The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-02-06
COLD STORAGE
FOODSTUFFS.
Government Expert Gives interest
ing Information Concerning
Gelatine, Frozen Quail &c.

Washington, January 30.-Harvey
w. Wiley, Chief of the Chemistry Blu
reau of the Department of Agriculture
yesterday gave much interesting testi-
mony concerning the deterioration of
foodstuffs in cold storages before the
House Committee on Agriculture.
milk begins to deteriorate right away
and so does cream" said Dr. Wiley
Eggs also begin to deteriorate, inn
mediately. Fruit is improving, and
sometimes continues to improve for
three months. Meat improves up to
about six or eight weeks. But after
three months for meat YOU can see
that it has reached the maximum, and
then 1t begins to go down. l do not
care how hard it is frozen"
When asked for a further eXplana-
ton of the deterioration of meat froz-
EN- in cold storage, DR.. Wiley said:
I'VE find that meats do not taste as
well and they do not smell so we'll,
and every time the jury can pick
that which has been kept over three
months Take our quail.
QUAIL A YEAR OLD.
eve have quail year old and we
have a fresh quail cooked at the same
time. We cook them just alike and
you can distinguish between them first
by their looks, and then by smell and
taste. Every time the jury can pick
them out blindfolded."
DR.. Wiley states that he is
thorough believer in storage and be-
lieves that most foods improve when
properly kept for a short time.
DR.. Wiley was asked many questions
about oysters. and said that the
oysters opened and shipped in buckets
should be prevented from entering
into interstate commerce. as they are
dead.
AN oyster is dead an hour after it
is opened" said DR.. Wiley, and is not
good. 1t loses its flavor"
= Asked about frozen oysters DR..
Wiley said:
''Oh they ought not to be frozen.
That ruins them and as soon as they
thaw they are dangerous"
He then urged that oysters should
be shipped alive and in the shell and
said that the greatest outrage of the
oyster trade is to soak oysters with
fresh water and swell them up MAX
ing them look fat. DR.. Wiley said the
oysters sent out in tin cans are all
right but in futher denunciation of
bulk oysters, shipped in tubs and
buckets he said.
They are either preserved with
some preventative or are dangerously
near the ptomaine line, one of the
two"
ROAST FOR GELATIN.
Gelatin was denounced. 1t is made
out of hides, of the scrappings from
hides" said Dr. Wiley "These hides
go into the tanners watts, and these
hides that smell to heaven are treated
and trimmed and these trimmings are
used to make gelatin. The Marine
Hospital service found tetanus germs
in gelatin
DR.. Wiley said the gelatin factories
are the dirtiest in the world.
In reply to a question from Repre-
sentative Haugen as to uses of this
gelatin, DR.. Wiley said
1T is used for putting into ice
cream and candies and for making
capsules that you take your medicine
in"
He added that there is no objection
to gelatin If properly made and that /
there is plenty of wholesome raw /
material to make it of. AS to the /
of gelatin made from |
material containing live germs DR..
Wiley said:
mo one wants to run the risk of |
getting lockiaw by taking a powder .
or pill or eating ice cream