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TIKE 'LUCKATOW -SENTINEL, .LVCKNOW, ONTARIO
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8y ANNE ALLAN
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,TOMA`rdE;S ARE A. GOOD.
SO1 R+CE OF VITAMIN 0
Hello Honieinakers! '• Tonnatoes
are our second-besCsource of Vit
amid =C• (Ascobic .Pled) which,
we •mutt.. have :in `adequate quan
tityin our daily diet. to keep the
Mouth and gums; in good .condi
ton, and' aid irr °building sound
banes, teeth and ' blood vessels..
citrus fruits orahges, ' lemons,
grapefruit; efruit; tangerines are :the
bests ,In case • supplies :o of these
inay be curtailed we ' who live
outside the citru ;: belt'`'should eat.
tomatoes and juice diners
ously, .,and can•. all : the • surplus
'dome -grown and market -bought
inatoes' possible. Then we will`
have an inexpensive' source , of
Vitainin ;C for . the winter' and
spring months. It is likely that
• 'commerciallycanned. tomatoes,
and tomatoe 'juice will 'beavail
able for ,'those ; unable to ,.Cart at
home:. a
a.. 'Luckily, tomatoes 'and tomato
• juice are easier::"'put down"
than most ,prodtucts...' Although
some Vitalnin C is lost in,honte
Canning,' the .:following: methods
will `prevent the loss . of the least
number of Vitamin • C• units:
RECIPES
"'Canned " Whole . Tomatoes
-Wash the'toinatoes in cool wat-
er.'
at-
er+ Scal& a few: 'tomatoes at a•.
time to loosen the skins. Remove
'Lthe: cone-shaped core and ani...
green portions of each torlrato and
slip off :the skins. Remove the,
• small • black spot at the ,,blossom
t'r ils.. Cut .the torriatges• into : guar=.
tees or leave " then'} whole, and
Pack ...them, 'into the containers..
'Press, them • down, just hard . en
otugh to form enough juice to'frll
the spaces and cover the solids.
'Fill containers to within . 3/4 inch
'from the top, adding 1 tedspoon-
full. 'of salt to each quart of tom.,
atoes. Add no water, seal all Gja-rs'
completely, then loosen 1/4 inch.
Process in` a boiling':water bath
(Pint jars' 35•. minutes; quart. jars
45 minutes).:If,tomatoes are heat-
ed and packed boiling hot, pro-
cess them 10 minutes.',.
Tomato Juice
• Wash; trim and quarter the
'tomatoes, but do not peel them.,
'Put the pieces into a pan, crush
• them slightly to set free enough
juice to start the cooking: Cover
the, kettle and siinmer. •the fruit
gently until the tomatoesare soft
but not; mushy... Force the. pulp
while hot thru a sieve or colan-
, der which is fine enough to re -
Move the seeds, :Bing the strain-
ed ,tomato juice just to the boil-
ing point. Transfer the boiling hot
• juice to the .hot fruit jars or bot -
ties. Add 1 teaspoon ; of salt to:
each quart of tomato juice 'and
from• 1 to .3 teaspoonfuls of sugar.
if desired. Seal the jars or can,.
the bottles and process them Vin'
'a boiling waterbath for ten Min
utes. . - .
,Canned__Tomato _Tomato Soup
• 1 peck • ripe . tomatoes, six
large onions, % cup sugar, r/z '
cup butter, 1 large head 'ce1-
•
i ery,, -s/4 cup ,flour, -,Y4 ,cup• •,salt,
.1/4. teaspoon "cayenne pepper.
Wash. toinatoes, out. in pieces,;
add ;onions and celery washed
and chit. Heir these until'.:very soft.
Dress through , sieve. Put again on
the Astove and add sugar, salt,',
butter, flour and cayenne pepper' •
Melt butter,, add' flour, '"Sugar,
salt and pepPer. ` When blended,
slowly mix with 'the strained to -
Mato. Heat to boiling and let.
cook "-until . thickened. Pour into
/sterilized jars , and seal, and ster-
ilize 10 minutes.
' Chili ° Sauce
1 6 -quart basket tomatoes,
8 .onions:A-chopped), 4 green
peppers (chopped'),. 2. ;cups
cider- vinegar,.'2 tablespoons
salt, 2 , cups ' 'corn syrup; 4; -
tablespoons ' mixed pickling
spices• .(tied in a bag);.
Peel the tomatoes and cut in
pieceS:' Chop 'onions and ,peppers.
