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PAGE fiTX MEDFORD if ATI TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON-, FRIDAY MARCH 10, 1933. Keep Nutritive Value in Food Is Good Cooks Aim By (ha Bureau of Homt Economics, ' U, 8. Department or Agriculture Th bet foods oan be ruined In the cooking. But "ruined" may mean different things to different people. To sacrifice flavor or text ure or color Is bad, of course. To sacrifice food value la worse, eepe- dally In a household that must count Its pennies and buy Its food with strict economy In food values. Nu trientsthe most and beat for the money are the main things to con slder there. Because It Is so Important to keep as much as possible of the original values of the raw fooos, tfie Bureau of Home Economics of the U. S. De partment of Agriculture Is continu ally studying cookery methods, espe cially for vegetables. So far nobody has found a way to cook vegetables without some loss of nutritive value. but the scientific cook can keep that loss to a minimum. - - . Loss of food value In cooking due In part to the fact that some of the nutritive materials In the vegetable dissolve In water. This Is true of some of the vitamins and mineral salts, some of the proteins, the sugars, and even some of the 'starch. Tfte more water, and the greater the cut surface of the vege table, the greater this loss becomes, Therefore, says the expert, cook the vegetable whole when you can. Use as little cooking water as you can, and serve the liquid with the vege table, or else In soup, or eauce, or gravy. Cook the vegetatble only long . enough to make It tender. Overcook ing makee It flabby, soft, or mushy, and caused greater lose of nutritive values. Other losses that occur In cooking are due to Qhemlcal changes, espe cially oxidation. The oxygen In the air, In the cooking water, or In the vegetable Itself, may cause this chemical change. Heat also causes chemical changes, which vary with the cooking time. Mineral salts are lost because they are eolublo and because the vege table tissues brenk down from over cooking and release the vegetable Juices. In most of the vegetables, the greatest loss In cooking is of vita min O, whloh Is soluble In water and vastly destroyed by heat. Toma toes are an exception to this, be- oause the acid of the tomato pro tects Its Vitamin O. In general, to preserve this vitamin as far as pos sible, cook quickly in boiling water Vitamin B, also soluble In water, Is leas easily destroyed by heat, and uiereiore uiucn oi is can oe saved by having and using the cooking water. The same is true of vitamin Q. Vitamins A and D are not read ily destroyed in cooking. From the standpoint of food value. baking a vegetable In Its skin or In a csaserole Is the best cooking meth od, but. It does require more fuel than top-of-the-stove cooking, po tatoes, squash, cucumbers, tomatoes and onions, for example, contain enough water to form steam and keep them moist, and the skin holds In the steam, The baking should be alow with moderate oven. In cas serole cooking the earthenware ba ker, or heavy glass container, with a olose-fittlng lid, takes the place of the vegtable skin by holding In the steam and juices. Boiling, though it requires less fuel than baking, calls for greater precautions to prevent loss of food value. For cabbage, turnips, onions, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts, use only enough water to cover and boil gently. Oook green vegetables, such as turnip tops, kale or other green leaves, In a very smalt amount of water, or none except that which clings after washing. Panning is an excellent top-of-the-stove method, and very economical. Cut the vegetables Into small pieces and cool It In a flat covered pan, with a little fat to prevent sticking. The water that cooks out evaporates, so there Is no extra liquid, and the cooking time Is so short that the loss of vitamins Is slight. Kale or cabbage panned In milk are good va riations of this method. Frying Is the cooking method whloh gives a flavor all Its own. The hot fat causes the starch In the vegetable to brown, or dextrlnize, and some of the sugar to caramelize, thus developing the characteristic flavor of fried foods. LOW-COST MENU FOB ONB DAY Breakfast Fried Mush Syrup (Mush