Radio Digest (Nov 1930-Apr 1931)

79 eration In an Interview with Catherine Adams the spoilage of food and also for disease. And microbes he discovered lurked in ice gathered from lakes and streams. "At this point another scientist. Michael Faraday, rose to help investigate the cause of ill health, and to him we owe the principle of refrigeration as it is used today — that of condensing gas to a liquid on the application of pressure and changing the liquid rapidly back to the gaseous state while it absorbs heat during the process — so producing a temperature low enough to form ice. ''At once this principle was applied to machines for making artificial ice. Then these machines were used to create a low temperature for cold storage plants, so foods could be kept over long periods of time. Finally, certain manufacturers put their heads together and said, "There is no reason why ice should not be manufactured in each home instead of at one central location.' And so individual home refrigeration was launched. "The modern home-maker realizes that to keep her family healthy, she must give them only food that is pure and wholesome. How to keep the food in this condition is her big problem: but it can be solved very easily with a modern electric refrigerator to help her. "The woman who purchases need no longer feel she cannot afford it, for she can buy an electric refrigerator now that meets all her needs and some of them are very moderately priced. One beautiful new design of gleaming porcelain looks like a large white music cabinet. It has hinges and fittings of chromium plate. "T JL HE door opens into the interior which is equipped with commodious shelves and sufficient trays to freeze eighty-four ice cubes at a time — plenty for the guests at even a large party. The cold control device, with which this new model is equipped, enables the housewife to regulate the temperatures to suit her needs. She is thus assured that foods kept in the refrigerator will always be fresh and sweet, ready to use. By a swift turn of this control she may increase the cold and in an hour's time make any of the delicious cold-cooked foods, recipes for which are given in this article. "By owning an electric refrigerator the busy housewife can save herself much time and considerable money if she plans her meals a little in advance, and purchases at one time enough food to last for two or three days. Quantity buying is always cheaper and eliminates the necessity of going to market every day. Large quantities of fruit can be kept on the floor of the refrigerator where the temperature is just right. Milk, butter and meats, because they need to be kept very cold, may be stored on the top shelf, nearer the icing unit. "In the household model of this refrigerator, there is space for bottles twelve inches high, and a second space on the bottom for holding five bottles, eleven inches high. "Electrical refrigerators are offering a whole new vista of possibilities for making unusual and delicious cold-cooked foods. ". . . What do I mean by cooking with cold? Just this: cooking is the changing of foods, physically and chemically, by the application of some external agent. "Therefore freezing, or congealing with cold is cooking, just as boiling or congealing with heat is cooking. And since home-made frozen foods are new. they are also smart. Serving ices, ice creams, mousses, frozen salads, soups, fruit cups, hors d'ceuvres, and ice-box cakes at your parties or dinners will at once lift them above the average. But best of all. the preparation of such foods is actually simpler than cooking them with heat. G Many of the new porcelain electric refrigerators have the shapeliness of music cabinets. /OME on back to the Kitchen Laboratory with me. I want to show you some of the results of our experiments with our new refrigerator. "Making frozen party salads, desserts, sandwiches and other fancy foods is a simple matter when there is an electric refrigerator in the home. These foods can be prepared in advance and placed in the refrigerator, with the cold control properly set. until they are ready to use. Even sandwiches may be made up in advance and kept fresh for hours.1' It is impossible for me to describe to you how those cold cooked foods tasted. So that you. too. may enjoy the>e tempting dishes. I am giving of the recipes which Mrs. Allen has prepared for me. and they all can W Frozen in one hour or even [ess than that. So why not surprise the family with some of these corking cold cooked dishes?