The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-09-07
JERSEY WOMEN
URGED TO CAN
Food Administrator Tyler Asks
That Big Winter Supply
Be Put Up.

S. Tyler of New Jersey is making spe-
cfal efforts to aid the housewives OF
New Jersey in their canning and pre-
serving by educating them to the use
of sweetness other than sugar, as he
realizes to what a large extent the
canning enters into their winter food
supply.
At the same time, he is urging upon
them the conservation of sugar, as
sugar is the vital food product now be-
fore the American people, the peoples
of the allied countries and the soldiers
fighting our battles in Europe.
1t will only be a short fight on sugar,
but it needs a long pull, a strong pull,
and a pull altogether to win. From all
reports the people of New Jersey are
doing this. They are getting along
with their two pounds per person per
month. They are signing the pledges
requested by the grocers, and the
grocers are complying with the rules
regarding the sale of sugar.
Food Administrator Tyler seeks to
strengthen this cooperation, and he
winds up his %admonition on saving
sugar with these few suggestions:
Do not leave sugar in the bottom of
coffee cup.
Substitute molasses or corn syrup
for part of sugar used in cooking.
Make cakes without frosting.
Use fruits for dessert in the place of
dishes requiring sugar.
Cut down the use of candy and
sweet drinks. They are luxuries.
Portion the sugar used on the table.
Sugar is precious.
Canning in New Jersey reaches a
big total. This Is a garden State"
and fruit is as plentiful as vegetables.
The housewife has been accustomed
to have all the sugar she needs for
canning, but this year matters are
changed. There is some sugar for her
canning purposes, and she can get it
by applying to the local food admins
traitor of her home town or city and
filling out a sugar certificate.
She may have to shorten up some
what on her sugar for canning, use
some other sweetener, or can without
sugar. She can do 1t without apprehen-
sion, too, for if she follows the govern
ment directions her fruit or vegetables
will not spoil by using other sweeten-
ers.
She must can her fruits and vege-
tables, however. If Uncle Sam is 60
ing to have sufficient supplies for his
fighters and enough to spare to the
Allies, every housewife in America
who possibly "a must put up
enough for her family's needs this
winter.
The problem of saving fruit with
out the use of sugar may be solved in
several ways:
Canning fruit in water.
Canning fruit juices without sugar.
Canning fruit in fruit juice.
Canning fruit buffers without sugar.
Drying fruit.
Canning in Water.
(a) Open kettle: Gently simmer the
fruit in very little water, allowing the
water to evaporate as much as posi-
BILE. Fill steriliZed cans with the
boiling hot fruit and seal. Do not ex-
pect the fruit to keep its shape. This
will make excellent pie filling.
(b) Cold pack: Pack the fruit very
closely in the cans. Fill with water.
cover and steam from twenty to thirty
minutes. according TO the hardness of
the fruit and the degree of ripeness.
The skins will burst, and peeled fruit
will drop shreds to the bottom of the
can, but the shape will be kept.
(c) Hot pack for small sour fruits,
such as cherries Pack the fruit quick
ly in a hot jar. Fill the jar 1t once
with boiling water. Clamp and set
quickly into :. boiler or large pail con-
tanning boiling water enough TO cover.
Remove the boiler at one from the
stove and let the jar cool in it. Sue
cess in this method depends on
promptness. The fruit will remain un-
broken.
Any fruit juice extracted for jelly
may be canned without sugar by re-
heating to the boiling point, filling
sterilized jars and sealing. This juice
may be used for %iayoring sauces, for
beverages or for jelly making. If
space must be saved, the juice may be
ev%aporated to one-half its volume be-
fore canning.
Fruit juices may be canned without
sugar now. There may be sugar later
for jelly making. If not, the juices
will keep till next season.
Corn Syrup for Fruits, Preserves and
Jellies.
If it is preferred to sweeten the
fruit when it is canned, white corn
syrup will be found to be the most
desirable of the sugar substitutes. 1t
is cheaper and plentiful than
maple syrup or honey, and it over
dp the natural flavor of the fruit less.
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