as cereal for youngest child) Cofcee (adults) Milk (children) Dinner Bacon Panned New Cabbage with Bacon Drippings Creamed Potatoes Tea (adults) Milk (children) Suppr Cream of Vegetable Soup Bread and Butter Apple Sauce (Canned or fresh) Milk for Children Panned New Cabbage 3 quarts shredded or chopped cab bage. 4 to 0 tablespoons bacon fat. Salt and pepper. Put Vie fat in a frying pan, add the cabbage, cover to keep In the steam. Cook slowly and stir occa sionally. When the cabbage has lost some of Its crlspness but still is green, sprinkle with pepper, more salt If needed, and serve at once. Browned Parsnips Scrub parsnips clean, drop Into lightly salted, boiling water, and cook for 30 to 30 minutes, or until ten der. Drain, scrape off the skin, split lengthwise, and pull out the-stringy cores. Dip the pieces In flour and fry In fat until golden brown. Or mash the parsnips after the cores have been removed, season and form Into small cakes before frying. Cream of Vegetable Soup tablespoons finely chopped tur nips. 2 tablespoons finely chopped car rots. 3 tablespoons finely chopped on ions. a tablespoonst melted fat. 1 tablespoon flour. 1 quart milk. 1 teaspoons salt. Cook the finely chopped vegetables In the fat for 10 minutes, add the flour and stir until all are well blend ed. In the meantime heat, the milk In- a double boiler, add a little of It to the vegetable mixture, stir well, combine with the rest of the milk, add the salt, and cook for 10 min utes. The flavor Is Improved If the soup is allowed to stand for a short time to blend betore serving. Reheat and serve. Use evaporated milk or dried milk powder instead of fresh milk if cheaper. Head Work In Budapest, BUDAPEST. p) Deciding to use his head, whloh Is bald, an unem ployed man here had the name of a department store painted on tthe bare spot and hired himself out to sit In cafes and advertise the store. Cycles To Work '' V ill Rep. Lewis Douglas of Arizona, who will be director of the budget In the Roosevelt administration, gets his exercise by pedaling his bicycle to the capltof. (Associated Press Photo) TO KEEP RIGHT IN DURING LONG YEARS Forty-one timber wolves and 203 coyotes were trapped In Michigan dur ing three months this fall. HELPS for HOUSEWIVES A.MONO TUB CONTRIBUTORS : Mr,. Alexander R. aeorgt, Author of "Menu, of (he Day" Alice Jiulion reals, Author or "Tnlk, to Parents' flare Time and Moncj. A whole dinner In one dish makes an inexpeiutre, tlme-MTlng meal, ays the Bureau of Home Economics, which suggests: Onion aoup made with meat stock and eerred with toasted ellcea of brea4 and oheeso; meat etew made with meat, a mix ture of vegetables and come bread stuffs, such as dumplings; com chow der with mil, potatoes, onion and salt pork. The. hadr Wash. For the housekeeper who dislikes draperies In the kitchen, due to the steamy atmosphere, the washable window shade Is ideal. Tt Is advis able to have a permanently finish cotton that can we wiped off with damp cloth. The fabric can be bought by the yard and tacked to rollers already at the windows. Body, Alkaline Heterve Vital. The tissues of the body are alka line, and hoalth demands the main tenance of an "alkaline reserve." say federal food experts. Eggs, meats and flesh foods tend to reduce this reserve. Milk, fruits and vegetables Increase it. VerrUlile Plate Pnpular. The "vegetable plate." which con sist of three to five vcgeUhles, has become popular. Care must be taken that It provides the same variety of flavors and textures as the more usual meal of vegetables and meat. Ffflrlent rkwet llmi vkrrplnf Aid. When a home has the convenient two-way closet that opens both Into the dining-room and the kitchen, tt should be arranged to give maximum efficiency. The shelf space on a lerl with the kitchen sink should afford clear passage for dishes from one room to the otlier. It Is best to have wooden doors on both side to pre vent undesirable glimpses of the kit chen while the dishes are being changed for courses. To give a glared surfsos to pastry and cookies, brush the top, before baked, with one tablespoon of egg yolk mixed with one tablespoon of cold milk. Ready cooked cereals are Improved In flavor and crlspness If they are heated for saverol minutes Just prior to serving. iJvUWINO THE '"BABY'S