Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-18
Our HOUSEHOLD
S0NDlIcTED BY LIZZIE O IHONLAS
The Occasional Dish, or Duty


The live stock people will tell you
that no animal thrives on just a
corn diet. The appetite the entire
system, calls for the balanced ra-
ton, and no one food can supply it,
Why, then, does the average pro
q the family than for the horses
fails to have the change.
We are largely creatures of habit,
we, often get into a groove and
the line of least resistance IS lazy
way to live and l want all the
housekeepers to make an effort to
can more vegetables than just beans
and tomatoes. A letter lies before
me from a woman lamenting her
neighbor who boils her beans an
hour and then to every peck she puts
in half pint of vinegar. She puts
them in the jars after that and to
every quart jar she adds half tea
spoonful of salt and the same of SUI
gar, halfway screws on the top and
let's them boil ten minutes, seals and
puts away. Another one doubles the
amount of salt, and vinegar When
the beans are to be used they are
washed in fresh water.
But 1 want to tell you about corn,
okra and tomatoes: Chip the okra Ill
thin pieces and boil, cook the toma-
toes and when both are tender put
two quarts of okra and three of to-
matoes to two of tender. young
cob. Add two tablespoonfuls of
salt and let it all boil twenty min
utes. Stir this mixture constantly
or it will burn. Put in jars, give
the tops halfway seal and put in
hot water. Let them boil fifteen
n 1NIIf
away in dark, cool place. You can
have no better place than the box
your jars came in. This mixture
makes delicious soup, simply by
adding sweet milk and plenty of
butter.
Get ready to can your sweet po-
tatoes; they may keep in the bank
but to have some ready to candy"
for. the unexpected guest is COM
fort.
. okra-select young tender pods
do not remove the caps. Place in
the jars whole, cover with cold wa
ter. Put in your Gamer and boil
half an hour. Remove from the fire
an dtighten the tops. Put in a cool
dark place. We enjoy okra and toma-
toes put up together and served as
a salad.
I suppose all of you have your
time table for blanching, but some
of the younger members may have
lost theirs. I use flour sack and
do not fill too full, have the hot
water boiling and the other water
fresh and cold. Have a thin paddle
or knife to get the bubbles out Of
the Jars after you pack the fruit or
vegetables.
Test your jars after they cool,
tighten, and if you are doubtful
about one jar it is safer to empty
into one you are certain about, and
let it again come to boil and seal.
There should be a little acid, lit
tie sweet, some fat and some vege-
least once a day. small amount
of meat and plenty of bread and
milk, plenty of fruit and vegetables
and bath once day will keep
down the doctors bill and help the
happiness of the family. A fretful
child can be soothed by bath if
the one doing the job has learned to
control her own feelings.
And after day in the woods, or
gathering berries there is no safer
way to get rid of chiggers, Or red
bugs, than by soaping the body thor
oughly and then as thoroughly wash
ing it off.
Is this letter a mixture? So is
the life of every home-maker, a scrap
of song, little prayer, some hard
that a good conscience gives us
When Thea tangled cobweb pulls
The cornflowers cap awry,
And the lilies tall
Lean over the wall
To bow to the butterfly,
1t is July"