Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-28

ent acids which are used as food pre-
serya,iyes?'
There are many kinds replied the
agricultural chemist aud we have
tested most OF them. OuI first expert
uJnts were with salicylic acid. This
g. employed chiefly IN foods which are
liquid or semi-liquid. II Is used IN can
ned vegetables and also I'm jams. mar
inalades and sausages. You may drink
% u soda water aud IL Is frequently
sold by the drug stores as fruit acid
This stuff Is 50 injurious that the chief
legislatures ~ the world are forbidding
lts use. France Italy. spain. Ger
many and Austria have laws against Il.
and s0 have some Of our states
But how about suphurous acid DR.
Wiey?' ] asked
That is used IN eyaporatng fruits
ana also IN wines Supplies are s1rin-
Fied over fresh meat 20 give 30 a bright
rcd color When SO treated the Ties cam
blow over q an day and Il win look
just AS fresh as when FIRST cut Indeed
! should Doe careful in buying am espe-
DaIly rcd piece OF meat in the market.
II 20 Is "a natural red 10 Us an right. but
II It Is a suIphitc red 20 should be- re-
igrtcd.
And then There Is belzoic acid " con-
iuued Dr. Wiley That Is used I'm
sweet pickles and in other fruits whore
fertilization is NOT required II Is also
employed iu making oatsups Boracic
acid is used iu butter and milk and
fornaldehyde may be- called the chief
l1ikmaid OF the lazy dairyman For
maldehyde Is highly injurious % chill
drcn and also 90 adults. aud II seems
dreadful 90 think that Il Is sometimes
mixed with milk supplied 10 babies
one Of the chief reasons for its use Is to
conceal dirt. The man who employs IL
may have a dirty COW and a filthy sta
he. there may even be manure 10 the
bottom OF his milk bucket and this
would hide a. The best dairymen cool
their milk down 10 50 degrees as soon
as II comes from the COW They koop
ever, hing about their establishments
scrupulodsly c.can, and sell their milk
pure"
'lS there amy way M testing whether
milk has formaIdehydc Don it?'
Yes II YOU VIII take three or four
iablcspoonfuls as sample and put
them in teacup with an equal amour,
of strong hydrOchloric acid and a bit OF
YOU can learn whether f0rmaldehyde 4,
present or not. The liquids must first
De- mixed together hy gentle rotary
motion. and the cup then placed I'm boil
irg water FOR five minutes AT the end
Of that time N pormaldehy1e Is present
the mixture will turn purple II Il
does not turn it IS all right"
DIR. WILEY on AMERICAN COOKS.
7 here asked the chemist his opinion
Of our foods and food preparations. He
replied.
We have the most abundant ami
best food Of the world. but We live more
roorly than any other civilized nation.
We have the worst cooks and know
least how TO get the most out Of our
lJOds. Cooking Is looked down upon
here. IL shuld be considered one Of the
arts, and a cook should command a
high salary. ! know families IN Wash
inston who live at the rate Of 5000 or
$1,000 year and who. nevertheless.
VIII send down into Virginia and get
some ignorant colOred woman 20 spoil
their victuals. They win spend thous-
ands OF dollars on their tables and
waste II all by skimping Oh the cook"
CHICKEN SALADS MADE OF PORK.
Is there much food adulteratlop
practised in Washington
Yes The chicken salad served al
our receptions here Is often half pork
cut w INTO cubes and so dressed with
lnayonnaise that one cannot tell the
dilIerence. We have all sorts of de-
cepuons practlsed upon US and we !