The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-26
THE, TRUTH ABOUT. CANNED FOODS

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after opening than fresh foods under
similar conditions but they will not
grow poison with age; they will grow
moldy and sour, just as cheese grows
green with mold or milk sours In
warm weather. So, when some one in
your family eats too heartily and SUI
fers the righteous pangs OF indiges.
ton, or even falls victim to dreaded
and always to be avoided ptomaine,
don't blame 1t on the Gamers peas,
Of Embellishments where It Is de-
served and don't penalize a most
necessary industry.
What is an ideal equipment for a
tin-can kitchen or, rather. for the ad.
jacent pantry shelves? That. OF
course, depends on the size of the
family and its personal preferences.
1t is never wise to lay In stocks that
will last longer than one season.
Some grocers may buy surplus stocks
when goods are cheap, but 1t Is no
part of housekeeping to play the mar
ket, not even in canned goods. Buy
at the end Of each canning season, as
soon as the new pack is ready for dis
trtfutfon, as many cases Of each va
riety as you can reasonably expect to
use up before fresh fruits ana vege-
tables are again at hand Buy by the
case OF two dozen cans and save sew
eral cents can The grocer prefers
to sell by the case, for it lessons his
delivery charges and is much less
labor at the store. OF course. the
leading item in the order will be to-
matoes, and family Of FIVE should
buy at least three cans. That is not
can and half week for the year
The order should include two cases
of peas. divided up into three grades,
the cheap but good early June. the
standard sifted June and the small
petit pois, or extra ssfted. This stock
will meet the various demands Of the
table and provide an excellent food at
reasonable cost. Sweet corn should be
purchased in two or three case lots
and in at least two grades. The soup
order will be large and diversified and
will contain at least dozen cans Of
the standard kinds. chicken. tomato,
vegetable and mock turtle Soups are
sold in cans of varying size. and It Is
well to select the size that Just meets
the family needs. One large can is
always cheaper than two smaller ones.
Condensed milk, the unsweetened
milk. not the thick syrupy concen-
trate made with nearly so percent OF
sugar is staple, and to most peo-
pie makes finer coffee than whole
milk or even cream. And the canned
milks are always safe, always clean
and always at hand. have frequent
ly told the dairymen that unless they
can guarantee clean wholesome
milk to their customers, It is but
little while until raw milk will not
be used at all and the tincan COW in
the kitchen will have eliminated the
mlikman. There is almost no end to
the list and the pantry shelves VIII
be well burdened when the order is
filled In addition to the varieties
mentioned, there will be dozens in
each Of these classes: Pork and
beans, kidney beans. succotash (that
delectable dish the Indians taught the
settlers at Plymouth how to make
from corn and beans), asparagus.
beets, sauerkraut Gf there is a trace
Of German ancestry in your family or
IL you have ever known the Joy OF
baked spare ribs smothered in steam
ing krauD, hominy pumpkin squash,
all the fruits of field and orchard,
strawberries grown on the Atlantic
coast, Loganberries from Puget
SOuuu, dpTlCOlS.. peaches anu pears
from sunny California and pineapples
from Honolulu. But the order is not
yet complete. Still another shelf must
be put up OF hold the foods from the
sea. Sardines or, rather. small her
ring from Maine, and cheap and fine
they are: clans from the tidewater
beds scattered along the coast. cove
oysters and delicious shrimp from
southern waters: salmon. a common
and yet underprized delicacy and eco
nomfcal food from Alaska and Puget
sound: the splendid tuna ish from
southern California. and last, good
supply of the delectable crab meat
packed to perfection IN San Francisco
bay
With all these staples stored away,
with apples and potatoes In the cellar
and a barrel of flour in the kitchen
cabinet. the housewife is secure
against delayed deliveries from the
grocery, Sundays dinner is always on
hand and there is never a time when
her store is not ample to meet every
unexpected demand But. letter even
than this valued feeling Of security IS
the fact that the money paid for the
good things for her tincan Kitchen has
been most economically spent. tia.
she has bought wisely and that sh,
will feed her family food alo from
sound raw material. b. hea, thy work (.
men, in sanitary factories
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