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Chronicle (Levin), 7 January 1947, Page 3

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SALAD (By tliu Lfepurtinent'qf (JleaitH.) ; Tlieae lioliday times ' tJie li^rHased liouscwiT e • 'liiia i to; ipiaii |j jvefi; io; kssp tlio dardcr swcll atpcked.'' ;If! the family gd ' away iciaiiiping*. jtio,- thp beaglr .pr pjliea- i.biiQh, iili'o. Juis (15 .tak^l and ' stbrel mdcli'imbfe IthA'ir'noMal td; keejJ ,tkd':iaini^y goi4g* Ci v,.. ' t Freah .:vegi)taUled4ai:c!?!u. pjrpblAm. It'lia wli.ile ,tliey, ai'A'i'resk itlia^^Hey Fave tjii piust ^V'it'amija , Tkeiongilr jypu keep). tlieia .the ,mbre itbfe Jaa(at tfcrt! fades' .in,to.(tfna'.. air.*, ( jfyfo&iZypd to buy . atnd-.A.ai^d * awiy, t ti laui- over a., kiolid^yr.'pfepibd', 5ee-tlidX you miuim-iae tlie lpsa; ;Keep Vegetables iii a cooi plhcd, kdel) them damp and lightly (iovered. Doif't pack them tiglitly of cruah theni eith.br in tranBport or in storagb. CtUHhing allowa the oxygen of the air to do ita thieving work and oxidiae . the Vit'amin C, spirit* ing it away. So wrap very loosely> and dou't pilo greens into heaps. Cut aurl'aces alao allow rapid oxidisation in eilher fruRa or vegetables. Resiat the Lemptation to prepare ali vegetables early in the day. You lose too niucli of value. Any cutting,- and parlicularly fine cutting and Shredding of salad vegetables, speeds the disappearance of Vitamin C. The longer the cut surfaces are left to the air, the more the loss. Cutting up a salad with a steel knife a couple of liours Iiefore a meal means by meal time aliout two-thirds of the Yitamin C content is gone.

Prepare your salad vegetables just before the meal. Wash them quickly and don't soak them at all, for that is anotlier way to lose tho Vitamin. Cut the salad. Toss it together just before you call the others to the meal. Store your vegetables properly and prepare them this way, and you will get out of them every ounce of health possible for your family.