The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-07-16
FOOD ADMINISTRATOR
SUGGESTIONS HOW ICE
MAY BE conserved
HOUSEHOLDER WARMED THAT
THEY MUST BE ECONOMICAL
IN TIE USE OF THEIR ICE


Thoro ni. many ics economies that
the householder should practice w the
conservation of ice. announces the
Federal FOOD Administration fot Tex
as and first uf these is that tcflie
orators should he kept clean and doors
kcpt tight aud thc drip uap kept in
place The door OF IA, Refrigerator
should never hc opened except when
necessary and then FOR the shortest
possible .sacc ~ time No hot foods
should hc placed lea the refrigerator
Cracked Ice should moi bee pa, In
glassea Co cool drlnhing water and
other beverages \ hottie of water
drawn from the watcr cooler viii fur-
uish q sufficiently cool drink
Cfushrd Toe should not hc used w
r,iNing fruits. salads. scnfuodg. rad
ishcs celery tomatoes and 800 forth.
These articles win hr found perfectly
palatehls when chilled TO the temper
allure of the rofrir'tator
Tho grcaicai WASTE TN the nse ~
See. the Food Administration has dia
covered iH among those concerns ua-
ing the gicatost qnantity ~ ice rhcv
have naturally been able 10 bus at the
lowest prlc, and theh employee for
Ectfu Of ice valucl have generally
hscu MOST Wa4totul in thor handling
of this prriHhnhic article
a reduction in the use OF zoe vs. ice
cream manufacturers naturally fol
lows from the diminished production
brought about hy the toatrictions on
lhc usc of sugar luii e further very
considerable saving 81 ice can he cf
fectod hy certain economies which tho
| Food Administration insifts upon.
u has been the observation Of the
Food Administration that Ice Cream
Manufacturers generally carry great
| quantities Of crushed ice on ihcir dc
! livery wagons thc' some times Ro $50
| fnf os 60 mix Nsnit with the leo which
increases the meltogc several fold
! This crurhcd SOC and sal' ls uscd "a
! repack the ice cream ~ ih"h custo-
ucrs Tho icc In he wagon iH not
protected ia carclessls handled in the
| distribution ana is not conserved hN
the customer because h costs him
nothing n ia sometimes found TINT
th' tee cream wagons Oh returning io
the nctorv viii mnho no attempt "a
/ PM the returned ice 'n protected
place hut viii allow ~ 10 melt in Tho
wagon on be- swept into tho yard
! Those reports are from the extreme
cancs but the number of them tho
| Food Administration receives from
over Texas indicate mat large quan
| tits Of ice can DE saved 20 commun
! IL, by stopping the abuse 81 tho ice
! cream trade.
| n may he necessary ~ stop alto
g,ihcr the practice ~ the ice crcamcf
rc Icing FREQ 81 charge his customer 4
lcnhinets or tubs n the customer rs
Obliged to huy the ice In solid form
| from tho ice cream wagon or from
| the ice dealer and do hts crushing and
packing. ne viii Doc vastly more con
scrvaiiso In his use of ice for ntif
| purpose
| I'm sonio noishhorhoods There are too
| man, uoopir retailing ic" cream and
! thus an undue amount OF ice is TO-
| luirod in prnuortion 10 tn" amount ol
| ice cream sold
II b. also q Tlggcstion OF the ROOD
Administrator that whore moderate
amount nf lee cream il SOLD ONLY on'
or two llnyors should he carried and
corresponding small cabinet be used
Restaurants hotels and clubs can ~
durc their icc consumption hN cutting
Town tho variety of food ihcS serve
ana thus reduce the number Of re-
| grireratots in service Serving crush.
"a lce on fruits scnfood salads and
10 forth should certainly ho stopped
ice should hc Omitted from the diinh
ng glasses.
Extrayaeant use of ice s also re-
nortcd ns occurring az many iisf
markets.. whore me itc ~ likely so a.
around unprotected strict care is in.
sisted upon ny he Food Ndminiaiin
ton in such establishments