Evening journal., 1914-09-21
Preserving TIME IS
NOW At ITS HEIGHT
United States Department of
Agriculture Issues a Can
ming Timetable
OF INTEREST TO
HOUSEKEEPERS

A canning time table just issued by
the United States Department of Agri-
culture is based on thorough tests ana
should be a valuable guide in food
preservation. especially against the
high-price pressure.
Thee kinds of equipment are includ-
ed in the schedule, beginning with the
homemade sterliizing outfit. The COM
mercial canning outfits described are
time and labor-saving devices and
might profitably be purchased by the
housewife. Proper sterilization in
sures preservation of the product,
which in itself obviates the loss Of
time, fuel, labor and material occur
ring too frequently in spite of care be-
slowed when using the old method.
Then, too. with the portable canning
outfits the work may be done out
doors, relieving the operator Of con-
finement in the heated kitchen. Thor
ough sterilization by boiling absolute
Iy kills the germ life which causes the
contamination of the product.
twill be seen how with the home
made outfit the time of boiling is much
longer than the period required with
the patent Gamers designed to work
at high temperature.
Corn, chicken and beef require the
longest cooking for sterilization; 24g
minutes in the homemade cooker, $50
minutes in the water seal outfit and
so minutes in the five-pound steam
pressure cooker. The time may be
even further reduced by using a 10
pound steam pressure.
The outfit suited TO your need
should be selected, and it is safer to
see it demonstrated before buying.
Where this is not possible the depart
ment will furnish q list of reliable out
fits. with minute direction for use.
The prices range from IS to SO The
homemade outfit is of the kind gen
orally contrived from a wash boiler,
a large saucepan with close fitting
covers and false bottoms of straw or
wire racks. and depends on care and
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For attitudes of 1000 feet or more
above sea level 25 per cent. in time
must be added to this schedule.
Products TO be Canned.
1. Homemade hot-water bath out
fits, at 212 degrees.-Apples, whole or
sliced for pie filling, 10 minutes
apricots, Is minutes: Asparagus and
other greens, 60 minutes; apple cider
20 minutes. beans. lima or string, 90
minutes: blackberries, dewberries, Il
minutes; cherries, peaches, Is min.
utes; corn (without acids) 240 min
utes; grapes. pears. plums, 10 min
utes: hominy, so minutes. huckleber
ries. 10 minutes; okra and tomatoe
combined 90 minutes: peas, beets
carrots, etc. so minutes; pineapple
sc minutes; raspberries, Is minutes
sauerkraut, so minutes: sweet pota
toes. so minutes; Strawberries, Il
minutes; tomatoes. % minutes; to
natoes and corn, so minutes; grapl
Juice. is minutes; ounce, 80 min
| utes tomato juice. 20 minutes
pumpkin and squash, so minutes
fish, pork, 200 minutes; chicken, beef
$50 minutes; figs, 30 minutes rhu
barb. Is minutes.
.. Water-seal outfits. PA degrees
Apples. whole OF sliced, for Ii
filling, Is minutes: apricots, 10 min
utes; asparagus and other greens
60 minutes; apple cider, 15 minutes
beans. lima or string. so minutes
hiackberries. dewberries, 10 minutes
cherries. peaches. II minutes; corr
without acids, 1S0 minutes; grapes
pears, plums, Is minutes; hominy
so minutes: hucklebarries. min
utes; okra and tomatoes, combined
80 minutes; peas, beets, carrots, etc
pineapple, % minutes; raspberries
II minutes: sauerkraut. so minutes
sweet potatoes. 20 minutes; strawber
ries. II minutes; tomatoes, 20 min
utes; tomatoes and corn, 20 minutes
grape juice. Is minutes; ounce, 2
minutes; tomato juice. 20 minutes
pumpkin and squash. so minutes
fish, pork, 200 minutes; chicken, bee
240 minutes; figs, 20 minutes; rhu
barb, Is minutes.
3. Steam-pressure cooker, fiv
pounds or more.-Apples. whole o
sliced. for pie filling, IL minutes
apricots, 70 minutes; asparagus an
other greens. As minutes; apple cidei
l. minutes; beans, lima or string, 6
minutes; blackberries, dewberriei
G minutes: cherries, peaches.
minutes; corn without acid. 6
minutes; grapes, pears. plums,
minutes; hominy. 40 minutes
huckleberries, 8 minutes; okra an
tomatoes combined, 40 minutes: pea
beets, carrots, etc. 45 minutes; pine
apple. 10 minutes: raspberries,
minutes; sauerkraut 40 minutes
sweet potatoes, so minutes: straw
berries, minutes; tomatoes. 10 mir
utes; tomatoes and corn, 90 minutes
grape juice. 10 minutes: ounce.
minutes; tomato juice. 15 minutes
pumpkin and squash. As minutes
FISH, pork. 120 minutes; chickel
beef, $50 minutes; figs, 10 minutes
ihubarb, 10 minutes.