FOOD FACTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19531, 14 July 1925, Page 5

FOOD FACTS.

Do you know that green salads arc better than cosmetics for your complexion?—This is why “a salad u day” is a good food habit for everyone, old or young. Do you know that lettuce, which is the foundation of moot salads, is rich in all three vitamins? —This is why you should eat the lettuce, and not leave it on your plate. Do you know that certain vegetables, such as cabbage, for instance, have more food value and are more easily digested when eaten raw?—This is why salads are an agreeable means of outing what is good for us. Do you know (hat salads offer many attractive wave of using left-over fond? — This is why (hoy need not be considered expensive additions to our meals and consequently prohibitive. Do you know that salad greens wilt as the moisture in the leaves evaporates?— This is why, when there is no ice, salad greens can' ho kept crisp and frefih by wrapping them in damp paper or shutting them up in an air-tight can and sotting them in a cool place. Do vou know that oil will not stick to a

■wet surface?—This is wiiv salad leaves should be quit© dry before the dressing is added.

Do you know that vinegar and other acids draw' the water out of tender salad leaves and cause them to lose their crispness?—This is why dressing should not bo added to green salad until time to serve it. Do you kncjvv that these acids also draw the water out of fish, vegetables, and fruit? —'lhis is why mayonnaise becomes thin and watery if the salad stands too long after mixing. Do you know that mayonnaise owes its texture to the beating, which separates the oil into tiny drops and coals them with egg so that they cannot reunite ?—Tills is why <t!io oil must be beaten slowly into the egg. Do you know' that curdled mayonnaise is caused by incomplete emulsion, which means that the oil drops’ run together because they are not all coated with egg? — 1 his is why curdled mayonnaise can be made smooth again if you beat it slowly info another egg.—The Ladies’ Home Journal.