THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1911. LONDON'S FOOD.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10512, 29 December 1911, Page 4

THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1911. LONDON'S FOOD.

"What is jam?" asks "Peai-son's Magazine," in am, impressive crossheaded article, and answers with. a recipe incliuding turnip and beetroot, mianluf&atiured pips, glucose, acid, andl aaiffline dye, red or yellow, according to the jam on demand. JeJ!iiesi arte stall more to bo feared, since their oomposirt-ion affords "a happy Irunitdmg ground foj' bacteria of mainly kinkls, inxjluiding those of chJotonaj amid tetanutsi." It is really an uncomfortable article tb provide for Chlrislttaak time, besddjeis -fcjhie anoonsistenjcy of puibllishing scare essays on> "Oaau Brdtaiii Feed Herself?" wlie at the sain)# time sitabemenits like this siuggest that the* klsis she feeds herself the better! Tea per cenifc. of miHik, seven of butteir ten of cocoa, and eight of sugar, ex

amiiued in, oil© year, were condemned as unfit for human consumption. Oheeae, lard, bread', coffee, mustard, confectionery, tilings isoflid or tilings Unessential but popular, are ail more or kiss dangerous to health. Tiwenity-

seven per cent, of potted fish sampfea were found to be adulterated, and fruits in syrup were sentenced at tibe rate of 40 per ceiAt. Amongst the ingredients sold asi coffee, scorched dog-<biscuits might. be harmless* hulb hardly sound appetitsilng. With this tlho .Londoner may take sugar helped out by potato and l wihelaifc flour; his bread may be a compound of mashed potatoes, alum, and American, flour adulterated with ground maize. Over tihe strawberries' of summer he> poiurls oream agreeably thickened by meaaiis ctf gelatine, starch pa&fce, and sfuorata of liime. Fish and meat paste aire prepared with flour and dyed to suit public taisite. "Ffeh pastes fu'equentlty contain mei; L, amid meat pastes fk'h. You can onily tell wiiiat yoiu are eating by the LaibeiL!" Even the pepper, poit is not overlooked by tilie industrious "faker." A portion of its ooailtienit/s may be starch; and an© sample at legist contained four per cent, ctf plaster of Paris. Of course, it is sit a ted that meats and clrimksi are less likely to hunry.,you. to an 1 early grave if - you stick to tiho brands ctf maker® who have won; an honest reputation, but tOiero aire end--less varieties of foods in whicSb fraud neaps a. big harvest. Misdescription, after tihese, seems- but a harmless? 'Crime; stifl -tihe London muEtt. be greatly bloimed. for -seMling. ait "Choice English tom&toesi" a comsdgnrment despatched to him from Holf.and, and Algerian eggs, sixteen days olid l as "English new Md." And butchers wllio eel " 'nothing bunt good old English beef" were puazled, to explain l their sudden; waaiit of supplies duffing, the recent strike, wheat their "good offld En&liish beef" was held up in the docks.