No Vinegar?

New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 409, 24 April 1947, Page 26

No Vinegar?

Dear Aunt Daisy, Is it true that vinegar on vegetables and salads destroys vitamins and minerals? We love "tangy" dressing on our salads, but have been told not to use vinegar. "Salad Eater," Christchurch. Tke latest dietetic pamphlets are quite definite in asserting that there is nothing in vinegar to destroy vitamins and minerals. In fact, the vinegar-acid is now considered to have a protective effect for some vitamins, Many ideas about food, to which we have become accustomed, are being proved erroneous by the latest investigations. Spinach was (continued on next page)

(continued from previous page) once a the best vegetable for iron, and "Pop-Eye the Sailorman" certainly helped thousands of mothers to get their children to eat it. Now, however, cabbage is said to beat spinach easily. As to using vinegar in salag dressing, it is, one of the old customs which was only temporarily eclipsed; although many people do prefer lemonjuice which undoubtedly gives a_delicate and delicious effect. Most of. the old combinations are proved scientifically sound--apple-sauce with pork or duck, for instance. Of course, those people who find that vinegar disagrees with them. should let it alone.: Duplicating Ink Dear Aunt Daisy, Your valuable hints have been of great help to us at all times, and I now wonder whether you could possibly give me some further assistance. One of the members of our office staff has accidentally rubbed against. some duplicating

ink, and has marked his grey suit considerably. No .dry cleaning companies will accept the responsibility of removing it, so I thought you may know some means of getting it off. "Anxious." I don’t suppose we shall really be successful in getting the duplicating ink marks off your suit-seeing that the dry (cleaning companies won't even undertake the job. However, this suggested method probably won’t make it worse anyhow. Try soaking the marks first with glycerine mixed with a little warm water. Dab it on and let it soak in, several times, and leave it on for about a couple of hours, Then dab with spirits of turpentine, from the chemist, Fold up a thick pad of towelling under the material, and work over that, After that, the colour skould be lifted, and a little soap and water sponging ought to complete the job. There is also the CLEAR methylated spirit (bought from chemist), which sometimes removes ink. And also photographer's hypo (from the chemist), about % of an ounce to I pint of water, Hypo is said to remove even Indian ink. Try the glycerine method first. Do let me know if you have any success, Good luck.