The Huron Expositor, 1941-09-05, Page 6is
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ANNE ALLAN _!
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a, CANN,I.NG VEGETAB;XS
ello Homemakers! You all real -
4) that''at certain seasons of the year
C,alt'adtian fruits and vegetables are
Ipat obtainable in the fresh state and
canned (pods must be substituted.
With the present knowledge of nutri-
tion and particularly of the value of
minerals and vitamins, in the daily
diet, the appreciation of home can-
ned
anned foods urges us to "can what we
can!"
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Many kinds of raw vegetables spoil
in a few days due to the growth of
bacteria, .moulds or yeasts. Food cart
be kept in a good condition indefin-
itely if these organisms cap be de-
stroyed and other organisms prevent-
ed from getting into the food- Exact
temperature for a sufficient length of
time will destroy these. The use of
sir --tight containers, such as glass
sealers, protects the food" from the
re -infection. Another aim in canning
vegetables is to assure their natural
shape, colour and fresh flavour. Can
fresh vegetables. The fresher they
are the better will be the finished
product and the smaller the chance
of failure.
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Precautions Against Spoilage
1. Can vegetables as soon after
they are gathered as possible.
CUT COARSE FOR THE PiPE.
CUT FINE FOR CIGARETTES
2. •Gather only small quantities at
a time if possible, because spoilage:
often occurs befgre canning.
3. Clean thoroughly.
4. Use pint or quart jars (2 -quart
jars should not be used).
5. Do not let vegetables
pre-cooking,
6. Work quickly. Pack vegetables
loosely.
cool after
Canning Equipment
1. Sharp knfwes (stainless if pos-
sible), bowls, measuring cups, enamel
pie plates, wooden spoons, a colander,
a wide-mouthed funnel and a jar lift-
er are all the necessary equipment
required. The sterilizer in whioh all
these things must be kept • sterilized
may be the pressure cooker or the
well -cooker on your range or the ov-
en.
2. Jars—Test each jar before 'You
use it. Fill each jar with water, ad-
just a new rubber, seal and invert to
test for leakage. New metal rings
should replace those that have be-
come cracked or corroded. '
Wash jars in soapy water, rinse
and scald or sterilize by boiling In
water for 12 minutes. Keep t'he'm
boiling hot until ready to fill. ., Never
touch the inside of a sterilized jar
with other eeuipment that has not
been sterilized.
3. Vegetables — Vegetables should
be washed in plenty of water, then
lifted from. that water. Do not drain.
Use a stiff inrush if necessary.
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Processes
1. Hot Pack, Method. 2. Cold Feel:
Method. 3. Open Kettle Method. Hot
Pack Method is recommended for
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earthing vegetables'.
?re Coking
This is a method of shainking vege-
tables in order to allow a, better Pro-
duct by quick 'penetration. .of ilteat,
Cover with boiling water, bring to the
boiling point and pack in hot jars
with the water in which they have
been heated. Partially sea..
Oven Owing
Place jars an inch apart on a bak-
ing rack or a cookie sheet. Neither
jars nor cookie sheet should touch
the, sides. of the oven because free
circi lal#3o'jl of hot air is important.
An Ilectric oven Will hold about 12
pint jars. Set temperature control,
turn oven switch for baking. Leave
oven door closed until cooking time
is up. Remove jars, complete seal,
and place upright on racks to cool.
Time and Temperature Chart for
One -Pint Jar of Vegetables
Asparagus 300 deg.
Beans300 "
Lima Beans 300
Carrots 300
Corn 300
Peas 300
Peppers 275
Tomatoes 275
Tomato Juice 300
The, processing time
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2 hours,
2 hours
2 hours
1 2/3 hrs.
2 1/3 hrs.
a hours
50 minutes
40 minutes
30 minutes
is counted
from the -time the foods are placed
in the oven. The difference in time
(between the cold or pre -heated oven
is so slight that it is negligible).
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RECIPES
Home -Canned Corn
Husk corn, and remove silk, CI•€
kernels from cobs. Cover with boil-
ing water. Add 1/4 teaspoon salt and
1 teaspoon sugar for each pint. Bring
' just to boiling point, Fill jars to
within te inch of top. Seal, turn
back a quarter ot,, a turn and pro-
cess, in an electric oven for 1 hour
and 40 minutes with the control set
at 300 deg. with bottom element on.
