Volume 12 Article 9 Number 5 The Iowa Homemaker vol.12, no.5

1932 Soda Pop Is Good for You... Evelyn Covault Iowa State College

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preparation of carton inserts, such as • those on modern cold storage and cand­ What's 1n an Egg • • • ling, which have just come off the press. There are, of course, many miscellane­ By Clara Gebhard Snyder ous activities. A f ew examples may, per­ haps, serve to indicate the type. A year This is the second in a series of stories writers, radio speakers and others who ago, on very short notice, plans for an written especially f or the Homemake1· request it. Occasionally we take part in ''Autumn Egg Week'' were made; spe­ by a prominent alumna. Mrs. Snyder is radio broadcasts. Cooperative work, cial publicity was prepared and distrib­ the director of the Foods and Nut1·ition IISually in the form of cookery demon­ uted. During one of the national dressed Department of the Institute of American strations, is carried on with newspaper poultry contests 2,500 women, mainly Poultry Industries, in Chicago.-The Edi· cooking schools, household equipment sec­ teache1·s, dietitians and club leaders, were tor. tions in department stores and equipment invited to make a tour of one of Chi­ manufacturers. Plans and suggestions for cago's large cold storage plants-our HE egg and poultry industry, like demonstrations or exhibits are sent out Community Refrigerator T'our, we called T almost every other food industry, on request! Exhibits for conventions, it. Parties must, of course, have refresh­ has a story to tell about its products food shows and poultry shows in which ments, so hot chicken soup and egg sand­ -a story which, when told, should be of the Institute takes part are prepared. wiches, made from refl'igerated products, mutual benefit to the consumer and to Many invitations are accepted annually were served, and guests wm·e introduced the industry. to talk to women's clubs, P . T. A. groups, to frozen eggs by means of a dessert Telling this story is the task of the and housewives' leagues. made from them. foods and nutrition department of the The preparation of informational A growing bibliography of egg and Institute of American Poultry Industries. pamphlets, such as "The Nation's Egg poultry literature r equires continual In regard to eggs we agree heartily with Supply," "What's in an Egg" and changing to be kept up to date. Recipes this statement of Blunt and Cowan in "Let's Have EGGS ! " is still anothe1· must be tested before they may be pub- their book, Ultraviolet Light and Vita· part of our work. There is also the ( Continued on page 14) min D in Nutrition: "Physicians and nutritionists are realizing that the excel­ lent campaign for increasing the use of milk could well be supplemented by a similar one for eggs, to the great ad­ Soda Pop Is Good for You • • • vantage of babies, children and adults. '' The work of our department up to the By Evelyn Covault: present time ma.y be divided into two H , WHAT is so invigorating, so re­ JUICe, such as many which are on the general types: (a) collecting available freshing after an evening of market today, there are vitamins in pro­ information about eggs and poultry, es­ A dancing or bridge as a bottle of portion to the amount of fruit juice used. pecially about their nutritive value and good old soda water~ It is cold; it is One of the most beneficial constituents cookery qualities; (b) translating this sweet; it quenches the thirst; its beauti­ is the carbon dioxide gas, which, as it inf01·mation into the language and prac­ ful color appeals to the eye, and its flavor stimulates respiration, has a therapeutic tice of consumers and retailers. to the taste. All in all, could one ask value. Then there are in many flavors The means for accomplishing our aims for anything more delightful ~ fruit acids, principally citric acid and ar e various, for they are the means· em­ And now if you have a yearning for a tartaric, as well as the phosphol'ic acid. ployed by most educational organizations. bottle of pop, and have put it from you Probably the chief benefit is derived But in spite of a variety of activities because you believed that this longed-for from the sugar, which is transformed in which to an outsider might perhaps seem beverage had only these superficial quali­ the body to ''quick energy.'' The aver­ somewhat planless, there are an under­ ties (and you are one who seeks merit age six and one-half ounce bottle, usually lying r outine and definite objectives to in all things), or if you have denied your­ purchasable for a nickel, contains about which each activity contributes some­ self the pleasure of a cool, refreshing 12 percent cane sugar or 96 calories. Corn thing. draught because you feared dread germs sugar is now advocated as a sweetening Each month, for example, the foods de­ and noxious atoms lurked within the agent for soda water because a greater partment is responsible for a signed ar­ clear, sparkling fluid, fret no more! For calol'ic content results. It is less sweet ticle to be published in the United 'States car bonated drinks are free from poisons, than cane sugar and must be used in Egg and Poultry Magazine, the publica­ bacteria, or any harmful constituents, larger amounts. At least 16 percent is tion which serves as the mouthpiece of and, what's more-they have a definite necessary to equal 12 percent of cane the Institute. Sometimes there are sev­ worth. sugar, thus raising the number of calories eral articles in one issue. Most of our The Department of Physiological chem­ from 96 to 128. articles are based on information gath­ istry and N utrition at Iowa State College It is interesting to note also that these ered through interviews, supplemented by recently conducted expe1·iments on the beverages serve to stimulate the appetite library research. Besides the article there food and nutritional values of carbonated -another point in their favor. is a regular section in the magazine beverages. These experiments, carefully Dr. Buchanan stated t hat there is no known as ''Mrs. Snyder's Notebook,'' controlled, showed rats, when given car ­ question as to the general purity of t he for which items of current interest from bonated beverages in addition to an ade­ beverages. There is no sediment in them, various sources are collected and ·con­ quate basal diet, grew as well or even as one can readily see upon examination. densed. better than animals without. Their water­ In some instances there may be the nat­ NOTHER routine task is the prepar­ consumption and even their milk con­ ural settlings from fruit juices, but this A ation of i·eleases which a1·e sent out sumption, increased. is not true of those synthetically fla­ each month to the food editors of over According to Professor J. H. Buchanan, vored. Of course, the presence or absence 200 leading city dailies. Last year ap­ under whose direction Professor V. E . of sediment may not mean either purity proximately 12,000 of these r eleases were Nelson and W. B. Cook conducted these or impurity, but it is a fact that these sent out. Special articles are prepared experimei1ts, the vitamin content may ar e absolutely clear, and that adds to on request, both for newspapers and practically be disregarded. Of course, in our enjoyment of them. magazines. Information is supplied to some fruit drinks which contain real fruit (Continued on page 15) 14 THE IOWA HOMEMAKER

