Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-18
ON THE FRONT
IN THE VALLEY
FOOD PRESERVATION CLASS

lDlll% WOlllell dJJcllueu Ilie Opcll-
ing meeting of the new class in
food preservation which Central is
sponsoring with Mrs. II. Lee Lam
derman as instructor.
These women will learn from
Mrs. Landerman the newest meth
DDS in preserving foods-canning,
quicl, freezing, and dehydrating, and
III the words of one man who
listened in IF the husbands could
hear what the women are going to
90, every single one would be glad
TO have his wife attend the class"
The actual food preservation will
be done every Tuesday night in
The home economies laboratory in
the high school, the women being
permitted to bring their own vege-
tables, fruits, etc, to can right
there. In short, the class is essen
TALLY one in practical methods and
is designed to help the home
maker in her problems of wartime
shortages.
Membership in the class Is still
open and if it increases, the class
will be divided into sections. 1t
will meet for the present. every
Tuesday evening, 7:30-9:30 in Cen
trails home economics laboratory.
Next Tuesday the class will take
up the canning of grapefruit juice,
now that the crop is in its prime
Arrangements have already been
made to buy peas wholesale from
one of the large growers SO that
Class members may preserve quarts
of that popular vegetable now on
the rationed list.
Dehydrating is growing more and
more popular as a method of food
preservation and the class will have
Instructions on home dehydratorS
and how to use them. Quick freez-
ing is another method that will be
featured also.
o. L. S. COOKIES
Members of Signal chapter No.
216, o. E. s., are reminded by Of
ticers that this coming weekend is
the one on which they are to help
supply the Servicemen's canteen
With cookies. Members who plan
to contribute should communicate
with Mrs. Herbert S. Harris, chair
man.
NUTRITION KNOWLEDGE
I'VE might as we'll face the fact
that food shortages can seriously
undermine the health and energy
of our people unless sound prin-
cirleS of nutrition are applied"
said DR.. Ruth Okey of Berkeley,
member of the state council of de-
tense nutrition committee and
member of the home economics de-.
partment CT the University of Cali
fornia.
Those valley women who took the
various Red Cross nutrition courses
will be doubly glad of their knoWl-
edge that they may feed their
families wisely under the rationing
programs.
Soy beans, peanuts and whole
grain foods are rich in protein and
a substitute for meat. DR.. Okey, in
her research work. has done much
ir NEE surements of the food value
tn be found in this months allow
able 48 points for processed and
other foods. She has reported that
the Whole 43 points equal only
about 10 per cent of the necessary
nutrients for one person. and that
this is optimistic. 1t takes six eggs
IN equal the protein found in one
half pound of meat, and four eggs.
rl'1s one small can of evaporated
milk to equal one-iourth pound Of
cheese. or six eggs for not more
than one-foui'th pound of cheese.
DR.. Okey pointed out that be-
Cause women are unable to buy
enough canned. dried or frozen
vegetables and fruits, they must
luv the fresh, which are higher in
rutritive content. And those raised
in The victory garden are even high
or in food value as they do not
register the loss occurring in some
thrce-to-five day old fruits and
vegetables from stores or markets.