Home -Canned Beets
Leave small beets whole. Wash.
Boil in water to cover untilthe skin
BUYING GUIDE
• Before you order dinner at a rest-
aurant, you consult the bill -of -fare.
Before you take a long trip by motor-
car, you pore over road maps. Be-
fore you start out on a shopping -
trip, you should consult the adver-
tisements in this paper. For the salve
reason!
The advertising columns are. a
buying guide for you -in the purchase
' of everything you need, including
amusements! A .guidethat saves
your time and conservesyour ener-
gy ; that saves useless steps am
guards against false ones; that puts
the s -t -r -e -t -c -h in the family bud-
gets.
The advertisements in this paper
are `so interesting it is difficult to see
how anyone could overlook them, or
fail to profit by them. Many a time,
you could save the whole year's sub-
scription price in a week by watch-
ing for bargains. Just check with
yourself and be sure that you are
reading the advertisements regular-
ly—the big ones and the little ones.
It is time well spent . . . always !
YotirL�cal Paper
Is: Your buying _Guide
Avoid , time -wasting,• money -wasting
detours on the road to merchandise
value. Read the advertising "Road
Maps."
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Get a epeeist introductory size for only
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today. Fnr sats at a'l ;-roil drug stesres.
slips off easily (15 minutes), Plunge,
into cold water -skin, and pack into
sterilized ja,re. (Do not add salt).'
Fill jars to within %-inch of top with
the boiling water. Seal, then turn
the screw top back a little. Process,
two hours in an electric oven set at
300 deg. with bottom element on.
Home -Canned Peas
Use only young tender peas. Shell
and wash. Blanch 3 to 10 minutes,—
until the skin wrinkles but does not
burst. Remove and dip in cold water.
Pack lightly in sterilized jars. Add
3 teaspoon salt to each 'pint. Fill
jars ,tok.wdthiw one inch of top with
the boiling 'water. Seal, then turn
screw top back a little. Process two
hours with oven set at 300 deg -
Home -Canned Green Beans
Use only tender beans. String and
wash. . Cover with boiling water.
Boil five minutes in an uncovered ket-
tle. (Be sure to turn element from
high to low as soros as they begin to
boil, to eliminate excess steam in the
kitchen and to economize on fuel
cost). Pack into• jars while hot. Add
ta teaspoon salt to each pint. Cover
with the 'boiling water and process in
.,oven for 2 hours with the control set
at 300 deg. and bottom element turn-
ed on.
After Processing Vegetables
Remove from oven and tighten
screw tops (or allow sealing direc-
tions for the type of jar being used).
Cool, label and store.
Do not open jars even though there
may be a space at the top of the jar.
Caution! Before serving home -
canned vegetables boil for 8 to 10
minutes—unless processed in a pres-
sure boiler.
Take a Tip
1. Allow % teaspoon salt to each
pint jar and fill with boiling water
when canning all vegetables except
beets. (Do not add salt to beets),
2. Does your pool in the garden
have a musty scum on the top? It
can be removed by dragging a bit of
copper sulphate through it. A very
small amount is sufficient.
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QUESTION BOX
Mrs, B. D. asks: "Should salt be
used for seasoning of vegetables in
the canning process, or added when
served?"
Answer: Salt may be added at the
time of canning or when served, as
preferred.
Mrs. M. M. asks: "How high should
vegetables be packed in jar?"
Answer: Pack vegetables to nut
more than '1/y inch from top of jar.
Exceptions: Corn, peas and lima
beans should be packed only to with-
in one inch of top). For ail packs,
add water to wi-h;n 1/z inch of the
top of jar.
Mrs. R. B•, asks: "Why do some
vegetables fall to pieces and , look,
soupy when canned?"
Answer: (a) Because they have
been over -processed; (b) Because of
using over -ripe products.
Miss C. E. asks: "How long should
vegetables stand after gathering be-
fore being canned?"
Answer: No longer than is neces-
sary to prepare them for canning.
The slogan of two hours from the
garden to jar is a very good one..
Mrs. D. R. asks: "Why is it more
difficult to can vegetables than it is
to,can fruit?"
Answer: Because vegetables, are
,fon-acid products, in which heat re-
sisting bacteria is dr icult to kill.
Anne Allan Inv• i you to write te.
her c/o The Huron Expositor. Just
send in your questions on homemak-
ing problems and watch this tittic
corner of the column for replies.
