The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-07
How to Make
Tomato Pulp Useful

In Utah we grow tons of tomatoes
! Not only for the canning factory, but
nearly every one has tomato patch
! How many are making the most out
of their tomatoes Tomato pulp is
one form in which tomatoes may be
used with which the average house
wife is not as familiar as with the
others. 1t is, however, a convenient
and cheap product for use as soup
stock, seasoning, and in sauces for
meat and fish. The fact that in the
past much tomato pulp has been
made from inferior material and un.
der unsatisfactory conditions need
not now deter the purchaser, for
little care in the inspection of the
label on the container and of the pro.
duct itself will enable anyone with a
reasonable degree of certainty to Sc.
lect a wholesome and sound brand,
although with tomato pulp as with a
number of other food products the
purity of the article in certain cases
can be determined conclusiyely only
by a chemical or microscopic exam.
nation.
Tomato pulp is made by removing
the skins and seeds from the vege.
table by putting it through a mach
Inc called a cyclone. The resulting
pulp is then boiled down to the de.
sired consistency. In common prac.
tice the volume of the tomatoes is
reduced in the process about one
half. Ordinarily, the pulp is packed
for household use in number ] cans,
which hold approximately ten ounces
net.
Although tomato pulp prepared in
this way has been on the market for
some time 1t has not been used in
this country as extensively as in Italy
and elsewhere in Europe. Many
housewives apparently believe that it
Is Of no use except as a foundation
for tomato soup. It can, however. be
utilized in many other ways which
Will readily suggest themselves to
any experienced cook. In the past,
however, the product has been found
to be so varied that recipe which
gives good results at one time may
prove most unsatisfactory at another,
even though the same brand of pulp
Is used. This is easily understood
when one remembers that before the
passage of the Federal Food and
Drugs Act there was nothing to pre-
vent the introduction into the product
OF what is known as Gamers waste
the refuse from the tomato peeling
tables in tomato canning establish
ments. Much of this material was
most unsatisfactory from a sanitary
standpoint and at best its composition
could not be definitely known in ad
vance.
Under the Federal Food and Drug.
Act, however, much of what was
known as skin and core pulp has
been eliminated from interstate com
merce and has thus left an opening
for high grade whole tomato pulp
Under former conditions the manu-
iacturer of this high grade produces
could not compete with inferio,
brands because OF the low price nj
which the latter could be sold. AL
though the consumer usually paws
ABOUT D cents n can for high and low
grade pulp alike, there Is great diff
ference in the most Of manufacture
Skin and core pulp sold at whole
sale for as little as 1G cents n dozen
cans, while good sound pulp from,
whole tomatoes can scarcely be put
out for less than So or 40 cents.
Although, as has been said. much
or the objectionable pulp is no long,
er on the market, it is well for the
customer to bear in mind two points:
Pulp that is made not from whole
tomatoes but from trimmings, and
passes through interstate commerce,
must bear upon the label some such
expression as Made from small TO-
matoes and trimmings; Made from to,
matoes and parts thereof; Made from
pieces OF tomatoes and trimmings;
Made from tomato clippings and
whole tomatoes, etc. Tomato pulp
Of this character is frequently a
sound and wholesome product, but
when trimmings and clippings are
used II is more difficult to put It up
in satisfactory manner than when
only whole tomatoes are utilized. The
Federal Food and Drugs Act, of
course, does not apply to food made
and sold wholly within the boundaries
Of state. Such products are under
the control only of state laws and
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