South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-29
BUTTER MADE Of
SURPLUS FRUITS
IS CONSERVATION
Urged as Part of Campaign
Against Waste OF Apples,
Pears, Peaches, PIumS
by Growers.

As a final drive on fruit preserv-
ing the United States food conserva-
tors are urging the making Of home
made fruit buffers. This is recon-
mended not only 10 those who grow
the fruit, but 10 those in the city
who may take advantage of large
supplies and cheap prices. In a
great many cases it will be possible
for city people to get from outlying
farms fruit which might otherwise
be wasted.
Various fruit buffers recon-
mended are apple butter with cider.
apple butter without cider apple
butter with grape Juice. apple but
ter with lemons. pear butter. peach
butter plum butter. and Garfield
butter made with plums and
peaches. With the exception OF a
good preserving kettle very little
equipment is needed for the prepar-
alton Of such buffers.
Make Apple Butter.
There is no better way 20 use good
apples, saws the department, than
10 make them into butter The
sound portions of windfalls. wormy.
and bruised apples may also be
used The better the apple the bet
ter the butter will be- In apple
butter with cider either fresh sweet.
cider. or commercial sterilized cider
should be used. after being boiled
down 10 about half its original
quantity. The peeled and sliced
apples may be cooked IL the boiled
cider or they may be first made
cooked in cider. II usually takes
about equal quantities of sweet
cider and sliced apples to make but
ter of the right consistency. In
other words two gallons of sweet
cider should be boiled down 10 one
gallon. and two gallons Of the pre-
pared apples should be added TO il
either uncooked or as apple sauce.
The two essentials of good apple
butter are long, slow cOoking-frOm
four to six hours-and frequent
stirring. If sugar is used, it should
be added after the cooking is about
two-thirds done. About one pound
OF sugar IS the usual proportion for
each gallon of apple butter but more
or less may be used 10 suit the taste.
The butter may be spiced with Gin
namon, cloves and allspice, or with
any one Of the three. the spices
being stirred in when the cooking
is finished
While still boiling hot the butter
should be packed i'm sterilized glass
receptacles. or i'm stone jars. with
thorough precautions against spoil
ing as with any other preserves.
Can he Without Cider.
Good apple butter may be made
without cider. In this case enough
water is added to make thin ap-
ple sauce. Brown sugar rather
than white sugar is ordinarily used.
If grape flavor is desired, il may
Ice obtained by the use of grape
Juice in the proportion of one
pound to each gallon of the peeled
and sliced apple. There should
also he added a cup of brown sugar
and one-fourth teaspoonful Of salt.
When the desired thickness is OBJ
tanned. one teaspoonful cinnamon is
stirred in.
Pear butter is made like apple
butter without the cider.
I'm making peach butter it is de-
sivable 10 put the peaches into a
wire basket and dip them in boil
ing water for "a few second until the
skin slips. then dip the peaches
into cold water. peel them. and pit
them. Well-ripened free-stone
peaches are best. They should be
mashed and cooked i'm their own
Juice without adding water and if
butter of fine texture is wanted
the pulp should be put through a
+ colander or coarse wire sieve. To
each measure Of pulp add a half
measure of sugar. Peach butter
+ can he made also from dried or
canned peaches. Lemon Juice in
I the proportion of one lemon 10 10
pounds Of peaches may be added to
/ give tartness.
Plum butter is made like peach
butter except that the skins and
pits are separated by rubbing the
pulp through q colander or wire
sieve after the plums have been
+ Cooheu- i et-Sl'iiS Pi"'''1f il'"
ever. may be treated exactly like
I peaches.
The Garfield butter is made OF
two-thirds plums and one-third
/ peaches and needs rather more
sugar than the plain peach butter.
Farmers Bulletin 900. Home
made Fruit Buffers" which con-
tains detailed directions for max
ing various fruit buffers. may be
obtained free from the United
states department OF agriculture
I Washington. d. C., as long as the
supply lasts.
HOOVER WANTS CHICAGO
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