God's Will
Sorrows, joys, worries, troubles, all
look so differently when we see in
them God's will—not our will, nor
anybody else's fault, or our own mis-
takessimply, this is God's will for
me; this is what He bas given to
me to do; this is what He has given
me to bear.—Mrs. Marshall.
rot" Next visit,t•
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petted to wipe out bodily as many
enemies as possible. But this is riot
to be done i'n' daylight combat his
tanks and planes. The gnerrillna do
rot engage in direct battle, unless they
are reasonably certain of having the
superiority. Instead, every ruse is
used, every ambush, '
While the guerrilla • • troop fights
hostile armed forces on the march and
in small localities, in the towns and
larger tillages, the. Communist cell
does its best to rally tae people to
Make the life of the invader miserable.
Everything of' use to the enemy is
destroyed. Railway lines are torn ups
bridges, mines, a mass espionage sys-
tem established. It is obviously im-
possible for the enemy to keep all of
his movements secret. Specially as-
signed partisans and patriots are giv-
en the task of -'counting enemy trains
passing by, keeping track of the
number of trucks and tanks,' etc.
This information i's sent to the guer-
rillas and to the regular army fight-
ing the invader at the front.
Not only adult males but women
and children are active in carrying
out his dangerous work. In no other
country have women been so delib-
erately trained for war as in Russia.
Go through the thuge automobile fact-
ory in Moscow and the sight of girls
in red kerchiefs and blue outfits,
working side by side with men, is im-
pressive.
There are hundreds of• women eng-
ineers. and :women factory managers
in;`Rusuia, while thousands are fore-
men of collective farms. At least a
million young women have been
trained to operate tractors, combines,
threshing machines and other agric-
ultural implements.. An additional
million have been taught mechanics.
In all, thirty million women are en-
gaged in the productive efforts of, the
country, eleven million in industry!
and nineteen million in farming.
Women have even been prepared to
take over in, time of war the cultiva-
tion of the highly mechanized large-
scale collective farms as well as the
operation of certain industries.
An equally essential division which,
has been prepared for guerrilla war-
fare is known as the Osoviakhim—
CiviIian Defence Society—an organiz-
ation which has energetically mobil-
ized the -'civilian population for milit-
ary work. To this end they have pop-
ularized shooting, topography, the
drawing of maps, the care of horses,
nd airplane mechanics.
There is not a park in Russia which
oes not have one or several para-
hute towers, where in tke evenings,
rowds of young people, girls as well
s boys, flock for practice. Glider fly -
ng has likewise been popularized.
There is hardly a factory, a school
✓ collective farm in Russia without
is shooting .gallery and' rifle range or
hat is not within a short distance of
ne. A peasant girl, chairman of a
ollective far,•m, once remarked pert-
nently, "In ,this country learning to
hoot is even more important than
earning to read."
A different type. of guerrilla war-
are is carried on•in the larger, occu-
ied cities 'such as Kaunas, Riga, Bya-
stock and others. Here the invad-
r is expected to try to start the fac-
ories operating again. Guerrilla
ethods. do not function well when
ghting enemy forces concentrated in
ese cities. Hence the trade unions
nd Communist party cells organize
sabotage industry; electric power
ants which may not have been de_
toyed are wrecked, machinery :n;
ants is put out of 'order, and every
easure is taken to make occupation
eless from the economic point of
ew. • The working class population
the -larger cities also offers aconcon-
ant source of new recruits for the
errillas and is organized for the
anufacturing of weapons, the secur-
g of medical supplies and the pro-
sions of doctors and nurses.
Finally, the Communist and other
ti -Nazi organizations in Nazi-occu-
ed countries• are appealed to, to sab-
age industry and the war effort.
As the invader penetrates deeper
to the vast expanse of the Soviet
lion, new possibilities for partisan
tion will emerge. Russia has long
een expecting and preparing for this
r. The armament industries have
en expanded and scattered over the
ght million. square miles of' the
entry. The Ukraine, Great Russia,
e Urals, Siberia, the Arctic regions
Europe and Asia all have been
eked with arsenals. The Ural
untains, which are the dividing line
tween European and Asiatic Ras-
, hum with industrial effort for •'de-
ce. Were the Soviets to be driven
m Europe, they could fight a rear-
ard action for thousands 'of miles
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basic element'of the •population is
anti -Nazi, guerrilla activities cannot
be stopped, but will increase each day.
