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RECREATION, 



Minute quantities of wheat starch, such as 

 might readily come from the dust of the 

 mill or warehouse, are disregarded. 



The samples designated adulterated buck- 

 wheat flour were bought in each case for 

 buckwheat flour and the buyer was not 

 informed either by word or label that they 

 were mixtures. They contain in addition 

 to buckwheat, either wheat flour or corn 

 flour or both. In 2 samples rye flour ap- 

 peared to be present although probably 

 through accident rather than design. 



The preparations called ''prepared" or 

 "self-raising" buckwheat flour were sold 

 in sealed packages with full instructions 

 for use on the label. In each case, the di- 

 rections stated that the flour should be 

 mixed with water or milk, immediately be- 

 fore cooking, without the addition of salt, 

 baking powder, yeast or other leavening 

 material. Microscopic examination dis- 

 closed the presence of wheat flour in all 

 these preparations and of corn flour in all 

 but 3. Rice and barley flour in small quan- 

 tity may have been contained in some of the 

 samples, but in the presence of buckwheat 

 and 'wheat flour those are difficult of de- 

 tection. 



IS NEW BREAD INDIGESTIBLE? 



It is commonly said that new bread is 

 indigestible. Many believe, however, that 

 this is not necessarily the case, and that 

 new bread is not less thoroughly digested 

 than old bread, if equally well masticated. 

 According to The Lancet: 



"A slice of stale bread on being broken 

 with the teeth resolves into more or less 

 hard, gritty particles, which, unless they 

 were softened by the saliva, could scarcely 

 be swallowed. The particles would irri- 

 tate the throat and gullet. The fact 

 is, therefore, that a man is compelled thor- 

 oughly to masticate and to impregnate 

 stale bread with saliva before he swallows 

 it. This act, of course, partially digests 

 the bread and thus makes it in a fit state 

 for digestion and absorption farther on in 

 the alimentary tract. This is why stale 

 bread appears to be more digestible than 

 new bread. New bread, on the contrary, is 

 soft, doughty, or plastic, and there appears 

 to be no necessity to soften it with saliva, 

 hence it escapes the preliminary digestive 

 action of the ptyalin of the saliva. New 

 bread, in other words, is in reality 'bolted,' 

 and bolting accounts for many of the ills 

 arising from dyspepsia. Accordingly, hot 

 rolls should be enjoyed for breakfast with- 

 out any fear of dyspepsia as long as the 

 bread is good and as long as pains are 

 taken to masticate it thoroughly. 



"It is a curious fact that stale bread is 

 not more dry than new bread, for on sub- 

 mitting stale bread for a short time to a 



high temperature it regains its condition of 



newness and becomes soft or plastic; and 

 this in spite of the fact that some moisture 

 is of necessity driven off in the operation. 

 It is probable that in new bread there is 

 free water present, while in stale bread 

 the water is still there, but in a condition 

 of true chemical combination. It is this 

 combination which compels us thoroughly 

 to moisten and to masticate stale bread be- 

 fore we consign it to the gastric centers. 

 Similarly, the indigestibility of the Norfolk 

 dumpling is probably due to the fact that 

 it is of tough, doughy consistency, and, 

 therefore, should receive considerable mas- 

 tication before it is swallowed. It is a 

 sound physiological plan, therefore, to 

 adopt the habit of chewing each morsel a 

 great number of times." 



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