Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-06-20
HOW DRYING WILL CUT
HIGH COST OF LIVING

The installation OF dehydrating
machine at the War Food Bureau
shove that Baltimore Is as wide
awake "a other great American cities
10 the need for Keeping up the food
supply BY the prevention Of waste.
For the next thres years 1t least one
half Of our Allies food must cross
the ocsan--whether peace comes be-
fore then or not. Production has
reached almost the highest point pos
sible With the labor available There
Il one alternative. TO save. to prevent
waste. A nationwide educational
campaign - on 70 rescue miiliens of
pounds OF vegetables from rotting. and
upon its success depenGa 70 q large
extent whether or not the United
States shall feel the pinch Of hunger
before the world RECEIVERS from its
debaueh Of bloodshed
While the Sammy battles with the
myrmidons OF destruction the Ameri-
can housewife mast combat the agents
or decay. Desperation is the weapon.
The word IL 0rsek--but the process
is 90 simple tAas It's meaning does
not need 70 be Greek TO any intelli-
gent woman. "Dehydration" means
nothing more thAn drying or get
ting cat the water. 1t IL not a new
art; ancient Egyptians aud African
savAgss praeticsd II. But II IA an
art which We have foollshly allowed
to fall into disuss. and have had to
pay the penalty OF eating tough, old
carrots in the Wintsr.tlms when lis.
tie foresight would have given us them
young and tsndog.
AN you need il common sense."
declares one MMryland woman who
won priEsa TIVE years running with
the came dried stSang beans Put the
vegetables, property sliced. few feet
shove your stove on a wire tray and
leave them there till they are thor
oughiy dried. then keep mine In q
muslin bAG til I want to use them
psrhapa Haenths afterward. The only
advice oasr 10 10 see that they are
really dried. OtAarwise, the boil wee
VII and sueh.lks insects may get busy
and spoil them"
In Germany there are over two thou.
sand community drtsr In use, most OF
them built duSiA8 the war. They
saved the Nun from famine. Gradual
iy. the United States IL awakening
to the merits Of an art which saves
storage. saves transportation. and,
above ali. saves food. The Baltimors
plant u ons o. m@ny recently erected.
II can be 9 help 70 all and Godsend
10 people who live In fats.
The New York aehydrator cost 81
SOC including the preparatory maehin'
cry for cutting and pesling Il win
dry ona thousand pounds or freeh ma
teFtal aAy ~ : cost. including wages
OF one cent pound AZ a general
rule. drying win shrink vegetables
,nvs-sixths Of their volume without n
ali altering the cellular structure, A
few hourS sonksAs restorss the orig
inai flavor. color. form and fragrance
The most popular container Il = dou
bse-lined paper baG. waved inside
Canning the Rrseh produce would cost
about twenty-five times a. much fol
containers. While AoitlinK would eosi
ATTY times a. much. Cold storage
another means q keeping these foods
will be increAslm@iy costly. as military
needs are apt 70 eanse a shortage IN
the supply OF that commodity Il
civilians
Dehydration ia not fad: II il wal
need, Even IN time Of peace its us'
IL the acme OF common sense. for 4
will keep the produce OF the farmel
from rotting away. Thus, II offers the
one visible solution TO the high cost o.
LIVING. II insures the producers |
market for their crops. II keeps thu
consumers from being saddied with
the cost OF shipping and storing mil
Hons Of gallons OF water which theg
can Just A. well draw from the kitchen
tap a few hours before the cook wishei
10 use the Vegetables. yes. and th'
eggs and the milk which she had thu
prudence to buy when they were plen
tlful and. therefore. cheap
Whoever can attend the daily dem
onstrationa IN the Lexington Building
Baltimore. will save many dollars b.
the expenditure Of few minutes o
time A 9 Substitute. the literature
IL recommended which is given GU
there or IN Bulletins s41 and s1e, II
sued BY the Department Of AEricui
sure. wasAineton.