New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-11-26
THE CARE OF FOOD
r,,p the Best HouSerife Is at
fke Mercy Of Germs.

..,,s words. In much knowledge
- sorrow" are for0bly recalled by
- on The care Of Food in the
sust issued by the United States
n--.-,art q Agriculture. After learn
II lie number 90 unsanitary things
= herr in Ire habit OF doing and the
- az po.scus thzt may lark m ap-
-, wholesome foods. tho ordinarv
so.,sssssper snight he excused for wishing
- - hsG been born before people
s-sw 80 many unpleasant things. Fer
= --olrer1 is iu many cases, a. the hui
- noil,s olt. quite beyond her indiEid-
= ,ou.er ot solution. WHINE doing the
: .bs can individually. she must work
= .e,ure public action 10 project her food
suppl
m dreadful paragraph relates 10
-.,-rsIre poisoning, the result q bacterial
- ..rst 80 advanced a. 10 give warn
- 10 rre senses Danger also turks in
- foaH Because % tle possible pres
=. nj disease germs Professor AIetch-
--sef h ss0ied as adTlsius against The
= ~ srE raw food whatever. even II IL
!. v-,.hr5 3D. boiled water But the au-
..,r al t.a b-Iotin, AIRS. Mary Human
49, rrlrEs tr.t Ribs IL rather an extreme
--ir f5- American conditions
~ e-a- without this rrecaUtion the
t,-seuIse via have trouble enough ~ she
,..rr --iss to keep the food OF her family
cIeal.
me uaaf.1- ot vegetables Is discussed
q. lsncth ana lCiel water is advised fer
- sual bl-. q tie supply is in any way
s-s.icious. salad plants must he searched
- sv leaf -1r insect lie.
.pzsl rgs and dates are nery COM
-,o-iv sarer without cooking or even
vssh,ng tle bulletin. and yet they
nsvs besu exposed tor an unknown length
- rre a. -.r llutsglou brought By dust
e.ss and dry hands IL now many houses
.r orarEc- washed before tkcv are
h--ugtt o. t-r table. or the lemon before
& s alieed .r tlc tea OF lemonade. or be-
ss-s III szr Psi grated tor havorinEc Yet
H. sktn Is l-tel very dirty Sheiied nuts
-rl-chss.5 marked Should always. Dc
psshsl aid sra-1cd before they are used
a. they aro commonly exposed O. dust
AID pa-llr.- -s flies They can aftcrWard
b. dried on clean cloth before using
usuy csrsf-- housewives wash nuts IN the
snsI before cracking. - this prevents ac-
c6suta. 81 -- of The kernels"
Even eggs have 10 he washed. according
p. Tul.C SAN. The ordinary way 10
treak au ezz is % hit IL against another
s-r cr ever -1e ease of thc mixing bowl
and lc- -re contents stream over the side
,f tls sle. without considering whether
-ls latter s.. c.a6l 0- not But even 81
-le-e fs OH. VISIBLE Ji~c. says the bulle-
fr ---a shall ra- not he e. clean as e.
seems Cor 60 L.v have come Crom a dirty
uesr c- har. been Ul-LIv ho-dled EsEs
stcl.5 therefore. siva--s boz washed lc-
fore breaking
The section on llshW- saln- Is one OF he
most 61T-ezz-L- -r the pamphlet "Dish hes
rETe been tested d. SAYS. To determine
me number .- organisms that remain or
u-u a---r l-5-lary' Washing as COM
pared H.-- method that requires an sp-
r.-zfo- -t ..- water w-ll tie help ~
lo4T lr. ..--.- e-.-. ,lrbcua-e az soda. a
t-s-1-s- --s.-- -l hor water. and uipi--
-r1 a s-er--zs- cloth t---r d. one which
Les te-l ODD boiling wafer since n was
Used before E- rtis latte method tho
o.sle- we're r-a.----lv sterile, while rlau-
agaI-s-.z Hrr= left on tile dishes than
vera 7ls- .r --c 'urdi-lT-- mctLoa