefit to humanity.
but connected with the problem OF cold
storage are many questions that never
aaave been settled satisfactorily, and
10 that end we were authorized by the
last congress to undertake series Of
experiments, with view to settling
definitely the questions of which
sapeak and which l shall presently de-
scribe Thus far l have had SO much
work on my hands with the European
whisky, ale, wine and brandy tests, the
-salicylic acid and other tests, that
have had no time to devote to the mat
ter.
Nov that these problems are off my
hands, shall investigate cold storage
problems. For these tests congress has
made no special provision, the cost of
the experiments coming out of the gen
~zeral appropriation for the department.
Congress ought to grant to us an ap-
preparation large enough to erect and
~4sQuip a cold storage plant Of our own
hot large one, of course, but Of
sufficient size to facilitate our expert
mnents. I should like to make series
of tests with various frozen foods on a
larger scale than l am able to do at
present, for as the case stands we are
3 agbliged to get our cold storage products
IRON plants that are owned privately.
zone of the chief things l desire to
saest is how long various kinds Of
meats, fish, eggs, fruits and yegeta-
sgaies can be kept in cold storage with
out deterioration or becoming unwhole-
aesome. Fowls of all kinds-chickens,
ssEurkeys, ducks, geese, quail and grouse
---~--are much better if allowed to 'ripen'
80 little before eating. They should be
saung up somewhere until the meat has
ga chance to become tender and season
sd Fish should be cooked when taken
-asrom the water Thus some classes
s<sf food ought to improve by remain
szEng a certain length of time in cold
storage, while in others deterioration
8 ss apt to set in il kept too long on ice.
81 shall test first the nutritive and
esRustatory properties of cold storage
sfoeds}by taste l shall select a jury
of men who are used to good living,
smen who are epicures and whom
know will help me. Practical jokers
and persons disposed to make sport Of
amy experiments I will not have. !!
shall have a kitchen rugged up and on
certain days will serve meals, consist
ing of freshly laid eggs and cold stor-
age eggs, chickens that have been kill
Led only q few hours and chickens that
have been n cold storage for some
time; also fresh and cold storage milk,
Ssh, oysters, steaks, game and vegeta-
.s51es.
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but the menu varied. The cold stor-
age and fresh food products when
cooked will be placed on the table in
separate plates and the jury called in
ITO dine The members will be invited
ito select which are the fresh and which
ARE the cold storage products, to de-
xsfermine first just what difference II
any exists in the various products.
"Other experiments will be carried
shall organize two separate squads,
lone Of which will be fed for several
). months or such time as it may require
:. for the test on strictly fresh products,
while the other will dine each day on
cold storage foods. We believe that
at the end Of certain period we can
tell which squad has shown the great
lest gain in health and flesh and which
& has shown decline.
"In various other ways we will test
cold storage methods and products
with view to determining the length
OF time it is safe to keep food prod
z-1cts on ice"
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