Put inlarge- preserving kettle.
Cook sleWly, uncovered, for three
hours ., or until thick Pour into
sterile •jars and . seal at�4',once.
Yield: ' approximately 7 pints.
•• TAKE A TIP:,
To dry herbs for winter use,
gather; on a'' dry day :just before
they begin to;. flower. 'Dry them.
quickly. 'in the warming oven :.or.
near the 'range..Then, strip : leaves
from .stalk.. Dry in,a moderately
hot Oven :and rub between palma
of hands until reduced to a pow-
der Pass ' through .a fine sieve
'.arid'put in hot, perfectly dry
bottles, ea* tightly and store for
use. • . A -
THE 4U'ESTION BOX .�
Mrs. E. D. says: "How can you
<rirevent tomatoes boiling but of
jars in • oven canning?" , •
Answer: Place the jars in two
cake pans with an inch of -water
in (jars one inch apart). Do not
use broiling; •pan unless• the bit-
tom is flat. The electric oven is
preheated ' 'to 300 degrees, then,
the jars are; put -.in : ti 'reset -to -
275 degrees. I, the temperature
falls lower (ad indicated by the
ovenlight) notice the time when
temperature is again 275 and cal-
culate 35 minutes • cooking time.
Do not open' if there is• a space
at top—this is 'a vacuum.
Miss M, A. says: `Remind folks
that- a clove of garlic . is a small
Section of the, garlic bulb".
. Mr. E. H. asks about dill—see
drying of herbs..
Answer: Substitute 2 sprigs of
dill for 1% tablespoons dill seed.
Mrs. , C.M.D.= asks: "Will the salt
solution destroy flavor of peaches\
to be . cannedopen-kettle meth-
od?"
Answer: Use the proportion of
two teaspoons salt to each quart
of water and do not allow peach-
es to stand in the 'solution over
3Q minutes, oven canning for 20
minutes in electrics oven' at 250
degrees after. .
. .Anne Allen invites you to write
to her i4o The Sentinel': Send in
your questions on homemaking
problems and watch this column
for 'i eplies.
• Mr. Churchill's reference to
Russia in his recent Canadian
radio talk prompts me to gather
a few `items of interest. Ofthe
billion dollar. gift to Britain last
year, supplies to the value of 61
--'million dollars were transferred
to Russia. Canada has also sent
-Russia more than 1400 Canadian
tanks, 2000 Universal Carriers,:
naval guns, Bren guns, anti-tank
weapons, small arms, machine
tools, clothing; etc.} -to a tremen-
l'
dous • figure; also /a ten million
dollarcredit for; .vheat„& flour,
and the people contributed mil-
lions to the Red Cross fund for
Russian Relief and the Canadian
Aid to Russia Fund. Our, friend-
ship for Soviet Russia I has been.
translated into 'deeds. •
THE FAMILY. of Charles. Liddle
has moved from Ripley. to Blyth,'
where Mr. Liddle is foreman of;
the Gordon Flax Company.
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Tf•IYURSDAY, SEPT. 33rd, 1943•
HURON COUNTY CHAIRMAN
NAMED • FOR FIFTH LOAN
'It •is. announced by the Huron
County Victory. Loan headquart-
ers.that the Rey, rW . Beecroft
of Wiiigham`” has .."peen' named
chairman of *this County for the
Fifth: Victory ,Lean.
The Rev. W..A.. Beecroft has
taken .a very 'active part'in all
former loans, and the success of
these, 'campaigns have been due
in no small ::m�.easure to his untir-
ing efforts •
Mr. 'H. J. Vandewater Will; a-
gain be organizer for, the County
assisted . by J:: -A.. Lurjnsde&i .of -
Stratford, and B = Marshall of
'Toronto.
Mr. Beecroft and the organizers
attendeda'meeting'in. Toronto on
Friday, September .10th;, w`ieh
was addressed ‘by. Graham P.
Towers, governor ' .of the Bank
of Canada and' . Victory Loan-
Cchairman of'' the Dominion of
Canada. Mr. Towers has succeed-.
ed the former chairman, Mr. G.
W. Spinney. .
- The ,national objective announ=
ced • by . the Ho nourable -4. L.
Ilsley, Minister' of %Finance, for
the forthcoming Loan is one bit
lion, two. • hundred million.; dal=
lars, an increase of one hundred'
Million dollars over the Fourth
Loan objective.
The opening of • the .campaign:
Will be October T$th :and con-
tinuing for a • period of . three
weeks to :November: 6th.
