The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-08
Efficient Housekeeping
BANNING ASPARAGUS STRAW
 BERRIES AND RHUBARB
Ry Laura Kirkman.

RERRIESS AND RHUBAISb
 To Can Asparagus by the goLSl- CoLu- XPack Method: Clean the asparagus land take off the scales and touSh skin. Tie enough together for gar. Blanch (that is, lower into oolnhS water by means of cheesecloth or a co1anier Cfor 15 minutes. Then DIunge the blanched asparagus into coId water for second; NOW re re. 1noye the string and pack the stalks Unto hot jars which have just been IboiJed 10 minutes with the up-endS Xof the vegetable up- Add l teaspoon of salt to each quart jar ana nj Co IA inch of top with bolhnS WaIea tI5a and place them on the neckS or Iie jars sfPartially seaH' (that IS, ad- just the cover and put the top pan in position, rot pushing down the sue wire.) <.1,- shouId stand on a wire rack and the boiling water should come, al ieaSt, one inch above them) and let the uater hoil around them Cth1S IS calleu "processing'' or 'tsteriliZing for TWO hours. Then remove from the hot water baths completely seal (tnaI ls' hush down the side wire on 1arS,) Ih- vert to test for leakage let cool anu store. o,s ,,.1-
 To Can Rhubarb by the Cold Pack Method: Wash and cut the rhuparp into short lengths Blanche rom i'd 3 minutes Then cOld-d1p as de- Iscrjbed above, pack into jars to With .in d half-inch of top, and add either boiling water to within 1-z men oI Ifop. or a thin sirup made by bolllnS s ouarts of sugar and ? quarts Of water together for 1 minute (Don't Icount until the sirup begins to polL.J Now partially seal, as just deScrlpe6' and steriIize the jars for 20 minutes in vot1r wash boiler canner and com .p1etely seal. To be sure, rhubaro may Hoe put up in cold water, without us ing a canner, but this easy way IS not the most delicious way. and the Il$b- x-o, will not he as good when the/ can is opened 1.
 To Can Strawberries by the Cold Pack Method: Rinse in cold water Idrain. hull and pick over. Then drop them into hot, sterilized Chat is, boil ed for ten minutes) jars, pressing them down well with a wooden spoon. Add boi1ing-hot medlumothln slruP le made by boiling together 5 quarts or sugar and 2 quarts or water for 3 minutes. (Skim sirup while bol1ing)- Adjust new rubbers which have been dipped into boiling water, put on Icovers, partially seal, and sterilize the jars for 16 minutes in your wash boiler Remove, completely seal m fnyert, cool, and store. It will be no ticed that no blanching is called Tor in this recipe: this is the case with many of the soft fruits.
 The periods of sterilization called for in the above recipes apply to can ming in attitudes below 900 feet. For d ltitudes above 1000 feet, the time Of Sterilization should be increased at the rate of ten per cent for each addi- tional 500 feet. For instance, the above-given recipe for Asparagus calls for sterilizing two hours, or 12O minutes If the housewife's location is 1 800 feet above sea level, the 120 minutes should be increased to 1S2 minutes The National War Garden Commission of Washington, D. C., in X1sl9, issued the following statement +concerning canning in high attitudes:
 .Neither homemade nor commer- cial hot-water bath outfits are entire SIly satfsfa ctory. however, for canning at very high attitudes, as the temper ature of water in them does not reach PIP degrees Fahrenheit In such localities water-sea1 and steam pressure outfits are advisable, as they give higher temperatures-'
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