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If canned foods of uniform quality are to be produced, the various canning operations must be placed upon a sound scientific basis and the methods which are employed, so far as the nature of the food substance will permit, must be carefully standardized. The situation calls for the elimination of the element of chance and the abandonment of "…

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Oven canning is Influenced by so many variable factors that it cannot be recommended as a safe method of food preservation.

The canning and preserving of food products is an important factor in household management and of even greater importance in national economy, since the conservation of foodstuffs, from the time of production and natural time of consumption to a later time, makes for a more varied and adequate diet, and that secured at a lower economic cost.…

It is those housewives who have trained themselves to work with detailed, scientific care in canning their fruits and vegetables who invariably meet with success in their canning work year after year. For canning is one cookery method which demands all the accuracy of the chemical laboratory and the bacteriologist.

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Pickled peaches, tart and sweet . . . dills with a tang . . . old-fashioned cucumber slices ... piquant piccalilli — these typify the four kinds of pickles made in the home.

Easiest to make are the fruit pickles which are left whole and simmered in a sweet-sour sirup. Crab apples and pears as well as peaches are preserved in this way.

Then…

EVERY FARM should produce the pork and pork products which are consumed on that farm. Selling hogs and buying pork involves profits, but not for the farmer engaged in the practice.

Home curing of pork is an old practice. It nearly went out of style, but the style is rapidly becoming popular again.

Home-cured pork, fresh-canned pork,…

The War Department finds much satisfaction in the creation of War Gardens at Various army camps by the Conservation and Reclamation Division of the Quartermaster General's office. Food production at these camps has been the subject of some concern with the department. The large areas of tillable land within many of the military reservations have…

Tomatoes packing --- pack hot tomatoes into hot jars ...work quickly

Leave 1/2 inch head space

Add salt

Work out air bubbles with a knife

Community canning centers have been operating successfully for a number of years in some sections of the country. in others they are a recent development. in all sections, however, interest in such centers has been stimulated by the wartime need of preserving fruits and vegetables in order that civilian food requirements may be met and in order…

The common fruits, because of their low nutritive value, are not, as a rule, estimated at their real worth as food. Fruit has great dietetic value and should be used generously and wisely, both fresh and cooked. Fruits supply a variety of flavors, sugar, acids, and a necessary waste or bulky material for aiding in intestinal movement. They are…

THERE ARE CERTAIN ESSENTIALS for the successful canning of fruits or vegetables. These include clean, fresh materials, perfect containers, including good rubber rings if used, heating for sufficient time to insure preservation, and air-tight sealing. These essentials must be secured in any method of canning. The details of procedure may differ, yet…

Canning is a method of using heat and air-tight containers to preserve food as nearly as possible in the condition in which it would be served when freshly cooked. It is a desirable and economical method of preserving many foods, by means of which their use is distributed over seasons and in places where they are not available fresh. Canned foods…

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Whenever there is an abundant crop of peaches throughout the country, or in a considerable number of the important peach-producing regions, the profitable handling of the fruit is a matter of much concern to the growers. This is especially true if the centers of production are so located with reference to one another that glutted markets are…

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Inspect your jars for cracks and nicks. Wash clean in hot soapy water.

To test for airtight seal fill jar with hot water...adjust cap...tilt.

Caution: Never use this test on metal disks with made-on rubber.

If you don't have a Canner and can't buy one...

Look for a large deep vessel with a cover...

A wash boiler or metal tub with a home-made rack
of wood or wire.

A metal pail...a deep pot...a large lard can--fit it with a rock and cover and you have a canner.

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