The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-10
Housewives
Column
BY MARION HARLAND


tuuOn Of the merits and demer-
Its OF fruit canned at home and in the
FACTORIES ] am one Of the radicals who
prefer homemade in preference to
-bOught-made' fruit and Vegetables
San buy canned peaches, pears. peas.
oeaHs' corn, sauerkraut tomatoes and
can can them, If I consider the value
OF my time, but they do not taste Ike
the fresh vegetables and fruits; they
VII nave mat factory taste / have had
always unusual success in canning fruit
ana vegetables, and my experience may
leip some others, If you have space for
It. Fruits 1 can in syrup made bv
using as much sugar as would be nee
Sssary TO sWeeten the fruit if eaten
lresns except gOOseberrieS which re-
guire more sugar chan almost any other
lIull- TO the sugar ] add enough water
70 moisten 1t thoroughly, and set it on
III 9tye t 20 come 10 q Doll Inen drop
IN Irnt enough for one or two quarts
OnIys ana prepare fresh syrup for
every CecOud kettleful of fruit. BY haV-
Ing two fOur-Quart kettles porcelain
lined should always be used) il viii keep
one person busy for as long a time as
made ready beforehand. When / can to-
matOeS I'LL . bushel basket with them
6lld sGL the basket Into tub; then pour
over lnem a Washbollertul of boiling wa
Ter; let them stand about three minutes
or until the skin viii burst when pinched
Hghty with the finger and thumb. Then
lit the basket out Of the tub This
lets all the wa ter drain of if the basket
IS open enough, and the tomatoes may
i
Ihem boil long enough to make sure they
have reached the Scalding point clear to
the centre Of the tomatoes, and then can
anu sea- - quickly as possible. i never
cut the tomatoes all up into bits: II
makes them sloppy and unfit for any
thing but soup, neither do 1 season
4hem WITH any thing never lose a can
q Interested tells how she cans veg
etaDlAs with a steam cooker. I will tell
how to can them without. for we do NOT
al possess those convenience I shell
the peas and string beans and break into
men pieces, cut corn from cob and chop
cabbage by putting it through the food
chopper pack the vegetable tightly into
the jar and press down cabbage and
corn until the liquid of the vegetable
stands on top Beans and pes must be
covered with cold water. I then put on
new rubbers and screw lids on Jar as
ISnLly As 1 can win thumb 91d one
finger. Set Jars into wash boiler or res
ervoir and cover to depth Of two or
lhree inches above tops of jars with
fresh water and boil steadily for three
hours after 1t reaches the boiling point
II the water bOils away until the tops of
the jars are exposed more must he add
ed Lift the Jars from the boiling water
with wrench and tighten instantiv each
jar as it is taken out The favor of
vegetables canned this way cannot be
distinguished from the fresh vegetable
and they are warranted not to poison
the stomach, if fresh vegetables are
used Sausage I keep all summer by
trying 1t and packing tightly in a lar
and covering with hot lard. Those Of
your readers who live in the citv ana
buy everything In small quantities NAV
not be able to use these recipes. but
those living where they raise their own
vegetables and fruits can use them to
advantage. NATURES CHILD"
THIS IS A LONG LETTER. BUT IT
needs no excuse On the contrary,
feel that the writer deserves a vote of
thanks from the sisterhOOd for the clear
and minute directions for putting up
fruits and vegetables The time is not
very far distant when the putting up"
VIII be a live issue, and advise all
who contemplate laying aside store Of
summers wealth for winter use TO cut
out the foregoing and stow II away in a
scrap book.
Il WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW
to put winter wooden cloths away with
out putting them in moth balls Last
winter I had them in moth balls, and
when they get wet there was such q
uisagreeable odOr. H. l. NJ.
HAVE PUT Up FLANNELS WITH
out CamphOr, tobacco or tar by beating
them thoroughly IN the sun and breeze,
then wrapping them in newspapers and
In cotton cloth, and packing them IN
barrel that had been washed out with a
quart of alcohol An empty whisky bar
rel is excellent for the purpose But the
smell OF the camphor balls soon passes (
away If the garments are hung in the
fresh air. Have you ever used the
tarred bags that come for keeping
woOlens during the summer?
ct DAILY READ YOUR RECIPES
Mother made me some homemade soap
BY your recipe, and it is lovely Mother
IS an old hand at making soap
Here is mothers recipe Tor canning
corn, which has never failed her.
MRS. NJ A
AN GLAD TO HAVE ANOTHER
testimony to the excellence of the recipe
for SOAP. The directions for canning
corn will be found in the section Of the
department given up to recipes.
LAST SUMMER. AFTER OUR
sweet peas were about three feet hign
and covered with buds, they were de-
stroyed by plant lice, tiny green Dug
which seemed TO suck the juice OF the
leaves and stems The vines were Gov
cred before we knew If. and from a
double row fifty feet long we dld not,
during the season, get fifty blossoms
We used ammonia and water ana sans
OF ammonia and water win me aIoIu-
fzer. bat it did no good 1t blew them
off the vines. but the next day they were
all there again Can You or your con-
s''oei''S is'' Is -'' Inns K. NJ. H"
SPRINKLE THE PLANTS WITH
powdered white heilebore while the dew
Is heavy upon them. DO this at night
after the dew has fallen and again IN
the morning before the sun has dried IL
Keep TINS UP anu LAlLAlA on VIII a.
terminate the pest. If the insects seem
TO have borrowed into the ground about
the roots of the plants, water them
faithfully with lime water i nave tried
both these remedies in my own garden
and with excellent results.
Il TRIED THE RECIPE FOR
doughuuIs contributed by Pearl. and
wish TO thank her -Or the most excellent
E-r9sss ever had with them. I made
1laIE the recipe and have thirty dough-
nuts. Tt is not expensive If people will
only save their drippings from fat soup
or meat H. x"
AN GLAD THE DOCGHNUTS
were a success The hint regarding the
saving OF fat is well worth needing.
! know OF one family where even the
drippiugs from fresh beef are not saved
10 use as shortening or for frying. This
IS one OF the economies that can be
pracuced without depriving anyone OF
anything