That is true of course only where
the people are prepared for this tpe
of warfare. And the Russians' are
prepared.
A small boy of about five was
marching up and, down in front of
his garden gate. He wore a tin hat
and Carried a wooden gun at the
slope. ' ,
Passersby smiled at the earnest lits
tle figure. Them one of them stop,
ped and -said, smilinglrj:• "You are a
line soldier!"
The little sentry looked pleased
but then truth trlu1bphedl. He tv+bis-
pered shyly: "I'm not a real One,
.you knowl"
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Black
illagic
(Condensed from Future, Chicago, in
Reader's Digest)
To soldiers crouching in tank or
trench it offers a chance to live; to
housewives it is important n pre-
serving food purity; to sufferers from
dyspepsia it gets rid of the source of'.
pain; in home, office, factory, horst*
tal, it eliminates unpleasant, even',
dangerous, odors.
What is it? The same thing dis-
tillers use to -remove hog -track odor
in whiskey, that refiners pour into
vats to deodorize and whiten sugar,
that oil companies use to recover gas-
oline from natural gas. It is activat-
ed carbon!
To most people carbon is a dirty
nuisance, the menace which sends
curtains in Pittsburgh homes on end-
less trips to the wash, which smudg-
es the freshly powdered faces of lady',
shoppers.
Treat carbon with steam; or car-
bon dioxide (heat must be used), and!
the nuisance becomes a servant--
Charcoal, basis of this "activated ca
bon," is extraordinarily porous; i
pores are so formed that they' a
unusually effective in grabbing ho
of and hanging onto particles whi
cause certain odors, tastes, color
Adsorbent is 'the term scientists u
to describe this quality — nieani
charcoal does not absorb impuriti
(as a wash cloth absorbs ,water) b
that impurties cling to the charcoa
surface.
Today, one cubic inch of treat
carbon has an adsorbing surface' co
ering 3 to 4 acres!
Activated carbon got its start
the U.S. in 1917, when the despera
needs of the Worjd War I forced
to construct gas masks in a hurry
the mask's most important eleme
being activated carbon' which ca
purify air in one-tenth of a second a
ter the appearance of gas. In
days of intenCive research we foun
that burned cocoanut shells produce
the most adsorptive material known
this, made American gas masks
times more effective than those
the Germans.
The war ended; but a New Yor
engineering firm started making od
adsorbent of al] sizes, in which .circ
lating fans pulled Contaminated ,a
through -a bed .of highly activated c
coanut-shell carbon which adsorbe
all odor and gases; and when th
carbon was saturated, it could be r
activated, used over and over again
Quietly, without ballyhoo, a new i
dust-ry destined to hit the $2,000;00
mark, and then some, was born.
Odor adsorbers revolutionized a
eohditioning, prevented escape fro
or admittance into premises of 'abno
ious fumes. The first odor adsorbe
salesmen, years ago, went for thos
homes of strong stenches, animal la
oratories; at one laboratory they wer
greeted by' over -powering anima
smells and a verbal reply that bow
ed them over: "If we eliminated thes
pdors the men and women woul
probably miss, them! They got s
used to them that they don't notic
them after a while. But hold on—
maybe the animals need the odor ad
sorters! We cotatrol their food, light
water, temperature, humidity, every
thing, in fact, except air purity!" S
n ..went odor adsorbers to give ani
mals still more perfect living condi
ions.
.A big film manufacturing plan
ound that occasionally a batch o
im went wrong, for no known reas
n. Odor control engineers called in
ound the accidents happened when
he wind blew from a certain direc
ion.- They protected one production
ine with odor adsorbers, ran another
without them; ,the protected line was
O.K., the other line ;turned out dam
ged goods. Gases from a smelter
many., miles away were blowing iuto
own when the wind was right, and',
hough present in very small quanti-
les, were ruining film. Odor adsor-
ers got the job policing the aft in
bat 'plant. •
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Every Fall, fur storage vaults got
complaintts that milady's fur coat had
picked up cosmetic and body odors
from other ,garments, also smells
from animals' skins. Odor adsorbers
removed all cause for complaint.
Locker plants (where farmers can
hire individual space to -ire meat)
find adsorbers necessary to free air
from smells attaching to stored mer-
chandise. Hotels use portable adsorb -
erg -to clear smoky, stale air in suites,
and sample rooms. Engineers, by .titl-
ing odor adsorbers in wall fan air in-
takes of a large confectionery store,
overcame entrance of wind blown oil
fumes, from a mile -distant refinery,
whioh had been giving buns and cakes
a gasoline odor.