P1RST YEAR PON'T iHISTANTRUM6 ptlT MlM TO 6 BO fftj) and leavs "miS HIM ALONg. Jv J "This Is a fighting year for fight ing men," believes L. O. Oarlock commander of Med ford post No, 16 of the American Legion. Never before In the history of ths Legion has the veterans' cause been under such heavy fire from powerful Interests as at tfoe present time," he said. "Veterans who have worked many years to gain the Just benefits they are now receiving are In danger of losing their benefits and all because the veteran himself is not fully aware of what Is taklns place. "It has taken nearly IB years for the men who were made millionaires during the war and the prosperity following She war, to realize that someone must pay for the folly of war, and the most logical ones to. pay are those who amassed fortunes during the times of war. They wall loudly that the veteran la looting the treasury of the country, and that the handicaps he suffered from his war service should not be dlscon tlnued for reasons of national scon, omy. "But who will care for the war disabled?" asks Oarlock. "Well, If the national government doesn't provide for them, the local communities will have to provide for thorn, and the tax burden will then be a local ques tion that will have to be met oy each county or stato " "All veterans of the World war should belong to the Legion, and find out what this economy move Is all about and how It will arfect them. The American Legion la fighting their causo for them, and during the com ing month la putting on a strenu ous membership campaign that la nation-wide, to enroll one million veterans Into the Legion, to give Its national officers real talking atrength to carry on the cause of the veteran." CANNERIES EXPECT b'll" SVniap our o it Lay pieces of waxed paper under the dresser acarfs and U anything Is spilled the dresser top la protected. The cheaoer cut f meat rvtnt.tn s much nutriment as the more ex-j pensive cuts. The dltwrenca .tea n the preparation. A cleanup In the MO.000,000 can ned fruit and vcwotablo pack of the Pacific coast before the 1033 pack comes on the market Is Indicated by the lowest inventories since the wr and, largo and fairly steady shipments, tbe Bank ff America (California) re ports In a weekly comment on far western business. Disposal of the present Inventories, It Is stated, will provide the ground work for betterment in this import ant coast industry and for the ultt mate prosperity of thousands of farmers and a number of packers and transportation companies In Wash ington. Oregon and California. Unsold, peaches, one of the prin cipal Items. It Is added, now repre sent less than 30 per cent of the 10.Re4.37A cases on June 1 last. A portion of this, according to the re port, can be moved within the next six months. Stocks of canned cher ries, apricots, pears, peaches and veg etables are moving rapidly Into for eign as well as domestic trade, giv ing some support to prediction from certain quarters of shortages before summer. 1- SnrrilUh Trucks Make Own Oas. STOCKHOLM. fp) An estimated 1.000 trucks in Sweden have tanks for producing oharcoal gas as motive power. The government reduces taxes on and helps finance such trucks because uw of oharcoal Is a direct aid to Sweden's timber industry. 4 Lights Replace nobbles. LONDON. fp) TTAfslKRr Square. whence a dozen streets feed heavy traffic In and out, is to go modem. : Twenty-two stop-and-go lights are being erected to rerulst a truffle : which Is estimated at 7.000 vehicles j an hour. 4 The number of persons In receipt of pensions or allowances from the British ministry of pensions on March I 31. 183a was 1.181.000. compared with ' 1,205,500 on March 31, 1031. Medford Apples Score Hit With Solons When Distributed at State House (Mary Grelner Kelly) BALM, Ore., March 8. (Special) With all the members munching Medford apples, It was difficult to distinguish the ayes from the noes as the roll was called on the first bills before the house this morning. one representative, hurrying through his first apple In the hope of land ing another before they entirely dis appeared, got a chunk lodged In his throat and couldn't answer at all. As his name was called for the third time, he signaled his vote to the reading clerk. i As will be recalled, the Medford