The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-08-14

The Secrets of the Business Elk,
planned in Detail.

very much 30, and GlODe-DemOcraf
reporter who has a great liking for
raspberry jam; but whose boarding
house lady never gives him any,
thou. hit he would sweeten his temper
by q visit to one of the establishments
where this delicacy is manufactured.
At the first place visited the pro-
prietors were out, sampling the
weather; but clerk was present who
appeared to know all about the bus
mess, and seemed anxious to talk.
He told the reporter Of some wonder
full things No less than dozen
kinds of domestic and tropical fruits
were used, and these were continually
kept in stock. BY some process.
which remains a secret, strawberries,
or the most delicate of fruits. could be
kept for a year, or more. without los
ing any of their original flavor
Nothing but fruits and sugar were
used, and the most fastidious and &C.
complished housewife would find moth
ing in our establishment to which the
smallest exception could be taken.
Twill you let me 60 through your
workrooms and let me see how the
thing is done!" asked the reporter.
ooh. no." replied the clerk, hastily;
eve are not running our full force to-
day, and the works are not in good
order. Come around some other
time
Very WE'LL" said the reporter.
meek'y, and he went on his way to
another establishment.
At one of the largest Jelly manufac-
turing places in this city he was taken
i'm out of the weather and made wei
come.
$50 you want to know how jelly is
made, do your" said the adipose ana
iollyproprietor.
"Well, it is, ut made just as people
suppose it is, but then. after all.
there's nothing SO dreadful about it
that We should wish to hide it. Just
come with me and , III show you all
over the place.
He led the way from the office to
the engine and boiler room, where a
small engine of about four-horse power
generates the steam for the cooking If
the fruit. and the power for the chop
ping of the mincemeat, i'm which the
firm does a large business. From
thence the parry passed into the cook
ing room, where the whole process of
jelly-making was in full blast. The
basis of all "store" jellies is apples.
These are neither pared nor cored, bat
are chopped into small pieces and put
through an evaporating process which
leaves all their essential qualities. and
makes it possible to keep them for
any length of time. When needed
for jellies they are thrown into a vat
of boiling water and boiled with sugar
for the proper length of time; the
liquid is then drained off, mixed with
an equal quantity of glucose, and
favored with extracts to make it,
scurrant," "quince," or any other
kind of jelly that may be desired.
The residue of the apples is used in
making apple butter.
"Where do your fruits come I'M" in
quired the reporter.
"Oh," said the manufacturer of
sweet goods, "we don't use any genu-
inc fruits in our jellies. except the
fruit basis of apples. Why! just
think of it! we make 5000 pounds of
currant jelly every day. Where
could We get all the currants from !?
There are not enough currants raised
in the United States to keep us going.
Don't believe any one who tells you
they use the original fruits in their
jellies. They don't do it. But these
goods are perfectly wholesome 1 use
them in my own family. They save
housewives great deal Of Labor, and
are great blessing to poor people.
Come and see how they are put up"
The reporter noticed that into each
of the glass jars about teaspconful of
colorless fluid was poured before they
we're filled with jelly, "What Is that p
he asked.
"Ah!" replied the proprietor, smil-
ing; you mus Mt ask me just what it
is 1t is an acid, put in to harden the
jelly. It may be carbolic acid, or it
may be tartaric acid. That is one of
our secrets. But assure you that it
is perfectly harmless. 1t is put in to
harden the jelly, see!" and he picked
up glass that had been filled less
than minute before, and turned it
up side down. What had just been a
limpid fluid had become a solid mass.
Jellies for the cities are packed in
buckets, and those for the country are
put up in small cans or jars, tin and
glass.