How you handle food is important. Careful handling of food can help prevent sickness and can even be a matter of life or death. Most food poisoning is the result of inadequate sanitary precautions in the kitchen.

A clean, dry kitchen and a clean cook are the best precautions you can take, Tuck away your hair and wear clean clothes. Hands should be clean and dry. Wash them after touching nonfood items, after handling each particular food, and especially after handling each raw food. If you have a cut or infection on your hands, wear rubber or plastic gloves. No coughing or sneezing near food, please. If you are sick you shouldn’t be cooking.

Bacteria like warm, moist, cozy spots to grow and reproduce in. Bacteria are likely to be found wherever food is or has been. Sometimes bacteria just spoil food, but sometimes they create toxins that can spoil us. To control bacteria and their growth, wash foods before preparing them. This includes poultry, meat, fruits, vegetables, and eggs in the shell.

Cooking To Conserve Nutritive Values

Sensible storage can save nutrients; careful preparation and cooking can, too. Happily, cooking to save nutrients not only gives you the best of the food, but is the easiest of all methods _simple and short. By cooking quickly, with a minimum of preparation, you save time, steps, and nutrients. As a bonus, you get food that looks, tastes, feels, and is better. A special note: extra precautions are needed to prevent loss of vitamins. Heat only to serving temperatures and use a minimum amount of water.

It’s our hope that, using the Nutrition Know-How information provided on these pages and the recipes that follow, you’ll find planning and preparing nutritious meals easy and rewarding.

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