The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-08-07
HOW TO KEEP FOODS
HINTS FOR THE HoUsEKEEPEH
WHO HAS NO ICE. Il,
Purchase PerIshable Foods In smalIeS
/ Quantities and More Frequently
A Little Intelligent Care All
That 10 Necessary.

The care Of foods In the home is q
problem that has solved itself to some
extent IN the last decade. At least.
1t Is not 80 serious a question as It
was, for the food supply is more cas-
lily reached by both city and village
jewellers daily. This allows purchas-
ing perishable foods In smaller guam
titles and more frequently where one
has no refrigerator
Ice is one of our greatest blessings
In summer weather and cool running
water or a cool basement is In the
same class. After once having these
comforts 1t seems as though 1t would
not be possible to do without them.
Yet there are thousands of women
who have kept house for years and
never have had ice or basement for
cooling and preserving food. 1t is not
economy to do without these things,
but 1t is good to know that 1t can be
done.
Some foods have better keeping
qualities than others; with meat, lamb,
veal, young chickens and fish are most
troublesome to keep.
II meat is to be kept any length OF
time it should be we'll cooked, as this
destroys all germs and bacteria. At
ter 1t is cooked 1t must be kept so no
more can reach 1t by being closely
covered. However, 1t must not be alb
solutely air light and it must not be
covered until 1t is quite cool. AS often
as any of the meat is used 1t should
all be heated, as this heating is really
the best preservatiNe.
The best receptacle to keep any
| food in is unglazed crockery. Lettuce,
radishes and such fresh vegetables
should be wrapped in heavy, wet pa
per and placed in wet, empty flower
pot with a cover over it.
Milk will keep sweet longer in a
large vessel than in small one. The
best way to keep 1t without ice is to
pour 1t into an unglazed wide dish or
crock and cover it over with sheet
of cotton. This cotton permits the
air to reach the milk, but keeps out
water in the coolest spot you can find.
Almost everything can be canned
now, and this is the best means of saw
ing leftover fruits.
Where you have a cellar, but no ice,
keep 1t cool by airing It for an hour
every morning, and then, before the
sun grows hot, close 1t as tightly as
possible See that 1t is we'll screened
from flies and clean and sweet as 1t
can be made.
II yeu have no cellar, but have a
yard, look for a shaded place, and have
a hole dug there and walled with I'M
glazed brick. Fit this with a trap
door, and inside place zinc or sheet
iron box with close cover. In this
you can place a crock of butter, dog
en- or two of eggs and pot of cream
and keep them reasonably cool. Such
a receptacle is called "camp-box."
II you live within reach Of ice, by
all means try to have a refrigerator,
for you can save the cost of Ice and
its container many times over by buy
ing food In quantities. Many neigh
bors share their iceboxes, and this is
sensible cooperation. II you plan to
do that, have a refrigerator with two
food compartments and the ice we'll in
the center. Place 1t in the basement
or on the back porch so each can use
It without intruding on the privacy OF
the other. Order enough Ice to keep
the box cool all the time, and use caro-
in selecting your foods.