The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-02-12

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultural
A shelf filed with canned fish and
meat is the best means known TO fill
a housewife with confidence when an
emergency arises. With the main dish
ready except for relocating, meals for
unexpected guests lose their terror.
Fruit was for many years the only
food product canned by housewives,
but vegetables, meat, soup, and fish as
well have been canned with success
the last few years In thousands OF
homes.
Canning Fish and Other Sea Foods.
DO not attempt to can fish unless
sure they are absolutely fresh. AS
soon as fish are caught 1t is well TO
! kill them with a knife and let the
blood run out. Scale the fish. Re
move entralls and the dark membrane
! that in some fish covers the abdomi-
nal cavity. For small fish the back
bone may be left in. For the larger
| fish remove the backbone and utilize
| it with what meat adheres to 1t for
making fish chowder. In order to
draw out all blood before canning,
place the fish in brine made in the
proportion of one ounce of salt to
! quart of water. Let it soak from ten
minutes to one hour, according to
| thickness Of the fish. Do not use the
| brine more than once. II fish meat is
loose or soft. 1t can be hardened by
soaking in brine strong enough to
float potato. Time will vary, ac-
cording TO thickness of fish, from a
few minutes to one hour.
For plain canning remove the fish
| from the brine, drain well, and cut
into can lengths. Pack closely in the
can to within one-half inch from top.
Add small amount of salt (about
one-third to one-half teaspoon). Do
not fill the can with boiling water TO
within one-half inch of top. Cap,
place the cans in the steam-pressure
Gamer, and exhaust for ten minutes at
ten pounds of steam pressure. Open
the petcock and let steam escape, re-
move the cover, and take out the cans.
|
Return to the Gamer and process:
No. cans, sixty minutes at $50 de-
grees Fahrenheit, or fifteen pounds of
steam pressure.
For full directions on the canning
of fish write the United States de-
partment of agriculture for circular
on Canning of Meats and Sea Foods
| No
Canning Fried Fish.
Clean the fish and remove entrails.
Split along the back and remove the
backbone. Place In salt water strong
enough to float an Irish potato. Leave
in this brine, according TO the thick
ness of the meat, from ten minutes to
one hour to draw out the blood and
harden the meat. Drain, wipe. dry,
and cut in pieces that can pass through
can openings. Dip into beaten egg or
cornmeal (may be omitted) and put
into frying basket Fry in deep fat
until nicely Drowned. Drain well and
place the pieces on coarse paper to
absorb excess of fat. Pack into No. .
cans Qnside-lacquered cans besD to
within one-half inch from top of can.
DO not add any liquid. Cap and ex-
haust eight minutes, tip. and process !:
No. 2 cans. one hour and thirty min
utes at $50 degrees Fahrenheit, or
fifteen pounds of steam pressure.
Fish Chowder In Cans.
The backbones cut out of large fish.
with what meat adheres to them, the
cleaned heads. and other fish scraps
may be used for fish chowder.
Put over the fire in cold water-just
enough to cover-and cook until the
meat can easily he removed from the
bones. Take up the fish and remove
the bones, strain the fish soup. and
return 1t with the picked fish meat to
kettle. Add diced onions, diced pota-
toes, butter, and white pepper to taste.
Simmer until the vegetables are half
done. Salt to taste. Pack hot In cans,
cap. tip and process: No. cans, IN
minutes nj $50 degrees Fahrenheit, or
fifteen pounds of steam pressure.
oysters In Containers.
Tn canning oysters be sure they are
absolutely fresh, have not "soured'
and contain none that are spoiled. II
Is therefore best to open the oysters
by hand and reject any oysters where
the shell is partly open. as this Is
sign that the oyster In this particular
shell is dead and unfit for use. Rinse
the oysters to be sure no pieces OF
shell or grit are put into the cans
Pack sixteen ounces of oyster meat
in a No. 2 can and I'LL with boiling
brine (made in the proportion Of one
quarter pound of salt to five quarts
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