Is this the process used for today's "Cow In A Cupboard"? Walmart carried it during the Y2K months around the holidays. You can store the milk, ( it comes in carboard boxes that look like Gateway computers) on a shelf (not refrigerated) for up to six months. Jane Boucher Frost "In the Heart of the Ozarks" ----- Original Message ----- From: judy <judy@netfocus.net> To: <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 6:45 PM Subject: [MOLAWREN-L] irridiated foods -- 1941 > >From Carnation Cook Book, by Mary Blake; copyright 1941 by the Carnation Company, page 2: > > "And, just as this cook book is new, so is Irradiated Carnation Milk. ..." > > The "irradiation" process in 1941 was the Steenbock Patent 1680818 (U.S.) which added Vitamin D by exposuring the milk to ultra-violet waves. > >