The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, July 29, 1908, Page 2, Image 2
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Common Kitchen. ?
Frhm the Progressive Farmer.
Dear Aum Aiaiy: "Have you
forgotteu "Polly" who wrote to
you over a year a>:o? 1 did not
know until recently that my let*
ter iiad been published. I am
now a housekeeper of a lew
months' experience?or, rather.
1 should say, inexperience?and
come to you for advice. 1 want
to preserve a good deal of fruit
and some vegetables to use next
winter. Is a canning outfit neces- '
sary and can vegetables be can- 1
ned in glass jars? Also is sali- s
cylic acid sale to use in putting <
up lruit aud vegetables? I have '
directions for its use. How are !
cucumbers kept until pickling ?*
time, and how are the sweet and <
sour pickles made? Also kraut? <
I want to put up corn, snap 1
beans, dry apples and peaches,
and would appreciate any ad '<
vice; but please be explicit. <
Most recipes give only the pro- J
portions, and suppose that one <
knows all the details. i
I.ee Co., Miss. Polly. '
(Answer by Aunt Mary.)
A regular canning outlit iB not *
necessary for canning fruit or 1
vegetables, whether tin cans or rl
glass jars are used. Getting out
all imnerfect portions ot what is C
to be canned an.l sterilizing the *
cans and the fruit or vegetables
thoroughly, are the main points
to observe for successful canning. e
Cleanliness and the use of heat
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are all that are necessary for
sterilization. After that the ]
exclusion of air-becomes the main 1
thing.
Salicylic acid will help to pre- |
serve canned stuff, but is un- .
wholesome and one might get
into trouble it selling cannedi
Roods preserved by the use of
the acid.
The common kitchen metholl
of canning truit is to steriliz the ,
cans by rinsing them out ,
thoroughly and keeping them
immersed in boiling ater till
the cans are as hot as the water.
It would bo safer to apply t ho j
heat for some time longer, since'
some germs will endure the boil
ing temperature some time an 1
survive: but it cannot be denied
that in the very large majority'
of cases success is attained mereIv
by getting the cans as hot as!
the boiling water. If fruit is in j
tended principally for exhibition
purposes, it will make a better!
ttpptjitrain w 11 11 1* put niiu nu'
cans before being cooked, since I
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it will not be broken by bemv |
put into cans aft^r cooking. But j
.nany prefer to cook some things, j{
tomatoes for instance, in a larger
vessel first ; and to skim off' thoroughly
all scum that may |
rise in the vessel, after which t
the tomatoes are put into the cans fi
and sealed while hot. When I
glass jars are used, one should f
not neglect to screw down the: ji
Mt? ticrhter at tor thev have
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stood six or twelve hours. The
reason for this 13 that when the
heat has passed out of the jar,
the cap can bo tightened hotter.
ife sure that the cans aro in
good condition to begin with; <
and if glass jars are used, use^
THE LANOAt
qaal care to see that the covers J<
md the rubber rings are in perect
condition, and do not neglect la
o sterilize the caps as well as di
he jar*. If the rubber rings in
iff ririf. siimnwlia! soft, and elas- m
ic the sealing will not be per- tl
ect. Much fruit is lost by those tl
louig the canning trying to save at
i pittance by tlie use of old rub
)er riuiis, instead of using those b<
hat have not lost their softness LI
ind elasticity. Buy new ones is
jvery year if necessary. It will si
isually be necessary. It will be s<
jest to wash and sterilize ihe tl
"ings, hut care and observation
ire needed not to apply so much
?eat to the rings as to injure K
hem. When a cap is set on a oi
smooth table right side up, the ^
3dge ol the cap that will tit over c<
Rt
the rubbor when on the can m
should touch the table clear
around the circle. If it does not
iifihis, it will not pres9 on the
I an rubber firmly enough at all ^
points to exclude the air totally, g
No matter what kind of cane b
are used, sterilize all the cups, p
iippers, spoons, and tunnels, or F
anything else that may come in o:
ion tact with what is to be can- h
led. Immersing these articles p
.11 boiling water a few minutes in
?*ill sterilize them. This mat- 8i
er ot sterilization is dwelt on a
or the reason that so many do et
lot understand the necessity of w
lestroying all germs of decay, cc
rhese germ> are like a crop of p;
:orn. Thev must have seed to tl
jet a start. It no germs enter cc
he can and the air is excluded, et
here will tie no decay. For L
terilizinsr cans and their covers w
md such other things as need ai
iteiilizing, they may be put in a n
pan containing cold water, lay- fi
ng tho jars on their sides, t he
jovers may be put in another
pan. Place these pans over the
tire, let them come to the boil- ^
ing point, and lot the water boil
at least ten or tifteen minutes. .
A piece of cloth or lath may al-l
V
way- be put under glass vessels ((
when over a tire, to keep I hem
Irom b'Mim healed more rapidly j
at the bottom and therefore
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orach inc.
