Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-10
HINTS FOR THE
|. BUSY HOUSEWIFE
fBy Latest Mali

BY Latest MILL
WASHINGTON, D. C.,-The depart
ment of agriculture has issued the
following practical suggestions in re-
gard to keeping food and drink in hot
weather, with view to helping the
public to avoid sickness from eating
spoiled articles of diet:
while people should be careful
about the condition of the food they
eat at all seasons of the year, they
should be particularly watchful dur
ing the summer months. In hot
weather, bacteria multiply far more
rapidly than in cold weather and pro-
duce chemical changes in some
foods which greatly lessen their nu.
tritive value and often make them
unfit for human consumption. I'm
fortunately, there is no quick, abso-
lutte, simple, practical way of deter
mining the presence of hurtful bac-
iii in foods, or of obtaining positive
evidence of the existence Of pto-
maires. The average family does not
have the delicate apparatus needed
for these tests, nor the skill to detect
these heterogeneous.
"The housewife will find eyes and
pose the safest practical detectives of
bad food in hot weather. II any ar
ticle has any suspicion of an unusual
cdor or looks abnormal, 1t should be
avoided. People eating in doubtful
restaurants should be particularly
careful about meats or fish cooked
with highly spiced or aromatic
sauce which might disguise a bad
taste or warning odor. Only sweet
smelling, clean food should be eaten.
Spotted, green. Shiny, or frothy raw
rreat, or meat which is soft In spots
also should be regarded with suspi-
cion: Taste of course Is supple
mentary test, but ne.to be used after
eyes, nose and fingers. 4 mother be-
fore she allows her child to eat any
thing, should examine it carefully in
a good light, smell it, and finally
taste it.
Milk particularly deteriorates ra-
'pidly under summer heat, especially
if it already contains bacteria House
wives, therefore, should see to 1t that
their milk after being left by the
milkman does net stand for any
length Of time on hot back porch
or stoop before 1t is put in the ice.
box. Milk bottles should be kept
closed, both in the ice-box and out
ct it. If there is any doubt at all as
to the excellence Of the local milk
supply, pasteurize all milk.
"Alls foods should be- kept covered
or wrapped, and always out of the
reach of flies, which are deadly car
riers of typhoid. All vessels, pitch
ers, ETC., in which food is to be stored
should first be scalded Food should
De handled as little as possible. The
ice-box, especially its drain pipe,
should be cleaned thoroughly and FREE
Quently with boiling water and wash
ing soda, and given an occasional air.
ing. A persistent battle should be
waged against flies in all parts OF the
home.
Unlocked foods as general prop
osition should be avoided. Children
should not be allowed to eat the skins
OF fruits, especially fruits which have
teen exposed to flies or street dirt
on unsereened stands or push-carts.
L HNSc WIZ 81 away IOI NdCdlIOH
should not get the idea ;nat every
thing in summer resort or strange
city is necessarily pure and whole
some. The danger of typhoid fever
in country resorts is very great.
Many of the cases of typhoid fever
recorded in the fall in cities where
the water is pure had their origin in,
water or contaminated substances
drunk or eaten at some summer re-
sort. Insist on boiled water. If you
absolutely cannot get boiled water,
make very sure about the reputation
of springs, wells, or tap water. Re
fuse absolutely to take any water that
comes from a source near an out
house or stable, or in a neighborhood
where fever is at all prevalent
Boiled water can be made just as
palatable as unboiled water. The
flat taste which boiled water has soon
after it has been boiled is due to the
fact that boiling drives out of it the
air which it held in solution. If the
water after boiling is put in scalded
shallow open pans and allowed to
stand for "a hours where flies or dirt
cannot get at it, it will regain its air,
and have its usual taste restored by
the second day.
= Finally it is particularly import
ant in summer that people should not
lie misled into believing that the label
Guaranteed under the Food and
Drugs Act on cans means that the
government has tested these foods
and pronounced them pure and de-
slrabfe. The government does not
make the guarantee. The guarantee
Is made wholly by .AsHS1rufacturer
and means no more than wnen your
cYn grocer guarantees that the sugar
BE weighs out for you is all right.
-Xamine goods labeled guaranteed
uSt as carefully &C any nthar Lind .,