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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1922)
TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND. OCTOBER 1, 1922 ' . - ' An Army Lesson on Child. Nutrition And how this digestible shortening helps thoughtful mothers IF only we could do some of the world's really important work," say thousands of mothers tied to home by household duties. . Mothers,, you can do important work the nation's xnosi important work. Nothings but tender home care can solve one stirring . national problem. Did you know that one -third of our school children are undernourished? In many localities even more well-to-do children than poor children are found to be improperly nourished. Surprising Army Facts "A book entirely devoted to under-nourished children says : "The report of the Surgeon Gen eral of the Army showed barely 50 per cent of our young men physically fit for service in the first line. . . This condition was largely due to defects that are remediable in child hood. (These defects, of course, were trace able, in large measure.to under-nourishment.)" Yes, in many ways we are learning a new home watchfulness. In foods, for example, we are putting the test question to every family food: "Is this healthful for our little boys and girls?" .v. i Well-informed mothers are now awake to the vital importance of fats in diet. They are learning that children become anaemic when deprived of the proper amount of fats in food. You may anticipate digest tible, fine -flavored foods when you find a bakery or restaurant which uses .Crisco. - . t These proprietors of xxrurse, pay considerably more for Crisco than they need pay for "average" shortenings. Bat thought ful owners, wide awake to their customers interests, seldom hesitate over these few extra pennies. For Crisco, they have learned, assures to their foods healthful digestibility. k tv v V Ml -07 (qM Mi J&M'M L. hx. Jute On the other hand they appreciate the risk in baking or frying with any fat which does not digest readily. So they turn, quite naturally, to Crisco for they know that this vegetable fat assures easy natural digestion. By cooking with digestible Crisco you pro tect the health of your little ones. No worry about healthfulness need then blunt your pleasure in serving the foods they love. In talking to mothers about Crisco we are always frank about its price rCrisco costs, during a week's cooking, a few cents more than do fats whose digestibility is very ques tionable. But thoughtful mothers would no more deliberately choose cheap indigestible shortening than they would deliberately choose inferior milk. The assurance of healthful foods for your children will mean much to you, we know, and besides you will feel a glowing pride in your perfectly delicious Crisco results. Crisp, in viting fried foods! Flaky rich pastry! Light tender cakes which stay fresh longer! All digestible! . You need not postpone for a single day, mothers, this addition of healthfulness to your family foods. Your grocer, if he is a modern grocer, sells Crisco. How to use Crisco IN PAN FRYING as in deep frying, Crisco has reached proper frying heat when it browns a bread crumb in 40 seconds. (Do not wait for Crisco to smoke.) By straining Crisco you can use it again and again. AS SHORTENING use 15 less of Crisco than you would of animal fats. Two simple home tests. Low Melting Point Easy Digestibility! Into half a glass of lukewarm water drop a small lump each of Crisco and any other shortening. With a spoon gradually add hot water until Crisco melts. You will find that few other fats melt at this point. Food authorities say that an easily digested fat should melt near body heat 98 25 degrees. Crisco, you will find, melts even below this temperature. It melts at 97 degrees. (This test does not necessarily condemn the digesti bility of the other fat, but it will aid you to establish Crisco's fine digestibility.) Avoid Smoke and Odorl Put into separate pans equal amounts of Crisco and any other fat. Heat slowly for eight min utes or until they reach a tem perature where a bread crumb browns in 40 seconds. Notice that the Crisco, unlike most cooking fats, does not smoke at this proper frying temperature. You will find that frying with Crisco will be very helpful in keeping your whole house fresh and free from the odor of cooking fats. Tor delicious, digestible cake For digestible and flaky pastry For crispy digestible fried foods. Digestible Vegetable Shortening