freshmen as being one of the most out­ standing talks ever given by a student. What:' s in an Egg FLOWERS Margaret is undecided as to her future ( Oontinued from page 7) lished. Occasionally special testing must for all occasions work. She is a most enthusiastic foods be done to enable us to answer special major and would like to do experimental questions, or to acquaint us with the COE FLORISTS research or welfare work along this line. qualities of a product. For example, in Sheldon Munn Bldg. Phone 168 However, she is also ''crazy about peo­ order to talk intelligently with food man­ ple'' and is thinking of doing personnel ufacturers who use large quantities of work after her graduation. Whatever eggs, it was essential to become familiar, Margaret's chosen career, we 're sure it through first -hand experience, with the will be successful. qualities and performance of different types of eggs-fresh and refrigerated It Pays to Buy Pop Is Good for You shell eggs, frozen eggs and dried eggs. ( Oontinued f1·om page 7) In order to be able to speak with con­ ORIGINALS Further experiments and investigations viction about fresh and frozen poultry, were canied on to determine conditions drawn and undrawn poultry, we cooked under which our popular brands of dozens of birds, tasting and carefully ''pop'' were prepared for market. The judging both the uncooked and the product is entirely wholesome, for all cooked. work is done through machine controlled T PRESENT several special prob­ processes. The bottles are washed in hot A lems are occupying much of our alkali to guarantee a pel'fectly sterile con­ thought. One of these is the task of tell­ tainer. Syrup is now prepared in clean ing the consumer, especially the home­ metal or glass-lined tanks. There is no maker, the story of modern cold storage contact with human hands. The better and of the service it renders, both to her Tailored Ties class of bottling plants put out a whole­ and to the producer. It is our hope that some food drink which does not contain eventually she will take full advantage of bacteria. SUEDES it in her household economy. . So eat, drink pop, and be merry, f or no Another thing is the development of a d1seases, no poisoning, nothing but a KIDSKINS plan for creating in trade channels near­ healthy appetite will be the result! est consumers an appreciation of the per­ Wood ishable nature of eggs. Still another is a Brown plan for a survey of consumer prefer­ STUDENT ences in eggs. These are the so-called big Dusk $3.95 things. But around and between these Brown SUPPLY STORE larger activieies are the many smaller Night AAA All Supplies ones, such as the preparation of the new Black to C turkey bulletin, ''The All-American for Bird,'' which has just been completed, and the carton inse1·ts on storage and All Students candling. At present we are testing 1·ecipes and prepal'ing copy for a booklet ARANTS Books- Stationery on eggs in the low cost diet, and for 710 Walnut St. some weeks now we have been collecting Next to Ames Theate,r interesting information for an article on the uses of dried eggs. Another article, one of a series on r efrigeration, must be prepared, and in our spare moments we will write the article on eggs and one on refrigeration which have been requested by two publications other than ours. A Sound Investment That ''Tell us about your work with the Institute of American Poultry Indus­ tries.'' That was the editor's request. Increases in Value . Whether or not I have filled her assign­ ment she is best able to judge. But one T HROUGH the trying times of business readjustment and thing I can do, and that is to send hearty decline in investment values, our depositors have seen their greetings to other alumnae, and to ex­ fund.s in a S~ving Account at this bank remain intact-steadily tend my sympathy to those who may be earmn~r 4% mterest-always available in cash, dollar for dollar in for a similar assignment to ' 'tell us of the amount deposited plus interest earned. about your work.'' The Fashions Union Story Trust & Savings Bank (Oontinued from page 4 ) capelets of fur, which may be worn with AMES, IOWA wool suits or street dresses. Other coats are made with a fur top and cloth skirt, and sometimes matching muffs are seen. Capital and Surplus $125,000.00 Even if you have hands that someone said were ''little white snowflakes, '' you