The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-10-10
Consumer Notes
Issued Weekly by Consumers
Counsel Division, A. A. A.
Washington, D. c.
1--WE Are Not Strong Enough Now"

the safety line because we do not get
the food we need :. below the safety
line because some of US don't earn
enough, because some of us don't know
the foods we need, because some of
us with land don't grow food for our
families, because some of US don't care
enough"
So writes the CONSUMERS GUIDE
in it's special FOOD and National De-
fense" issue, prepared by the Con-
sumers' Counsel Division of the U.
S. Department of Agriculture, and
issued by the Consumer Commissioners
of the National Defense Advisory
Commission.
There's danger below the safety
line. Below the safety line means
bodies that tire too easily, bodies with
minds that are slow to think, bodies
too weak to fight disease.
This is job for nation of people.
and in it there is work for you.
With your neighbOrs: You can get
a municipal radio market news ser
vice started in your city, so house
hold buyers will know what foods are
good buys and cheap each day.
You can start a school lunch pro-
gram in your city, and see that every
school child has at least one we'll
balanced and adequate meal each day
You can work for low cost ways
of selling milk and fruits and vege-
tables so that those who have to pinch
can buy a greater abundance of them
You can set up diet clinics where
families can bring their food-buying
problems and talk them over with ex-
perts in nutrition and consumer buy.
ing.
BY yourself: You can support the
Food Stamp Plan, now in $50 cities
help needy families to use and under
stand it; encourage merchants to sell
surplus foods at lowest price.
You can learn, if you have land, how
to grow the foods you cannot buy
preserve the foods you cannot immedi-
ately use, and plan for balanced meals
throughout the year.
You can urge your merchants to sell
Government graded foods, and urge
consumers to buy by grade so they
will get the quality they want for the
money they can spend.
You can know what your local, State
and National Governments are doing
to help get safe meals to more people
X X X
Putting The "POp" Into Popcorn
L,, h,t.L y,f hot
has lost it's pop, give it drinks
That's the advice of experts at The
New York Experiment Station, wht
explain that popcorn pops wher
moisture in the kernel turns to steam
and causes steam explosion.
But when the popcorn dries out
then there is nothing to make it pop
In that case do this:
Put pounds of corn into 2-quar
fruit jar. Add 2 to tablespoons o
water, depending on how dry the corr
is. If only a third Of the kernels poI
you will need 5 tablespoons. If two
thirds pop, only 2 tablespoons art
necessary.
Then put on the jar-rubbcr anc
cover, clamp the cover down tightly
and shake the jar well. Let the jal
stand 2 days or so, and the popcorn
will be as good as new.
If you have large quantities Of pop
corn on hand, storing it in cool
damp place will also restore moisture
content.
Corn will pop better if you heat tn,
pepper first, and add fat and salt t,
the corn before putting it over tn,
heat.
Get The Right Furniture Dimension:
Generally, furniture that meets tn,
measurements of the persons 5 fee
s inches tall will be comfortable fol
the majority. For the extremely tai
or extremely short person, odd size!
can be purchased.
Chairs for grown-ups should be
about Is inches from floor to seat bot
tom, and 10 inches deep, from from
to rear. This can be stretched to 2
inches in the case of the heavil,
cushioned chair. A slight downward
slant from front to back Of about 3/S
of an inch adds to comfort. Back ot
the chair should be II to 10 inches
from seat to top, while the arms
should be inches above the seat.
Rake of the chair-the distance from
the rear of the seat to the point where
the back curves outward the furtheSt
should be about 4 inches.
Desk tops for writing should be
about 80 to 81 inches from the floor
for tipping, about "a inches. ktcher
and dining room tables can be 33 tC
35 inches high. End tables serve mos
needs when they are % inches high.
Furniture pieces built closer thar
6 inches to the foor-unless they res
full-nush on the floor--will inevitably
be dust and dirt collectors.
On The Air
Coal-how to buy it and how t.
burn twill be the subject Of "Con
sumner Time" during its weekly radio
broadcast on Saturday morning, Oc
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