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By HELEN W. SMITH
F Mention Agent. Home Fconomics
Many reasons are given for’ preaerving food at home. Some families we it as a wav of saving homey while others like to have control over the quality of food used. Some folks get a great deal of satisfaction from producing and preserving food and have favorite recipes that are passed down from one generation to the next.
Principles of Food Preserv ation
1 here are two major goals in pre-erving and storing foods. They are:
1 ) to maintain high quality
2) to prevent the growth of organism-. which can cause illness.
I ood must be of high quality to start with if the first goal is to be ichteved. No method of food presermon improves the quality of food. , - fact, there is usually some loss of ..aiity
1 he nature of food, the storage period, and the storage conditions must be considered must be considered when choosing a preservation iie-thod.
1 r./y mes. y east, molds and bacteria are responsible for changes in foods. Yeasts and enzymes cause ..'ranges in food quality but rarely gleet the saf ety of a food.
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