Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-04
OUR HOUSEHOLD
CONDUCTED BY LIZZIE O.THOMAS

Dear MRS. InOmaS-l think OF
writing you SO often, but 1 have so
mother as often as 1 ought to; just
don't have time.
I have COWS, hogs and chickens to
attend to. L have six little children
and one is cripple, and my hus-
band is crippled. I have a bad time,
but 1 know it could be worse. I also
have all my garden work to do. My
garden is good. 1 have canned some
beets and my beans will soon be
ready: Can you give me a good re-
cipe for canning beans without vim
egar. I have chickens almost large
enough to eat. Can you give me
a good recipe for making hard potash
soap? I have tried several times, but
most always fail. Can you tell me
how to address letters to Mary Mere
dith? I will close. Please answer
in The Journal soon.
A BUSY MOTHER.
Answeys
More than one busy mother has
written for the method used in can
ming beans without vinegar. One
letter was a request for a recipe for
making soup I am inclined to think
that the writer meant the soup mix
ture, if she did not and will write
again 1 will cheerfully give a recipe
for soup, whatever kind she wants.
There are so many girls belonging
to the canning clubs that [ am think
ing the next generation of houSekeep-
ers will be better equipped in this
set. 1 think that it was in the
spring of 1904 that 1 began to ham
mer at this subject, and l certainly
appreciate the cordial response that
my efforts received. l had just come
from Japan, and there we lived on
81 hni
food does not agree with any of the
foreigners. I found out over there
what a comfort it was to have such
things on hand, and [ also realized
what a saving it is to gather the
vegetables in season and put them
away for winter.
I found many of the housekeepers
using acid to preserve their beans.
That is one reason that some people
have stomach trouble, the acid used
for this purpose is cumulative, it does
not pass out of the system imme-
diately and in time will destroy the
lining of the stomach. The fact that
it is gradual in this makes it more
dangerous, for some of the house
keepers will say my mother used
it and it did not kill any of us. All
very true, but can you say that your
stomach is free from nervous, or
digestive trouble? Vinegar is large
ly used, too, and l do not say that
it is harmful, but there are many
people who do not relish beans with
vinegar in them, and it is apt to
make the beans soft if they are
kept more than one year.
l had from six to ten men every
day the week after the storm, and
it would have been twice as hard on
me if l had not had all sorts of veg
etables canned to prepare for dinner.
My beans were as nice as any one
could ask for, and the tomatoes, soup
mixture, krOut and beets made va
riety that the men seemed to appre-
ciate. Some of the tomatoes and
beans were three years old. / al
ways put up twice as many as l
think that we will need, and as
general thing I use the oldest first,
but few cans We're left and they
were nice.
In any canning there are few
points to keep in mind. a first-.class
product cannot be made of inferior
material. The prohibitive price of
tin cans several years ago made most
of us buy glass jars, and it was