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NUMBER 'AT PORT -ALBERT
DUE FOR •POSTING
At the R,A.F. Navigation school
at Port „Albert considerable con-
struction is in -progress, includ-
ing • `Lose living accommodation
for officers. Owing to the crowd-
ed condition of the camp : many
officers, taking three • months'
courses, - have had to be billeted,
in Goderich 'hotels ai ld ' private
homes and this has further ag-
gravated the already ' acute room=
ing situation . in town, particularly
in shimmer months; '
There is to be a considerable
change in the personnel of 'the
permanent staff at Port Albert ir
the forthcoming : weeks, it has
'been "stated: Airrrien of all ranks
who ,.have beep •here two ,and
three years and whose terms are
expiring are due . for postings, •
many overseas. About one hun-1 , (now -essential
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The Clansmen's ' Fall
alvage Collection
IN LUCIi NNow
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PILE IT AT THE :CURB BEFORE . 7,
Scrap Metal, Newspapers, Magazines, .• Rubb'er, 'Rags, �W1ute
Bottles and white ; broken glass Are Waned; ,
• PLEASEPREPARE FIR EASY EASY HANDLISTG & KEEP ALL
CLASSES OF SALVAGE SEPARATE
24th
O.CK
SAL VAGE D -1Q
At Johnston's Barn
,All "Salvage May Be Delivered There lithe Convenience of
Village ' and Rural Contributors
AGE IS VITAL!
HURON CHEESE PLANT GOES
ALL . O:UT FOR `BRITAIN
r.
Feeling the manpower shortage
for the ' past : three yearsand ob..,
erating with a staff of three,•re-,
stricted to an area of 14 : square
miles •for "' its patronage,' Pine'
Riven Cheese and Butter Com.
pany in • Huron Township 'is still
making; a magnificient contribu-`
tion to the war effort.:' •
The .:tiny plant has been turn-
ing out about . 468,000 -pounds, of.
cheese annually. Three-quarters
of 4t has been going to. Britain
for al long time and now theen-
tire : output isdestined' for the
British Isles. '
Production this year • is down
slightly because of lower winter
production :and a ',slight decline.
in the number of patrons.
Sign 'Reading ..
A denizen of the 'hills, who
was. appearing' as a witness in .a
lawsuit, was being questioned by
the plaintiffs lawyer as to his
educational qualifications. `.`Can •
you' write"? [ asked the lawyer.
"Nope." "Can youread?" "Wa'al,
I kin' read' figgers: pretty well,
but I don't do so good with writ-,•
. " t.
in. How ..is°that?°'. "Wa'al,.take.•
'these here signs• along• the road
when 1 want to go some wheres;
1 kin read :how' fur, but not
whurto." Labor.. ;
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On a board in front .of. a.'little
Protestant church. in Dublin is
printed the following: "If absence
makes.. the heart grow fonder,
then this church must have many
friends"..
dred and fifty, a ;considerable'
number: of whom reside •with
their ' families in Goderich, areCall
affected. �Qiuite a n day
number have
come to be regarded. as citizens.
having gradually fitted into the
regular routine' community life
of the town, and -have thus form:-
ea-quite
orm_ed-quite a:nui fiber of friendships.
Their • places, of course, will be
filled by others, including some
who have seen active service in
the present war, No statement:
has .yetbeen issued from the air-
port and details are not known,
but the . corning changes in per••
sonnel are a favgrite topic of
discussion in social (circles,--God-
erich Signal -Star. -
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DISTRIBBUTES CHECKS
FOR ELECTION COSTS
'3. A. Johnston, , returning of-
ficer !for the electoral district of
Huron - Bruce, has distributed
the cheques for booth rentals for'
the recent election to the'•arnount
of $$44; deputy returning of-
ficers, $1,222.10; poll clerks, $582,
constables, $44; a total of, $2,592.1
10. There were 98 polls. in the
riding.---Nliltimay Gazette.
COMPLAINTS that the fuel
wood ceiling was being violated
yin
Southampton led "to an in-
vestigation ' by. ..officials 6f the
W.P.T.B.. • .
War calls roust come first . .
which means that we 'should reduce our non-
essential -use of the telephone to the.miniinum.
- Present; facilities cannot : be increased; your co-
P
o eration is needed if war 94 are to go, through
roan • tl °
p p y i�;Please remember that the wasteful
,., use of telephone time can hold- upi
war business
and that 'very 'second. you taste counts.
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