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About Beaverton times. (Beaverton, Or.) 191?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1918)
Page Two. THE BEAVERTON TIMES Helpful Hints for the Hoover Household At the request of Assistant Federal Food Administrator W. K. Newell, the following instruc tions for the assistance of Ore gon - housewives in canning fruits, vegetables and fish, haVe been prepared by Miss Edna Groves, superintendent of do mestic science and home eco nomics in the Portland public schools. . . "Every jar of perishable food canned by the housewife is a val uable contribution towards the nation's food reserve" said Mr. Newell, "and the Food Adminis tration urges Oregon women to fill every possible container for winter use, particularly with vegetables. By careful atten tion to Miss Groves' formulas the canning can be done with the minimum of sugar, which is very important." Miss Groves' canning jdirec tions are: "Food conditions are bringing many new problems to the housewife. The shortage of sugar should not lessen the can ning of fruit, since it is possible to preserve without sugar. Boil ing water may be substituted for the usual sugar syrup in ginning fruits. The sugar can be added as the fruit is opened. Karo corn syrup has proven a very successful substitute for susrar. Jellies, jams or fruits will have a slightly different flavor and be a little less sweet if preserved with Karo, but will retain the fresh flavor of the fruit. "In using Karo' syrup as a substitute for sugar, an equal measure of Karo should be used or one may use half karo and half sugar. All jams and pre serves may be made by using three-fourths or less of the measure of fruit in Karo or mixed Karo and sugar. Fruit juices for jellies require about three-fourths of the measure in sugar or Karo and sugar. In using Karo for jellies, it is necessary to cook the mixture longer. It should "sheet off" the spoon when tested. The juices for jellies' may be sealed (very hot and in heated con tainers) without adding any sugar, and the jelly may be . made from this as needed in the winter, -by adding the' usual amount of sugar, which will then be more plentiful. The cold pack method of can ning fruits and vegetables has proven successsful and the housewife will find it an easier and safer method than the open kettle. Great should be exer cised m the selection ol iars, rubbers and lids. See that there are no nicks on the edges of the jars and that lids fit and are in good condition. It is unsafe to use old or doubtful rubbersThe three cups of water, and boiling for five minutes, une cup 01 Vam to two cuns of water makes a syrup with a little more body, or one may use halt' tne amount of the sweetening in Karo, the other half in sugar. ciancnmg is au luiiwwii j; step in the cold pack method of ;$ canning. It is used ior vege tables and hard fruits. After fhe fruit or vfgetable is pre pared for cailning, place it in a ?olander or square of cheese cloth, and submerge in a kettle of rapidly boiling water for the desired" length of time (see table below), and then plunge into 3old water, and out again, then proceed according to directions below: RECIPES FOR CANNING FRUITS: Select firm, ripe fruit. Pare, blanch, and pack in jars. Cover with syrup or boiling water and place rubbers and cap in position. Do not tighten jar lid. If Mason jars are used, screw the cover on until it xoVtioc hnt. ia Tint tiffht. If the wide-topped, selt-seaung jais are used, follow tne directions fViat. nr iriven with same, leav ing the lids loose so that steam may escape. Process tne aesirea length of time (see table) re move from the boiling waier, tighten the lids, and (if Mason jars) invert to cool. In boiling Friday, September 13, 1918. hould cover the jar, or come ton and the time oi susnm... vw omintfld from when the water begins to boil around the jar. The . canner should have a tight cover to keep the steam 'and heat in. (Continued on Page 3.) Protect Your Farm Implements implements are protecting them IT Millions of dollars worth of farm ruined in the United States by not from the weather. 4 Why not build a shed for that new tractor? f Lumber is lower than it was three years ago in proportion to other commodities. H In 1914 an 1100-pound steer would buy approximately 3,300 feet' of lumber. Today it would purchase 4,800 ft. . In 1914, 36 hogs would buy the material for a 34x48 barn. Today 36 hogs will buy the same material and leave a" cash balance of $500.00. JONES LUMBER CO. Fstahlishfid 1859. See C. E. HEDGE. Eeaverton. Or. 4 A WW.' I If fl AJ rtJll "The German army can be beaten; the German army will be beaten; the German army mut be beaten." Pershing counted on every man, woman and child in America to hack him tip when he, said that back him up with their souls, their flesh, their' pockethooks to the last drop of blood, to the last dollar. Our young men are backing him with their blood. Every one of us at home must back him with our dollars our last dollars our future dollars. BUY Fourth Liberty Bonds. Any Bank Will Help You. ATxTissiasinp oimxBVTxx txxovcw ' MTBIOXXQ CO-OPSBAXIOir OT wash boiler, with a wooden rack in the bottom makes a good can nine outfit for the, cold pack & method. A very thin syrup for canning BeavertonOrcgoib may be made by using one cup of Karo or one cup of sugar to BANKfBEAmWN
