ICE-MINDED AMERICA

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23109, 6 August 1938, Page 19

ICE-MINDED AMERICA

WIDE UTILITY RECOGNISED USED TO COOL MOTOR-CARS The general use of dry ice. or large blocks of it, in America impressed a recent visitor, Mr. T. L. Uren, of Christehurch, who returned by the Mariposa yesterday. Trains are air conditioned with ice, motor-cars are cooled with it in the desert regions, foodstuffs are packed in it to preserve original flavours, and altogether, Mr. Uren, added, American people were "ice minded."

"I was greatly impressed with the development of the ice industry because I am associated with it in New Zealand," said Mr. Uren. "it seems to be used for everything by the Americans. I thought the most unusual use of it was made in a motor-car, in which I crossed Las Vagas to see Boulder Dam, where the heat was terrific. A block of ice in a cardboard container was placed beside a draught current. and the whole car was cooled."

Grocery stores in America could furnish a complete dinner preserved in dry ice. Mr. t'ren continued. The quality of the foods was such that anyone could bo defied to pick them from the freshest foods. .Meats and vegetables. and particularly fruits, kept beautifully in the new ice process, and it was not uncommon to eat a whole meal of ingredients which had been chilled up to a year before. "Particular success appears to have been attained in the preservation of swordfish. which is sold as a delicacy at a tremendous price." said Mr. Uren. ''l regard swordfish as the tastiest fish I know. The corn-fed beef of America is also delicious, but the mutton and lamb is far inferior to that produced in New Zealand."