The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-08-14
k,EgPINc FOOD IN SUMMER.

While people Shouid De careIul
Iabout the condition Of the food they
eat at all seasons of the year; they
Ishould be particularly watchful during
the summer months In hot weathag,
bacteria multiply far more rapidly than
in cold weather and produce chemical
changes in some foods which greatly
lessen their nutritive value and often
make them unfit for human consump-
ton. Unfortunately, there is no quick
absolute, simple, practical way of de-
termsning the presence of hurtful
bacilli in foods or of obtaining positive
evidence of the existence OF ptomaines
The average family does not have the
delicate apparatus needed for these
tests, nor the skill to detect these
micro organisms.
The housewife will find eyes and
nose the safest practical detectives of
bad food in hot weather. If any arti-
Gle has any suspicion of an unusual
odor or looks abnormal it should be
avoided. People eating in doubtful
restaurants should be particularly
careful about meats or fish cooked
with a highly spiced or. aromatic
sauce which might disguise bad
taste or warning odor. Only sweet
smelling, clean food should be eaten.
Spotted, green, Shiny, or frothy spots
also should be regarded with suspic-
ion. Taste OF course Is supplement
, tary test but one to be used after eyes,
nose, and fingers. A mother before
she allows her child to eat anything
should examine 1t carefully in asgood
Hight, smell 1t, and finally taste 1t.
Il Milk particularly deteriorates rapid
: ly under summer heat, especially if ii
already contains bacteria. House,
! wives, therefore, should see to it that
their milk after being left by the milk
, man does not stand for any length OF
: time on hot back porch or stoop be-
! fore 1t is put in the ice-box. Mllh
! bottles should be kept closed, both in
i the ice-box and out of 1t. II there Il
n any doubt at all as to the excellence
e of the local milk supply, pasteurizt
e all milk.
All foods should be kept covered OF
n wrapped, and always out OF the reacf
Q OF flies, which are deadly carriers o.
v typhoid. All vessels, pitchers. etc.
: in which food is to be stored should
y first be sealded. Food should b'
J. handled as little as possible. The ice
: box, especially it's drain pipe, should
be cleaned thoroughly and frequentl!
a with boiling water and washing soda
d and given an occasional airing. 4
n persistent battle should be = wage'
a against flies in all parts of the home.
: Uncooked foods as a general propo
sition should be avoided. Childrel
should not be allowed to eat the skin
h Of fruits, especially fruits which hav
: been exposed to flies or street dirt o
: unscreened stands or push carts.
Those who go away for vacation
should not get the idea that every
thing in a summer resort or straHg
city is necessarily pure and whole
e some. The danger Of typhoid fever II
U country resorts is very great. Man,
: of the cases OF typhoid fever recorde'
: in the fall in cities where the water
e pure had their origin in water or con
& Illuminated substances drunk or eaten a
II some summer resort. Insist on boile'
/ water II you absolutely cannot ge
: boiled water, make very sure about tn
j. reputation of springs, wells, or tap wa
II ter. Refuse absolutely to take any wa
e ter that comes from source near a.
II clubhouse or stable, or in a neighbor
t hood where fever is at all prevalent.
Boiled water can be made just a
palata as unboiled water, The fla
N taste which boiled water has soon afte
lit has been boiled is due to the fac
that boiling drives out of 1t the air tina
lit held in solution. If the water afte
!. boiling is put in scalded shallow ope
pans and allowed to stand for "a hour
:. where flies or dirt cannot get at 1t,
: Iwill regain it's air and have its usua
= taste restored by the second day.
= Finally II is particularly importan
: in summer that people should not b
= misled into believing that the labe
y Guaranteed under the bod an
= Drugs Act" on cans and package
. means that the government has teste
~ these foods and pronounced them pur
= and desirable. The government doe
:, not make the guarantee The guar
= antee is made wholly by the manufac
4 turer. and means no more than whe
your own grocer guarantees that tn
z sugar he weighs out for you is all RICH
Examine goods labeled guaranteed
lust as carefully as any other kind
~ A possible source of danger in tn
. home, but one frequently overlooked
would seem to be the pet animals q
= the household. The fur of even tn
most clearly cats and dogs must com
e in contact with many things which W
would not care to have touch our foot
~ In many families where the animal
- are not allowed in the living rooms fo
" fear of soiling the furniture, they az
given free range in kitchen and pan
try, where the chances are they WI
leave more or less loose hair and dill
= and which may find its way to foo
:. utensils or to food.
:, A word should also be said regard
- ing animal pests Rats and mice al
Z regarded by all housewives as destru'
tive and disagreeable in every wa!
and no one cares to eat food whit
20 they have touched. Traces OF the pres
II ence of mice may sometimes be note
- in cereals and other foods sold in ope