Smyrna times., 1932-08-24
SOME FACTS ON
HOME CANNING
Old Art of Canning is Be
ing Revived More Than
Ever This Year
SCIENCE AT WORK TOO


cooking berries or steaming veg
etables. Women are busy busy
storing away vitamins, minerals,
calories and f1avors in jars for the
winter days. Even with the reas-
surance they may have from the
political parties that times will be
better after election, women will
run no risks. They want to be sure
of food for their families. There
are many lovely gardens this sum
mer. In these gardens grow both
wax and crisp green string beans,
health giving spinach, and chard
calcium rich rarrots, young tender
beets, well-liked peas and ears of
green corn. Perhaps some gard
eners have been even more ambit-
ious but whatever it is&it can be
kept safe for food in jars. Since
there is more than enough food
right now, the wish comes almost
instinctively not to let il waste but
to save it for the day when Jack
Frost is king. Home canned Jars
Of food are not only a sure source
Of good food but they are real con-
venience, for the food is all ready
to serve. What if unexpected
guests do arrive? What matter if
the housewife is delayed long at a
meeting? What if the day has
been axtra busy? There are jars
Of food for every ned already for
any emergency. More than ever
this year the old art Of canning is
again being revived. Science has
been at ork too, in Home Econom-
les laboratories all over the coun-
try and has discovered a newer and
surer method of canning Veget-
ables, meats, and fruits, if you
wish. This is called the Hot Pack
Method. 1t is a simple method,
too. In the Hot Pack Method the
4 food is heated il a small quantity
of water until it boils. This
Strings the food, makes the pack
4 ing easier. and drives out any air
which might be enclosed. The boil
ing hot food is then packed into
jars and sterilized or processed i'm
mediately. Jars so packed may be
i sealed completely before they are
4 put in the hot water bath to be
+ processsed With oven, steamer OF
II pressure cooker jars are partial
ly sealed during the sterilizing per-
iod and completely sealed when re-
moved from the Gamer Some
women are still using their old
favorite open kettle method for
canning fruits and the acid veget-
able, tomatoes, but many house
wives are saying that the Hot
/ Water Pack gives a better favored
fruit. This will, no doubt, be one
of the greatest canning years ever
known. City and town women are
catching the spirit Of canning The
rural housewife has always been a
great Gamer. One woman tells OF
canning $50 jars of fruits, veget-
ables, and meats last year. She
says. II plan to fill all those jars
again this year. Then I need not
fear that our family will not have
enough good healthful food this
winter" Few vegetables contain
vitamin Q. the vitamin necessary
for growth. Tomatoes are rich in
this vitamin and so stand in high
favor on the tables of both the rich
and the poor. Tomato juice has
Joined tremendous favor as q
health giving drink during this
past year. Firm ripe tomatoes are
used for tomato juice. Wash and
remove stem ends, discarding any
that show signs Of decay. Chop
and heat in a covered vessel until
the juice flows freely. Strain
the juice while hot into hot jars
add one teaspoon salt, completely
seal and process for 20 minutes il
a Hot Water Bath. If it is to be
used for infant feeding, salt should
be omitted. If a thicker juice is
desired, return the strained juice tc
the stove and boil it until it is re
duced to one-half the original vol
ume, and process as directed above
The international Canning Contest
is offering splendid prizes agair
this year for the best entries il
several classes: vegetables, fruits
meats, pickles, unusual packs, bal
anced meal class. jams and jellies
Two thousand prizes with more
than $4,000 in cash and merchan-
disc will be awarded. The contest
is open to anyone. Full particulars
may be had by writing Mrs. Grace
Wall Gray, Log Cabin, Aurora, Ill
inois.
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