Home canning and drying of vegetables and fruits .. . type is suitable for. home or communitycanning. Aluminum Pressure Outfits.—These cookersare satisfactory for canning and for general-cooking. Each outfit is provided with a steampressure gauge and safety valve. CONTAINERS For home use glass jars are more satisfac-tory /or canning than tin. This is especiallytrue this year when there is a shortage of tincans. Tin cans are used chiefly for canning,on a large scale for commercial jarsproperly caredfor will last foryears. Alltypes of jarswhich sealreadily may beused. Jars hav-ing
Home canning and drying of vegetables and fruits .. . type is suitable for. home or communitycanning. Aluminum Pressure Outfits.—These cookersare satisfactory for canning and for general-cooking. Each outfit is provided with a steampressure gauge and safety valve. CONTAINERS For home use glass jars are more satisfac-tory /or canning than tin. This is especiallytrue this year when there is a shortage of tincans. Tin cans are used chiefly for canning,on a large scale for commercial jarsproperly caredfor will last foryears. Alltypes of jarswhich sealreadily may beused. Jars hav-ing glass topsheld in placeby bails areespecially easyto handle whilethey are hot. Tops for Economy jars must be purchasednew each year. Containers made of white glass should beused if the product is to be offered for saleor exhibition, as blue glass detracts from theappearance of the contents. Small necked bottles can be used for hold-ing fruit juices. Large mouthed bottles canbe used for jams, marmalades and jellies. CAN ALL FOOD THAT CAN BE CANNED. Fig. 9. Table arranged conveniently with various articles needed for canning by the Cold-pack picture shows jars, rubbers, knife for removing air bubbles in containers, spoons, , wire basket forblanching, knife for paring and coring, book of directions, towels, pan for cold-dipping, alarm clock and salt. TESTS FOR JARS AND RUBBERS Jars should be tested before they are of the important tests are here given: Glass-top Jars.—^Fit top to jar. If toprocks when tapped it should not be used onthat jar. The top bail should not be tootight nor too loose. If either too tight or tooloose the bail should be taken off and bentuntil it goes into place with a light snap. Allsharp edges on top and jaf should be filed orscraped off. Screw-top Jars.—Use onlyenameled, lacquered or vul-canized tops. Screw the topon tightly without the thumb nail can be insertedbetween top and jar, the topis defective. If th
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