Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-08-24
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Canning Fa'uit.-You must OF course have
clean, very clean, cans. See that the rubber
rings are elastic and not too old to be used
with safety. When the fruit is cooked SUIT
tciently tender. rinse the cans In warm wa
ter and fill. Iusually stand the can in q
two-quart basin. with a little hot water in it,,
and so you can set it on the stove or rance
beside the kettle in which the fruit is cooked.
If little sugar is scattered over the fruit
an hour or two before you wish to can it,
there will be juice enough in which 20 heat
it, and SO you need not put the Whale guam
tty of sugar in to be wasted. for sugar loses
much of its sweetness by boiling, as this
I process changes its nature so do not put 1t
in until the fruit is nearly flone. and then
heat just to the boiling point in order to
dis olive it. This applies TO the small fruit;
of course, when canning peaches and pears,
one must make syrup first and drop the
fruit into it, though, if possible to do so,
you should cut up peaches the night before
they are to be canned and then scatter lit
tie sugar over them; you will have plenty
of syrup. Try them with broom splint or
silver tork TO see when they are tender. The
covers Of the cans must be put on while the
fruit is still steaming screw them on as
tight as possible, then turn them top side
down on the kitchen table, for il they are
not air.tioht they will leak. After they have
cooled somewhat tighten the covers, and set
the cans away in a cool, dark room.
Canning Co,m.-A correspondent Of the
Detroit Free Press gives her recipe fer cam
ming corn, with which. she says, she has
had great success: ''Use Mason's glass
.irs. Take nice green corn, cut from the
cob with sharp lnite--with the back of the
knife Scrape the cob to get all the sweetness
possible-ste that your jars are perfect, no
cracks; put in the corn with the small end
Of your potato masher and pack it in. "A
quart jar will take twelve or thirteen ordi-
nary ears. When the jar is plump full put
on the rubhers, screw on the covers almost
perfectly tight. screw it as tight as | can
with the thumb and finger. Put hay or
CLOTHS in the bottom of your wash boiler
hay in the cans OF corn any way you please
put little cloths in to keep them from hit
ting each other-fli the boiler as full as
you WISH. cover over with COLO water, set it
over the fire. When lit begins to boil, boil
three hours without ceasing. Then take
out, and with your tightener make as tight
as possible Immediately After they are
cold tighten again il you can. Put away in
a dark, cool place. keep miae in dark
closet in the cellar. Peas and succotash are
fine put up in the same way"
QUich Paf' Pudding, Stir one pint tof -four,
two teasponntuls of baking powder and
little salt into milk until very sollt; place
IN steamer some we'll CREASED cups; put in
each poontul OF latter, then one OF be.-
rIes. steamed apples orauy sauce convenient,
cover with another spoonful oil batter and
steam twenty minutes, This pudding is
delicious made with fresh strawberries and
eaten with sauce made OF two eggs, half d
cup OF butter and one cup of sugar, beaten
thoroughly with a cup OF boiling milk and
one cup OF straw berries.