El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-24
Tells HOW To
DRY F00D5TUFF
County Agent Graham Has
Methods Of Drying Fruit
and Vegetables.

"In the preserving Of fruits and
vegetables. housewives will undoubt-
eddy find it advantageous to consider
three methods. sun drying. drying by
air blasts. and by artificial heat. which
have been tried and found satisfactory
by specialists OF the department Of
agriculture" said a. c.. Graham, coun-
IS farm demonstration.
Nearly all fruits and vegetables
can be readily preserved with little or
no expense If the correct method is
used" said "a recent bulletin of the
agricultural department and any in
formation as TO the methods TO be
followed i'm the sterling and bottling
Of fruit juices and jeIIIes with or with
out sugar as the preserving factor will
be furnished by the department upon
request
says Drying Apparatus Cheap.
As regards the drying process trays
can be made I'm the home which will
serve as well as those purchased at
the stores. Mr.. Graham said. A sub
stantial frame can be made OF boards
one by Two inches secured IN rec
taugular form and covered with thin
strips Of lathing material or Ealvenized
wire meShiug. s. number of frames
can be made and placed one on top
of the other and the top frame COW
cred with a frame containing glass
and the entire set placed iu the sun
or some dry and warm place. but care
must be taken TO reverse the glass
covering about every two hours so
that any moisture collecting on the
glass will not drop back on the drying
f~HrHH Comm. O. dried
by placing them on muslin sheet
stretched upon the ground but this
method is not so satisfactory because
OF flies and insects
Must Dehydrnte With Care
Great care must be taken not 10 dry
the products too much and 90 dry them
evenly by stirring or turning them .
over very often After the products .
are dry they should be placed I'm a box
and for three or four days poured .
daily from one box 10 another 10 in
sure a uniform degree OF moisture
the whole OF them ANY
very moist particles should be re-
moved and replaced iu the drying
trays. They may then be packed in .
paper bags, boxes. stone crooks. glass
jars. or any other containers which
Fan be made insect proof
Graham Gives Recipes.
A Few Of the most successful and .
some fruits and vegetables. are given
BY Mr.. Graham
Berries-Cul out all imperfect or .
over ripe berries and place the .
perfect berries on trays and dry only +.
until the berries fail TO stain the .
hands when pressed and not until .
they are hard enough TO rattle. Air
for three or four days as above stated. .
and pack
Spinach and parsley Spinach
should be taken when in the prime
condition for greens. carefully washed
and the leaves stripped from the roots
and placed on trays 20 dry Slicins
and choppinE the leaves viii aid ma
terially in the drying
Beet tops, celery. rhubarb and Swiss
chard-The leaves and blades Of the
beets. Swiss chard and celery should
be cut into sections One-fourth inch
long and treated the same as spin
ach. Rhubarb of young and tender
growth should be selected and pre-
pared as for stewiuE by SHINING the
stalks and cutting into pieces about
one-fOurth 10 oue-half inch in length
and then dried on trays.