BUYING COSTLY WATER.
NINEPENNY WORTH IN A POUND
OF BEEF STEAK.
Professor Stirling made an interesting experiment at the Royal Institution at a lecture on food nutrition.
He took two pieces of beefsteak *of equal bulk, and placed one in boiling water. Tlie rgd color of the steak faded immediately, and Avhen taken miit'of tho water ten minutes later the meat had decreased in bulk, Avhile the water luul gained in volume, ns. 'the steak had lost.
"Thus," said the professor, "if you pay Is a pound for beefsteak you are paying 9d for the Avater and 3d for the steak."
Referring to soup, he said its value a.s a food was not .great. It was more of nn appetiser, and helped to get the stomach' ready for Avhat Avtis coming. For this reason he recommended clear soup in preference to thick, as the latter was an attempt to combine food and drink, a combination which was quite impossible.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10638, 14 April 1906, Page 2 (Supplement)
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159BUYING COSTLY WATER. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10638, 14 April 1906, Page 2 (Supplement)
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