. Commercial dehydration of vegetables and fruits in wartime. Vegetables; Fruit. COMMERCIAL DEHYDRATIOX 5 hydration and used dehydrated vegetables to advantage in the first World War. Nearly 9 million pounds of dehydrated foods, mainly potatoes and soup mixtures, were sent to the United States forces overseas in 1918. Some of this material was pood, but much of it did not keep well. Army cooks were inexperienced and untrained in methods of prepar- ing it (fig. 4), and it was not Figube 4.—in the last war dehydrated foods did ool fulfill their purpose, partly because they were qoI
. Commercial dehydration of vegetables and fruits in wartime. Vegetables; Fruit. COMMERCIAL DEHYDRATIOX 5 hydration and used dehydrated vegetables to advantage in the first World War. Nearly 9 million pounds of dehydrated foods, mainly potatoes and soup mixtures, were sent to the United States forces overseas in 1918. Some of this material was pood, but much of it did not keep well. Army cooks were inexperienced and untrained in methods of prepar- ing it (fig. 4), and it was not Figube 4.—in the last war dehydrated foods did ool fulfill their purpose, partly because they were qoI properly prepared for eating. \nw Army cooks arc taught how to conserve flavor as well as food values by soaking the foods in the right amount of water and cooking them a short time just before serving. Even before the war ended, the Department of Agriculture initi- ated a research program to develop methods for producing better dehydrated foods. The results of this research were published in Farmers' Bulletin 984, Farm and Home Drying of Fruits and Vege tallies;' published in l!)ls, and in Department Bulletin L335, issued in 1!>';> (since revised as Circular 619, Preservation of Fruits and Vege- tables by Commercial Dehydration). This work furnished the foun- dation for the investigations and commercial dehydration operations begun after the outbreak of the present war. "Out of print, but may be consulted in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Department of Agriculture. Washington, D. C. : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
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