apples were sent here as payment for votes to select Medford as the setting for the Diamond Jubilee cele bration of the founding of Oregon. Donated by the Pinnacle Packing Co. about a month ago, they have been stored at the home of Representative Eearl Day until they ripened. Verbal thanks came to the Jackson county delegation as the box of ap ples, placed on the clerk's desk, dis appeared. A note of appreciation was sent over from the senate for a simi lar supply devoured there. Bills are killed as vawm r moth ered, and even the author rfnn'f. lof out a squawk as the session hears an end. dne author beat th hmiM tv. if. and withdrew seven of his own bills tnis morning. He was followed by others who lerked their hmin an foster children off the calendar In order to hurry along adjournmnt. One representative who apparently never loses his vital Interest In the session Is Dr. P. H. Dammasch of Portland, author of the basic science bill. Pather of Louis Dammasch, clerk at the Jackson hotel In Medford, Dr. Dammasch has had an Interesting and colorful career. Having gradu ated from dental school In Phila delphia, he went' to the University of Strasbourg In 1003 to study med icine. Here he became assistant to the royal dentist, during the hours when he wasn't attending classes. In this capacity he once filled a tooth for the young son of the crown prince of Saxony. He came back, to America and practiced for a while In Portland, returning to Germany in 1011 to take an eight months' poet-graduate course at the University of Berlin. He still carries with him his stu dent's Identification card he used at that time. After returning, bis ca reer took him Into public service work, the army medical corps dur ing the war, onto the university fac ulty staff and finally Into the legis lature Itself, where he has performed Invaluable service for the medical : profession. 4 Armenians Get Soviet Help, EE I VAN, Soviet Armenia. UFl About 1,500 Armenians, mostly skill ed workers, have returned from Greece, France and Bulgaria to which they emigrated several years ago. A special government commission has boon formed to provide them with shelter, food and work. 4 Czech Parliament a Babel, PRAGUE. (JP) Seven languages are spoken In parliament here, Czech, Slovak, German, Hungarian, Russian, Ruthenlan and Polish, and there are stenographers for each group. Only one deputy speaks In Polish but a Polish stenographer Is on the payroll. Home Owned. Phone 9. Free Delivery STOCK TJP YOUR' PANTRY WITH GOOD THINGS TO EAT AT THESE EXCEPTIONALLY LOW PRICES. It's a good investment to keep your shelves well stocked with the things you need for every occasion, and now is the time to buy. Extra Savings for Saturday and Monday, March 11 and 13 Milk tall can . . . 6 for 25c Crisco 3 lb. tin . . . . 49c Margarine Dinner Bell 3 for 25c M.J. B. Coffee lb,30c, 3lb.85c Sanka Coffee . lb. can 49c Cake Flour swan s Down 22y2c Large Pkg. Chocolate Baker's Prem. V2 lb. 22c Salad Dressing 12 oz. size 10c BEST FOODS GOLD MEDAL Corn Flakes Keiiogg s Pkg. 7c Pineapple Solar Brand 2V2 can 6c Tuna Flakes El Campo 'i size can 2for29c DOg FOOd Vigoral . 3 cans 25c Garden Sticks . 2 doz. 25c Corn Del Maiz med. size can 10c Oxydol Washing Powder large 21 c Small Pkg. Fre. Dash Gran. Soap ig. pkg. 37c CONSIDER the PRICES of things in 1929-1930 1931 and 1932 at TO DAY'S PRICES.then 11 1 HAT "Prices Are Rising" is a fact backed by stock shortages all along the line from retailer to manufacturer. And there is a shortage of "sup plies" in most homes as well. Operating on a lim ited budget people have used the old thlnes until they simply can't be used any more. If the things you and your family use are giving ou if your reserve supplies are running low, now is the time to stock-up . . . now, before the rising market catches you napping and you are forced to pay far more for things you simply must have. Medford shops have never shown more attractive merchan diseand have never offered greater values! And here is another tip: you'll find that the best way to' obtain full advantage of today's prices is to watch carefully the ads that appear' in the Mail Tri bune. Buy now before rising prices take from your dollar its present value and use the Tribune as your buying guide. . THE M AIL TRIBUNE