In perfume laboratories, formerly,
experts comparing aromas were ham-
pered by conflicting scents; now they
steps into booths where air is "scrub-
bed" free of odors in three minutes,
to make col spar lsons� giving true ,ara-
Iue. This je increasingly important
as more and more synthetics take the
place of essential oils cut off, by war.
In New York a huge sewage plant is
located safely 'near a playground and.
a hospital been a acisurbere pretrettt
oftensiVe odorn floating about..11n ala
oil plant a dtgrber s are used 'to check
absence (lidera In •golailed ":white
absence of odora in so-calfed, "white
dils'k •-•whish must be ,absoltitely- neu-
tral so fair as odors are deneerned
beeatlse they form the base for
ereatns and eoisrnetieg,
Today over 1400 cities in the T.7.S;
and Ciel ada iri`d aotivs;tedi earb'on as
MAA . ; 1941
Dr. Chase's
Kidney:.Liver Palls
For
Backache
Indigestion
Kidney Disorders
part of their water purifying proce-
dure. Only 30 pounds of carbon are
required to treat a million gallons ot
water,
Medieval village physicians treated
all sorts of aches ands ,pains with char-
coal. Modern developments shove
they were on the right track, for
where gas or toxins must be elimin-
ated from the body yolr "doctor to-
day uses activated carbon to correct
nausea, heartburn, sour stomach, dys-
pepsia, and other conditions. Dr. Geo.
Rockwell of Cincinnati has even used
it successfully in fighting pneumon-
ia. "If something could be found to
absorb toxins caused by the disease,
the battle's half won," says Dr. Rock-
well. He injected fatal does of pneu-
monia germ into dozens of mice, and
all fell violently ill; se fed them ac-
tivated animal carbon, and all mice
recovered. So he tried the carbon,
in conjuction with antl=pneumon!a
serum, on human patients. "I treat-
ed sixteen, patients this way," re-
ports Rockwell. "Only one died. He
was over 70 and had developed acute
heart disease."
Experiments with ¢ ogs suffering
from' cancer have p
ved activated
carbon to be beneficial. Blood char-
coal is used extensively • in fighting
cholera,. dysentery and various cases
of infection. Activated carbon in in-
dustrial masks has been chiefly re-
sponsible for cutting down the num-
ber of silicosis cases.
In the home, a housewife can rid
her kitchen of cooking or other odors,
then takethe adsorber into the living
room to clear the air of tobacco, cos-
metic and body odors after a social
gathering.
Off -grade butter, vegetable oils,
beer, wine, can be brougni:-'up to stan-
dard by application of activated car-
bon. Flavor and color, of cocoa but-
ter can be improved. •Battery com-
panies use it to purify surphuric acid,
In. rural areas it is used in septic
tanks and'cess pools. It is the prin-
cipal ingredient in chemical heating
pads. One famous dahlia grower in-
sists he owes his enormous transluc-
ent blooms in part to activated car-
bon, since used in gardens it gathers
and preserves ammonia, the plant's •
most important source of nitrogen.
Petroleum companies reclaim crank
case oil with 'activated carbon. Tan-
neries
anneries find treating leather with. it
(particblarly in the chrome tanning
process) makes a first grade product
out of material which ordinarily
would produce only second' or third
grade. Mixed with • cleaning fluid
which hat become dirty from ,much
use, it catches grease "and filth, leav-
ing the naphtha free to be used again.
-' From what material is this black
magic substance made? Wood pulp,
rice trolls, -peach stones and other
fruit pits, nut shel of all kinds—
with anthracite pr ab the only
source that is not a w te material.
Future developments in activated
carbon? Right now it is being used'
in experiments with explosives, trade
wastes and medicine. Sofne day it
may be used by hay fever sufferers to
rid houses of pollen. Actually, in
elimination of odors and gases from
the atmosphere, th ugh it has gone
far, its potentialities'''lave hardlybeen
scratched.
The Past
Looking back, do you: regret the
difficult and unhappy periods through
which you passed? Or do you realize
that they have enriched your life just
as much as the more pleasant times?
If you do '.realize this, you have learn-
ed an important lesson. In a frill life
experience counts for more than hap-
piness.
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