Chinese Cook Book

DRY FOODS

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LAB MAY

Inancienttimesthepeoplepreservedfoods
for futureuse. Theywouldhuntinsummer,
storeawaythefood,andeatitinwinter. It
isveryimportanttostoreawayfood. Inthe
European War, for instance, the English
blockadecannot starve the Germans because
theyhaveplentyofstored foods. Dryfoods
areanecessity.
TheOrientalpeoplehavethe same ideaas
tostoringfoodsandas tothesanitaryprepara-
tionofthesefoods.
Ifthedryfoodswerenotsanitarytheycould
not be imported into America. Every food
hastobeexaminedbyadoctor. Allthesepre-
paredfoods arecertifiedbya doctor'scertifi-
catewhichisproofthattheyaresanitary.