Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1914 — TO RID FOODS OF POISONS [ARTICLE]

TO RID FOODS OF POISONS

Deleterious Substances May Be Re* moved if One Will Take a Little Paine With the Work. To cook cranberries as they «ri_ brought from the market is to meet a keen disappointment •in a delicate berry which many persons do not enjoy because its wild flavor is unpleasant to the taste. Clean the berries, place them in a pan with sufficient water to cover them, and add a half teaspoon of soda. 801 l the berries in the eoda water until yon hear them bursting. Drain the water from them. It will be found a greenish black, rinse them in cold water, then cook with the sugar. It removes the tang and less sugar is needed to sweeten them if cooked in this way. The same method has been used successfully in cooking soup beans, from which the greenish water removes a poisonous substance, makes the bean clear *and wbite when cooked and they cook in less time, too. Others have used soda water for cooking rice for a few minutes to remove the artificial glaze which is a coating of talcum, and a glue-like substance in which pure rice is immersed before it is ready for market