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Any proportion ol fugar may j
be used in canning. or the caiin- ,|
iii? may he done without the f
use of any sugar What isiu-jj,
tended to be used as a sauce |,
should have the sugar cookedjp
with it 1'iuit intended tor cook-jj
inpurposes need not have sugar |j
vlded. Strawberries are better i ((
f no water is added to them, un- i i.
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if is desired lo cook them in'c
t heavy sirup. Other juicy j.,
'ruite, such as berries and cher-1 0
ries require little or no water. ! M
There are two bulletins that I j.
very thrifty liousowile who j
,akes an interest in good house-|n
Keeping should have. One is j ?
Tmers' bulletin No. 203, on j 1T
Canned Fruit, Preserves, and j j
SI00 Peward. SI00 R
The readers of this paper will bo pleased ) jt
o learn that there ih at least one dreaded j
iisea-tf that science has been able to cure' C
n all its stages, and that is Catarrh i _
f ill s Catarrh Cure is the only positive |
ure now known to the medical frateinity [J
'atarrh being a constitutional disease, re-!
inir- s a constitutional treatment. Hull's j
Jatarrh Cure is taken internally, acting!
lirectly upon the blood and mucous snrhces
of the system, thereby destroying'
lie touodatiou of the disease, and giving j(\
tie patio lit tienytti oy liuilding up tlio 111
onstitution and assisting nature in (lolni? tJi
ts work '1 he proprietors have so much ai
aith in its curative powers that they offer In
>ne Handled Hollars for any cane that it in
ai Is to cure .Send for list of testimonials. hi
Address F. -J CHENEY a CO., Toledo, la
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Sold by all druggists. 7">e d<
Take Hall's Fa mil y Fills for constipation, hi
3TER NEWS. JULY 29.
allies"; the other is No. 291 on
Evaporation of Apples." The ?
ist will Rive general ideas about I
rying other thing3, it one is
itelligent enough to apply the
lethods to other uses. Both
lese bulletins can be had irom
ic Department ot Agriculture,
t Washington, tor the askinc.
Tolly's other questions will
e answered in a future number,
ler letter ot several month.- ago
i well remembered, and I hope
le will let our readers know
imething of her experience and
rials as a new housekeeper.
here is ono preparation known today that
ill promptly holp the stomach. This is \
odol. Kodol digests all classes of food,
id it docs it thoroughly, so that tho use
Kodol for a time will without doubt
?lp anyone who has stomach disorders or
oniaeli trouble Take Kodol today and
mtiuue it for the short time that is noces
try to Rive yon complete relioi. Kodol is
>lu by all druggists. w-s
Leave the Corn Clean.
We are opposed to much hoe
rorfc on the farm. We think a
reat deal ol labor has been lost
y using the hoe to do what the
low could do so much better,
or a long time we have endeavred
to raise crope without the
oe as near as possible. By good
lowing and plenty of it, the
oe work can be made a very
mall part of the expense, otill
little work with the hoe is nec
isary even in corn. Somet'mes
e have none of it done in the
jrn-field until the corn,has been
lowed for the last lime and then
le hoes are carried through the
)rn to remove weeds and bunch
j of grass left by the plow,
eavo the corn-field clean it you
ant to raise heavy crops of corn
ad peas. Do a little hoe work "S
ow.?J. M. Beatty, in Smitheld
Llerald.
Don't Lay by Too Soon. '
As I lie weather gets hot and
lie people get tired the tempt aion
to qui! the crops loo soon is
erv great. Some people quit
forking their crops loo soon for
?ar they will injure them, when
pally they are injured by not
eing worked late enough There
i very htllo danger ol hurl inn
rops by working them laio tineas
the roots are plowed up and
amage comes in that way. Some
annera feem lo tliink aboul two
dowings enough lor coin, but
lie best corn growers now give
i three lo lour plowing*. We
lave heard that corn should be
aid by when it begins to bunch
?r the tassels, but it is better to
eep working it until a few silks
an be seen 111 the lield. Plow
our corn very shallow about
no tirno more than yon think it
eeds plowing and you will find
iter that you have not done too
inch for it. Onjaccount ol heavy
lanuriiur, cotton grows about a
lonth later than formerly. This
lakes it necessary to work it
iter. Many good farmers have J
rule to plow cotton ono time
i August. Don't get m a hurv
and quit your crop too soon. /!
-J. M. Beatty, in Smith field v
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It Can't Be Beat. oo
The best of all teachers is experience. HM
M. Harden, of silver city, North Oaro in
iih, eftys: "I find Kb-ctric Hitters (loos nl[ rte
iat'8 claimed for it. For Stomach, Liver
\d Kidney troubles it can't be beat I
ive tried it and find it a moat excellent
odieine." ilr. Harden ih ri^ht it is tin#
j?t of all medicinoN aUo for weakness,
ine ba<k. and all run down conditions .
cat too for nbills and malaria. Sold uu- *
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