San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-13
CANNED FOODS
ECONOMICAL,
HEA[THFUL
Many Housewives Still
Cling to Traditions
Of Grandmother.

Economy should be estimated from
more than one viewpoint. The fact is
all modern life demands an adjustable
viewpoint, and one one needs TO realize
this more than the housewife.
The average housewife is prone to
cling to the traditions of her grand
mothers time, in matters domestic.
i,.oersetting that changing conditions of
| me make altered standards necessary.
IN many. things. The matter of pur.
cnaslng foods for the household is one
OF these: because, in an earlier day.
people lived in closer touch with the
| country, and had easier access to fresh
| fruits and vegetables direct from the
farms, 1t became an established tradi-
tlon that not only were such fresh
products better and more desirable,
put mat they were more economical
IMAM those put up, in cans. At that
time, this was undoubtedly true.
TIMES CHANGED,
But times have changed. and that
Old tradition must 90, along with var.
lous Others that have become equally
moss-grown and inapplicable to pres
ent conditions. 1t is not possible.
nowadays, for the average consumer
to buy strictly fresh fruits and yege-
tables, either at grocery or market.
whereas the Gamers buy them right
where they are grown, absolutely fresh
and in the best condition, and cans
them on the same day--usually with
in few hours of the time when they
were picked, so that. there is little
to be thrown away and no chance OF
spoilage.
But when the housewife goes TO mar
ket and selects the best, she finds that
she must pay high price for it. and
frequently feels resentful. She should
realize, however, that she is paying
not for the few tomatoes or peaches
she has selected. but for the many that
have been thrown away because they
were spoiled, since they arrived at the
market or grocery.
Then. too, it is quite likely that the
housewife is not able to use what she
has bought for perhaps "a hours or
so, afterward, and n large percentage
spoils. Also. unless she is very
good purchasing agent, she probably
will purchase not enough of one ar
ticle and too much of another, and
part of the later will have to be thrown
away.
So. it is a wise woman who keeps
on her pantry shelf or in her ice box
several cans. each, of various kinds
OF fruits, vegetables. fish. cheese and
evnporatcd milk. Probably it would
be better to keep only few at n time
in the ice box, and the rest on n re-
serve shelf. Then she will always have
something ready TO serve at mo
ment's notice, and variety from
which to choose. No need to run to
the grocery-or go without, If it ham
pens to be after grocery hours. And
in so doing, she will be able TO econ
omize by taking advantage of special
sales.
SALAD DELICIOUS.
Salads and desserts are always more
delicious when thoroughly chilled.
been standing in the ice box for some
time, it is n mere matter of opening
a can or two and arranging the con-
tents daintily for the table. There
is nothing better, for instance, than
canned grapefruit, if thoroughly chill
ed. 1t is all ready to serve, either for
breakfast or as n fruit cocktail, a
salad or even dessert.
Most canned fruits have been sweet
ened, but not so much as to take away
the tart flavor. Drinks made of
fruit juices should not be served too
sweet, as the sweetness diminishes
their refreshing effect. Therefore, the
juice that is drained from can of
fruit has usually just about the right
degree of sweetness to make a spark
ling, delicious drink for n hot summer
day. and the fruit can be utilized for
Il salad or n cocktail.